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News: Jim White (Dirty Three) announces solo album and leads with the atmospheric title track ‘Inner Day’, with Australian and US dates ahead with Ed Kuepper

The premiere Australian percussionist and living icon Jim White – the power house engine behind the skins in Dirty Three, has announced the release of his second ever solo album…

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News: bar italia announce new album Some Like It Hot

Over 160 live shows since 2023 have reshaped bar italia into a powerful five-piece on stage.

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Live Review: Smashing Pumpkins / White Lies / Rocket – Piece Hall, Halifax 12.08.2025

Words: Jim F / Pictures: Huw Williams It was a brilliant, almost life-affirming night in Halifax as The Smashing Pumpkins rolled into town to play to a sold-out Piece Hall…

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Track: ‘When Will We Lose Hope?’ Romanie seeks answers in a beautifully delivered track ahead of live dates.

We here at the antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia have avidly followed the burgeoning career of Belgian/Australian artist Romanie, and her new single ‘When Will We Lose Hope?’ further develops…

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EP Review: Radio Free Alice unveil their sonically iridescent third EP ‘Empty Words’ as they continue breaking records on their European and US tour

We have been closely following the rapid ascent of Radio Free Alice ever since premiering their video for ‘I (Gotta Fall In Love)’ back in 2023. This was followed by their signing to the…

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News: Fire Records announce release of Chris Bailey’s The Saints last recordings in the album ‘Long March Through The Jazz Age’, with anthemic lead single ‘Empires (Sometimes We Fall)’ unveiled.

Close to what would have been the late legendary Chris Bailey’s 69th birthday in November, Fire Records today announce the release of ‘Long March Through The Jazz Age’, essentially Chris…

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Meet: Inside Jordan Laser’s Cinematic Alt-Pop World

"Songwriting has always felt like a form of self-examination. I see it as a wonderful way of trying to make sense of things that I don’t yet understand whether that be about myself or others."

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Track: Dive with wasted and elegant splendor into the ‘Blackwater Bay’ with the Dirty Suits.

‘Blackwater Bay’ from the Dirty Suits is a deliciously dark slab of swampy attitude-laden rock that swaggers and rolls with a sneer and an elegantly posed raised eyebrow, delivered from…

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News: Holly Humberstone announces Australian headline shows this November

British singer-songwriter Holly Humberstone will tour Australia in November, performing headline shows in Melbourne, Brisbane, and Sydney.

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News: Joan & the Giants find beauty in heartbreak on their greatest release yet, latest EP ‘The Five Stages of Grief’

Breakups are messy and never just one thing. Grief doesn’t arrive in a neat sequence, and Joan & the Giants’ new EP ‘The Five Stages of Grief‘ catches every jagged…

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