See: Juniore release new video for Bizarre
French band Juniore, fresh from being the first French speaking band to be A-Listed on 6Music twice, and capturing the hearts of the likes of David Holmes and lead Arctic…
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Track: A.Swayze and the Ghosts – Mess of Me plus tour news
A. Swayze and the Ghosts are undeniably one of Tasmanian’s finest exports (along with southern gothicism, unfiltered Gin and the Dark Mofo Festival). Building up quite a reputation across Australia,…
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Track: The Lazy Eyes – Cheesy Love Song
Everything old may well be new again – there is a degree of amusement that a fair percentage of popular contemporary music is very similar to stuff that has come…
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Track: Cloning – All Rise
‘All Rise’ is the very exciting and extremely fresh sound from Western Australia’s Cloning. Ostensibly classic indie rock with a touch of shoegaze, there is a whiff of trip hop…
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Not Forgotten: The Magnetic Fields – Realism
The level of self-imposed pressure that Stephin Merritt must have put on himself following the release of The Magnetic Fields’ four hour masterpiece, 1999’s 69 Love Songs, must have been immense. He…
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Premiere: Elder – wabi sabi
Backseat Mafia couldn’t be more pleased to premiere the extraordinary single ‘wabi sabi’ from Brisbane’s Elder: a song that is so innovative and exciting and quite mesmerising. It heralds the…
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Classic Compilation: Talkings Heads – The Best of
Rhino have always had a reputation for putting together some damn fine compilations which work as ideal introductions to the bands in question. The Best of Faces – Good Boys ……
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Not Forgotten: Sparks – Gratuitous Sax and Senseless Violins
Sparks were in a weird position in the mid 90s. Once one of the most subversively inspirational acts, by the time Gratuitous Sax and Senseless Violins was released, The Mael Brothers has been…
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Not Forgotten: The Wonder Stuff – Hup
While 1987’s The Eight Legged Groove Machine was The Wonder Stuff’s statement of intent, ultimately it was little more than thrillingly scruffy post-punk guitar thrash aimed squarely at the pop charts. It…
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Track: BOB re-release Convenience in support of their final tour dates
All good things must come to an end, and largely unheralded but none the less brilliant 80s/90s indie merchants BOB have decided to end their reemergence with a flurry of…
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