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Premiere: Gun Laws confront the compromises of survival on the volatile new single ‘Deals! Deals! Deals!’

Naarm/Melbourne post-punk five-piece Gun Laws are back, and Backseat Mafia has the exclusive premiere of their new single “Deals! Deals! Deals!”, out 18 September. The track is built on the…

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Premiere: The Silversound plunge deeper into cosmic psych with new single ‘Hands’.

Backseat Mafia has followed Melbourne’s own dark psychedelic export The Silversound closely over the years, and we’re thrilled to bring you the premiere of their new single ‘Hands,’ the second…

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News: heavens to betsy return after 32 years with ‘baby’s gone’

More than three decades after their last project, feminist punk trailblazers heavens to betsy are opening the vault. The duo of Corin Tucker, later of Sleater-Kinney, and drummer Tracy Sawyer…

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Premiere: The fabulous Tanya-Lee Davies checks the room for exits on ‘Valentines Day’, in a glorious new track that prowls with a lascivious glow.

Every 14 February runs on the same fuel: cheap wine, expensive expectations, and a stiff upper lip bracing for whatever the night decides to hand out. The enigmatic chanteuse Tanya-Lee…

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Track: ‘This Ain’t How It Ends’ – Crystal Set return with a little jingle jangle sweetness ahead of tour.

Still recovering from the sonic onslaught of their recent single ‘Pretty Schemes’ that we premiered a few weeks ago (see here), the magnificent Crystal Set are back again with ‘This…

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Track: Victoria unveil a twin blast of nostalgic goodness with double A sides ‘AK79’ and ‘Kids My Age’.

It’s just like those fabled London buses – nothing comes for ages then all of a sudden, two come at once. I guess I might be accused of trying to…

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Track: The Great Emu War Casualties are on ‘Cold Food Ave’ with a bang, and that’s alright for sure.

Earlier this year, The Great Emu War Casualties (TGEWC) released their debut album ‘Public Sweetheart No. 1’ to great acclaim (reviewed by me here, and described as being an album…

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Track: ‘I Know What This Is’ – it’s the luminescent Kat Greta with another pop masterclass.

Kat Greta has long been a favourite here at the antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia, and her new single ‘I Know What This Is’ is a reminder of exactly why.…

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Track: Alexandria explores forbidden romance on new single ‘The Jester and The Queen’

Perth dark-pop artist Alexandria is leaning all the way into fantasy on new single ‘The Jester and The Queen’, a tale of forbidden romance dressed in medieval instrumentation and modern…

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News: Wage War announce new album ‘Landfall’ with crushing title track

Wage War are keeping their foot firmly on the accelerator in 2026, announcing their new album ‘Landfall’, due digitally October 9 via Fearless Records. The announcement follows the Florida metalcore…

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