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Live Review: Reco – Grand Social, Dublin, 11.09.2023, plus gallery

Hometown favourites Reco arrived in Dublin this past Monday to delight their fans, having been on hiatus since May. You wouldn’t have guessed it, with the band tight and focused,…

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Track: Devendra Banhart releases new song, Nun, taken from forthcoming Flying Wig album; plus World Tour dates

In the run up to his Flying Wig album, due out on September 22nd on one of our favourite labels here at Backseat Mafia, Mexican Summer, Devendra Banhart has released…

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Live Review: Badly Drawn Boy / Liam Frost – Sheffield Memorial Hall 12.05.2023

Sometimes beautiful things are difficult to get to. Often though, when you take the trouble to search through the things obscuring it, getting in the way of it even, it…

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Track: ‘Everything Changed’ – the mighty The Lovetones return with another jangly epic ahead of live gigs.

The Lovetones return after a three year absence with their new single ‘Everything Changed’ ahead of next month’s gigs in Sydney and Melbourne. Their signature crisp twelve string crunch carries…

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EP Review: Lisa Caruso’s ‘Stretching’ is a gorgeous collection of personal songs with universal themes, delivered in her immersive, expressive vocals.

We have been following the steady ascent of chanteuse Lisa Caruso for a few years now and it is great to be able to hear her new EP ‘Stretching’, a…

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News: New Zealand’s Office Dog announce signing to New West Records, unveil debut album ‘Spiel’ and entice us with the charming single ‘Big Air’.

Signed to the legendary Flying Nun label in the southern hemisphere and with genetic roots to that mecca of indie music, Dunedin, new outfit Office Dog have expanded their horizons…

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News: Iconic guitarist Ashley Naylor (The Church, Even, Paul Kelly) reveals new solo instrumental album and single ‘Spaceship’.

Ashley Naylor is a bit of a guitar god. Not only is he at the helm of the super jangle pop gods Even, a feature player in the Rockwiz Orchestra…

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Premiere: Hannah Stow blooms with the radiant single ‘Sunflowers’.

We are very honoured to premier the new single ‘Sunflowers’ from Hannah Stow: a beautifully expressed reflection of the vulnerabilities of a relationship, delivered in a radiant pop cloak that…

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News: Middlesbrough’s Twisterella Share Full 2023 Programme Joining Headliners Prima Queen, Dutch Uncles, Avalanche Party, Opus Kink & Venus Grrrls

Middlesbrough’s pioneering music festival Twisterella has announced the full lineup & stage splits for its ninth annual event, taking place on Saturday 14th October across multiple venues & spaces throughout the town centre. These new…

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Premiere: Two Times Shy are at their ‘Wit’s End’ in a blistering pop punk blast.

Meanjin/Brisbane pop punkers Two Times Shy are not wilting wallflowers given evidence of their new single ‘Wit’s End’, which we are very pleased to premiere today. With a buzz saw…

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