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Premiere: Melbourne’s Luke Seymoup is a purveyor of indelible ‘Pop Songs’ – his effervescent and anthemic new track.

We are very honoured to premiere the new single ‘Pop Songs’ from Melbourne pop punk maestro Luke Seymoup – in which he basically achieves what the song sets out to…

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Premiere: Tristan Courtney-Prior (Peabody) goes straight to the top floor with the video for his wild debut, ‘Elevator’, with news of an album on the way.

We are overwhelmed with joy to premiere the new video from Tristan Courtney-Prior for his debut track ‘Elevator’. Courtney-Prior played guitar for the last three Peabody albums – a seminal nineties indie…

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Track: Fleeting Persuasion unveil ‘Etched’: a shimmering tour de force with a stunning video, along with live date and album news.

A muscular bass spine with the genetic code of New Order or The Cure drives the shimmering new single ‘Etched’ from Fleeting Persuasion (essentially the work of Melbourne songwriter James…

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Live Gallery: China Crisis at the Factory Theatre, Sydney 2.12.2022

China Crisis tour Australia for the first time in 40 years - and it was worth the wait!

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Live Review: Peter Hook and The Light – Joy Division A celebration, 3Olympia Dublin 11.11.2022

Words: Max Falvey // Photos: Ian McDonnell On his mammoth journeyman-like tour of taking the songs of Joy Division around the globe one last time, legendary bassist Peter Hook made…

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Premiere: Sydney trio Motion Sickness steady the waves with the enigmatic video for the driving, shimmering single ‘This Body’, and announce live dates.

Back in August we were very honoured to bring you the single from Sydney auteur Maia Marsh, and the pleasure is doubled with an exclusive look at the new video…

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Premiere: We get early access to the brilliant Verticoli’s thunderous new album ‘The Echo’, ahead of Australian tour news.

nipaluna/Hobart’s post punk powerhouse Verticoli have provided Backseat Mafia with an exclusive listen to their new album, ‘The Echo’, and it is a gorgeous, cathartic cataclysm of sound and fury.…

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Album Review: Flash Amazonas – Uva-Uva : fizzing, physical pop-art, art-pop.

Somehow the art pop partnership that is Flash Amazonas manages to fizz on the same wavelength although they admit to taking a leftfield approach to creating their very own avant…

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Track: The fabulous Mako Bron makes a spectacular return with ‘Hit The Road’: a poignant and yet buoyant pop wonder.

Mako Bron hit us with the pop masterpiece of the EP ‘cloudbites‘ late last year, a release so profound and inspiring we gave it a 9.2 out of 10, making…

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Track/Video: Art pop partners Flash Amazonas release surf punk agitator ‘Ululo’, ahead of their ‘uva-uva’ album

Convention doesn’t extend to the art pop mission of Flash Amazonas. The loose partnership between Madrid based alt-pop purveyor Julian Mayorga and Japanese producer/instrumentalist Ryota Miyake has gradually morphed into…

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