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Track: The Mountain Goats relish in Wild West psychedelia with ‘Dark In Here’

CALIFORNIAN staple The Mountain Goats have released the title track “Dark in Here” ahead of their album, out on June 25th on Merge Records. Led by songwriter John Darnielle, the…

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Track: Dau – ‘The Death Of Smut’: intimate, beautiful pump organ drone introspection for Spirituals

A MEMBER of rather fine instrumental quartet yndi halda alongside James Vella, whose album Sleep Through The Storm under his A Lily persona we received rapturously last October, Phil Self…

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Album Review: Land Trance – ‘First Séance’: dazzlingly cinematic and truly exploratory

A cinematic vista of an album, stitched seamlessly through each siphoning of emphatic, elevating, melancholic elation.

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See: Michael Cormier gathers the undead at the karaoke bar for one ‘Last Hurrah’; ringing Americana warmth and limbs everywhere

GUITARS glimmer with a melodic, picked loveliness that can only bring a smile, kinda post-folky; the vocals are a blissed whisper, and an occasional flute circles and glides among sun-kissed…

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See: Helvetia ask ‘Does It Go Backwards’ through your TV screen in gentle, plaintive lo-fi

HELVETIA is the current musical doings of fine lo-fi songsmith Jason Albertini, otherwise known to your American alt.rock-lovin’ ears as precisely 33% of San Jose’s Duster; and time spent wisely as bassist…

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Premiere: Brisbane’s Dopamine unveils super video for the anthemic gem ‘Strange Situation’, exclusively for Backseat Mafia

‘Strange Situation’, the recent track by Dopamine, is a warm and fuzzy, driving track that has a low-fi charm and a riff as mountainous and compelling as the Dandenong Ranges.…

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Premiere: David M Western provides us with a sneak listen to evocative new single ‘Blue Eyes Red’

Coming from country Victoria, singer songwriter David M Western has crafted a folk-infused delight in his new single ‘Blue Eyes Red’. It is undeniably lightly touched with a hint of…

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Album review: Final Step – ‘Disconnections’: passionate, rhythmic and unashamedly funky

I LOVE fusion bands. I really do. You never know what to expect, and that’s because they’re a fusion of flavours. Italian musicians in particular have always delivered when it…

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Track: Pearl & The Oysters bring the space-age tropicalia of ‘Treasure Island’ to the summer

SUMMER’S really, really goddam here, and in the most deliciously quirky way, as LA’s French-American psych-popsters Pearl & The Oysters drop the first single from their third album, which will…

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Track: Astari Nite releases the gloriously gothic track ‘Pocketful of Posies’ along with a lush, enigmatic and playful video.

Astari Nite have perfected a deep dark gothic songwriting craft that is deliciously enjoyable, poised and full of swagger. The new single, ‘Pocketful of Posies’ does not deviate: it is…

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