Indie
News: RedHook Set to Rock Australia: Announce Their Highly Anticipated National Tour
Gadigal/Sydney-based alternative rock powerhouse RedHook have announced their largest Australian headline shows to date this August and September. In celebration of their latest anthem ‘Breaking Up With’, RedHook will be touring across Australia, visiting fans in Ngunnawal/Canberra, Ngarigo/Jindabyne, Kuwarna/Adelaide, Naarm/Melbourne, Boorloo/Perth, Mulubinba/Newcastle, Gadigal/Sydney, and Meanjin/Brisbane. This tour, highlighting powerful female talent, will feature RedHook alongside …
EP Review: Mary In The Junkyard – This Old House
Mary In The Junkyard are an exciting experimental rock trio composed of guitarist and vocalist Clari Freeman-Taylor, bassist and viola player Saya Barbaglia, and drummer David Addison. With several live shows under their belts and a handful of singles, they have released their first EP, ‘This Old House’. It’s zany, exceptionally written, beautifully delivered, and …
Track: InBetween Honey offer up their refreshing blend of indie rock and britpop in soaring new single ‘Your Eyes’
Irish indie rock outfit InBetween Honey are a shining example of a band forged from a shared passion for music. Consisting of brothers Matty and JohnPaul Melady, Dylan Hickey, Dan Battigan, and Ciara McManus, their latest single, ‘Your Eyes’, promises to propel them to even bigger heights. Produced by the acclaimed Philip McGee (Gavin James, …
News: Gallery of NSW’s Volume Announces Free Program
The Gallery of NSW’s Volume Festival has added a free program
Gallery: Mannequin Pussy/ Soul Glo at Union Transfer, Philadelphia, 22.05.2024
Philadelphia’s own Mannequin Pussy sold out three nights at the iconic Union Transfer venue accompanied by another Philly-familiar face, four-piece band, Soul Glo. Their “I Got Heaven” tour kicks off in Europe at the end of this month and wraps up back in the United States at the end of October.
Live Gallery and Review: Sleater-Kinney at the Metro Theatre, Sydney 21.05.2024
Still Fierce, Still Feminist, Still Formidable. Sleater-Kinney Rock Out.
Track: ‘No Words Can Reach It’ – the Brisbane chameleons of rock Fingerless unleash an electronic wash that hangs in the atmosphere like a sonic aurora.
Fingerless never stay in the same spot but continually explore new ways to display their musical prowess and creativity. Their new single ‘Now Words Can Touch It’ maintains their unerring skill at delivering a bucketful of melody, but, as ever, they have switched the delivery mechanism to an atmospheric electronic gurgle that bubbles and squeaks …
Track: Brisbane psych exponents Nice Biscuit want to stop the ‘Rain’ and find some respite in an effervescent glam stop.
Brisbane’s Nice Biscuit – a firm favourite here at Backseat Mafia – have unveiled their first single since their 2021 double EPs, ‘Create Simulate’ and ‘Passing Over’, and following last year’s cover of Donna Summer’s ‘I Feel Love’ which was dropped in support of 2023 UK/EU dates that included festival appearances at Wide Awake and …
Live Review: HighSchool – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds 16.05.24
Following the release of the latest EP, Accelerator, which we gave a resounding 9 out of 10 at Backseat Mafia, HighSchool hit the road on their European tour and we caught the show in Leeds. The Australian indie band bounced up the 3 steps on to the stage in Brudenell’s Community Room, but to a …
News: THE THE announce new album ‘Ensoulment’ – their first in 25 years – ahead of tour, with new visceral single ‘Cognitive Dissident’ unleashed as a taster.
With an Australian tour ahead, the fabled THE THE have announced a new album ‘Ensoulment’, their first studio album of new songs in a quarter century. This 12-song album will be released on Cinéola / earMUSIC on Friday, September 6. As a taste of what’s to come, the single ‘Cognitive Dissident’ is out today and …