Sydney Archives - Backseat Mafia

Track: Marlophone laude their ‘Nintendo Era Hero’ in another sparkling jewel off their forthcoming debut album.

Patrick Haid (Key Out), Saskia Clapton (The Great Emu War Casualties) and Nick Kennedy (Big Heavy Stuff, Imperial Broads and Knieval to name but a few), are Marlophone, and they…

View Post

View Post

Premiere: Postcards from Pluto exclusively unwrap their tasty new track ‘Chocolate’

One of the most exciting young antipodean outfits around at the moment, the inimitable Postcards From Pluto, today bless us with an early listen to their new track ‘Chocolate’. It’s…

View Post

View Post

Track: Dominic Breen questions the stories that built a nation with the compelling ‘Just Another Day in the Colony’

There are songwriters who write stories, and there are songwriters who hold a mirror to a nation. On ‘Just Another Day in the Colony’, Sydney’s Dominic Breen confidently plants himself…

View Post

View Post

Premiere: ‘I Am The Greatest’ – indeed they are as The Vors exclusively reveal the video for the track off the debut album ‘Boss’

Earlier this year we reviewed the debut album from punk maestros The Vors and we can exclusively bring you the video for the new single off the album ‘I Am…

View Post

View Post

Track: ‘When I Dress For You’ – Team Building unveil their shimmering bemusement at life

With links to another antipodean band we have covered in the past (Yeevs), Eora/Sydney band Team Building have just released their second single, the gentle, simmering, shimmering ‘When I Dress…

View Post

View Post

News: With members of Died Pretty, Decline of the Reptiles and Glide, Joey’s Coop emerge with new album, a tour and thrilling single ‘In The Pines’.

There are some musicians who never seem interested in chasing relevance because they’ve spent their careers creating music that simply exists outside of trends. Joey’s Coop fall squarely into that…

View Post

View Post

Premiere: ‘Put The Message In The Box’ – Simon Robert Gibson gives World Party’s classic his own unique sparkle.

A cover is always more interesting if it brings something different to the original, and we are honoured to bring you an exclusive listen to troubadour extraordinaire Simon Robert Gibson‘s…

View Post

View Post

Album Review: ‘Boss’ – No Bosses, No Rules, No Brakes – The Vors Deliver a Riotous Debut

There’s something gloriously unfashionable about ‘Boss’, the debut album from Sydney’s The Vors. At a time when so much guitar music seems trapped between algorithm-friendly restraint and self-conscious nostalgia, The…

View Post

View Post

Album Review: Distant Birds – ‘Vol 01& Vol 02’: A rhythm packed instrumental journey that’s momentous and mesmeric.

You might think ‘getting into the groove’ was a pretty straight-forward proposition. Well this album from Sydney – based Distant Birds (The Necks keyboardist Chris Abrahams, Boy & Bear bass-player…

View Post

View Post

Track: Simon Robert Gibson emanates a ray of gentle sunshine in his new single ‘Afterdark’

Honestly at the moment things feel bleak and dark with very little sense of optimism and hope. And then Simon Robert Gibson comes along and in his vaguely naive delivery…

View Post

Pages