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News: Sheila Rock returns with a new book documenting the 80s New Romantic scene

October 18, 2023

A year on from her brilliant book the 80s, Sound And Vision, Sheila Rock is back with another. This time diving deeper into the decade, looking at the new romantic…

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Premiere: Sophie Mahon’s sparkling dedication to devotion, ‘Bogart’s Eyes’, is a rich and luscious tapestry.

The rich and luscious sounds on Sophie Mahon‘s ‘Bogart’s Eyes’, premiered here in Backseat Mafia today, transports one to the eighties: there is a palpable new romantic shimmer and an…

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Track / Video

Track: Costume – Dream Palace

Backseat Mafia was blown away by a performance by Hobart’s Renaissance man Costume (the moniker of Adam Ouston) at last year’s Dark Mofo Festival. Dramatic, postured, confident and highly entertaining,…

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Live: Dark Mofo Festival – Costume

Like some new romantic looking for the tv sound, Adam Ouston (under the nom de plume Costume) could have been straight out of London’s infamous Blitz Club in the eighties.…

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