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Track: ‘Honey Go Home’ – Lutruwita/Tasmanian due Isle Two impress with their shimmering single at head of debut live performance supporting A. Swayze & the Ghosts.
With a debut live show supporting the legendary A. Swayze & the Ghosts on 30 January, duo Isle Two are a band going places, and impress me greatly with their new single ‘Honey Go Home’. it’s a shimmering glowing track that skips along on a swirl of synths, a pattering percussion and razor sharp guitars. …
Track: lutriwita/Tasmanian duo Future State release the atmospheric single ‘Serve Yourself’ ahead of debut album ‘Everything Is Temporary’
Future State are an electronic trip hop duo from southern edge of the world in Tasmania, and their sound is suitably chill and Antarctic with its combination of thundering percussion, saxophone and lush synth layers. In their new single ‘Serve Yourself’, singer Ally Oliver’s voice recalls Portishead’s Beth Gibbons with its extraordinary range and distant …
News: Chicago-based electronic duo Drama announce Australian East Coast tour for May 2024.
Chicago-based electronic duo Drama announce East Coast tour for May 2024.
News: It’s all go, with Mannequin Death Squad’s release of brilliant new track, Everybody’s Movin’
Melbourne/naarm power-punk duo, Mannequin Death Squad have unleashed a new song that is arguably their most powerful to date, in the bone-crunching juggernaut that is Everybody’s Movin’. The hard-working two-piece have created (and self-produced) a song which will sit comfortably into their existing material whilst showcasing some of the heavier influences the band readily admit …
Track: Huck Hastings and Tesse have an ‘Unreasonable Doubt’ and it’s definitely a luscious and languorous track.
Huck Hastings has a permanent place in the heart of Backseat Mafia’s antipodean outpost with his always delicate and yearning tracks – whether as a solo artist, part of the group Hollow States or through his collaborations with other exciting artists such as Charlie Gradon. This time, Hucks has collaborated with Tesse for the beautiful …
Live Galleries + Review: …..and the fun began!! Bluesfest Byron Bay starts one day earlier with evening shows put on for early-bird 5 day campers
An exciting new innovation has been unveiled at Bluesfest Byron Bay, with an extra evening’s entertainment put on for the early-arriving, 5 day campers.These particular patrons are viewed as the backbone and, some may say, lifeblood of the Bluesfest being. As a reward, and as a way of encouraging people to arrive as early as …
Live Review + Gallery: Mannequin Death Squad at Altar 29/09/2022
Having recently returned from a tour throughout the UK, Melbourne power-punk 2-piece, Mannequin Death Squad (El and Dan) took to the stage at Altar here in Hobart and ripped out an explosive set of songs from their catalogue, including new tracks from their just-released album, Super Mental Psycho (which was co-produced by legendary Australian producer, …
Review: Polish Club drop new album ‘Now We’re Cookin’ in Hell’
Polish Club’s new album is a rollicking barrel of fun with some wry humour and acute social observations that’ll make you want to party like there’s no tomorrow.
Track: New Duo ‘ Wanderland ‘ debut the heavenly ‘Soon’
I had the pleasure of reviewing songstress Natalie Wildgoose’s debut single “You”, here at Backseat Mafia. Needless to say I wasn’t sure what to expect from this up and coming songstress; I had anticipated a clear, distinctive sound following the likes of a jazzier Laura Marling, perhaps with Imogen Heap influences. Natalie was indeed right …
Track: Holy Holy construct shimmering sonic architecture in new single ‘How You Been’
Melbourne duo Holy Holy have an infinite capacity to deliver sweeping melodic tunes that are layered, nuanced and euphoric (see our review of their 2017 album ‘Pain’). Their new single ‘How You Been’ does just that: it is an immersive piece that is a delightful sonic construction that combines a euphoric tone with just a …