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Track: Sydney’s Daily Toll deliver an über cool spoken word track ‘Killincs’ ahead of debut album.
Sydney trio Daily Toll have announced the release of their debut album ‘A Profound Non-Event’ through Tough Love Records, and to give us a taste of what to expect, unveiled the track ‘Killincs’. It’s a gentle ramble through the meadows with a haunting introduction with a melodica before the instruments enter with a spoken word …
News: Deep Sea Arcade return with announcement of album and tour with shimmering new single ‘No Direction’ to set the scene.
Deep Sea Arcade are back with a new single ‘No Direction’ ahead of an album and tour later this year. This follows a turbulent time following the loss of co-founder Nick Weaver in 2012 at the age of 37, leaving Nic McKenzie to continue the band which they both started back in 2012. Their last …
Track: ‘Run’ – YAGKI sets off at a turbo-charged pace in another anthemic winner, with live dates ahead.
A permanent fixture here at the antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia, the irrepressible YAGKI (the moniker of multi-talented Sarah Yagki) is back at a shimmering tilt with her new single ‘Run’. Crystalline guitars provide a sparkling entry curtain as YAGKI’s dulcet tones enter, filled with a yearning delivery that positively explodes into an anthemic chorus …
Premiere: ‘Solid and Human’ – Maia Jelavic releases a yearning slow burning anthem that sparkles in the sunshine, with debut album and gigs on the way.
Maia Jelavic premiered her last single with us a few years back under the stage name Maia Marsh. She has made the decision to be true to herself and returned with another premiere under her birth name Maia Jelavic, and while the label might change, the imperial quality of her songwriting remains. We are therefore …
Premiere: SXY XMS exclusively debut their thrilling high octane single ‘You’ll Never Know’ ahead of EP and launch date.
It is always a privilege to premiere a debut single for a band and the pleasure is always doubled when it’s something as good as ‘You’ll Never Know’ from Sydney indie band SXY XMS (pronounced Sexy Christmas). The track jets off with a chunky shimmering guitar that could have been lifted from a Stones album, …
Track: Eora/Sydney artist Milly McPherson releases the soaring track ‘Milly’s Song’ ahead of debut album and live date
‘Milly’s Song’ from solo Eora/Sydney artist Milly McPherson is a soaring anthem that showcases her velvet vocals and passionate, expressive songwriting skills. Sung over a dappling acoustic guitar introduction, the song slowly builds to a crescendo with a chorus of heavenly angels in the background. The lyrics clearly have an autobiographical content, expressed with a …
Track: The Electorate votes for ‘Peace, Love & Kindness’ in a delectable new single ahead of new album in May.
The magnificent The Electorate – a firm favourite here in the dusty hallowed halls of the antipodean headquarters of Backseat Mafia – have followed up their earlier comeback single ‘Face of a Giant’ (their first release since the brilliant debut ‘You Don’t Have Time To Stay Lost‘ back in 2020) with the statuesque ‘Peace, Love …
News: The life and times of William Arthur and his iconic Sydney band Glide is explored in ‘Disappear Here’, a film by Ben deHoedt.
Glide were a seminal Sydney band that burned brightly and all together too briefly in the nineties, beset by tragedy when their singer and songwriter William Arthur died at the end of that decade at the age of 33. Not to be confused with Echo and the Bunnymen Will Sergeant’s band, they struggled to get …
News: The Lovetones surprise with a compilation album ‘The Song Is My Friend’, filled with luscious jingle jangle pop.
The glorious The Lovetones have take everyone by surprise by issuing a shimmering compilation album entitled ‘The Song Is My Friend’. Songwriter Matthew J. Tow describes the compilation as a very personal collection: You’ll find some familiar tracks, along with some rare and deep cuts in there too. Curated in a way that gives those …
Track: Eora/Sydney band KRYSTAL RIVVERS release the thrilling, anthemic track ‘Sienna’ ahead of live dates.
Eora/Sydney band KRYSTAL RIVVERS have today released their sparkling new single ‘Sienna’, confirming a very exciting presence. Coasting on a jingle jangle bedrock, the track sparkles with a vitality as Boon Wurrung/Wurundjeri storyteller and lead singer Earl Weir’ vocal’s enter, deep and sonorous, an enigmatic delivery with an angelic chorus in the distance. The anthemic …