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Track: Full Power Happy Hour’s ‘Measurements’ takes a walk on the wild west side ahead of new album and tour.

Brisbane’s effervescent Full Power Happy Hour have stored their Doc Martens in a shoebox, pulled on a pair of cowboy boots matched with a checked shirt and boot-scooted their way…

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Track: FLOWERTRUCK are ‘Hopeless’ in happiness: a bright and sparkly ditty that skips with an irrepressible joy. They also become the first Australian band to offer a digital pressing ahead of album release.

On the eve of the release of their new album ‘Partly Cloudy’, out via Spunk! Records / Virgin Music Australia on 2 September 2022, the irrepressible FLOWERTUCK have dropped one more tasty morsel for…

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Track: Eighties powerhouse Noiseworks return after 30 years with the anthemic and dynamic single ‘Heart And Soul’, and all is well with the world. A tour and album will follow.

Noiseworks are a cultural pop rock Australian phenomena and emblematic of a particular home-grown and enigmatic stadium rock in the eighties – even us indie kids respected the fact that…

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Track: Cool Sounds funk it up with ‘6 or 7 More’: a shimmering disco inflected indie pop masterpiece that floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee. Plus album news.

‘6 or 7 More’ by Cool Sounds is a blinding piece of jazzed up funk with a bass line so snaky it furrows deep into your mind and throws a…

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Track: Mayzie’s ‘Socialite’ is a gentle melodic breeze of dream pop – see the launch tonight in Melbourne.

A paean to the mutability of life delivered in a saucerful of whimsy, the new single ‘Socialite’ by Melbourne-based artist Mayzie is a dreamy ride filled with an inherent melancholic…

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News: WATERPARKS release music video for current single ‘SELF SABOTAGE’

Waterparks have just released the music video for current single, ‘SELF-SABOTAGE’. Directed by Erik Rojas, the ‘SELF-SABOTAGE’ visual is a cinematic display of the group’s day to day life on tour, featuring footage from the band’s…

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News: Cousin Tony’s Brand New Firebird announce new album, a tour and unveil the cinematic single ‘Red Dirt Angel’.

A firm favourite here at Backseat Mafia, the enigmatic Melbourne juggernaut Cousin Tony’s Brand New Firebird (CTBNF) have today announced the release of a new album entitled ‘Smiles of Earth’…

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Premiere: Jacob Fitzgerald dispenses a ray of reverberated sunshine in an effervescent tribute to his ‘Muse’, and announces tour dates.

We are very honoured to premiere today the new single ‘Muse’ from Naarm/Melbourne based artist Jacob Fitzgerald – a musician we have followed with great interest here at the southern…

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News: LA’s Winter announces support on Hatchie’s Australian tour, a new album and unveils dreamy new single ‘atonement’ featuring Harriette Pilbeam (Hatchie) and Joe Agius (Rinse)

LA based artist Winter (Samira Winter) has just announced she will be supporting Brisbane’s magnificent Hatchie on her Australian tour and set a date for the release of her new…

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Track: Huck Hastings collaborates with Charlie Gradon for some harmonic and shimmering ‘Turbulence’, with a launch date cleared for take off.

We here at Backseat Mafia (downunder branch) have been massive fans of Huck Hastings – his 2021 album ‘Cheers To Progress’ (reviewed here) was described as being a cinematic sweep…

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