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Premiere: It’s ‘Finally Over’ for greenhouse as we exclusively unveil their thrilling new video along with debut album and tour news.
We are inordinately excited to exclusively bring you the absolutely thrilling video for the track ‘Finally Over’ from venerable Melbourne band greenhouse. And what a journey it has been. There has been an observation that everything in Australia wants to kill you, and indeed there are a plethora of creatures roaming the landscapes filled with …
Premiere: It’s going to take a ‘Whip Around’ for Life Strike ahead of their second album ‘Peak Dystopia’ – we have an exclusive peak at the new video.
Melbourne outfit Life Strike, signed to Stable Label in Australia and Bobo Integral internationally, will be releasing their forthcoming album ‘Peak Dystopia’ this week, and we are honoured to premiere the stunning video for the track ‘Whip Around’, a track which indicates something very special is afoot. ‘Whip Around’ is the purest indie pop imaginable …
Album Review: ‘There’s Still Time’ for Humble – compelling low-fi Kiama indie rock with live dates in sight.
Trio Humble from the seaside town of Kiama have released their album ‘There’s Still Time’: an intriguing collection of refined chaos that is as utterly compelling as it is fun. Ranging from the raw delicacy of The Go-Betweens to the swagger of the New York Dolls, the troubadour musings of Jonathan Richmond to the clattering …
Track: Eaglemont partakes of a delightfully refreshing ‘Vodka Pineapple’ as she reminisces about lost love ahead of tour.
Naarm/Melbourne artist Eaglemont (the nom de plume of Bridgitte Jessop) delivers a soaring melodic pop delight with her refreshing new single ‘Vodka Pineapple’: a shimmering pop master class that is brimful of melancholic effervescent. Eaglemont perfects a radiant jingle jangle style with the crisp guitars and a chorus that soars like an eagle in the …
Track: Chanteuse Lisa Caruso asks ‘What If My Body Could Love Like You’ in a dreamy ethereal new single ahead of new EP.
Long time Backseat Mafia favourite Lisa Caruso is back with the stately and haunting track ‘What If My Body Could Love Like You’. Her extraordinary vocals stretch and flex over a motorik thrum, filled with a sense of melancholic longing and an indelible melody. Caruso says the track: …actions the desire to achieve full satisfaction …
Track: Juice Webster is ‘Returning’ with a heart-breakingly beautiful track and news of debut album.
It seems to have been a while since we reviewed the epic 2021 EP ‘More Than Reaction’ from Juice Webster and while we might have missed material since then, it is brilliant to see her back with the ethereal and majestic single ‘Returning’. Floating over gently dappling instrumentation and graced with the most delicate and …
Track: Joan & The Giants release the towering and beautiful single ‘Sleep Alone’ as they head off on tour.
Not that long after mesmerising us with their single ‘Cool Kid‘, Joan & The Giants are back with the monstrously beautiful and stately single ‘Sleep Alone’. This single not only showcases singer Grace Newton-Wordsworth’s breathtakingly immaculate vocals but confirm the band’s ability to craft perfect portions of knee trembling pop. The track is restrained and …
Track: Betty Taylor says ‘Fuck You’ in their own inimitable style with a sparklingly defiant pop anthem.
Betty Taylor is no single person: it’s a gale force wind blowing from the Sunshine Coast in sunny Queensland consisting of four women who craft a delicious brand of pure pop with a steely spine and an infectious melody. As the title would suggest, ‘Fuck You’ is an exclamation of powerful resilience delivered in a …
News: They’re back! The Brian Jonestown Massacre announce Australian/New Zealand tour in late 2023
In breaking news, Australia and New Zealand will receive the beneficence of a tour from the legendary Brian Jonestown Massacre. Psych jingle jangle legends and a firm favourite here at Backseat Mafia, this will be the first antipodean tour for decades. Recent activity has seen the band release two highly lauded albums in the last …
News: London punks Tripsun push back against colonial attitudes and racism on new single ‘Civilised’
They may not be a new band, but it’s a new era for London quartet Tripsun, who you may know as Triple Sundae – they snipped the old name in half last year, poking their heads out of debut album mode to serve up ‘Chemstrains’. Fast forward almost a year, and said debut album is …