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Track: The radiant folk pop shimmer of ‘Colder’ heralds debut EP ‘Nothing Comes Free’ from Jo Davie.

  • April 10, 2025
  • Arun Kendall
Jo Davie has an illustrious academic background in music (having graduated from the Queensland Conservatorium in 2017 with First Class Honours and the University Medal), but her new single ‘Colder’…
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Album Review: Haters debut with ‘Non-Violent’ – a raw and abrasive delight that soars with passion and melody.

  • March 20, 2025
  • Arun Kendall
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…
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Track: AYLA is awash with ‘Fire and Wine’ in a gorgeous ambulant track that heralds a new album.

  • September 21, 2023
  • Arun Kendall
Collaborating with Sam Thomlinson (Oh My My, Bad Pony), Queensland songwriter and chanteuse AYLA has today unveiled the first of four new singles ahead of a new album due for…
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Album Review: As Hillsborough head on tour, their debut ‘Comin’ Back For You’ is a jangling melodic delight filled with a raw, engaging spirit.

  • February 7, 2023
  • Arun Kendall
Hillsborough – named after the area in Western Queensland where singer/songwriter Phil Usher’s family have been living since the late 1800’s – have a sound that sweeps across an alt.…
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Track: Dr Mann really have an urge for ‘Ciggies’ in a single that oozes with yearning and desire.

  • May 31, 2022
  • Arun Kendall
I’m not sure what Dr Mann‘s health and safety credentials are, but in their latest paean to yearning and desire, ‘Ciggies’, they manage to engender the unhealthiest of cravings in…
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Premiere: Queensland’s Swimsuit Issue continue to impress with glittering new track ‘This is the End’

  • June 22, 2021
  • Arun Kendall
We are very honoured to premiere the stunning new track ‘This is the End’ from Queensland’s innovative Swimsuit Edition – a band that refuses to be labelled or constrained in…
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Premiere: Swimsuit Issue sparkle in the sunshine with new track ‘Hit It With You’

  • May 5, 2021
  • Arun Kendall
Swimsuit Issue are proving themselves to be one of the most intriguing and adventurous indie groups around – refusing to stand in one place and refusing to be easily labelled.…
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Track: Queensland resident LT releases the dreamy pop anthem ‘Hold Ya’ and announces live dates.

  • April 2, 2021
  • Arun Kendall
Queensland artist LT (formerly Leanne Tennant) has just released an absolutely gorgeous track ‘Hold Ya’ which sparkles with a deep yearning and a celestial, anthemic chorus. LT’s vocals are an…
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Track: Swimsuit Issue unleash dynamic single ‘Addict’ – a brutal and cathartic portraiture of dependence

  • March 6, 2021
  • Arun Kendall
‘Addict’, the new single by Australian band Swimsuit Issue has a dynamic quiet/loud ethic popularised by the Pixies, mixing a reverb-soaked dreamy reflective verse with an angry blast of thundering…
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Track: Haters – Feel Better

  • January 14, 2020
  • Arun Kendall
There’s nothing like a bit of noisy, shouty guitar-driven rock’n’roll, and Queenland’s Haters have released a blaster in their debut ‘Feel Better’. In the world where bands like Idles, Fontaines…
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