Backseat Downunder
Live Gallery: Voiid Live at the Crowbar, Sydney
Voiid blow the Crow Bar away with their uncompromising punk rock.
Track: It’s not a delusion-Eliza and the Delusionals release new track with high-anticipated debut album to follow
Eliza and the Delusionals release breezy, guitar-infused track ‘Bed Song’ ahead of new album out in May.
News: Brisbane trio The Goon Sax announce expanded digital version of their album ‘Mirror II’ complete with an exquisite cover of Len’s classic ‘Steal My Sunshine’, as well as tour news.
Today, Brisbane trio The Goon Sax have released a deluxe digital edition of their third album ‘Mirror II’ released through Chapter Music and Matador Records. ‘Mirror II’ is a garment of perfectly formed pop songs with a ragged edge and blemishes – but with a golden thread of celestial choruses that binds everything together. The …
Track: Knock Knock! Who’s there? It’s Motor Ace Back after 17 years.
Motor Ace are back with a new track ‘Knock Knock’ and 20th Anniversary tour of ‘Five Star Laundry’
Premiere: We get a sneaky early listen to Nik Brinkman’s ‘Unplugged’ EP – three magnificently raw gems from last year’s epic ‘Secret Stairs’ album.
Last year’s ‘Secret Stairs’ album from New Zealand’s Nik Brinkman was a highlight of the year – in our 9.1/10 review we said it was a stunning debut: a collection of sparkling jewels that glitter with a melancholic sheen, while featuring glorious pop vignettes delivering melody and an ethereal grace. We are very honoured to …
Track: CLAMM are back with new single ‘Bit Much’ from new album
CLAMM release new single ‘Bit Much’ and announce upcoming album in August.
Album: Heidrunna releases debut album ‘Melodramatic’
Iceland’s Heidrunna announces release of debut album ‘Melodramatic’ on 21 April.
News: UK rap phenomenon Stormzy announces rescheduled Australian/New Zealand ‘Heavy Is The Head’ tour.
UK rap phenomenon, Stormzy, has has announced that he will bring his ‘Heavy Is The Head’ (H.I.T.H) World Tour to Australia and New Zealand in November/December 2022, through Handsome Tours, Astral People, and triple j. Kicking off this November, Stormzy will perform his biggest Australian shows to date in Perth, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide, …
Track: Harper Bloom releases bouncy new track ‘Red Rocket’
Harper Bloom releases charming single ‘Red Rocket’ featuring a ukulele and an el Mariachi horns section.
News: Hobart’s magnificent EWAH & The Vision of Paradise announce a showing of ‘Finding Paradise’ – a film based on their stunning album ‘The Warning Birds’
EWAH and the Vision of Paradise (EVoP) released a magnificent album ‘The Warning Birds’ earlier this year (see my 9.2/10 review here) – an album that I described as being a palimpsest for beauty and decay, wild and turbulent landscapes with the intrusion of modernity and the threats and ugliness this can entail. It is …