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Meet: “Let the Wound Stay Open”: Ezra Furman on Goodbye Small Head

Ezra Furman has never shied away from the raw, the sacred, or the chaotic. But with Goodbye Small Head—her new album described as “twelve variations on losing control”—she dives deeper…

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Live Review & Gallery: Enmore dissolves into a dreamscape with Slowdive and Beach Fossils, Sydney 6.05.2025

Beach Fossils and Slowdive Make a Case for the Beauty of Melancholy

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Album Review : Sami Galbi –‘Ylh Bye Bye’ : fresh and feisty electro-pop from a new voice on the world fusion airwaves.

Genevan label Bongo Joe has been sneaking out singles by Swiss/Moroccan electronic artist Sami Galbi since March last year but now the teasing is over. The full whammy, his debut…

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Live Review & Gallery: New Model Army Set Mary’s Underground Ablaze in Furious Return 4.05.2025

Political Fire and Punk Energy: New Model Army Hit Sydney With Operation Ibis in Tow

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Meet: Alt Rocker Newcomers ‘Kissing On Camera’

An emotive force from Dublin City, now forging their sound in the heart of London, Josh Rosney, Sam Cheesmore, Morgan Beausang and Sebastian Bluestone channel the raw energy and angst…

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Track: Cwfen – Bodies

Glasgow’s Cwfen (pronounced ‘Coven’) have shared another taster of their debut album ‘Sorrows’ with new single ‘Bodies’. ‘Sorrows’ is due out on the 30th of May via New Heavy Sounds.…

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Album Review: Heligoland’s Karen Vogt releases the shimmering, ambient solo album ‘Haunted Woodland, Volume 5’.

Australian-born Karen Vogt plays in the Melbourne dream pop shoegaze band Heligoland – who a few years back toured Europe and forgot to return home, ending up based in Paris.…

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EP Review: Cie – Adventures II

Cie embarks on a new sonic expedition with ‘Adventures II‘, the successor to the original journey, continuing the musical quest with great intensity and energy. As the music begins, ‘Reichenstein‘…

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Track: SIG SALI Shines On New Single ‘Yozeke’

Bristol-based producer, songwriter, and vocalist Sig Sali returns with ‘his most beguiling release to date in the form of ‘Yozeke (Psychopath)’, a hypnotic yet punchy indietronica out today. Marking the…

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Track: ‘Set You Up’ – Kat Greta radiates a blinding percussive pop blast with her new single.

Kat Greta is a much admired artist here at the antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia for her pure pop songwriting craft and radiance, evident ever since we premiered her debut…

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Meet: “Let the Wound Stay Open”: Ezra Furman on Goodbye Small Head

Live Review & Gallery: Enmore dissolves into a dreamscape with Slowdive and Beach Fossils, Sydney 6.05.2025

Album Review : Sami Galbi –‘Ylh Bye Bye’ : fresh and feisty electro-pop from a new voice on the world fusion airwaves.

Live Review & Gallery: New Model Army Set Mary’s Underground Ablaze in Furious Return 4.05.2025

Meet: Alt Rocker Newcomers ‘Kissing On Camera’

Track: Cwfen – Bodies

Album Review: Heligoland’s Karen Vogt releases the shimmering, ambient solo album ‘Haunted Woodland, Volume 5’.

EP Review: Cie – Adventures II

Track: SIG SALI Shines On New Single ‘Yozeke’

Track: ‘Set You Up’ – Kat Greta radiates a blinding percussive pop blast with her new single.