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Track: Capricorn Coast band Tidal Peak release the shimmering, glittering ‘Coasting’ ahead of album ‘Treasureville’.
‘Coasting’, the new single from Capricorn Coast band Tidal Peak, glitters and shimmers in the firmament like an aurora folding and moving amongst the stars. It is an ethereal track that is immersive and enchanting and filled with a dream pop/shoegaze aura. Essentially the work of musician/producer Kyle Lacko, the sound is like a delicious …

Track: Melbourne rising star Bonita Habils releases the gorgeous slow burning, yearning track ‘Underdressed’.
There is a delicious dark pop undertone to the sound of Melbourne artist Bonita Habils in her new single ‘Underdressed’. Habils’s vocals are luscious and whispered with a velvet cloaking, the expression and delivery filled with a deep yearning, with a late night red velvet lounge atmosphere – a absinthe-soaked early morning loucheness. You can …

News: What can ordinary be? Living legend Robert Forster (The Go-Betweens) feels guilt about what happened to the ‘Strawberries’ as new album is announced with the title track unveiled.
‘Strawberries’, the new single from the iconic The Go-Betweens songwriter Robert Forster, features his trademark insouciance and his witty wry delivery, augmented by his wife Karin Bäumler’s vocals. Pondering the moral and ethical ramifications of greedily consuming the last strawberry in the bowl, Forster’s tone is light and playful, cheeky and jaunty in this little …

Premiere: ‘I Wish I Was Wrong (As Usual)’ – Wilding unleashes another pure pop gem infected with gentle humour and a euro-disco thrum.
Wilding is a firm favourite here at the antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia and we are therefore bursting with pride at being able to premiere his exuberant new single ‘I Wish I Was Wrong (As Usual)’. Always heavily influenced by a particular kind of eighties new wave represented by the more quirky variety of wry …

Track: Radio Free Alice release sparky, angular new single ‘Empty Words’ ahead of debut US tour
We here at the antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia have had an extensive unreciprocated love affair with the magnificent Radio Free Alice since their early years back in 2023, and the band has just exploded everywhere ever since. Having just been named by a prestigious UK music magazine as one of a 100 bands to watch …

News: Kip Moore Goes Big With Solitary Tracks – A 23-Song Journey Of Grit And Growth
Kip Moore’s Solitary Tracks World Tour Is Coming

Premiere: The magnificent The Finalists unveil the gorgeous and shimmering double A-side singles ‘Yogyakarta Southern Coast’ and ‘L.A. In The Night’
It’s been a long five years since Sydney supergroup The Finalists released their debut album ‘First’ (see my review here), and we are so very pleased to be able to premiere their new double A-side single with the tracks ‘Yogyakarta Southern Coast’ and ‘L.A. In The Night’. Released through the iconic Half A Cow Records, …