Brisbane
Premiere: Paulina unveils her captivating and emotive new single ‘Parasite’ – Watch the accompanying video
Backseat Mafia are delighted to premiere the very latest track release (plus video) from rising Brisbane-based singer/songwriter Paulina. Following on from her critically praised single Lonely Drives, the artist has returned with signature poise to release her new track Parasite, an ethereal and gently atmospheric pop track produced by artist/producer Toby Hobart. Featuring gorgeously textured …
News: Brisbane’s ‘COLLAR’ drop their new EP ‘Hard Time To Take It’ with focus single ‘Tripping Over Myself
Following on from the success of their bold and self-assured debut EP, 2020’s Strangest Desires, COLLAR’S brand new EP HARD TIME TO TAKE IT is out now and proving to be a hypnotic, grungy beat-driven offering that features flickering percussive production from Charles Murdoch and Spencer White’s signature deep vocals. COLLAR will also be playing one of the very first shows at the newly-restored …
Track: The Plane Sailors soar high with release of new single ‘Strikeout’
Brisbane indie four-piece The Plane Sailors have spent the last two years hard at work, trying on new sounds, fleshing out new ideas and bringing new creative vision to life, which culminates in the debut of their new single, Strikeout. Together since 2018, the song serves as both an introduction for some and a reintroduction …
Track: Brisbane-based musician Ash Lune’s shimmering ‘Panic at the Party’ is a mesmerising delight.
With dappling guitars and sweeping, weeping strings, the new track from Mumbai-born, Brisbane-based artist Ash Lune is a dreamy, euphoric delight. Lune’s voice has an immersive, ethereal timbre that literally floats above the music, filled with longing, melancholy and melody. Lune has a wry observant style that captures the awkwardness of social interactions and the …
Track: Chloe Mae’s entrancing new single ‘Falling’ is a delicately hazy, psych-folk dream
Rising Brisbane vocalist Chloe Mae has been enchanting listeners with her ethereal sound since the release of breakout single Flowers last year. Blending beautifully blooming, serenading vocals with melodic elements of psych-folk, Chloe’s delicate style returns with the release of new track Falling (produced by Aaron Shanahan – Miami Horror, Sunday) out now. Emanating with …
Track: Brisbane’s sparkling Cheap Date unveil a dreamy poppy delight ‘Woman to You’, and announce launch gig.
Proving itself yet again to be a hotspot for unbounded talent of the shoegaze/dream pop variety, Brisbane has produced another dreamy dream pop delight in the band Cheap Date, whose new single ‘Woman to You’ is a gloriously shimmering immersive slice of heaven. Punctuated by crisp dappling guitars and wry, humourous lyrics, singer Lara Dee’s …
See: Monet’s Pond immerses us in some trippy psychedelia in her new video for ‘Floating In Air’
Last month, we described Brisbane musician Monet’s Pond‘s debut single ‘Floating In Air’ as a swirling panoply of sound that created a sonic kaleidoscopic haze – a musical version of a Pucci dress. Now, Monet’s Pond – essentially the work of Brigette Lawrence – has provided a sumptuous, visually riotous video that encapsulates the same …
Track: The new psychedelic and sparkling single ‘Floating In Air’ from Monet’s Pond indicates Brisbane’s musical hot spot continues to flourish.
Monet’s Pond – essentially the work of Brigette Lawrence – is adding to the flourishing and verdant music scene in Brisbane, and her new single ‘Floating in Air’ does just that: it’s an ethereal, psychedelic melange of whirling sounds and a sonic haze that seems free of gravitational pull. The swirling panoply of sound creates …
Premiere: Brisbane’s enigmatic Spring Skier unveil the gorgeously evocative dream pop track ‘Don’t Forget’
We are very honoured to premiere the statuesque and elegant dream pop track ‘Don’t Forget’ from Brisbane band Spring Skier. Soaked in an astral seventies sheen with dual melodies and harmonies that recall bands like Bread, 10CC or The Corgis, this is wide, expansive music that positively sparkles. The lush instrumentation, indelible melodies and an …
Track: Gold Coast’s dream pop exponents syrup go on engulf us in a dreamy reverie with the sparkling ‘Lavender Sky’
It’s been nearly two years since we reviewed the delightful album ‘Last Light’ from Brisbane’s dream pop giants syrup go on. They have returned after a year of songwriting, development and, I presume, avoiding the maelstrom of COVID with a new single: the luminescent and sparkling track ‘Lavender Sky’. Evoking images of pastoral, bucolic countrysides …