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News: LA outfit Launder announces debut album and releases two sparkling dreamy shoegaze singles, ‘Unwound’ and ‘Chipper’, co-written with DIIV members.

Dripping with incandescent reverb, walls of scything guitars and layers of glorious harmonies, Launder has just released dynamic double singles ‘Unwound’ and ‘Chipper’ ahead of the release of debut album…

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News: Chris Bailey from the legendary Brisbane band The Saints has died.

We at Backseat Mafia are thoroughly saddened to hear of the passing of the iconic and enigmatic Chris Bailey, singer from Brisbane’s legendary The Saints. The Saints 2 hours ago…

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News: Australian indie giants Boy & Bear return with news of national tour and a soaring, euphoric new single ‘State of Flight’.

Boy & Bear are a veritable national institution in Australia with their brand of folk-inflected indie pop. Having recently celebrated the ten year anniversary of their double platinum album ‘Moonfire’…

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Track: Chicago’s Horsegirl fuzz their way back into our grateful ears with the melodic shimmer of ‘World of Pots And Pans’, and unveil US and European tour dates.

Fast becoming one of my favourite outfits, the inestimably cool and unlimitedly suave Horsegirl have just released another laid back fuzzy pop single ‘World of Pots and Pans’. Complete with…

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News: Icelandic ambient dream gods Sigur Rós add Australia and New Zealand to world tour as they record first studio album since 2013’s ‘Kveilkur’

The legendary Sigur Rós have announced they will be extending their 2022 world tour to Australia and New Zealand, gracing antipodean shores for the first time after five long years.…

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Track: Brisbane’s Dopamine return with the anthemic blast of ‘Turn You Heart’ and tour news.

Following up last year’s effervescent single ‘Strange Situation’, Brisbane indie band Dopamine return with the thumping track ‘Turn Your Heart’. Chiming guitars and mountainous choruses combine to create a rousing…

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News: Sydney legends The Clouds announce 30th Anniversary tour for Australian indie classic album ‘Penny Century’

In the late eighties early nineties, The Clouds were one of the most formobale indie bands in Australia with their fusion of thundering, jangling stop/start guitar sounds burnished with glorious…

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Track: The magnificent Fontaines D.C. release the brooding title track to their new album ‘Skinty Fia’ due out in April, and announce new live dates.

‘Skinty Fia’ is an Irish phrase which translates to English as ‘the damnation of the deer’ which is used to display disappointment or annoyance – phrase which resonated with Fontaines D.C.‘s…

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News: Enigmatic Sydney-based duo Nessick Berwick announce EP ‘Get There’ and unveil the title track as a tasty and insouciant aperitif

Sydney-based duo Nessick Berwick comprises of two musicians/producers with the most impressive and diverse CVs. Ian Nessick has spent many years in Australia as a maverick fashion retailer involving some…

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