Track / Video
Track: Perth’s hyperactive Methyl Ethel unleashes the funky dance missile ‘Matters’: a paean to anxiety and uncertainty.
There is an unsettling restless edge to the new single ‘Matters’ from Perth’s Methyl Ethel that is wrapped in the most danceable and funky faux fur cloak. With soaring, gliding vocals that evoke The Jackson 5 in the chorus and a hyperactive rhythm section and blistering synth that bubbles and squeaks, this is something very …
News: The glittering SILT announce new EP and release the cinematic single ‘You Hate It’
After catching our attention with their single ‘I Always Need a Break’ back in June (see our review here), Melbourne-based indie pop delights SILT are back with news of their forthcoming EP ‘Contact High’ due out on 1 October 2021 and the release of a new sparkling jewel for the collection, the reflective ballad ‘You …
Track: Night Thieves – Off The Wire
UK heavy rock threesome, Night Thieves, are set to release their new EP, ‘Spiral’, due 17th Friday September. In preparation the band have shared the single, Off The Wire. The band have been around since 2017 and the trio of Jess Moyle (Vocals), Paul Andrew (Guitar), and Rick Hunter-Burns (Bass) made their live debut at the …
Tracks: The Wildhearts – Splitter
With the release of ’21st Century Love Songs’, their brand new full-length studio album on Graphite Records. The Wildheart’s have unveiled a brand new video for track ‘Splitter’ to celebrate. Read our review here Regarding the track Ginger Explains: “Splitter was the first song that I wrote for the new album. The one where I thought “Oh fuck, I can …
News: Heligoland’s Karen Vogt announces new collaboration with ambient experimental composer Pepo Galán and unveils the glorious single ‘The Dark Opens the Way’
Australian born, Paris-based artist Karen Vogt has blessed these pages in the past with her band, the magnificent Heligoland (see our interview and review of their last album ‘This Quiet Fire’ here). She has now announced a new collaboration with ambient experimental composer Pepo Galán which will see an album entitled ‘The Sweet Wait’ released November …
Premiere: Sophie Mahon’s sparkling dedication to devotion, ‘Bogart’s Eyes’, is a rich and luscious tapestry.
The rich and luscious sounds on Sophie Mahon‘s ‘Bogart’s Eyes’, premiered here in Backseat Mafia today, transports one to the eighties: there is a palpable new romantic shimmer and an incandescent glow. You cannot help but think of it being a counterpart to ‘Bette Davis Eyes’ by Kim Carnes, with dollops of a Bryan Ferry/Roxy …
Premiere: Sydney’s Pluto Jonze releases double sided psychedelic singles ‘Moonmaking’ and ‘Dot’: two dollops of sweet ethereal goodness.
We are very proud to premiere the double sided single release from esteemed Sydney-based artist Pluto Jonze (Hey Geronimo). ‘Moonmaking’ and ‘Dot’ are two sides of the same sparkling coin: psychedelic-tinged melodic delights that literally float on a bed of harmonies and shimmering instrumentation. ‘Moonmaking’ is the more ethereal of the two: Jonze’s velvet melancholic …
News: Johnny Marr announces new EP ‘Fever Dreams Pt 1’ and unveils video for anthemic and effervescent track ‘Spirit Power & Soul’
The winner of the best guitarist in the universe and nicest chap alive (by me anyway), Johnny Marr, has just announced the release of a new EP entitled ‘Fever Dreams Pt 1’ and unveiled a luminescent video for first single off the EP, the jangling, hyperactive ‘Spirit Power & Soul’. The legendary songwriter and guitarist …
Premiere: Richard Cuthbert returns with the glittering ‘Milky Way’ and announces album ‘Daydreaming’
We are honoured to premiere the sparkling new single ‘Milky Way’ by Sydney singer/songwriter Richard Cuthbert. And just like the title, it is a stellar jewel-encrusted feature in the musical firmament. Cuthbert previously fronted Cuthbert and the Nightwalkers, winners of the 2JJJ Unearthed competition back in 2007, and released a glorious solo album ‘Peach Plum‘ …
News: Indie legend Dean Wareham (Galaxie 500, Luna, Dean and Britta) announces solo album and unveils a scintillating and evocative video for opening track ‘The Past Is Our Plaything’.
There is no doubting the legendary status of Dean Wareham, whose band Galaxie 500 in the late eighties defined a gentle low-fi poetic brilliance and melodic genius that influenced and enhanced the shoegaze/dream pop genre. After Galaxie 500 burned ever so brightly between 1987 and 1991, releasing three landmark albums in the process, Wareham formed …