Backseat Downunder
Track: Snõõper Have Released A New Track Ahead Of Their Debut Album
Snõõper will release their debut album on 14 July.
Premiere: It’s ‘Finally Over’ for greenhouse as we exclusively unveil their thrilling new video along with debut album and tour news.
We are inordinately excited to exclusively bring you the absolutely thrilling video for the track ‘Finally Over’ from venerable Melbourne band greenhouse. And what a journey it has been. There has been an observation that everything in Australia wants to kill you, and indeed there are a plethora of creatures roaming the landscapes filled with …
Track: nipaluna/Hobart trio Verticoli unveils the haunting new track ‘Genesis’.
The new single ‘Genesis’ from lutruwita/Tasmanian post punk outfit Verticoli is out today, and it cements the band’s place as an exciting creative force blowing in from the deep south. Last year’s album ‘The Echo’ from Verticoli is was one of the highlights of the year – see my review here – and the follow …
Premiere: It’s going to take a ‘Whip Around’ for Life Strike ahead of their second album ‘Peak Dystopia’ – we have an exclusive peak at the new video.
Melbourne outfit Life Strike, signed to Stable Label in Australia and Bobo Integral internationally, will be releasing their forthcoming album ‘Peak Dystopia’ this week, and we are honoured to premiere the stunning video for the track ‘Whip Around’, a track which indicates something very special is afoot. ‘Whip Around’ is the purest indie pop imaginable …
Album Review: ‘There’s Still Time’ for Humble – compelling low-fi Kiama indie rock with live dates in sight.
Trio Humble from the seaside town of Kiama have released their album ‘There’s Still Time’: an intriguing collection of refined chaos that is as utterly compelling as it is fun. Ranging from the raw delicacy of The Go-Betweens to the swagger of the New York Dolls, the troubadour musings of Jonathan Richmond to the clattering …
Premiere: Emily Victoria exclusively unveils her atmospheric, Lynchian video for the shimmering single ‘Memorise’.
We are honoured to bring you a exclusive look at the luscious and enigmatic new video for the track ‘Memorise’ from Naarm/Melbourne multi-instrumentalist Emily Victoria. ‘Memorise’ enter the world with a massive anthemic rumble – creating an atmosphere and scope bigger than the outback and just as breathtakingly beautiful with its ambulant thundering bass and …
Live Review + Photo Gallery: Black Sea Carnys at Hobart Brewing Company 07.07.2023
There are times when you go to a gig to see a band/performer for the first time and walk away completely mind-blown at the enormity of what you have just witnessed. The Black Sea Carnys performance on Friday night was, for me, one of those moments. Our paths had not crossed up until Friday night, …
Live Gallery: Eagle Eye Jones at Mary’s Underground, Sydney 8.07.2023
Eagle Eye Jones rocking Mary’s Underground 8.07.2023
Track: Eaglemont partakes of a delightfully refreshing ‘Vodka Pineapple’ as she reminisces about lost love ahead of tour.
Naarm/Melbourne artist Eaglemont (the nom de plume of Bridgitte Jessop) delivers a soaring melodic pop delight with her refreshing new single ‘Vodka Pineapple’: a shimmering pop master class that is brimful of melancholic effervescent. Eaglemont perfects a radiant jingle jangle style with the crisp guitars and a chorus that soars like an eagle in the …
Track: Chanteuse Lisa Caruso asks ‘What If My Body Could Love Like You’ in a dreamy ethereal new single ahead of new EP.
Long time Backseat Mafia favourite Lisa Caruso is back with the stately and haunting track ‘What If My Body Could Love Like You’. Her extraordinary vocals stretch and flex over a motorik thrum, filled with a sense of melancholic longing and an indelible melody. Caruso says the track: …actions the desire to achieve full satisfaction …