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Album Review: The Underground Lovers – Staring at you Staring at Me
In 2013, after a nine year hiatus, Melbourne’s legendary The Underground Lovers returned triumphantly with the album “Weekend” – listed as one of Backseat Mafia’s favourite releases for that year. Luckily, this time round we have not been kept waiting so long – four years later and they are back in business with the release …
Track: Private Life – Lost Boy
Melbourne, Australia two piece electro-pop outfit Private Life, aka Renee Anderson and Jamie Barlow have just released a new single ‘Lost Boy’. Its the follow up to acclaimed release Dragon, a self-titled debut EP in 2013 and singles Run Run and Follow The Sun. It’s got this almost haunting, spacious quality about it, draped in …
Bel reveals new video for Melacholia track
Australian singer songwriter Bel has revealed a new video to accompany her debut single, which drops this Friday, 19th August. The Melbourne 20 year old describes the track, Melancholia, as providing “an introspective depiction of what it’s like to be inside my head. Lyrically, it’s rich in raw emotion and personal truth. Our minds can …
Album Review: Cool Sounds – Dance Moves
Melbourne’s Cool Sounds live up to their namesake. Imagine an alternate universe where Mac Demarco, My Morning Jacket, and a less Beach Boys-centric Dent May formed an indie rock Voltron and put out an album that while never truly rocked it floated along nicely on a cloud of jangly melancholy. That’s what Cool Sounds does …
See: Wesley Fuller releases new video for Runaway Renee
If you liked Melvista, Wesley Fuller’s singalong, clap along indie rock belter, then it’s not going to take much for you to fall for follow up Runaway Renee, taken from his forthcoming debut EP, due out on the 1965 imprint. Fuller himself explains the ideas behind the song as “The song came about one hot, …
Meet: Luke Howard, and listen to his track ‘The Ends’
Sometimes you hear something that makes you stop. That sweeps over you with its emotion. Like you know those songs that used to be on Grey’s Anatomy when something went wrong, (cue held camera shots and arty cutaways), well even more emotional than that. Like, real. Well, Australian composer and musician Luke Howard did that …
Track: Nico Ghost – Night Terrors
Joining the likes of Allday and Ivan Ooze at the forefront of a new wave of Australian hip-hop is Melbourne MC Nico Ghost. Following on from his debut EP ‘Kaishi’, he’s already gained a slot at the Beyond the Valley festival and supported Wu-tang clan. Ahead of his support slot with G-Eazy this week around …
Say Psych: Album Review, Phantamonium by Hotel Wrecking City Traders
I first came across Hotel Wrecking City Traders last year with the release of the amazing Australian split 12″ with Hey Colossus on Wild Animal Records. While the Hey Colossus track was a great as you would expect from this ever improving band, the Hotel Wrecking City Traders track, ‘Droned and Disowned (Pt.2) was a …
See: GL release video for “Number One”
Melbourne duo GL, aka Ella Thompson and Graeme Pogson, set tongues wagging with the release of their debut EP Love Hexagon via Plastic World last year, not just in their home country but much further afield, including right here in the UK where the Guardian jumped on them (not literally you understand) for their ‘New …
Track: King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – Trapdoor
You’ll know if you read Backseat Mafia at all regularly (and why wouldn’t you?) that we love the seven piece Melbourne psych jugganaut King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. Their latest album, Paper Mâché Dream Balloon, is due out on November 13th via ATO Records and from it comes a new track, Trapdoor. It’s got …