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News: Jen Cloher Releases New Track & Video Off Long-Awaited Upcoming Album
Jen Cloher releases joyful new track and video off upcoming album.
Premiere: Rodney Cromwell unveils the aquatic, effervescent single ‘The Winter Palace’ along with b-side ‘Rod, Jane and Freddy’.
We are very pleased to premiere the electric new single ‘The Winter Palace’ from Rodney Cromwell, the nom de guerre of musician Adam Cresswell, backed by the instrumental ‘Rod, Jane and Freddy’. ‘The Winter Palace’ is a rich and luscious track, opening up with an atmospheric Vangelis-like Blade Runner fugue before launching into an aquatic …
Track: Jet City Sports Club are ‘Feeling It All’: a sprightly, jaunty, bliss bomb slice of pop.
Sydney’s Jet City Sports Club have emanated radiant waves of jangle pop indie joy through their past releases, and in their new single ‘Feeling It All’ they have shrugged off all restraints and unleashed a day-glo bright pop blast that positively shimmers and shakes in the golden sunshine. The high stepping mountain scaling melodies and …
Track: Pozi – Slightly Shaking Cells
The weird and entirely unique Pozi are ending the year with new track ‘Slightly Shaking Cells’ that acknowledges the disappointment that comes with the realisation you are ageing, but counters this with the argument that time brings knowledge of your own mind. The track is the first glimpse of a body of new work and more …
Premiere: We get early access to the brilliant Verticoli’s thunderous new album ‘The Echo’, ahead of Australian tour news.
nipaluna/Hobart’s post punk powerhouse Verticoli have provided Backseat Mafia with an exclusive listen to their new album, ‘The Echo’, and it is a gorgeous, cathartic cataclysm of sound and fury. Verticoli have drip fed us with a few anticipatory singles – ‘Pride And Legacy’ and Sailor’ – over the last year – perfectly restrained and …
Album Review: Troubadour extraordinaire Jo Meares releases the atmospheric classic ‘Dream Hotel’ and announces launch date.
Over the last year, Sydney troubadour extraordinaire Jo Meares has been releasing the most mesmerising and dynamic series of singles with producer Anth Dymke: each one a sparkling enigmatic jewel, interspersed, in the depth of COVID last year, by the release of a french language version of an earlier EP ‘Back To The World‘ (which …
Live Review: Joe Ramsey / Marketplace / Noyou – Georgian Theatre, Stockton 29.10.2022
A bit of a home coming for tonight’s gig as local lad Joe Ramsey and the Hartlepool’s Market Place bring their co-headlining tour to Stockton’s Georgian Theatre with Noyou supporting. The night started with Indie darling Noyou taking to the stage. A professional looking band who got right on with the job of entertaining. Sitting …
Live: Mel Parsons – The Isaac Theatre Royal, Christchurch, 29.10.22
Award winning whiskey smooth songwriter Mel Parsons has earnt an impressive following since releasing her first album “Over my Shoulder” in 2009. No stranger to touring worldwide over the past 13+ years, this home crowd show at the majestic Isaac Theatre Royal delivered a solid, rousing and well-paced performance with a touch of intimacy, humour …
EP Review: Balancing Act – Malice In Tone
Balancing Act have released their debut EP ‘Malice In Tone’, produced by East London production duo Sunglasses For Jaws (Miles Kane, Spiritualized), the EP captures the point in time in which the band came together. It’s introspective and confronts the risks and anxieties of leaving home in search of something bigger. Speaking about the EP, …