News: Cigarettes After Sex announce new album ‘X’s’ and a massive world tour, with the achingly beautiful single ‘Tejano Blue’ out today.
The iconic Cigarettes After Sex have made a monumental announcement coupling news of an album entitled ‘X’s’ due for release on 12 July 2024 through Partisan Records, as well as a massive world stadium tour covering just about every corner of the world. The news comes as the band releases a single from the new …
Album review: Fleeting Persuasion unveil their new gothic-tinged album ‘Will They Come Back’ – a collection of dark yearning tracks from the underworld.
Masters of the dark arts of post punk atmospheric music, Fleeting Persuasion today unveil the new album ‘Will They Come Back’. It’s a powerful dark epistle highlighted by arching ambulant bass, jangling and scything guitars with distant dreamy vocals that seemingly hang in the ether. Fleeting Persuasion is driven by James Harrison (guitar/vocals) who wrote and …
Meet: We chat to Zia McCabe from The Dandy Warhols about sweeping things under the carpet, how the Dandies always get away scot-free and the new album and tour.
The Dandy Warhols have been together with much the same line up for a stunning 30 years and they are about to release their twelfth album ‘Rockmaker’, coinciding with a tour of the US and Australia. I caught up with keyboard/bass player Zia McCabe to have a chat about the longevity of the band, the …
News: ‘Doesn’t Matter’ – the magnificent HighSchool announce new EP ‘Accelerator!’ and release haunting atmospheric single ahead of tour.
The London-based Melbourne post punk duo HighSchool – much loved and admired here at Backseat Mafia – today announce the release of a new EP entitled ‘Accelerator’ – their second – due for release through [PIAS] Australia on 19 April 2024. And to increase the levels of anticipation, a new single entitled ‘Doesn’t Matter’ is …
Live Review plus Gallery: MONA FOMA Festival – Shonen Knife, Wednesday and Little Ugly Girls, MONA Lawns, 25.02.2024
The stunning run of shows at MONA FOMA continues with the Sunday line up of Michael Rother celebration of Neu!, Shonen Knife, Wednesday and Little Ugly Girls out on the bucolic lawns of the world famous MONA Museum in the outskirts of Hobart. We covered Michael Rother’s celebration of the legendary Neu! on his Australian …
Track: LXP is ‘On Repeat’ – another intriguing and immersive piece of electronica from the South East London multi-instrumentalist producer and songwriter, ahead of EP.
Multi-instrumentalist, producer and songwriter Alex Parry is LXP, and he has followed up his debut single ‘Concede’ (reviewed here) with another fascinating piece of stylised electronica in new track ‘On Repeat’ The track will be on LXP’s forthcoming EP ‘Power Ballads Volume 1’. ‘On Repeat’ mixes pop sensibilities with a glitchy hyperactive electronic bed and a …
Track: ‘Girl 71’ is a fuzzy pop blast from The Jesus and Mary Chain as new album waits in the wings.
Due now for a slightly later release on 22 March, anticipation rises for the new album ‘Glasgow Eyes’ from veteran legends The Jesus and Mary Chain, and appetites are further whetted by the new single ‘Girl 71’. The track is a sixties-infused riff-heavy sneery nihilistic delight – girl you got nothing, you got me, you …
News: Girl and Girl announce debut album ‘Call A Doctor’ and spark things off with a very fine anthemic ‘Hello’.
Garage rock four-piece Girl and Girl today announce that their debut full length album, ‘Call A Doctor’ will be released on Friday, 24 May via Virgin Music Australia (AU/NZ) and Sub Pop (rest of world), and is available now for pre-order. To celebrate, the band release lead single and accompanying video ‘Hello’ as a rather …
Track: Arty Ziff spins another floating electronic dreamy cloud in ‘acetone ft Cry Club’
Arty Ziff, the nome de plume of Naarm/Melbourne producer Mitch Kelly, has released the summer spinner ‘acetone’ with the assistance of band Cry Club. It’s an aquatic delight that positively beams rays of sunshine as it bubbles along with the sweet, melancholic vocals of Cry Club’s Heather Riley. According to Art Ziff: ‘acetone’ is about …
Track: We’re flattened by Holly Hebe’s sparkling ‘Hat Hair’ – another luminescent single from the Naarm/Melbourne chanteuse extraordinaire.
Holly Hebe has produced a series of stunning singles and an EP exemplified by her gossamer silk vocals and air of wistfulness and dreaming. Her new single ‘Hat Hair’ continues in this immersive style with its floating melodies, a touch of humour and air of dreamy melancholia. It’s another perfect slice of airy pop delivered …