Indie
Track: Eora/Sydney artist YAGKI reveals her stunning anthemic pop delight ‘Just A Ghost’.
One of our favourite antipodean artists here at the southern outpost of Backseat Mafia is the prodigious YAGKI, the nome de plume for Sarah Yagki, and she has just released the exquisite single ‘Just Like A Ghost’ – an ethereal dreamy track that highlights her gorgeous silken vocals and gift for anthemic gems. Threaded through …
News: The Script will return to Australia for a tour and A Day On The Green
The Script are heading back down under on their ‘Satellites World Tour’ in January and February 2025. This will be the band’s first Australian shows in close to three years, after their 2022 Greatest Hits Tour. “Australia always holds a special place in our touring hearts so we can’t wait to come back early 2025 …
Premiere: Blackbirds F.C. unveil their latest slice of sonic mastery with the single ‘Lake of Stars’ ahead of launch date and a new album on the horizon.
Naarm/Melbourne band Blackbirds F.C. are purveyors of the most sublime jingle jangle indie pop and they are back with a new single, ‘Lake of Stars’, which we are proud to premiere today. ‘Lake of Stars’ is off the band’s forthcoming third album. The guitars are crystalline and knife-sharp with the harmonised vocals coasting over the …
Live Review: Kitty Fitz – Third Man Records, London 25.7.2024
Third Man Records’ Blue Basement simulates what it would be like if you crossed a TED-talk stage with a laserquest. There’s a big yellow Smeg fridge with the word Literarium printed on it that spits out coffee-table paperbacks if you slot magic tokens near a hole labelled: ‘Try a Lucky Dip!’. It’s compact but mercifully …
Premiere: Nina Leo has a ‘Blind Spot’ and it is a delicious barbed wire-wrapped piece of cotton candy wool that burns with intensity.
We are absolutely honoured to bring you a first listen to the new single from Naarm based, Ngambri (Canberra) born songwriter and musician Nina Leo, as well as the immersive video for the track. Leo (named after her middle name and star sign) has produced something that has a visceral and raw edge, a cotton …
Track: Poor Effort – HMRC
Under the moniker Poor Effort, Salford native Matty Dagger has shared his second single titled ‘HMRC’. A “tongue-in-cheek account of moving around questionable working environments.” His first single, ‘You’re Wrong, I’m Right (Symphony)‘, unpicked the ignorance that lies within polarised opinion with acerbic understatement, cutting into the toxicity of unhearing social media users and decrying …
News: A. Savage Returns To Australia Following Latest Album Release ‘Several Songs About Fire’ + Tour Dates
After a self-imposed exile to Paris, A. Savage, the acclaimed frontman of Parquet Courts, has returned to Australia to tour his latest album ‘Several Songs About Fire’ (out now via Rough Trade / Remote Control). Talking about the album, Savage says, “I imagine myself playing these songs in a small club that is slowly burning. …
News: Hazlett drops single ‘Shiver’ off upcoming EP
Folk musician Hazlett has released a new single titled ‘Shiver,’ which is part of his forthcoming six-track EP, scheduled for release on October 4th. This EP marks the culmination of his ‘Goodbye to the Valley Low’ project. Hazlett is an accomplished folk singer-songwriter originally from Australia, known for his introspective and evocative music that captures …
Meet: Indie Newcomer Big Warm Bed
Leeds indie newcomer Big Warm Bed (Jacob Andrews) has announced his debut EP ‘Shores I’m Swimming In’ due for release on the 26th of September via Dance To The Radio (Ellur, Far Caspian, Low Hummer, Youth Sector). His new single ‘Can’t Quit’ is out now, following his debut single ‘Should’ve Seen it Coming‘, which was …