Post Punk
Video: The Fontaines DC want to take you on a ‘Roman Holiday’
The Fontaines DC want to take you on a ‘Roman Holiday’
Track: Yeah Yeah Yeahs are back with a new single and album to follow
Yeah Yeahs Yeahs are ‘Spitting Off The Edge Of The World’
Album Review: Like A Sugar Hit – Sunflower Bean release New Album
Like a sugar hit – Sunflower Bean release long-awaited new album ‘Headful of Sugar’
Track: Revolution Above Disorder glides back into our consciousness with the dark brooding presence of ‘Annihilator’ ahead of EP release
Revolution Above Disorder is the work of Dubliner Stephen Nicholas White (The Orange Kyte, House of Dolls, The Subterranean Satellite Band, Magic Shoppe), who is currently based in Vancouver. His new single ‘Annihilator’ is a febrile, organic slab of brooding, atmospheric goth pop which prowls in the half light with a delicious intensity. The waves of …
News: Sydney’s fabulous Johnny Hunter release the shimmering and poignant single ‘Dreams’ and announce much anticipated debut album ‘Want’.
Sydney post punk band Johnny Hunter have long been on my list of spectacular rising bands in Australia with a series of stunning singles over the past two years and their magnificent debut EP ‘Early Trauma’ (reviewed by me here). I interviewed them back in 2020 and their intelligence, passion and creativity shone through. Now …
Track: Brisbane’s DARLING. releases the atmospheric and chilling double singles ‘Illusions’/’Isolating’, and announces launch date.
DARLING. is the bedroom project of Caitlin Finn (ex-Dorothy and Dog) and Joel Glazebrook (Edith Thomas Furey – a long time favourite here at Backseat Mafia), and features music that has a dark post-punk edge. They have just released a double single that showcases their brooding enigmatic sound: an edgy and goth-tinged sonic beast that …
News: Yeah Yeah Yeah it’s True! Yeah Yeah Yeahs have signed with Secretly Canadian and will release new music later this year!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs back with tour and new music later this year!
Premiere: Liquid Zoo announce ‘I Don’t Want To Be Me’ – a zesty bright masterclass in indie punk filled with swagger and attitude.
We are very pleased to premiere the new single from Newcastle’s bright young indie punksters Liquid Zoo which is out for general release on Friday, 29 April 2022. Skating over a liquid ambulant bass, the track is classic rumbustious bop filled with an acerbic edge and fairground organ spritz. It’s pogoing punky pop brilliance with …
News: Interpol alert – New York’s finest announce new album ‘The Other Side of Make-Believe’ for July through Matador Records/Remote Control, and release the reflective, atmospheric single ‘Toni’.
It’s exciting to see Interpol back in action with news of the release of their seventh LP ‘The Other Side of Make-Believe’, due out on 15 July through Matador / Remote Control. To ease the anticipation, Interpol have released a single and video for the opening track, ‘Toni’. The archetypal Interpol sound is at the …