EP Review: Holy Springs – Camera
South London based trio Holy Springs have shared their new EP – Camera recorded in a weekend in Peckham at the end of last year. Influenced by shoegaze, lo-fi and…
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TRACK: Palace Winter – ‘Richard (Says Yes)’: vivacious synth-rock guided by the spirit of Little Richard
PALACE WINTER, the Danish-Australian intelligent pop duo who just last month hit us with the cracking “Kraftwerk plays country” track “The Deeper End”, featuring the not inconsiderable talents of Grandaddy’s…
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Track: The Finalists release new single ‘Learn to Live Without You’ and announce news of album ‘First’
Sydney group The Finalists follow up their earlier single ‘Ignore All The Hate (On Your Telephone)’, premiered here on Backseat Mafia, with a bright jangly sixties-infused track ‘Learn to Live…
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News: METZ Announce ‘No Ceiling’ Video, LP Launch Shows, European Tour
Following hot on the heels of the critical acclaim that greeted the release of their fourth album ‘Atlas Vending’ on Friday, Toronto noise punk stalwarts METZ have dropped another new…
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Droppin’ Knowledge: Behind The Boards With Farma Beats
In 2018, Brooklyn spitter Rome Streetz released one of the best collections of hip hop that year, Street Pharmacy. The album is filled with hard-hitting street stories, told with precision…
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Track: Spaza release new track ‘Xolile Mosi’ ahead of album
You know that jazz never goes away- it ebbs and flows in profile and popularity. But over the last five years or so jazz music has reached out, edged its…
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SEE: Jorja Smith – ‘Come Over’, feat. Popcan: R’n’B grace tells of app disconnection
JORJA SMITH made it over to Jamaica before lockdown for inspiration and to write new tunes, before all this descended on the world. While she was there she hooked with…
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Track: Telescreen – Moving On
Melburnian band Telescreen have just released a very vibrant and exciting new single ‘Moving On’, which is a sharp and melodic piece of intelligent pop dealing with real and tangible…
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Track: Majak Door – Will She Leave You
Melbourne’s Majak Door have released a fantastic jangling, jaunty tune ‘Will She Leave You’, which has chorus-soaked bubbling guitars lending an aquatic gurgle to the bright, sparkling tone. Very much…
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Track: Blue States drop ‘Friendly Fires’ from the expanded ‘Nothing Changes …’
IT’S HARD to believe that Blue States downbeatz classic, Nothing Changes Under the Sun, has reached its twentieth anniversary – who pressed fast forward, cos it wasn’t me; but it’s…
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