Backseat Mafia

Track: Winterburn – Ivory Tower

Winterburn is the project of lead guitarist and vocalist Naser Mestarihi. Pulling from an abundance of experience both live and recording, Mestarihi, is a multi-instrumentalist who plays all instruments with…

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Track: Hadal Maw – Oblique Order

Melbourne-based death-metal band Hadal Maw have shared the title track of their new EP ‘Oblique Order’, which is due 31st December via Blighttown Records. The track features guest vocals from three of Australia’s most accomplished…

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News: Reading and Leeds Festival announce first acts for 2022

What better way to cure the December blues than with a summer festival line-up announcement; and Reading and Leeds have absolutely pulled it out of the bag with their first…

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Album Review: Tout Bleu – Otium

London, New York, Paris Munich, everybody’s talking about…well it’s got to be Geneva, home to one of the most vibrant European scenes that gets broadcast to the rest of us…

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Track: Tycho & Ben Gibbard’s positivity anthem ‘Only Love’ gets a woozily halcyon remix from Brijean

SAN FRAN breaks producer Tycho has been working cross-genre of late with Benjamin Gibbard, frontman of acclaimed US indie outfits Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service – not that…

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Album Review: End Scene’s debut album ‘All My Ghosts’ is a masterpiece that jangles with a dark pop intent and an indelible shimmer.

There is a recognisable antipodean jingle jangle thrum in Sydney band End Scene‘s debut album ‘All My Ghosts’. Essentially, End Scene is James Jennings and Tom Dufficy and together they have…

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Premiere: Spring Skier gently reflect on ‘Six Strings, Eight Legs’ with a dreamy pop elegance.

Brisbane’s dreamy pop duo Spring Skier (Remy Boccalatte and Kane Mazlin) grace the pages of Backseat Mafia again with another stunning premiere, the gentle and reflective ‘Six Stings, Eight Legs’.…

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Track: SOM – Moment

With their album due 21st January via Pelagic Records and their European tour opening for Katatonia and Sólstafir, SOM have shared their Alex Pace directed video for epic new single ‘Moment’.…

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Track: Sydney’s Hawker Announce Debut Double A-side Single Bot Noxious / Chaka

Hailing from Sydney’s northern beaches, the four-piece – Jefferson Grainger on guitar/vocals, Ish Karunanayake on lead guitar, Chris Grainger on bass and Jason Robertson on drums – conjure the spirit…

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Track: Breacher – Hollowed Out

New alternative hardcore band Breacher have shared their first official music video for their track ‘Hollowed Out’. A torrential down pour of heavy drums, and raging guitars with the roughest…

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Track: Winterburn – Ivory Tower

Track: Hadal Maw – Oblique Order

News: Reading and Leeds Festival announce first acts for 2022

Album Review: Tout Bleu – Otium

Track: Tycho & Ben Gibbard’s positivity anthem ‘Only Love’ gets a woozily halcyon remix from Brijean

Album Review: End Scene’s debut album ‘All My Ghosts’ is a masterpiece that jangles with a dark pop intent and an indelible shimmer.

Premiere: Spring Skier gently reflect on ‘Six Strings, Eight Legs’ with a dreamy pop elegance.

Track: SOM – Moment

Track: Sydney’s Hawker Announce Debut Double A-side Single Bot Noxious / Chaka

Track: Breacher – Hollowed Out