News: Destruction embark on Australian Tour Dates
In 24 hours, I’ll be camped in the photographers pit as Schmier and crew destroy The Crowbar, Brisbane Australia in support of ‘Under Attack’. Doing my best in taking pics…
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Track: Hatchie – Sugar and Spice, plus announcement of debut EP
While there was much excitement in Australia following the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games last night in Brisbane, Backseat Mafia’s antipodean outpost was more enthralled by the news that…
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Track: Chakra Efendi – Waste of Space
At the age of 18, Brisbane-based artist Chakra Efendi had already attracted considerable interest on his SoundCloud page for his series of self-produced homegrown demos. These demos clearly indicated a…
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Track: The Double Happiness – City
Those who remember the heady days of the Australian indie music scene in the eighties will remember the incredible range of bands playing every night on every pub on every…
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Track: Mallrat – UFO ft Allday
Mallrat is the project of Brisbane resident Grace Shaw who has been receiving a great deal of well-deserved interest – firstly across Australia and now internationally. Mallrat has been selected…
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See: Hatchie releases new video for Sure, plus UK tour dates
Brisbane singer-songwriter Hatchie, aka Harriette Pilbeam, has released a new video in support of her single Sure. Its the first bloom of her new association with Heavenly Records and comes…
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EP Review: The Dollar Bill Murrays – Always On
The Brisbane quartet, The Dollar Bill Murrays, may have a quaintly amusing moniker but on the strength of this EP, they are not here just for fun. This is a…
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Track – Velvet Flare – Animal
Straight out of Brisbane and seemingly via the tenements of London comes Velvet Flare with “Animal”, a visceral, angry stab of glam rock that has all the hallmarks of an…
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Say Psych: Album Review, Strange Pleasures by Dreamtime
OK here goes, I’m a little nervous. Here’s the thing. I have written around 75 album reviews this year, yet I’ve still got a few butterflies. Why? Well every so…
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Say Psych: Premiere, The Sentient by Dreamtime
It’s been a big year for Dreamtime releases this year. The first two albums, ‘Dreamtime‘ and ‘Sun‘, were re-released by Cardinal Fuzz/ Captcha Records back in January and sold out…
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