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Live Review & Gallery – The Meanies, Frenzal Rhomb, Canine, Nunchukka Superfly, LoJetz, The Hot Ness, Drifters Wharf and Crowbar 2-3 June 2023

Punk fans were treated to a huge couple of gigs last weekend as Oz punk legends The Meanies swanned into town, bringing with them a suitcase full of other punk…

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Live Review and Gallery: Dark Mofo Festival – Bitumen, In The Hanging Garden, 10.06.2023

The marvelous thing about Dark Mofo is the opportunity to witness bands you normally wouldn’t know about or have experienced before. While I had to miss Drab Majesty due to…

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Track: We Set Sail are departing and their penultimate offering is a beautiful and passionate ‘Broken Umbrella’. Out through False Peak Records.

We Set Sail are a firm favourite here at the antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia and if there is any certainty in life, it’s that good things don’t last for…

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Premiere: Judgment is made – Matt Malone & The Holy Spirits unveils ‘For The Term Of My Natural Life’, the visceral and haunting title track to new album.

We are overjoyed at being able to bring you exclusively the new single ‘For The Term Of My Natural Life’ from Matt Malone and the Holy Sprits. Hailing from country…

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Track: According to Greta Stanley, ‘It’s Cool To Be In Love’ – a dreamy anthemic blast of rock pop goodness out through Double Drummer.

One of our favourites here at Backseat Mafia, the enormously talented Greta Stanley returns to the scene with a thoroughly energetic new single that seems to herald a new direction.…

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Premiere: Go to a special place with folkloric rock of The Elsewheres and their new single ‘Run Away With Me’, with launch date announced.

We are very pleased to premiere the new track ‘Run Away From Me’ from Melbourne folk rock outfit The Elsewheres. Coasting on layered instruments fringed by delicious horns and sparkling…

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Live Review Plus Gallery: The Church, Odeon Theatre, Hobart 03.06.2023

It was rather apt that The Church should mark their first gig in Hobart for more than twenty years one week ahead of the ritual bacchanalia that is Dark Mofo.…

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Track: ‘Hurt Me Harder’ – Jacob Fitzgerald unveils a masochistic urge with his sparkling, vivacious new single, ahead of tour.

Jacob Fitzgerald has an ability to craft heartfelt indie pop anthems that sparkle and shimmer with vivacity. His new single, ‘Hurt Me Harder’ is no exception: a bright bouncy track…

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News: Teenage Dads unveil new single ‘Speedracer’ on announcement of expansive Australian and New Zealand tour

Teenage Dads, currently touring UK, Ireland & Europe,have unveiled a science fiction-inspired new single ‘Speedracer’, and the announcement of a huge 30-stop national headline tour across Australia & New Zealand…

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Track: Everything is ‘Bright’ for New Zealand’s Marmalade: a shimmering tasty dollop of sweet indie pop, with launch date announced.

Tāmaki Makaurau-based five-piece band Marmalade today release their new single ‘Bright’ – a jangly sparkling track laden with a dusting of melancholy and the sweetest harmonies to ever nest inside…

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