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Track: Folk Bitch Trio Light Up the Gloom with New Single ‘Moth Song’
Harmonies forged in grit — Folk Bitch Trio are writing the new folk canon.
Track: Grab your popcorn and pull up a seat for the ‘Loki Horror Picture Show’ as Selve unveil their stunning new luminescent single.
I was sonically stunned when I came across the work of Gold Coast (Yugambeh/Kombumerri)-based six-piece Selve. I reviewed their last single ‘Breaking Into Heaven’ (see my review here) and their new single indicates its business as usual when it comes to stunning songwriting and exemplary musicianship. The humorously titled track ‘Loki Horror Picture Show’ reveals …
Premiere: With a storied past, Ash Santilla releases the brooding, visceral ‘Nightcrawler’ ahead of solo album.
With a previous life in band Melbourne indie rock band 67 Special, Ash Santilla has gone solo in a spectacular fashion with his new single ‘Nightcrawler’, which we are very proud to premiere today. With an ominous beat and a jagged raw power, ‘Nightcrawler’ slithers along like a terrifying beast filled with a dark brooding air, drawing …
News: Lisbon-based Irish band pôt-pot announce debut album ‘Warsaw 480km’ and lead with the haunting single ‘WRSW’.
The new single ‘WRSW’ from Lisbon-based Irish quintet pôt-pot is an intriguing motorik slab of krautrock with a slamming beat and a thundering combustion engine of rhythm and shuddering guitars. The vocals have the sort of distant, observant style á la Lou Reed: filled with an insouciant attitude and black-leather jacket swagger with a thousand …
Track: Lutruwita/Tasmania’s Abby Wallace releases the achingly beautiful track ‘Atlantic Blue’
With an immersive video to match, there is something of the wild and beautiful environment of Australia’s southern isle in the new single from Lutruwita/Tasmanian artist Abby Wallace. ‘Atlantic Blue’ swirls with a hypnotic eddy as Wallace’s yearning vocals thread their way through: a hint of melancholy and blue, immersive and heartbreakingly beautiful. Wallace says …
Track: KWONIX Share New Single ‘Full Speed’
Newcomers KWONIX share the vibrant debut single ‘Full Speed’, a radiant blend of jazzy instrumentation, R&B undertones and soaring, soulful vocals. A collaboration between Kwo and Unïx, the new single also features guest vocals from Chloe Nicole and NOAMZ. Blending bold ambition with a deep sense of soul, ‘Full Speed’ is a strikingly complete sounding …
Single review: Hunting Season – Newton Faulkner (feat. Lissie & Los Bitchos)
Newton Faulkner’s new single Hunting Season, builds on his recent work, exploring sound and texture in his music to produce some ground-breaking stuff. On the face of it, there’s a lot going on in this collaboration. Three artists that have very distinctive sounds and rhythm to their output, but what we get is a perfect …
Premiere: ‘Everything Is Temporary’ – but class is permanent as The Valery Trails prove their resilience with their eternal jangly pop sensibilities ahead of new album.
We are very proud to premiere the new single ‘Everything Is Temporary’ from The Valery Trails: a soaring jangly slice of power pop heaven that sets the heart beating with its euphoric delivery. It’s their first release since 2022’s ‘The Sky Is Blue’ (reviewed by me here) and absence certainly makes the heart grow fonder …
Track: Hendriek Bleik Goes Boom-Bap in Dystopian Afrikaans Rap Banger ‘Bomskok’
Boom-bap meets the apocalypse: Bleik, R3ps & Van der Merwe light up ‘Bomskok’
News: Rowena Wise and Didirri announce Australia tour following the release of their elegantly beautiful single ‘No Cure For Love’
We here at the Antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia have admired Didirri ever since 2018 when we covered his single ‘Formaldehyde’, and we confess we are a little late to the party with his most recent release, the elegantly beautiful duet ‘No Cure For Love’ with fellow indie artist Rowena Wise. ‘No Cure For Love’ …