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Track: Stonefield – Far From The Earth plus album and tour news
Rural Victorian band Stonefield have just released title track ‘Far From The Earth’ from their new album, due for release on Friday, April 13 on Flightless Records via Inertia Music. And that’s not all: they have also been announced as the support for the legendary Black Rebel Motorcycle Club‘s Australian tour. ‘Far From Earth’ has …
Premiere: Tia Gostelow – Giants
18 year old Australian singer-songwriter Tia Gostelow is about to release her debut EP Status Anxiety, with an album and some global touring in the works in 2018. We delighted to premiere Tia’s next single ‘Giants’ here on Backseat Mafia. It has this indie pop/rock sound that opens with delicate picked guitars and unfurl into …
Say Psych: Premiere: New Candys – Bleeding Magenta & Australian Tour News
Italians New Candys have fast become a fan favourite in the psychedelic scene. Last year they released third LP Bleeding Magenta on Fuzz Club Records. To coincide with the announcement an extensive Australian tour, BSM is honoured to present you with the international premiere of the lead track ‘Bleeding Magenta’. For fans down under, you …
Track and Tour News: Didirri – Formaldehyde
Melbourne’s Didirri has been attracting a lot of attention over the last year with his heartfelt and charismatic live delivery and for the strength of his songwriting. His new single, ‘Formaldehyde’ showcases his talent and style. Inspired by the life and struggles of one of his favourite artists, Frida Kahlo, Didirri says “Formaldehyde is about …
Track: Mallrat – UFO ft Allday
Mallrat is the project of Brisbane resident Grace Shaw who has been receiving a great deal of well-deserved interest – firstly across Australia and now internationally. Mallrat has been selected to play at the legendary SXSW and will be doing some dates in the US to coincide. Her new release, ‘UFO ft Allday’ represents well …
Not Forgotten: Rowland S. Howard
In 1975, Rowland S. Howard wrote a song called ‘Shivers’, one of the best songs ever to come out of Australia and indeed anywhere (in my humble opinion) at the tender age of 16. Originally written for Howard’s first band,The Young Charlatans, Howard took the song, ‘Shivers’, with him when he joined another local Melbourne …
EP: Cakes – Prescription Bugs
From the salubrious, white bread and somewhat anodyne Gold Coast of Queensland Australia comes the very antithesis in the form of Cakes, an indie post punk duo who are about to release an EP, “Prescription Bugs”. This EP is an anarchic thrash of guitars and drums leavened by epic choruses and flashes of unexpected subtlety. …
Track/EP: Heligoland – Coriallo
Heligoland‘s new EP, “Coriallo” is a gorgeous, atmospheric landscape of sound, evocative, maybe, of the windswept north-western coast of Normandy where it was written and recorded. The input of Robyn Guthrie (Cocteau Twins) as producer and mixer gives you that thrill of anticipation before you even begin to listen to this delicate and beautiful release. …
Premiere: The Ocean Party – Vein, plus Interview
Coming just months after the release of ‘Beauty Point’, the seventh album from Australian sextet The Ocean Party, the band have wasted no time in recording a new EP, titled guilt. More restrained and country tinged that their previous releases, its a nod to the likes of Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen. Ahead of its …
Tour News: Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds Announce Australian Tour
One of the best live gigs I’ve seen over the past few years was Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds at the Spiegeltent in Sydney back in 2014. While aware of Kid Congo Power’s incredible C.V., I was not too familiar with Power’s new band and knew not what to expect. What I witnessed …