Backseat Downunder
Track: Yeah Yeah Yeahs are back with a new single and album to follow
Yeah Yeahs Yeahs are ‘Spitting Off The Edge Of The World’
Live Gallery: EGOISM at Waywards
EGOISM mesmerised the crowd with their evocative indie rock at Waywards last night. See them in action in the gallery:
Premiere: Jack Panther’s sophomore EP ‘Why Don’t You Come Over’ is a beautifully layered lesson in letting go: We go track-by-track with the artist
The glistening alt-pop of New Zealand’s Jack Panther already has him pegged as ‘an artist you need to watch’ by the hallowed tastemakers over at Rolling Stone. And Backseat Mafia is buzzed to announce the long-awaited release of Jack’s sophomore EP, ‘why don’t you come over?’ Dropping tomorrow, this 6-track collection effortlessly blends the boldness and vulnerability the …
Premiere: Melbourne’s BADGERS unveil an euphoric trippy psychedelic video for their new luscious single ‘Bad Dreams’.
Melbourne’s finest sonic architects BADGERS are back with another fine example of luscious shoegaze dream pop in their new single ‘Bad Dreams’, and we are honoured to premiere their new video for this rich and euphoric track. BADGERS (who we last met way back in 2020 with their brilliant single ‘Why Am I Your Only …
Track: Beth Orton releases new track ‘Weather Alive’ with album to follow
Beth Orton returns with a new track and album after an absence of six years.
Track: Cousin Tony’s Brand New Firebird are back with another eye-wateringly beautiful anthem ‘Bluestone’, news of a third album and live dates.
Cousin Tony’s Brand New Firebird (CTBNF) are a revelation for me and one of the most fascinating artists coming out of Australia. There is a Burt Bacharach sixties-infused expansiveness mixed with a Jimmy Webb songwriting craft, all layered with an antipodean genetic code stretching from The Go-Betweens and The Apartments through to Nick Cave. The …
Premiere: Perth’s Late 90s would ‘Die To Heal’: a cinematic anthem with an unstoppable power and delivery. Launch date also announced.
We are very pleased to premiere the new single ‘Die to Heal’ from Perth rockers Late 90s – a reflective yearning track that builds up with an unstoppable velocity into a pulse quickening anthem. Arching melancholic vocals soar high above the ether over jangling guitars and a thundering rhythm section. The overall effect is dramatic …
Track: Miiesha releases new single ‘Everything’ with EP to follow
Track: Miiesha releases new track ‘Everything’ with EP and East Coast tour to follow.
Track: The Nature Strip have a ‘Sixth Sense’: a harmony laden power pop single with a dark heart is out, and about to be launched live.
The Nature Strip with their brand of intelligent power pop (see EP ‘Past Pacific’, reviewed by me here) continue their 2022 come back with the new single ‘Sixth Sense’: a vibrant hyperkinetic bundle of popping power chords, layered harmonies and the trademark sense of levity and joy. Well, not all joy, perhaps. A rather more muscular guitar-driven …
Track: Dr Mann really have an urge for ‘Ciggies’ in a single that oozes with yearning and desire.
I’m not sure what Dr Mann‘s health and safety credentials are, but in their latest paean to yearning and desire, ‘Ciggies’, they manage to engender the unhealthiest of cravings in just under three minutes. As anyone who has been enslaved to addiction (particularly of the tobacco kind), this sonic pill captures the feelings of abject, …