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Track: Tex Perkins is a ‘Brand New Man’ – Tex Perkins & The Fat Rubber Band unveil the achingly beautiful new single ahead of new album and tour.
Indie music legend, the inimitable hell raiser Tex Perkins (who fronted the Australian rock band The Cruel Sea and also performed with the Beasts of Bourbon, Thug, James Baker Experience, The Butcher Shop, Salamander Jim, and Tex, Don and Charlie) has just released the achingly beautiful track ‘Brand New Man’ with his band The Fat …
Album Review: Steve Kilbey (The Church) and Martin Kennedy (All India Radio) are Kilbey/Kennedy and they combine forces again to weave their aesthetically jaw-dropping sci-fi sonic magic.
Steve Kilbey (The Church) and Martin Kennedy (All India Radio) separately produce some of the most stunning music coming out of Australia in their various guises. Kilbey – so prolific in 2021 – has been relatively quiet recording-wise this year while touring extensively, both solo and with The Church as well as finalising the new …
Album Review: The magnificent Key Out make a triumphant return with ‘afterville’- a glorious, delicate and ethereal set of sparkling jewels.
Key Out for me are one of the unsung heroes of the indie music scene in Australia and indeed the world. Newly signed to the magnificent False Peak Records, they have burst back in to our lives with the magnificent ‘afterville’, a follow up to 2020’s ‘anthropomorphia’ (described by me as ‘stunning’ and ranked in …
News: Backstreet Boys release first ever Christmas album ‘A Very Backstreet Christmas’
Today, the Backstreet Boys have released their highly anticipated and very first Christmas album ‘A Very Backstreet Christmas’ via BMG. The album was executive produced by legendary producer Tommy Brown (Ariana Grande, Blackpink, Justin Bieber). Listen here! ‘A Very Backstreet Christmas’ features numerous timeless holiday classics including “White Christmas”, “Silent Night”, “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” and “Last Christmas,” …
Premiere: Perth’s Clay Western is here for the long term with his euphoric anthem ‘Nothing Lasts’
We are delighted to premiere today the new single ‘Nothing Lasts’ from Western Australian artist Clay Western. Dripping with a delicious melancholia and framed by sky scraping choruses over an electronic thrum, this is a dynamic and heartening track that makes you simultaneously weep and laugh with joy. The track is a paean to mutability …
Track: Yorkshire Up & Comers The Pretty Ugly Share Latest Indie-Pop Bop ‘That’s Such A Girl Thing To Say’
A vibrant mix of punching drums, biting guitar lines, bright synths and thick, warming bass, The Pretty Ugly set an up bet tone right from the off with their new single ‘That’s Such A Girl Thing To Say’. Immediately comparable to the likes of fellow indie heads Circa Waves and Marsicans, this style of guitar …
Premiere: Supremo indie supergroup The Gin Palace exclusively debuts with the shimmering, incandescent track ‘Burn Your Heart Out’, ahead of album news.
We are catatonic with excitement at being able to exclusively bring you the first listen to the debut single from one of Australia’s most anticipated indie supergroups, The Gin Palace. The Gin Palace are comprised of Peter Fenton of Crow, Paul McDonald (Glide, Charlie Horse), Mark Tobin (Scarlet Caligula, The Finalists) Marc Lynch (Glide, JOEYS …
Live Review: Luke Sital-Singh, Brudenell Social Club, Leeds 04.10.22
“It’s good to be back Leeds”, explains Luke Sital-Singh after the opening number – Still – “and it’s good to get my happy song out of the way” Such is the self-deprecating humour that characterises an evening with Sital-Singh, the now LA based singer-songwriter. Sure, there’s a melancholy about the material that he writes, but …
News: the GOLDEN DREGS announce signing to the legendary 4AD label, new album, tour dates and unveil the languidly melancholic single ‘American Airlines’
I have been a long time fan of the GOLDEN DREGS – the single ‘Nobody Ever Gets Rich (by Making People Sad)’ remains one of my top five favourite releases of the past ten years – and it is brilliant to hear of their signing to the legendary 4AD label and news of a new …
Premiere: Good grief! The Shrugs unveil catchy new single ‘Charlie Brown’ and announce launch date.
Following up on their single ‘Shoebox’, indie popsters and al round groove merchants The Shrugs have released the full throttle blast of ‘Charlie Brown’, which we are very pleased to premiere here at Backseat Mafia. ‘Charlie Brown’ blasts off with the typical Marrickville sound of fuzzy guitar pop and bluster. A crunchy guitar intro launches …