News: The legendary Lydia Lunch and Joseph Keckler Announce Australian Shows for a performance of ‘Tales of Lust & Madness’.
Punk poet provocateur, musician and photographer, the legendary Lydia Lunch has announced a musical poetry tour of Australia entitled ‘Tales of Lust & Madness’ with fellow New Yorker Joseph Keckler. Lunch’s collaborations with the late great Rowland S Howard, amongst others, are legendary. Keckler is an American singer, musician, performing artist and writer. He writes …
Track: Mako Bron may have ‘Left This Town’ but the trademark soaring melodies and dreamy pop remain, ahead of debut album ‘Halfway Home’.
We have been long terms fans of whom we consider to be the criminally underrated Mako Bron (the working title for Sydney’s Chris Brookman) and he has upped the ante with the new single ‘Left This Town’. The song was written after Brookman visited his home town – saying: …it’s a song about growing up, …
Track: Dominic Breen makes a welcome return with the raw acerbic glory of ‘The Pits’, ahead of live dates.
It’s been two years since Dominic Breen impressed us here with a string of impressive single culminating in the glorious album ‘Blue Volume’ (reviewed by me here), released through the magnificent Double Drummer label. He is back at last with the scuzzy low-fi buzz of ‘The Pits’ – an angry, dirty track with a barbed-wire …
Track: エミエミ emi emi releases the perky, effervescent ‘ngu’, and brings a ray of sunshine to the world.
I caught エミエミ emi emi at a recent gig at Altar, Hobart for a showcase of new and upcoming bands in the local Hobart area and was blown away by her performance, writing she was: …a mix of J-Pop/K-Pop with a Balearic flavour – a touch of thumping House and disco…It was like a blend …
Premiere: Coyle Girelli offers us an exclusive first listen to his magnificent new album ‘Museum Day’.
We here at Backseat Mafia hyperventilate every time there is a new release from UK-born US resident Coyle Girelli with unseemingly scraps over who gets to review his songs. The good news is Girelli’s new album ‘Museum Day’ is due out tomorrow and we get to give you an early listen before it is released …
Premiere: TUSHAR’s ‘Bloodshot Eyes’ is an effervescent pop delight dealing with darker issues. Tour dates announced.
We are honoured to premiere the new single ‘Bloodshot Eyes’ from Tarndanya/Adelaide-based indie-pop artist TUSHAR – produced by long-time collaborator Benny Tamblyn (MANE) and mastered by Mario Späte (Meg Washington, Tkay Maizda, Elsy Wameyo). ‘Bloodshot Eyes’ has an effervescent trot with plonking, dappling guitars and a high-stepping canter. TUSHAR’s voice is velvet soft, yearning and …
Premiere: Victoria unveil brilliant new track ‘Rushing Bull’ ahead of debut album and live outings
We are inordinately proud to be able to premiere the brilliant new single ‘Rushing Bull’, with video, from Sydney supergroup Victoria. The single is out tomorrow through legendary producer Wayne Connolly’s label Scenic Drive Records. ‘Rushing Bull’ is a rambunctious angular slice of indie pop, leavened by a melancholy delivery as the guitars hop, skip and jump …
Premiere: Meanjin/Brisbane’s SGO positively ‘Glimmer’ in their new dream pop/shoegaze glory. Out through 4000 Records.
The band formerly known as Syrup Go On!, SGO, return more sparkling evidence of their musical prowess with their new single ‘Glimmer’, which we are very proud to premiere here today. Of course its release through the extraordinary 4000 Records is proof enough of quality, but SGO continue to shine with their brilliant shimmering wall …
Album Review: The Summertimes unleash a radiant blinding glow in their glorious debut self-titled album.
The debut self-titled album from The Summertimes is an iridescent ray of light, replete with soaring choruses, horn fringes and an overwhelming collection of jingle jangle-encased anthems that shimmer and glow. I am rather late to this particular dish which has certainly not cooled since its release in July. There is an antipodean flavour to …
Track: Salarymen have ‘Second Sight’ and it’s a shimmering and beautiful thing, with tour dates unveiled.
Dream pop exponents Salarymen are continuing with a brilliant run of releases with their new single ‘Second Sight’, another anthemic slice of pie with its euphoric melodies and sky-scraping choruses. The duo say of the track: This track is essentially about having a good bullshit radar – seeing through the social climbers and the manipulators. It’s …