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News: MF Tomlinson announces new album and unveils the cinematic title track ‘Die To Wake Up From a Dream’ ahead of UK dates.
We’ve always been huge fans of Australian-born UK resident MF Tomlinson and it is exciting to see he will be releasing a new album entitled ‘Die To Wake Up From a Dream’ on 11 July via PRAH Recordings. To give a hint of what treasures lie within the record, the title track has just been …
News: Pop Maverick Camila Cabello Announces Two Australian Dates for August
Camila Cabello’s 2025 Tour Heads Down Under
News: Brisbane’s Open Season Line Up has dropped
Open Season 2025: The Festival That’s Turning Brisbane into Australia’s Cultural Capital
Album Review: Haters debut with ‘Non-Violent’ – a raw and abrasive delight that soars with passion and melody.
In the words of a poetic messiah, haters are going to hate, but here at Backseat Mafia’s antipodean outpost we love the new album ‘Non-Violent’ from Queensland’s indie punk band Haters. Recorded in Ontario, Canada with Cancer Bats founding member Scott Middleton, ‘Non-Violent’ is the culmination of a month-long recording blitz that challenged the band …
News: New Zealand’s Ringlets announce new album and unveil shimmering single ‘Heavenly Wheel’ through Flying Nun/Leather Jacket Records.
New Zealand’s Ringlets have announced the release of their second album, endearingly entitled ‘The Lord Is My German Shepherd (Time For Walkies)’ for 27 June 2025, and unveiled the first delicious taster, the single ‘Heavenly Wheel’. Ringlets so epitomise the classic Dunedin sound it is kind of fitting they are on the legendary Flying Nun …
News: French Guitarist Gabriel Gosse Collaborates With Emile Parisian On New Track ‘Breeze’
‘Breeze’ feat. Emile Parisien is the new single from French guitarist and vocalist Gabriel Gosse, taken from his upcoming album ‘MOJO’ due for release September 2025. Fuelled by vivid compositions that drift between introspective restraint and flashes of elegant intensity, Gabriel develops his own open and modern twist on traditional jazz. The track follows previous single, “Chill Wind” which was the …
Track: Tom Nethersole releases achingly beautiful track ‘Ardmona Road’ on the exquisite joys of first love.
Tom Nethersole has captured in his new single ‘Ardmona Road’ that blush of first love – that exquisite feeling that blends both vulnerability and hope, the euphoric passion and joy. And being from the perspective of young queer lovers adds a certain poignancy. Netherole’s vocals are velvet soft and the melodies are tinged with a …
Track: ‘Run’ – YAGKI sets off at a turbo-charged pace in another anthemic winner, with live dates ahead.
A permanent fixture here at the antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia, the irrepressible YAGKI (the moniker of multi-talented Sarah Yagki) is back at a shimmering tilt with her new single ‘Run’. Crystalline guitars provide a sparkling entry curtain as YAGKI’s dulcet tones enter, filled with a yearning delivery that positively explodes into an anthemic chorus …
Live Review & Gallery: HONNE Bring the Feels to Sydney’s Roundhouse 19.03.2025
Sydney Gets a Masterclass in Emotionally Charged Alt-Pop From HONNE
