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Gallery: Second Idol Launch Party For ‘Dear X’ Factory Theatre, Sydney 09.09.2022
Gallery: Second Idol Launch Party for their new single ‘Dear X’
Album Review: Terra Pines throw a glittering veil of sludge pop over us with the engaging aural attack of ‘Downbeats’.
The self-described sludge pop of the music of Meanjin/Brisbane trio Terra Pines is an apt capture of the sweet dichotomy between the fuzzy barbed-wire instruments of the band and the rich melodic vocal delivery. This is an album filled to the brim with tight, layered harmonies and cinematic widescreen expanses delivered over an emphatic thump …
Live Review: Bikini Kill – Crystal Ballroom Portland, Oregon 08.09.2022
By Anthony Moore Bikini Kill reunited in the spring of 2019 with original members Kathleen, Kathi and Tobi. After two years of rescheduled dates Bikini Kill returned to Portland, Oregon to open up two nights of shows at The Crystal Ballroom. Backseat Mafia’s Anthony Moore was at the show in Portland to get some photos. …
Track: The Ringards – The Death of Charlie Clown
As we have finally come to terms with the fact that the many splinters of what we used to call ‘post-punk’ are now developing into a landscape of avant-garde sounds for many of which we don’t have an exact name yet, it is always good to remember that it is precisely in this rapidly developing, …
Album Review: Affiliate Links – Enough Light : poetic, powerful indie song-craft.
They may be best known for their excavation of long lost classics but, in their noble pursuit of ‘changing the world one record at a time’, Canadian label ‘We Are Busy Bodies’ also champion the new and undiscovered. Cue ‘Enough Light’ by Affiliate Links available from WABB, September 9th onwards. The album marks Bradley Davis …
News: The Afghan Whigs new album ‘How Do You Burn?’ is out now
Fans can watch their new video for ‘A Line Of Shots’ below: The Afghan Whigs new album How Do You Burn? heralded as one of the “Most Anticipated Albums of Summer 2022” by the likes of Pitchfork, Brooklyn Vegan, Forbes and many others finally arrives in stores and online this Friday September 9th. The band kicks off their North …
News: AlienBlaze joins Sumerian Records
British artist ALIENBLAZE has announced her signing to Sumerian Records with the release of new song ‘Not Yours Never Was‘. AlienBlaze is also the first UK-based signing to the label’s recently formed UK branch for the European operation, Sumerian Records Europe Limited. “I’m so honoured to be signed by Sumerian Records,” says Blaze. “I am so grateful to Ash Avildsen, who …
News: Fit For A King release new single ‘Falling Through The Sky’
FIT FOR A KING release their new album The Hell We Create on October 28 via Solid State Records. Today, the band have shared a new single and music video for ‘Falling Through The Sky’. “‘Falling Through the Sky’ represents the mental struggles I had dealt with during the pandemic, and how little my upbringing prepared me to deal with it,” says singer Ryan Kirby. “Between adopting two …
News: Suki Waterhouse unveils new song ‘Nostalgia’
Multitalented British vocalist and songwriter Suki Waterhouse shares a new song today, ‘Nostalgia,’ co-written and produced by John Mark Nelson—listen here and watch the lyric video here. “The song is about the romance of missing the idea of something, someone,” Waterhouse says. “In isolation, I found myself giving into the temptation to reminisce. To steep in nostalgia is to escape the now, to …
News: STRAY FROM THE PATH mark the release of new album, ‘Euthanasia’, with music video for ‘Needful Things’
Long Island, NY/UK alternative hardcore band, Stray From The Path, have today released their new album Euthanasia. Out today via UNFD, Euthanasia is the darkest and heaviest work of the band’s career, drawing on challenging circumstances to create a record that pulls no punches sonically or lyrically. The album pushes Stray From The Path’s signature blend of groove and aggression into adventurous and …