Poison City Archives - Backseat Mafia

Track: Supergroup Bleak Squad( Adalita, Mick Harvey, Mick Turner, Marty Brown) release second single ‘Strange Love’ ahead of debut live shows, with tickets on sale today for Sydney shows with support from Ed Kuepper and Jim White

Naarm/Melbourne’s gothic noir Bleak Squad consists of living legends Mick Turner (Dirty Three, Mess Esque), Mick Harvey (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, PJ Harvey, The Birthday Party), Adalita (Magic Dirt) and Marty Brown (Art…

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News: screensaver feel ‘The Guilt’: an angular post punk sonic shiver of a single on news of second album through Poison City Records

Melbourne’s screensaver have released a single ‘The Guilt’ on news of their second album due out on Friday, 20 October entitled ‘Decent Shapes’. This is out via a new label deal…

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Track: Sydney’s Body Type unveil the exuberant grungy pop sparkle of track ‘Holding On’ on announcement of new LP ‘Expired Candy’ and UK/Europe dates

‘Holding On’ is an exuberant grungy pop joy from Australian band Body Type: it canters along with a brilliant high-stepping trot and fuzzy guitars augmented by vocals that have sixties-flavoured…

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News: Dream pop pilots Flyying Colours announce new album ‘You Never Know’, with a little ‘Goodbye To Music’ as a taste of what’s to come.

One of Australia’s most dazzling exponents of a dream pop shoegaze oeuvre, Flyying Colours, have just announced their third studio album, ‘You Never Know’, set for release on Friday, 17…

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Album Review: Flyying Colours’ new album ‘Fantasy Country’ is a smashing and cathartic dose of shoegaze sparkle

The anthemic and statuesque ‘Goodtimes’ kicks opens the doors of the new and blistering album ‘Fantasy Country’ by Melbourne band Flyying Colours. And what you get at the beginning is…

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