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Interview: Matthew J Tow from The Lovetones plus album review Myriad
After a ten year hiatus, The Lovetones are back with their new album ‘Myriad’, and it’s like they never left. Singer, guitarist and songwriter Matthew J Tow has got the band together again and the signature 12 string sparkle and melodic mastery are to the fore. Completely steeped in a shimmering cloak of chiming guitars …
Track: Requin – ‘Rules That Won’t Be Broken’
Brisbane has always had a reputation for producing quirky ground-breaking indie music – think of The Go-Betweens and The Saints for starters or contemporaries like The Goon Sax and Elder. Requin, newly signed to 4000 Records (a mark of quality right there) is such a band. Their new single ‘Rules That Won’t Be Broken’ is …
Premiere: Alyrah – Twin Flame Portal EP plus single The Empress
Backseat Mafia is very proud to premiere the single ‘The Empress’ from Australian artist Alyrah, as well as her forthcoming EP ‘Twin Flame Portal’, due out on 28 February 2020. Hailing from Sydney, Alyrah is an indie-electronic artist and producer with, based on this release, an enormous amount of talent and a very distinct and …
Track: A.Swayze and the Ghosts – Mess of Me plus tour news
A. Swayze and the Ghosts are undeniably one of Tasmanian’s finest exports (along with southern gothicism, unfiltered Gin and the Dark Mofo Festival). Building up quite a reputation across Australia, they have just released a fantastic new single and announced a tour of the US – treading the well worn path of Australian bands to …
News: Bushfire Relief Concerts – Australia
Australia has been hit with apocalyptic fires this summer and it is great to see the music industry coming together to provide support for the community. One concert entitled Down to Earth will to raise precious funds for for immediate fire relief via Red Cross and WIRES, as well as funding organisations that focus on …
Track: Mallrat – Driving Music EP
Brisbane and Queensland in general is undeniably a hotbed of talent, and one of the most preeminent examples of this is the pure pop musings of Grace Shaw, under the guise of Mallrat. Mallrat’s new EP, ‘Drive’ is an evolution of the style and creativity of this phenomenal artist. Back in February 2018, we reviewed …
News: The Dandy Warhols announce 25th Anniversary Tour Downunder
Legendary if not slightly wild and mercurial, psych-pop funsters, The Dandy Warhols, have announced a tour of Australia to celebrate their 25th anniversary. Live, the Dandies can always be relied on to produce wild, exuberant shows and they have an extraordinarily good back catalog to explore, with gems such as Bohemian Like You, Every Day …
Track: Ride – Future Love plus Tour News
The legendary Ride have just released a new single – Future Love – off their forthcoming album ‘This Is Not A Safe Place’ due out on 16 August 2019. And as an added bonus, Ride have announced a tour of Australia and New Zealand after a 25 year absence thanks to SBM Presents. ‘Future Love’ …
New Track: Greta Stanley – Kick
Last year we reviewed a single from Queensland’s Greta Stanley off her marvelous debut album ‘Fully Grown” and now she’s back with a new gorgeous single, “Kick”. Stanley’s vocals are languorous, velvety and smooth as she croons over a surprisingly electronic thumping spine.”Kick” is an extremely seductive pop song about surviving dark times. Stanley says …
New Track: Thomas Keating – Today, I’m Staying Home
‘Today, I’m Staying Home’ is a glorious, anthemic paean to cocooning from a prodigious new talent, Thomas Keating. A rippling acoustic bedrock underpins Keatings open heartfelt singing and chorus as wide and open as the Simpson Desert. This is a catchy, jaunty pop song whose lyrics are contrastingly tinged with a hint of regret and …