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New Bloom Festival Returns in 2025 With a Stacked Lineup & Drain Headline Sideshows! – Backseat Mafia
After a wildly successful debut in 2024, selling out in Naarm/Melbourne, New Bloom Festival is back for round two in 2025, bringing a fresh wave of alt-rock, post-hardcore, grunge, and punk acts to Meanjin/Brisbane, Eora/Sydney, and Naarm/Melbourne this March. Tickets are available here. New Bloom has quickly become hallowed ground for the next generation of heavy music, spotlighting rising talent while keeping the raw energy of DIY hardcore alive. This year’s edition is no exception, with a lineup that features a huge mix of international and local acts already making waves in the scene. Returning to Australia for the first time in years, Basement and Balance and Composure lead the…
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A Conductor of Moments, Ben Böhmer Performs ‘Bloom’ Live at Hordern Pavilion – Eora/Sydney, 11.10.24 – Backseat Mafia
Ben Böhmer‘s Bloom Live Tour hit Eora/Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion on Friday night, a sold-out celebration of his latest album release. Walking in, it was clear that Böhmer’s music draws a diverse crowd, with outfits ranging from sleek electronic rave-babe fits to earthy, bush doof-inspired ensembles. His reach into both worlds is undeniable, bringing together those who thrive on melodic beats and others who find solace in the immersive soundscapes. I was met with a stranger offering directions followed by an equally casual offer of shrooms, further ahead, another attendee’s baggy of white powder met the bottom of security’s bin. Next door, Cold Chisel’s greatest hits echoed from The Showring in…
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amilost Share New Video For Vibrant Alternative-Pop Sweller ‘Bloom’ – Backseat Mafia
London-based Norwegian-Scottish duo amilost release the vibrantly catchy, ethereal and otherworldly new single ‘Bloom’, accompanied by a hypnotic new video. Marking their first release since signing with the Stockholm-based tastemaker label Icons Creating Evil Art., ‘Bloom’ offers a rich and atmospheric electronic soundscape, departing from the more organic piano led sound of previous releases but keeping the depth in emotion. Gently auto-tuned vocals give the track a processed edge whilst swirls of synths and tight electronic beats create a wide, cinematic backdrop. At once commercial and catchy whilst retaining a subtle alternative, gloomy edge, the track closes with a euphoric final chorus before disappearing into a wash of reverb. A…
