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Live Gallery: Sky Ferreira at the Sydney Opera House, 2.06.2024
Icons collide as Sky Ferreira takes over the legendary Sydney Opera House for a night to remember.
Live Gallery: Olympia at Low 302, Sydney 1.06.2024
Baby it’s cold outside, but Low 302 was a sanctuary of warmth during Olympia’s intimate performance
Track: T.G. Shand’s new single ‘Cheese’ takes a delicious, immersive, darker turn with its crystalline guitars and ominous drive.
T.G. Shand is the moniker of Ōtautahi/Christchurch resident Annemarie Duff, formerly of the legendary Melbourne shoegaze band Miniatures (on the iconic Saint Marie Records label) and she returns with her first single of 2024, the shimmering ‘Cheese’. There is a more muscular drive to the new single – a dark majestic pop element that results …
Track: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds release the sweepingly majestic ‘Frogs’ ahead of ‘Wild God’ album and European/UK tour.
Release the ‘Frogs’! Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have just released an achingly and hauntingly beautiful track ‘Frogs’, an epic fringed by wailing guitars and an ominous tread. It is a gorgeous anthemic track, imposing and imperial with its circular weeping strings in the ether. It represents the band at their ethereal best – …
Track: The Aerial Maps bathe us in the iridescent glow of ‘Any Summer Day’ ahead of new album.
There is a delightful day-glo sparkle in the new single from the Sydney supergroup The Aerial Maps, fueled by a fairground organ trill and guitars that ring out with a tremble. And it’s is all laced with a hint of wistful innocence that for many recalls the unique delights of languid, roasting Sydney summers spent …
Track: The inimitable Pond unveil a slice of funky pop in ‘So Lo’ ahead of major tours and new album.
Ahead of their Australian shows next month, and fresh off a run of US tour dates including a performance at Kilby Court Festival, the fabulous Pond has released another off their forthcoming tenth studio album ‘Stung!’, out Friday 21 June via Spinning Top Records. ‘So Lo’ is a glorious slice of high-stepping funk that positively sizzles like bacon on a …
Track: Just who is ‘Young Dumb Immature’? Betty Taylor have the answer in their sparkling new single, ahead of tours.
Perennial favourites here at Backseat Mafia, the inimitable Sunshine Coast band Betty Taylor have hit the soundwaves with their glorious new single ‘Young Dumb Immature’. Shimmering like hot sunshine on black bitumen and sparkling like the ocean, the track features soaring choruses and a driving beat that quickens the pulse. Reflecting on the inspiration behind ‘Young …
News: The World’s rarest album from the Wu-Tang Clan to be displayed at Hobart’s Museum of New and Old Art (MONA) as part of Name Dropping Exhibition.
The Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) announced today that one of the rarest, most valuable pieces of music ever created, the Wu-Tang Clan’s fabled Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, will be part of upcoming exhibition, Namedropping. For a limited time, visitors can see the album on display, with limited access to public …
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 …
