backseat downunder
Premiere: Thunder Fox sets the world alight with ‘Hard Times’: a funky paean to strength and resilience delivered in a red hot sonic missile. Catch them live in Sydney.
While Backseat Mafia’s northern hemisphere headquarters in the UK swelters in the extreme heat wave (a relative term given 40 Degrees Celsius is now a normal Sydney summer), down here at the Backseat Mafia’s far flung southern outpost there’s snow in Hobart (renamed with much excitement as Snowbart) and much need for some warmth. And …
Premiere: Brisbane-based Platonic Sex exclusively unveil video for ‘Devil’s Advocate’: a visceral and melodic call for masculine vulnerability, delivered in a vibrant post punk blaze.
We are honoured to premiere the video for the single ‘Devil’s Advocate’ from Brisbane-based band, the delightfully named Platonic Sex. Opening with raw, expressive vocals and a slamming guitar splash, ‘Devil’s Advocate’ has a sneering attack leavened by a sky scraping vocal range filled with passion and expression, replete with a simple and vital message: …
Live Review: The Black Seeds – Ngaio Marsh Theatre, Christchurch, 08.07.22
In the depths of a long, cold, Christchurch winter (and even longer pandemic), The Black Seeds arrived at the University of Canterbury’s Ngaio Marsh Theatre for a long-awaited album release and the opportunity for fans to connect, warm up and get their groove on. The challenges of making this show happen were significant, with three …
Track: Western Australia’s Methyl Ethel asks if you can ‘Talk Louder’ – a hyperactive, infectious jitterbug of a track.
Methyl Ethel – the sonic and iconic output of one Jake Webb – have just release another eclectic, dynamic slab of synth-based dance pop in the form of ‘Talk Louder’. It’s a jittery hyperactive hustle – Webb’s distinctive vocals lending a disco falsetto spin over the pulsating rhythms that high step through the speakers. It …
Track: Sydney’s Laura Jean unveils the delicious shimmer of ‘Teenager Again’ with backing vocals from Aldous Harding and Marlon Williams, and announces new album ‘Amateurs’.
Infused with a sense of poignancy and melancholy, the new single ‘Teenager Again’ from Sydney’s Laura Jean is a glowing, sparkling track that shimmers with a delicious bittersweet glow. Singing when I was seventeen my mama could not handle me, Jean reflects on the personal memories of growing up and the vulnerability this can cause …
Track: Brisbane’s Seasoning sprinkles some dream pop dust over new track ‘Next To Me’ and announce debut EP ‘The Condensation’.
Meanjin/Brisbane outfit Seasoning – essentially the work of multi-instrumentalist songwriter Lachlan Buckle along with Samuel Dalgarno and Thomas Ray Jones – have today released the single and video for the song ‘Next To Me’ which comes off their forthcoming debut EP ‘The Condensation’, set for release on 22 July 2022. ‘Next To Me’ is an …
Premiere: FLOWERTRUCK exclusively unveil their video for single ‘Pretending’ with announcement of new album ‘Partly Cloudy’.
We’ve long been fans of Sydney/Illawarra band FLOWERTRUCK who have perfected an antipodean-flavoured brand of indie pop that has a genetic link to an amalgam of The Go-Betweens and The Apartments on one side of the ditch, and the Dunedin sound epitomised by Flying Nun roster of The Bats and The Chills on the other …
Track: Carla Wehbe’s extraordinary vocals give an ethereal cast to the yearning single ‘is forever off the table?’
New single ‘is forever off the table?’ has an immeasurable buoyancy and lilt that weaves its way under the extraordinary agile vocals of Sydney artist Carla Wehbe. Infused with a deep sense of regret and despair that can only come from experience of frustration and loss, this is a beguiling track that tempers tragedy with …
Premiere: With a forecast for sunshine, Perth’s Bad Weather reveal the expansive anthemic ‘Flowers In Your Room’ and announce live dates.
We are very pleased to premiere the tasty morsel of indie alt pop from Boorloo/Perth band Bad Weather. ‘Flowers In Your Room’ combines an indelible anthemic thunder with a yearning melancholia: the perfect ingredients for a perfect pop song. Coupled with an oceanic wave of guitars and an insistent rhythm section, Bad Weather have cast …
Premiere: Drummer/songwriter Kat Greta emits a bright ray of sunshine in the video for her debut track ‘Let It Go’, and announces EP and live dates
Kat Greta is by trade a drummer and songwriter who exclusively unveils for Backseat Mafia the video for her debut single ‘Let It Go’, sung by Melbourne’s Charlie Lane. His voice lends the song a dusky, edgy, whiskey-soaked tone to the driving, restless music that swells beneath. Greta’s steady and patterned rhythms form the spine …