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News: The divine French duo Overland Inn sign to False Peak Records, announce new album ‘Proxima’ and release the shimmering single ‘Les Mauvais Jours’
French duo Overland Inn, purveyors of the sweetest electric dream pop laced with ethereal bubbling textures, have announced their signing to the enigmatic Brisbane label False Peak Records and will be releasing new material soon in the way of an album entitled ‘Proxima’. Overland Inn have no boundaries, physical or aural. They are now based …
EP Review: Jo Meares revisits the past with the luminescent ‘La Baie de Diamant’, a French language version of his earlier work, the evocative ‘Back to The World’
I’ve written before that Sydney artist Jo Meares has a voice that evokes a life lived to the fullest – tired, weary and battling the endless vicissitudes of life with a stoicism and resolve. And he expresses this in a milieu of impossible beauty and clarity of thought that sends shivers down your spine. Subtle …
Track: Jack Spider – Animal Cafe EP
Associated with many excellent Brisbane bands such as Blonde Tongues and Babaganouj (all covered by Backseat Mafia in the past), guitarist Jack Gleeson has just released an awesome EP, ‘Animal Cafe’, under the name Jack Spider. There is a messy, shambolic and wild nature to the five songs, culminating in the epic ‘Cupid Sound’. I …
Track: Charlotte Gainsbourg – Sylvia Says (Tensnake remix) plus tour news.
The legendary and multi-talented Charlotte Gainsbourg has just release a scorching version of her song ‘Sylvia Says’, remixed by German DJ and producer Tensnake. The song is off her most recent album, ‘Rest’ and as a result of the remix is a Giorgio Moroder-type euro disco blast with Gainsbourg’s ethereal vocals skating across the bubbling …
Video and Album News: Baxter Dury, Miami
Any uncertainty about Baxter Dury’s parentage is quickly dispelled the minute he starts singing. If singing is the right term: he is a blistering, sardonic cockney raconteur just like his brilliant dad (Ian Dury, in case you are not up to speed). The video release of his new song, “Miami” reminds me of the panache …