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Premiere: Rowan Smith’s ‘Slow Clouds’ Drifts by With a Timeless Jangle and Melancholic Spirit
Lutruwita/Tasmania-based singer-songwriter Rowan Smith shares an exclusive premiere with Backseat Mafia today for the release of his latest single, ‘Slow Clouds’. The track floats ahead of an upcoming show on November 9th, a special live band performance in Naarm/Melbourne. With ‘Slow Clouds’, Smith offers a taste of his 2024 album ‘In the Key of Kintsugi’, …
Live Review: The Vaccines/ Delivery/ T Truman – HMV Empire – Coventry 27/10/24
The Vaccines are back with a new album and put on a stellar show at the sold out HMV Empire in Coventry. A gig on a Sunday night are normally quite chilled out nights, but this isn’t a normal Sunday night, its Half Term and this Coventry crowd is ready to party with The Vaccines. …
Live Review: Maximo Park / Melanie Baker – Concorde 2, Brighton 20.10.2024
Maximo Park have always been a crowd pleaser, and tonight is no exception with a dedicated fan base sold out show at Brighton’s Concorde 2 Maximo Park recently released their eighth Studio album ‘Stream of Life’. The album itself is inspired by a short story by Ukrainian-born Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector, who ponders why people …
News: Tom Odell Adds Final Sydney Opera House Show Due to Overwhelming Demand
Exclusive Australian Performances: Tom Odell to Play Two Nights at the Sydney Opera House
News: Buck Meek Invites Australia on a Journey Through Haunted Mountain next March
Big Thief’s Buck Meek Explores New Terrain with Solo Tour in March 2025
Track: YAGKI’s ‘Apartment’ is an anthemic dreamy haven.
The inimitable YAGKI (the nom de plume of multi-instrumentalist Sarah Yagki), a firm favourite here at the antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia, is ridiculously busy having just spent time in Mexico on a music camp and continued a run of live performances. And despite all this, she still has time to release the most immersive …
Premiere: New Zealand chanteuse extraordinaire Reb Fountain announces new album and unveils the deliciously dreamy single ‘Forever’ as a tasty treat.
We are inordinately honoured to premiere the new single and video of the track ‘Forever’ from the extraordinary Reb Fountain, which heralds a new album ‘How Love Bends’ from the New Zealand chanteuse. ‘Forever’ is a sinuous, sensuous track with a floating dreamy riff and Fountain’s louche cool delivery that’s enchanting and hypnotic. The drums …
Live Review & Gallery: Magnetic and Unfiltered – FLETCHER’s Pop Confessional Hits Sydney’s Hordern 27.10.2024
Heartbreak, Healing, and Hooks: FLETCHER owns Sydney
Meet: Rising Star Joshua Scarratt
After wowing us here at Backseat Mafia with his debut single ‘Can’t Get You Out of My Mind’, we sat down to find out a little bit more about rising star Joshua Scarratt. Give us a potted history of yourself I have been writing music since my teens, playing in various bands whilst in my …
Track: New Chimers single offers a quieter sound ahead of their album ‘Through Today’
“An Echo” showcases new sounds from Chimers as they expand their sonic palette