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News: bbno$ confirms Australia and New Zealand dates for 2025
From TikTok to your town — bbno$ goes live across AU/NZ.
Premiere: Debut single ‘Strange Incantations’ from indie supergroup Fabulous Dreams hypnotises and enchants with its louche delivery.
We are very honoured to bring you a premiere of the debut song ‘Strange Incantations’ from the new indie supergroup Fabulous Dreams, comprising of pillars of the indie scene in Australia, Lauren Crew (Imperial Broads), Nick Kennedy (The Electorate, Big Heavy Stuff Knievel and nearly every reputable indie band in Australia) and Liam Judson (Belles …
Track: Teenager’s New Single ‘Sail The Seas’ Is a Dreamy Indie-Dance Voyage
Nick Littlemore and Ladyhawke revive their cult collab with indie-dance gem ‘Sail The Seas’.
Track: Caroline Polachek Joins Death Stranding 2 Soundtrack with ‘On The Beach’
From avant-pop to apocalyptic gaming – Polachek’s first game soundtrack has arrived.
News: Blackbirds F.C. announce new album ‘Desire Lines’ for 11 July, exploring new sounds and textures, with launch dates ahead.
The heaters on full blast can barely keep the extremities warm down here at the southern-most outpost of Backseat Mafia, but news of a new album by one of our favourites, Blackbirds F.C., has provided a warm and comforting ray of warmth. ‘Desire Lines’ is the band’s third album – their second ‘Magiclands’ being enthusisatically …
News: The magnificent Reb Fountain announces East coast Australian tour on the back of her album ‘How Love Bends’.
New Zealand chanteuse extraordinaire Reb Fountain released her album ‘How Love Bends’ earlier this year to great acclaim – an album including the magnificent singles ‘Nothing Like‘ and ‘Forever‘ (premiered by Backseat Mafia). We said of Fountain that her vocals are like a silken veil in the slipstream, yearning and achingly beautiful. She has now …
News: The indefatigable Royel Otis announce second album ‘hickey’ and tease us with the yearning single ‘car’ ahead of intimate live shows.
It’s lower case all round as one of our favourite rapscallions, Royel Otis, announce the release of their second album ‘hickey’ for release on Friday 22 August via OURNESS / Capitol Records, and provide a tempting appetiser in the form of single ‘car’. ‘car’ has been co-written by Royel Otis (Royel Maddell and Otis Pavlovic) …
Track: Folk Bitch Trio Light Up the Gloom with New Single ‘Moth Song’
Harmonies forged in grit — Folk Bitch Trio are writing the new folk canon.
News: Kaiser Chiefs Announce First Australian Tour in Over a Decade
Kaiser Chiefs will play Employment in full across Australia this November