Music
Live Review: Larkin Poe / Ryan McMullan – Vicar Street, Dublin 03.05.2022
Indie rock powerhouses Larkin Poe brought their ‘Self Made Man’ tour to Dublin’s Vicar Street venue this week. It was a great display of musicianship from the Lovell sisters which left the crowd full of rock and roll energy for the rest of the night. Before the Lovell sisters graced the stage support came from …
Live Review: Denzel Curry / PlayThatBoiZay – 3Olympia, Dublin 01.05.2022
Fresh off a blistering performance at Coachella in California last week, kickass Florida rapper Denzel Curry took to Dublin last Sunday for one of the first shows in support of his latest (and brilliant) album, ‘Melt My Eyez See Your Future’. Performing almost 20 tracks in just over an hour, Denzel and a rambunctious Irish …
News: Indie power pop royalty Sunnyboys announce Australian tour in July.
The appropriately named Sunnyboys – the band that possibly did more to bring indie guitar music in a power pop guise into the mainstream in the eighties in Australia than other band – have announced an Australia wide tour. They will be supported by the venerable Even in Sydney and Melbourne while former Screaming Tribesman …
Track: Brisbane’s DARLING. releases the atmospheric and chilling double singles ‘Illusions’/’Isolating’, and announces launch date.
DARLING. is the bedroom project of Caitlin Finn (ex-Dorothy and Dog) and Joel Glazebrook (Edith Thomas Furey – a long time favourite here at Backseat Mafia), and features music that has a dark post-punk edge. They have just released a double single that showcases their brooding enigmatic sound: an edgy and goth-tinged sonic beast that …
Premiere: Sydney’s Big Wheels debut with a shimmering and jangling ‘Chain of Fire’.
We are very pleased to premiere the debut single ‘Chain of Fire’ from Sydney band Big Wheels. This is a stunning entre to the world of Big Wheels: an alt country flavour with yearning, layered vocals and harmonies ringing out over jangling, shimmering instrumentation. It is a track that sparkles like jewels in the sun. …
NEWS: KEG announce new EP Girders, release new single Kids and confirm debut UK headline tour plus festivals
KEG have announced their new EP Girders set for release 2 September on Alcopop! Records/BMG. The 7-piece from Bridlington, Yorkshire have also released their frenzied and whip-smart new single ‘Kids‘, with accompanying new video. And in a packed news day for the band, they have confirmed their debut UK headline tour plus festivals which include Green Man, End Of The Road, Latitude, The Great …
EP Review: Tenderhost’s slick, cinematic, and impressive debut ‘The Tin’.
Tenderhost is a new six-piece jazz-rock band, formed under the leadership of Gabriel Levy who had previously gained prominence as the lead in the now-defunct: Sistertalk. Back in 2019, the disbandment of Levy’s previous venture had been somewhat of a shock, considering their apparent talent and potential. But promises were made of a new project …
News: HOT DREAMS Festival to fire up Brisbane’s Princess Theatre in June: Featuring Lucy Dacus, Cate Le Bon, Andy Shauf, Glass Beams, Pinch Points + More
Jet Black Cat Music, Handsome Tours and The Princess Theatre are excited to announce HOT DREAMS – an all-new, multi-stage, one-day festival happening at Brisbane’s Princess Theatre on Saturday 11 June. The inaugural festival is brought to you by the same team behind the beloved Nine Lives Festival. HOT DREAMS will give Brisbane’s music and …