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Track: Fingerless – Get My Money Back

Missed in the pre-Christmas excitement, ‘Get My Money Back’, the new single from Brisbane’s inimitable Fingerless is a swaggering joy. Opening with a dream-like Gregorian chant with a spacey blur,…

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Say Psych: Album Premiere: Las Cobras – Selva

Emerging out of the small Uruguayan city of Canelones, in 2017 a band named Las Cobras released their debut recordings, a nine track LP called Temporal – and instantly became…

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News: Bushfire Relief Concerts – Australia

Australia has been hit with apocalyptic fires this summer and it is great to see the music industry coming together to provide support for the community. One concert entitled Down…

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Feature: 2019 Favourites

The following are lists of my favourite releases of 2019. This is not a definitive list of the best of 2019: I would not be so presumptuous to think I…

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New Music: Max Richter – ‘AD ASTRA’ soundtrack

A sci-fi thriller set in the future, AD ASTRA stars Brad Pitt as an elite astronaut who travels to the outer edges of the solar system to find his missing…

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Premiere: Elder – wabi sabi

Backseat Mafia couldn’t be more pleased to premiere the extraordinary single ‘wabi sabi’ from Brisbane’s Elder: a song that is so innovative and exciting and quite mesmerising. It heralds the…

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Not Forgotten: Brainchild – Healing of the Lunatic Owl

Purchased, simply because I was flicking through the racks at Record Collector, took one look at the cover and declared that, regardless of the music it contained, I simply had…

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New Music: Summers Sons – The Rain

Summers Sons return with their second full length album ‘The Rain‘, their most heartfelt record to date, ‘The Rain‘ was recorded in the wake of devastating family bereavement and explores some…

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Not Forgotten: Grand Funk – Grand Funk

With a fuzz bass sound to die for high on their list of priorities, and critical adulation low, Grand Funk (Railroad) blazed a trail across America from the late 60s and way…

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Classic Compilation: Talkings Heads – The Best of

Rhino have always had a reputation for putting together some damn fine compilations which work as ideal introductions to the bands in question. The Best of Faces – Good Boys ……

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Track: Fingerless – Get My Money Back

Say Psych: Album Premiere: Las Cobras – Selva

News: Bushfire Relief Concerts – Australia

Feature: 2019 Favourites

New Music: Max Richter – ‘AD ASTRA’ soundtrack

Premiere: Elder – wabi sabi

Not Forgotten: Brainchild – Healing of the Lunatic Owl

New Music: Summers Sons – The Rain

Not Forgotten: Grand Funk – Grand Funk

Classic Compilation: Talkings Heads – The Best of