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Track: Betty Taylor says ‘Fuck You’ in their own inimitable style with a sparklingly defiant pop anthem.
Betty Taylor is no single person: it’s a gale force wind blowing from the Sunshine Coast in sunny Queensland consisting of four women who craft a delicious brand of pure pop with a steely spine and an infectious melody. As the title would suggest, ‘Fuck You’ is an exclamation of powerful resilience delivered in a …
News: They’re back! The Brian Jonestown Massacre announce Australian/New Zealand tour in late 2023
In breaking news, Australia and New Zealand will receive the beneficence of a tour from the legendary Brian Jonestown Massacre. Psych jingle jangle legends and a firm favourite here at Backseat Mafia, this will be the first antipodean tour for decades. Recent activity has seen the band release two highly lauded albums in the last …
News: London punks Tripsun push back against colonial attitudes and racism on new single ‘Civilised’
They may not be a new band, but it’s a new era for London quartet Tripsun, who you may know as Triple Sundae – they snipped the old name in half last year, poking their heads out of debut album mode to serve up ‘Chemstrains’. Fast forward almost a year, and said debut album is …
Track: In a brilliant antipodean collaboration, BENEE and Mallrat unveil the ultra pop track ‘Do It Again’, Official Song for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ with live dates ahead.
Aotearoa/New Zealand’s BENEE and Australia’s Mallrat have joined forces to release the Official Song for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™, ‘Do It Again’. Could there ever be such a perfect collaboration? Fittingly, the football competition takes place across Australian and New Zealand throughout July and August and the collaboration between the antipodean über pop …
News: New Zealand’s Clementine Valentine (fka Purple Pilgrims) announce new album and unveil the elegant single ‘Time and Tide’ as a taste of what’s to come.
Clementine Valentine, the New Zealand-based art-pop duo formerly known as Purple Pilgrims, today announced their upcoming album, ‘The Coin that Broke the Fountain Floor’, out on 25 August via the prestigious Flying Nun Records. To whet our appetites, they have released a delicious single entitled ‘Time and Tide’. There is a baroque, pastoral elegance to …
Premiere: ‘How I Miss Home’ – Max Aurora & The Southern Lights deliver a dreamy and poignant paean to Aotearoa from a wandering sailor
We are very honoured to premiere the new dreamy, floaty track ‘How I Missed Home’ from Naarm/Melbourne-based band Max Aurora & The Southern Lights. Drenched in sweet poignancy, it’s a delicate and raw paean to home from a sailor on the high seas, sparked from deep feelings of longing and displacement. Recorded down at Marigold …
News: The legendary Slowdive announce new album ‘everything is alive’ and unveil the glorious first single ‘kisses’ on eve of antipodean tour
In very exciting news, today, Slowdive announced their new album, everything is alive, coming out Friday, 1 September on Dead Oceans, and unveiled the video for the gorgeous lead single, ‘kisses’. This comes ahead of the band’s headline Australia and New Zealand tour which kicks off in July — tickets on sale here. The announcement also comes ahead of the band’s first-ever Glastonbury performance this weekend, …
Premiere: Sydney’s Grids & Dots unveil the luscious, evocative video for the dream pop delight that is the appealing ‘Pink Plaster Walls’. A New EP is also on the way.
We are overjoyed to bring you an exclusive look at the new video for the dreamy evocative track ‘Pink Plaster Walls’ from Sydney’s Grids & Dots. ‘Pink Plaster Walls’ is a heavenly slice of dream pop: unfurling across a bright blue sky with its iridescent glow and gentle, warm disposition. The distant, almost observational, delivery …
Premiere: I Am A Rocketship unveil their take down of superficiality in the track ‘Do You Feel Good’, along with album news.
We are very pleased to bring you the premiere of the new single ‘Do You Feel Good’ from Atlanta duo I Am A Rocketship. The track features drumming from Kellii Scott, known as being the drummer for the band Failure and his work with other artists, including Veruca Salt, Dr. Dre, Pink, Enemy and Christina Aguilera. Less of a question …
Live Review & Gallery – The Meanies, Frenzal Rhomb, Canine, Nunchukka Superfly, LoJetz, The Hot Ness, Drifters Wharf and Crowbar 2-3 June 2023
Punk fans were treated to a huge couple of gigs last weekend as Oz punk legends The Meanies swanned into town, bringing with them a suitcase full of other punk favourites along with plenty of attitude and swagger. Friday night saw them support Frenzal Rhomb at Drifters Wharf as part of Frenzal’s national tour in …