Music
Track: Award-Winning Charm of Finches Enchants With Latest Release ‘Clean Cut’, Ahead of Upcoming Album + UK Tour Announcement
Hailing from Naarm/Melbourne, Charm of Finches, the dreamy folk-pop duo composed of talented sisters Mabel and Ivy Windred-Wornes, has once again captivated audiences with their newest single, ‘Clean Cut‘. This mesmerising track serves as the second preview of their eagerly awaited fourth album, ‘Marlinchen in the Snow‘, set for release on Friday, April 19, courtesy …
Track: Naarm/Melbourne shoegazers Keaper dazzle with the brilliance of ‘Alone’ on news of the release of their debut album ‘Waking Dream’ and self-curated music festival.
With a wash of guitars and a dreamy delivery, ‘Alone’, the new single from Naarm/Melbourne outfit Keaper, is a shimmering glowing track that provides evidence of this band’s songwriting prowess. The track is off their debut album ‘Waking Dream’ scheduled for 8 March. Singer Amaya says of the song: It’s about daring to be different …
Track: Aotearoa’s Lilly Carron is ‘Wild For Change’ – an ethereal and dreamy prelude to a new EP on the way.
We are inordinately proud to review the shimmering new track ‘Wild For Change’ from New Zealand artist Lilly Carron, whose voice has a diaphanous delicacy, ethereal and filled with a yearning passion. The track has a Lynchian air about it with its scything reverbed guitar riffs and the almost western Sergio Leone blush augmented by …
Track: Great Australian Bank provide a solid investment with their searing new single ‘In Your Eyes’, and live dates.
Great Australian Bank live up to the solid foundations promised by their name with a thumping great single ‘In Your Eyes’. The sound has a distinctly antipodean feel to it, born from the sticky carpeted pubs of the endless suburbs filed with passion and energy. A guitar attack that recalls The Church is thrown into …
Premiere: Join Big League on the ‘Tea and Sandwich Committee’ for an eviscerating slice of glorious indie fare that tears through you like a tornado as new album is heralded.
Perennial favourites here at the Antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia, Big League are about to release a new single with the intriguing title of ‘Tea and Sandwich Committee’, and we are ever so pleased to be able to bring you a sneak early listen before its release tomorrow (Friday, 2 February 2024). Of course Big …
Track: RedHook’s ‘Scream 2’ Is So Intense, It Might Just Wake the Dead
Red Hook’s new single is frightfully good
Premiere: Ashlynn Malia prepares for lift-off with eponymous debut album, shares ‘Villain’
Tomorrow’s been a long time coming for the LA-based Ashlynn Malia. We’ve been backing her since the release of her debut EP back in June of 2021 – it’s been a long road, but her short-and-sweet debut album is just hours away. Before then, she has one more pre-release single to share—it might be the …
Live Gallery: Texas at the Enmore Theatre, Sydney 1.02.2024
Fans in Sydney get a taste of Texas’ magic, as they deliver a performance packed with raw emotion and powerhouse vocals.
Live Review and Gallery: Capturing the Ethereal – Unknown Mortal Orchestra on 35mm Film at the Sydney Opera House – Eora/Sydney, 30.01.24
On a magical Tuesday night, the hallowed halls of the Sydney Opera House resonated with the dreamy tunes of Unknown Mortal Orchestra (UMO). The Aotearoa/New Zealand-based psych-rockers delivered a spellbinding performance at the Concert Hall, marking their debut at this iconic venue. The sold-out show was a testament to the band’s allure, drawing fans from …
News: Ben Howard Tour Sells Out
Ben Howard has officially sold out the Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney dates on his anticipated Australian tour in May 2024