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Track: The Rubens Release Sunny New Single ‘Liquid Gold’ Following Australian Tour
The acclaimed Australian indie-rock band, The Rubens, is reclaiming the spotlight with their latest single, ‘Liquid Gold‘, following the triumphant success of their 2023 hits, ‘Pets and Drugs’ and ‘Good Mood‘. At the core of ‘Liquid Gold’ lies a narrative of self-destruction, cleverly concealed beneath bright, sunny melodies. The track’s mantra, “Fall down, get up, …
News: Australia’s soul kings, The Teskey Brothers, unveil plans for film-clip trilogy with the release of the first official video for the delectable ‘Oceans Of Emotions’
The Teskey Brothers (Sam and Josh) have teamed up with producer WAM Bleakley to present ‘Oceans of Emotions’, the first clip of a beautiful and moving trilogy. Lead singer, Josh said of this conceptual approach to the production: “We chatted to him about exploring ‘The Winding Way’ that people take to navigate through their lives. …
News: RVG announces new album ‘Brain Worms’ and release the prowling, simmering single ‘Nothing Really Changes’ ahead of UK/Australian tour news and signing to Ivy League Records.
One of Australia’s most exciting post punk outfits RVG have just announced the impending release of their new album ‘Brain Worms’ due out on 2 June through Fire Records as well as their signing to Ivy League Records in Australia (home to Hatchie and Rolling Blackouts C.F.) It’s been nearly three long years since the …
News: Aussie R&B stars, The Teskey Brothers unveil new track, ‘Oceans Of Emotions’ amidst news of upcoming album release date
Australia’s answer to Otis Redding and Wilson Pickett, the four-time ARIA award-winning and Grammy nominated Teskey Brothers, have today served up another delectable treat with the unveiling of album taster, Oceans Of Emotions, a new track which will feature on their upcoming album, The Winding Way. The Winding Way will be the band’s third studio …
Track: New Zealand power popsters The Beths unveil ebullient fizzy single with a dark message ‘A Real Thing’, and announce signing to Ivy League Records.
New Zealand band The Beths‘ ability to delivery frenetic ebullient pop is never more evident than in their endearing new single ‘A Real Thing’: a powerhouse of a track that bubbles and sparkles like an opened bottle of shaken fizz. There is an almost naïve delivery, certainly a low-fi blitz and a dash of yearning …
News: Melbourne’s Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever announce new album and unveil superb hyperkinetic single ‘The Way It Shatters’
In very exciting news, Melbourne’s Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever (RBCF) have today announced the release of their third album, ‘Endless Rooms’ – out Friday, 6 May 2022 through Ivy League Records and Sub Pop. Of course this a welcome return following the magnificent album ‘Sideways to the New Italy‘ which made Backseat Mafia’s top 50 albums for 2020 …
Track: Brisbane’s dream pop queen Hatchie is back with another incandescent shimmering single ‘This Enchanted’ and news of singing with US label Secretly Canadian
There’s a frisson of excitement in Backseat Mafia’s antipodean offices. It’s been two years since Brisbane’s dream pop queen Hatchie graced us with her presence with her album ‘Keepsake’ (see my review here), and while she has raised her head above the parapets with a few collaborations (including her duo on the stunning Rinse single …
Album Review: Youth Group’s Toby Martin’s solo album ‘I Felt the Valley Lifting’ is an uplifting amalgam of mystical realism and the minutiae of everyday life.
Toby Martin (Youth Group) has a distinctive angelic voice and astute ear for indelible melodies, but more than anything his new solo album ‘I Felt The Valley Lifting’ reveals in greater focus on his ability to weave vivid and fascinating tales: reaped from the ennui of everyday existence as well as drawing on folklore and …
Track: Toby Martin (Youth Group) unveils new haunting anthem ‘Linthwaite Houdini’ with hints of Yorkshire brass, and announces new solo album ‘I Felt The Valley Lifting’
Toby Martin is the enigmatic frontman for Sydney’s iconic Youth Group (whose last album ‘Australian Halloween’ was considered by me to be a highlight release of 2019), and he has become ensconced in the village of Slaithwaite in West Yorkshire with his young family. Whereas ‘Australian Halloween’ still bled the inner west of Sydney despite …
Track: Tiny Little Houses drive straight out of Melbourne with a quirky ‘Car Crash’
The new song from Melbourne indie band Tiny Little Houses is a terrific humour-infused number with all the bottled up energy from a year burdened by lockdowns bursting out. It’s a refreshing drink from a cooling fountain. There is a frenetic and wry delivery: an arch observational veracity fueling a driving guitar-based pop. The lyrics …