See: Candace – Mendocino
One of our favourite dream pop outfits, Candace have just released a video for the song ‘Menocino’ off their brilliant album ‘New Ruins’ which Backseat Mafia reviewed recently, saying it combined ‘angelic harmonies with shimmering instrumentation throughout…drawing from elements of shoegaze and dream pop in a dreamy languorous mix, eschewing bombast and bravado for subtlety …
Track: Greta Stanley – Heavy Heat plus tour news
Hailing from the far north of Queensland, Australia, Greta Stanley has just released a gorgeous new single from her debut album ‘Full Grown’ released late last year. ‘Heavy Heat’ captures a sunny languorous feel of the tropical north, imbued with a sense of self-reflection and wistfulness. Stanley’s voice paints a beautiful, melancholic dreamscape on the …
Premiere: Manwomanchild – Memory Leak
We are delighted and honoured to premiere the new single from Philadelphian outfit Manwomanchild, called ‘Memory Leak’, being released on Tuesday, 6 March. Manwomanchild is based around the songwriting genius of David Child and the outfit has already released two albums since starting out in Rhodes Island back in 2008 and moving to Philadelphia in …
Track: Jack Ladder and the Dreamlanders – White Flag plus album and tour news
For the uninitiated, Jack Ladder (real name Tim Rogers) could be described as Sydney’s answer to Melbourne cool, epitomised by Nick Cave and Rowland S. Howard. Along with his band the Dreamlanders (consisting of various moonlighting indie rock luminaries) he has performed internationally, making appearances in London, Berlin, New York and Los Angeles and shared …
Album Review: Andrew W.K. – You’re Not Alone
The funny thing about Andrew W.K.‘s music is that it seems to operate completely independently of your volume control. It’s loud. It’s so loud that after each song, the mind is completely eviscerated – the feeling you get when you hang your head out of the window of a speeding car. There’s no greater feeling …
Track: The Double Happiness – City
Those who remember the heady days of the Australian indie music scene in the eighties will remember the incredible range of bands playing every night on every pub on every corner – including bands that epitomised a certain charming innocence and simplicity while crafting indelible pop songs – bands like The Go-Betweens, The Particles, The …
Album Review: Candace – New Ruins
Today sees the release of the quite frankly gorgeous album ‘New Ruins’ by Portland, Oregon band Candace. I reviewed the single ‘Rewind’ off the album recently, noting the song’s ‘sun-bleached layered harmonies over crisply produced crystalline shards of guitar, Alpine-proportioned melodies and a bass line that manages to serve the song yet create its own …
Track: Verge Collection – Feelin’ Old plus album and tour news
Western Australian band, Verge Collection‘s new single, ‘Feelin’ Old’ has an instantly engaging indie rock jangle that takes residence in your head like a virus. A very enjoyable one. There is a quintessentially Australian larrikinism about the laconic vocals which provides the song with its unique sound, but the delivery mechanism is from the stable …
Track: Clews – Museum plus tour news
Sisters, Lily and Grace are Clews, a duo from the sleepy and beautiful south coast town of Mollymook NSW, Australia but now based in Sydney. They have just been signed to the powerhouse 123 Agency as well as scoring a worldwide management deal with Unified Management Group. And from their newly released track, ‘Museum’, you …
News: Andrew WK announces new album and tour
I have to confess a deep seated admiration for Andrew WK. His first full album, ‘I Get Wet’, released way back in 2001, was one of those guilty pleasures where you couldn’t quite work out if the entire thing was tongue-in-cheek or deadly serious, but whatever it was, it was dumb and fun. And he …