Indie
News: New Zealand’s Tiny Ruins announce new album ‘Ceremony’ and unveil luscious atmospheric single ‘Dorothy Bay’.
New Zealand band Tiny Ruins have just announced news of their new album entitled ‘Ceremony’ due for release on 28 April 2023 through the inestimable Milk! Records. And to whet our voracious appetites, a new single has been unveiled. ‘Dorothy Bay’ is a reflective, dynamic track: an ambulant motion of instruments underpin the soft velvet …
Album Review: Enter ‘The Hypnogogue’ – the spectacular and ethereal world of The Church, a venerable band at their very best.
In my recent interview with Steve Kilbey, singer, bass player and songwriter for The Church, he hinted that ‘The Hypnogogue’, the new album from The Church, would be their last. While this was qualified, and given Kilbey’s almost Tourettes level of creativity, it seems hard to believe this would be so. However, Kilbey also reflected …
Meet: Indie Newcomers Bedroom High Club
Having sold-out venues throughout the north of England, as well as ticking off festival appearances at the likes of Tramlines, the Barnsley quartet have certainly got a bright future ahead of them. We caught up with them as they release the first track from their forthcoming EP ‘Courtesy‘. Give us a potted history of the …
Track: Bedroom High Club – Courtesy
Barnsley four piece Bedroom High Club is made up of Blue Brownlie (vocals, guitarist), Lewis Gelder (guitarist), Dan Partridge (drummer) and James Ardron (bassist). They have shared the first glimpse of their debut EP with the new single ‘Courtesy’. What starts as a punchy indie cracker morphs into a frantic grunge screamer fit to blow …
Track: Jonesing unveils the exquisite beauty of ‘I Will Never Know (Who’s Always On Your Mind)’
Capturing all of the anxieties of trust and love in a relationship, the single ‘I Will Never Know (Who’s On Your Mind)’ from producer/songwriter Jonesing (the nom de plume of Rosie Wositzky-Jones formerly singing under the name Rosie Jones) is an achingly beautiful and utterly mesmerising track that is both haunting and moving. Jonsing’s vocals …
Gallery: Tim Rogers and Tex Perkins at Melbourne Recital Centre 17.02.2023
Tex Perkins and Tim Rogers reunited for their Australian tour along with their respective bands The Fat Rubber Band and The Twin Set. Victoria show was sold out on 17 February 2023 at Melbourne Recital Centre. View galleries of the show by Suzanne Phoenix below. Tex and Tim and all the members of The Fat …
Live Review: Somebody’s Child / Wynona – Foundry, Sheffield 09.02.2023
Thursday night and a trip to the Foundry in Sheffield, tonight’s gig was in the smaller room, but that didn’t detract from the atmosphere of the show, indeed it actually added to it in my opinion. The sound and lighting crew were excellent, it was pretty much sold out and the beer was well priced …
Meet: Venice Heath Ahead Of The Release Of His EP Summernight
All set to release the first single ‘Keep On Thinking’ to be taken from his debut EP ‘Summernight’ which due out the 19th of May. Venice Heath talked to Backseat Mafia about the creation of Venice Heath and what the future holds for the project. Give us a potted history of the band I started …
News: Radio Free Alice sign with Double Drummer on release of the frenetic slice of post punk rock ‘I Gotta (Fall In Love)’.
The obscenely young and deliciously snotty Radio Free Alice‘s third single ‘I Gotta (Fall In Love) is a spine tingling slab of frenetic post punk that has deep inside its genes a panoply of very commendable bands. Think of an amalgam of The Jam, Wreckless Eric, Richard Hell and the Voidoids and the Undertones, and …
News: The radiant Cousin Tony’s Brand New Firebird unveil tour news on release of fourth single ‘Every Morning It Breaks’ from last year’s magnum opus ‘Smiles of Earth’
In my humble opinion one of Australia’s most exciting bands, Cousin Tony’s Brand New Firebird (CTBNF) have just announced an Australian tour to promote the release of their fourth single ‘Every Morning It Breaks’ from last year’s magnificent ‘Smiles Of Earth’ (one of my favourite releases of 2022). ‘Every Morning It Breaks’ is achingly beautiful …