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Premiere: Brisbane’s Dopamine have ‘No Words’ for the bland new world in their incendiary new single.

There is something reassuring about a band getting increasingly pissed off as they get better. Brisbane’s Dopamine have always had a certain swagger about them – chiming guitars, mountainous choruses…

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Premiere: Isolía lights the fuse on a dark new world with ‘Slow Burn’

There’s something deliciously deceptive about the title ‘Slow Burn’. It implies patience, restraint, the languorous passage of time – but beneath the surface there is a palpable sense of ignition,…

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PREMIERE: T.R. Burge & The Temple Share Brooding New Single ‘This Bird Is Flown’

Manchester’s T.R. Burge & The Temple share the dark, reflective and beautifully spacious new single ‘This Bird Is Flown’, released alongside the announcement of their upcoming debut album, Godache. I’m…

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Premiere: Bloom Parade let the twang in on ‘By Another Name’ – a lush and sparkling release.

Bloom Parade wrote and produced their new single ‘By Another Name’ themselves, at home in Alderley, and you can hear the decision-making in every bar of it — nobody in…

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Premiere: Icecream Hands declare it’s ‘Shakespeare Always’ as they exclusively unveil video for the anthemic track ahead of EP release and live dates.

We are honoured to exclusively premiere the video for the track ‘Shakespeare Always’ from Melbourne power pop icons Icecream Hands on the eve of the release of their new EP…

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Premiere: Blank Instrument Honours Friendship And Healing On ‘Green and Blue’

There is a quiet strength running through Blank Instrument’s new single ‘Green and Blue’. Premiering today on Backseat Mafia ahead of its official release on 7 August, the track finds Boorloo/Perth songwriter Kim Franklin continuing the deeply…

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Premiere: ‘I Kinda Love You’ – Boorloo/Perth band Salt Museum exclusively deliver an extraordinary shimmering debut.

Some songs are about certainty. This one isn’t. Perth five-piece Salt Museum have built their debut single around the space just before a confession of love — that fragile, half-terrified…

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Premiere: Naarm/Melbourne-based artist SRU confronts self-abandonment on new single ‘be ur girl’

There’s a particular kind of song that doesn’t announce its darkness — it just lets you sit in it. Melbourne artist SRU‘s new single ‘be ur girl’ is exactly that…

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Premiere: Flame to Grey – Billy Peril Premiere the Jangling ‘Tornado’

Melbourne’s Billy Peril have been quietly building one of the more compelling debut album rollouts of the year, and ‘Tornado’, the third single lifted from that forthcoming record on Cheersquad…

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Premiere: Postcards from Pluto exclusively unwrap their tasty new track ‘Chocolate’

One of the most exciting young antipodean outfits around at the moment, the inimitable Postcards From Pluto, today bless us with an early listen to their new track ‘Chocolate’. It’s…

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