Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Archives

News: Guts Touring returns with 2026 Northern Territory run

There’s a version of the Australian touring circuit that rarely gets written about. Not the capital-city carousel, but the long roads out, where gigs feel less like stops on a…

View Post

News: Against The Grain returns to Brisbane with stacked line up including Stereolab, Pond and others

Some festivals arrive fully formed. Others return like a signal cutting back through the noise. Against The Grain does the latter, re-emerging after eight years to reclaim its place in the fabric…

View Post

News: Rolling Blackouts C.F. Return With Expansive New Single ‘Sunburned in London’

Rolling Blackouts C.F. are back with ‘Sunburned in London’, a six-minute slow-burn that captures sensory overload, creeping dawn and the uneasy beauty of city nights, marking their first new music since Endless Rooms.

View Post

Feature: Backseat Downunder Team’s Favourite Antipodean Albums of 2022, and Favourite Gigs

In many end of year best albums of 2022 put together by outlets such as The Guardian and NME, there has been a distinct absence of antipodean bands – an…

View Post

View Post

News: Melbourne’s Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever announce new album and unveil superb hyperkinetic single ‘The Way It Shatters’

In very exciting news, Melbourne’s Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever (RBCF) have today announced the release of their third album, ‘Endless Rooms’ – out Friday, 6 May 2022 through Ivy League Records and Sub…

View Post

View Post

See: Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever release playful video for ‘The Only One’ and announce tour news

With the magnificent album ‘Sideways to the New Italy‘ making Backseat Mafia’s top 50 albums for 2020 and my favourite 2020 music list from Australia and New Zealand, Rolling Blackouts…

View Post

View Post

See: Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Cameo (Video)

Following the release of their impressive second album, ‘Sideways to the New Italy’ (reviewed by me here) , one of Australia’s greatest musical exports, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever (RBCF) have…

View Post

View Post

Album Review: Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Sideways to the New Italy

With ‘Sideways to the New Italy’, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever (RBCF) have clearly announced their presence as one of the most accomplished and uniquely Australian indie bands around. And, in…

View Post

View Post

Track / Video

Track – Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – She’s There plus album news

Currently one of the most exciting contemporary acts coming out of Australia, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever (RBCF) have just released a video for their new single ‘She’s There’ in anticipation…

View Post

View Post

Track / Video

Track: Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Mainland

Inspired by a trip to his grandparent’s birthplace of the Aeolian Islands off Sicily, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever guitarist Tom Russo describes their new single, Mainland’s genesis as “I was…

View Post

Pages