Track: The magnificent Royel Otis release ebullient new single ‘If Our Love Is Dead’ to accompany deluxe re-release of their debut album ‘PRATTS & PAIN’ with tour news.
Royel Otis have rapidly become musical royalty not only in their home Australia but globally, and we have been keenly following their ascendancy since their debut single back in 2021. And it is easy to see why they have rapidly risen to the top like cream: they have released a series of luscious, quirky hyperkinetic …
Premiere: California’s Matthew Nowhere unveils the brilliant sparkle and luscious beauty of track ‘Love is Only What We Are’.
We are immeasurably honoured to premiere the new single ‘Love Is Only What We Are’ from multi-instrumentalist and producer Matthew Nowhere. Set afloat in a star filled expanse with crystalline guitars piercing the skies on a bed of bubbling aquatic synths, this is a glorious track: cinematic and threaded through with melancholia as any good …
Premiere: North Arm unveils the shimmering, reflective track ‘Everything You’ ahead of album ‘Stay Young’
We are honoured to bring you an early exclusive listen to the new single ‘Everything You’ from North Arm – essentially the work of Roderick Smith, the Newcastle-raised songwriter. It heralds a new album ‘Stay Young’ due out on 25 October 2025 through through Broken Stone Records/Remote Control Records. ‘Everything You’ floats like a cotton wool …
News: Love As Fiction Records announces re-release of the final glorious album from the iconic Big Heavy Stuff
Love As Fiction Records have announced that iconic Sydney band Big Heavy Stuff‘s final 2004 album is available for pre-order today. The 20th Anniversary Edition of the album will be released on Vinyl, CD and Cassette in limited editions. For the first time it also includes a previously unreleased version of the album, titled ‘Naked …
Track: Beijing Bikini unveil double singles ‘Big Cheese’ and ‘Allegro’ ahead of album and live dates
Beijing Bikini are undoubtedly members of an elite club that I call the Marrickville Sound – bands that are more experienced, often in their second or third iteration after a long career in the industry, exercising their undimmed creative muscles and producing great, often guitar-driven music. Named after an inner city suburb of Sydney that …
News: The ethereal Sigur Rós announce Australian Orchestral tour for 2025.
Icelandic band Sigur Rós have to be one of the most innovative and exciting bands around – their albums are breathtakingly beautiful sonic journeys that are both immersive and thrilling. They are set to return to Australia for a run of truly special, one-of-a-kind performances in May 2025 (promoted by Secret Sounds and Double J) …
Track: French band SCHØØL return with another blast of fuzzy goodness in ‘The End’, with debut LP on the way.
SCHØØL‘s debut single N.S.M.L.Y.D. (reviewed by me here) was a stunning introduction to the Paris-based band with members from as far afield as France, Australia and the US, and they are back with new single ‘The End’ which proves the debut was no fluke. I had written that the band adroitly channeled bands like Fontaines …
Premiere: Sunshine Coast’s Charley BT debuts with the sparkling sounds of ‘Lemon’.
It’s a great pleasure for us to premiere the stunning debut single from Sunshine Coast’s surfer and skater Charley BT (the nom de plume of Charley Beattie). ‘Lemon’ is a shimmering track that jangles and sparkles under Charlie BT’s velvet vocals, filled with an aching intensity. There is no doubt there are discernable elements of …
Premiere: Damien Binder creates a welcome ‘Sanctuary’ in another shimmering track from Western Australia.
We are very honoured to premiere the new single ‘Sanctuary’ from the talented Western Australian (via New Zealand) troubadour Damien Binder: a firm favourite here at the antipodean headquarters of Backseat Mafia. And what a pleasure it is to hear his dulcet tones once more. It’s a follow up to his earlier 2024 single ‘Crazy’ …
Track: Brigitte Bardini is no ‘Fool’ as she unveils another ethereal track that positively glows with intensity.
There’s almost an operatic gloss to singer/songwriter Brigitte Bardini‘s vocals in her dreamy new single ‘Fool’: a floating and ethereal delivery above an aquatic bubbling instrumental that is cool and urbane. There is a sixties laid back quality to the track with the arpeggiated strings that swell in the distance – a song to be …