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News: Jessie Murph to Light Up Australia and New Zealand in November
Jessie Murph Is Bringing Her Southern Swagger to the Southern Hemisphere
Track: ‘Set You Up’ – Kat Greta radiates a blinding percussive pop blast with her new single.
Kat Greta is a much admired artist here at the antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia for her pure pop songwriting craft and radiance, evident ever since we premiered her debut video for the track ‘Let It Go’ back in 2022. A common theme in our reviews of her music is observing her blinding luminescence that …
Track: AI, Anxiety, and the Art of the Ambush: SOFIA ISELLA drops ‘Crowd Caffeine’
Sofia Isella’s ‘Crowd Caffeine’ Is the Sound of the Algorithm Coming for You
Track: The Itch Are Back: Signed, Sealed and Synthy
Signed and (Re)Delivered: The Itch Resurface With Twinned Club Anthems
Track: Aotearoa/New Zealand’s Ringlets unveil second thundering single ‘Street Massage’ off their forthcoming album.
New Zealand’s Ringlets recently announced the release of their second album, endearingly entitled ‘The Lord Is My German Shepherd (Time For Walkies)’ for 27 June 2025, and have unveiled the second delicious tempting morsel, the single ‘Street Message. It follows the earlier single ‘Heavenly Wheel’ (reviewed by me here). Ringlets have that classic Dunedin sound and …
News: The inimitable cool kids from SCHØØL announces debut album ‘I think my life has been ok’ with release of reflective new single ‘Gardener’.
One of our favourites, Parisian-based SCHØØL are back with a new, more reflective single ‘Gardener’ as they announce their debut album ‘I think my life has been ok’ through Géographie Records, set for release on 5 September 2025. ‘Gardener’ has a simple dappled guitar base with the distant, observant vocals augmented by a delicious harmony. …
Track: Aotearoa/New Zealand artist Hemi Hemingway releases the thrilling, enigmatic track ‘(To Be) Without You’.
Under the moniker Hemi Hemingway, Aotearoan/New Zealand auteur Shaun Blackwell has released the exciting thrum of ‘(To Be) Without You’, a vibrant enigmatic track that is luminsicent as it is thrilling. With Hemingway’s deep sonorous vocals that shake the foundations and a motorik beat, the track is filled with a luscious instrumentation including soaring saxophones …
News: Meanjin/Brisbane band Bean Magazine announce EP ‘Folly’, tour dates and unveil the evocative and shimmering new single ‘Share You’
Bean Magazine‘s new single ‘Share You’ is a gorgeous, hypnotic and dreamy release that indicates there is something special gestating in the north of Australia. With a repeated vocal motif that runs throughout most of the track and a muscular melodic bass, the vocals shimmer across the surface, infused with a delicate melancholia and indelible …