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News: Emo pop punkers A Swift Farewell greet us again with blistering new single ‘The Haunting ft Amariah’, and news of their debut EP ‘Hollow Threats’
Eora/Sydney band A Swift Farewell have made a blistering return with their new single ‘The Haunting’, featuring contributions from Amariah from Melbourne band Future Static. It accompanies an announcement by the band that they will be releasing their debut EP ‘Hollow Threats’ on 6 June 2025. We’ve been following this band with great interest for …
News & Track: CLAMM Release Scathing Single ‘No Idea’ Ahead of Upcoming Album and EU/UK Tour
Naarm/Melbourne trio CLAMM have just released ‘No Idea’, a shredding new single that doubles down on the band’s rawest instincts – fast, furious, and zero facade. It’s the second taste of their upcoming third album ‘Serious Acts’, out May 30 via Meat Machine Records, and it smashes through you like an elbow in a pit …
Album Review: Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – Death Hilarious; an unrelenting, thrilling ride
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs have never been ones for half measures, and Death Hilarious is no exception. Their fifth album is a raw, unrelenting barrage of noise, riffs, and fury—a record that grabs you by the collar from the first note and doesn’t let go. If Land of Sleeper was their attempt …
Album Review: End Scene declare ‘I Will Not Live Safe, I Will Live True’ in an album filled with beauty, self reflection and passion.
End Scene highly impressed us with their debut album ‘All My Ghosts‘ way back in 2021 and they are back with the expansive journey that is ‘I Will Not Live Safe, I Will Live True’: a true declaration of intent that permeates every note. The album comes from the fevered imagination of James Jennings whose literary …
Track: The beginning and the end – Snakeheads release the visceral single ‘Temptation’ ahead of debut and final album ‘Belconnen Highs’.
Snakeheads have a long and storied history centering around the friendships between two iconic grass roots indie musicians, one’s untimely death and the other’s relentless pursuit to bring to fruition their collaboration. James Roden and Pete Lusty shared a 35-year friendship rooted in a love of punk, rock, mod and a whole range of music. …
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 …
Live Review & Gallery: From Kill Bill to Crowbar – The 5.6.7.8’s In Sydney 20.03.2025
Tokyo’s Wildest Rockers Are Back – And They’re Louder Than Ever
Live Review & Gallery: Nine Bands, One Unrelenting Day at New Bloom Festival – Roundhouse, Eora Land/Sydney, 09.03.25
Nine bands and thousands of punters, all more than willing to throw (nay, hurl) themselves headfirst into a day of hardcore goodness. From the jump, the crowd was locked in, staking claim at the barricade and backing our local openers without hesitation. Newcastle’s Feel the Pain set the tone with metallic hardcore that didn’t so …
Live Review & Gallery: As December Falls Decimates Australian Tour Debut! – The Lansdowne, Eora Land/Sydney, 15.02.25
If you could bottle the feeling of downloading pop-punk anthems off LimeWire and syncing them to a hot pink iPod Nano, As December Falls‘ show at The Lansdowne would be it. The Nottingham quartet rolled into Eora/Sydney for the second stop of their first-ever Australian tour, and if the crowd’s reaction was anything to go …
News: Death From Above 1979 Return to Australia After 14 Years
Brace Yourselves: Death From Above 1979 and DZ Deathrays Are Bringing the Firepower