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Album Review: Things We Did on Earth – The Kilbey/Kennedy sonic spaceship alights in our universe, and they’re better than ever.

Over the years, writing about Steve Kilbey and Martin Kennedy has become a little like tracing constellations across different skies. Whether reviewing latter-day albums by The Church or previous Kilbey…

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News: The dynamic collaboration between Steve Kilbey and Martin Kennedy continues with news of their new album ‘Things We Did On Earth’

There’s a neat symmetry to this one that feels almost too perfect to script. In the early ’80s, a teenage Martin Kennedy stood in a dusty field watching Steve Kilbey…

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Feature: Backseat Downunder Team’s Favourite Antipodean Albums of 2022, and Favourite Gigs

In many end of year best albums of 2022 put together by outlets such as The Guardian and NME, there has been a distinct absence of antipodean bands – an…

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Album Review: Steve Kilbey (The Church) and Martin Kennedy (All India Radio) are Kilbey/Kennedy and they combine forces again to weave their aesthetically jaw-dropping sci-fi sonic magic.

Steve Kilbey (The Church) and Martin Kennedy (All India Radio) separately produce some of the most stunning music coming out of Australia in their various guises. Kilbey – so prolific…

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100 albums of 2021 you shouldn’t miss, plus playlist

In a moment a folly, I (not me and my editorial team, or my writers, or indeed anyone) decided to make a playlist of the year. Not one of those…

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See: On the day of the release of the brilliant album Jupiter 13, Kilbey and Kennedy issues a video for ‘Rendezvous’

Already for me a strong contender for one of the albums of the year, today sees the release of ‘Jupiter 13’, a spectacular album recently reviewed by me for Backseat…

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