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Track: TEENS are interred in a ‘Shallow Grave’ and the earth is moving ahead of new album.
Careering along like a fully loaded semi-trailer that’s lost its brakes, the new single ‘Shallow Grave’ from Tasmanian sensations TEENS is a visceral cavalcade of guitars and melody ringing out like a chemically enhanced ghoul in chains. Guitars crash with a sound like fenders in a motorway pile up in a delivery that reaches a …
Premiere: ‘Surprised’ – Silver Fleet Ships announce signing to False Peak Records, debut album ‘Before Never, After Forever’ and orchestral new single.
Joining fellow Tasmanians follow in signing to Meanjin/Brisbane’s marvellous False Peaks Records, we are honoured to premiere the new single ‘Surprised’ from Nipaluna/Hobart band Silver Fleet Ships, ahead of their debut album ‘Before Never, After Forever’ which is set for release in October 2025. Silver Fleet Ships is led by Spiro Noutsatos, who has lent …
Premiere: In a blossoming collaboration, Tahi teams up with Robotikus to release the dreamy anthem ‘Tend To Me’.
One of our favourite artists from nipaluna/Hobart, Tahi, has teamed up with another local favourite, Robotikus, and created a sparkling gem of a track, ‘Tend To Me’: a veritable marriage made in musical heaven. We are honoured to premiere this stunning collaboration ahead of its general release tomorrow. Robotikus is the moniker of producer and …
Track: lutruwita’s brilliant A. Swayze & The Ghosts claim ‘He Is Dead’ in another raucous punk blast of Antarctic chill, on announcement of sophomore album ‘Let’s Live a Life Better Than This’
Favourites here at the southern outpost of Backseat Mafia, A. Swayze & The Ghosts are back with a renewed fervor following their come back single earlier this year ‘Cool Cucumber’. ‘He Is Dead’ confirms that the band’s palette is filled with many colours as they explore new territories beyond their punk origins – a dash …
Track: Shock! Horror! TEENS are ‘Burning Bridges’ everywhere ahead of new album and live dates.
Nipaluna/Hobart band TEENS have just released a pounding, throbbing slice of visceral rock in their new single ‘Burning Bridges’ An ambulant almost filthy funk bass throbs it’s way throughout the track – a long introductory instrumental build up creates a sense of anticipation before the songs launches with its distant vocals and slamming pace. Guitars …
News: The World’s rarest album from the Wu-Tang Clan to be displayed at Hobart’s Museum of New and Old Art (MONA) as part of Name Dropping Exhibition.
The Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) announced today that one of the rarest, most valuable pieces of music ever created, the Wu-Tang Clan’s fabled Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, will be part of upcoming exhibition, Namedropping. For a limited time, visitors can see the album on display, with limited access to public …
Track: Tahi’s ‘Wolf Grin’ has a blinding dream pop sparkle as live dates announced.
Tahi are a relatively new phenomena in the southern city of Hobart, but in their short life span so far have released a series of highly impressive and utterly delectable singles, as well as playing some dynamic live shows. They have now released a new single, ‘Wolf Grin’ ahead of a few more lived dates …
Album Review: Rowan Smith unveils songs ‘in the key of kintsugi’ – an assemblage of exquisite sonic treasures framed in gold.
Rowan Smith is songwriter and founding member of Melbourne bands Macguffins and Barefoot as well as writing a series of solo albums. The MacGuffins played between 1988 and 1992 before recently reforming and have links to the Underground Lovers with Philippa Nihill a member. Smith has just released a solo album entitled ‘in the key …
News: Winter 2024 – Dark Mofo unveils a slimmed down Festival featuring Marlon Williams and Genesis Owusu, but the bacchanalian revelries remain.
Like an influencer on Ozempic, Dark Mofo returns this year in a very slimmed down form but without the nausea and a lot more agile as a result. And hopefully this is just a pause before normal services resume next year, in rude health. Despite the initial impression from an announcement earlier this year that …
Album Review: ‘Premonition K’ is another luminescent chapter in the mystical, fantastical world of Kilbey/Kennedy (Steve Kilbey from The Church and Martin Kennedy from All India Radio).
When you put together the incredible musical skills of songwriter/multi instrumentalist and producer Martin Kennedy and the vivid and unbounded imagination of the legendary Steve Kilbey, you get something far greater than the constituent parts in Kilbey/Kennedy. Seemingly forming part of a triptych with earlier collaborations ‘Jupiter 13’ and ‘The Strange Life of Persephone Nimbus’ …