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Meadow 2025 Drops Final Line Up For Last-Ever Bambra Hill Festival! Feat. Hiatus Kaiyote, Pond and More – Backseat Mafia
Australia’s festival scene has been on one lately. From the tree-lined magic of Strawberry Fields to the community spirit of Meredith and the chaos of Beyond the Valley, it seems like every month has another reason to pack your tent, charge your phone, and road trip into the great unknown. If you’ve been lurking on Instagram stories and quietly questioning your life choices, Meadow 2025 is here to tip you over the edge. Set in the rolling Bambra hills on Gulidjan, Gadubanud, and Wadawurrung land, Meadow has quietly built a reputation for delivering one of the best boutique festival experiences in the country. But this year, the stakes are higher…
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Pond at Altar, Hobart with 208L Containers, 15.06.2024 – Backseat Mafia
Like a patient etherised on a table, prior to the iconic Dark Mofo Festival it has been alleged that winter in Hobart showed little signs of life, with only a discernible pulse. And to push the analogy more than is strictly necessary – this year, Dark Mofo was undergoing restorative surgery – it was not quite in rude pre-COVID health, but hopefully not in palliative care. There was a reduced musical programme and a little less of a hedonistic carnival atmosphere. And yet the night on Saturday across Hobart was filled with an excess of musical brilliance – from Genesis Owusu as part of the Festival at the Odeon Theatre,…
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The inimitable Pond unveil a slice of funky pop in ‘So Lo’ ahead of major tours and new album. – Backseat Mafia
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 hot griddle. The up tempo track is laden with splashing guitars, ambulant bass and squeaking synths The single comes with an animated facial capture visualizer, by Alejandro Crawford who also worked with Pond on the video for their quintessential track ‘Paint Me Silver’. Pond’s Nick Allbrook says of the track: I think Gum was just messing around…
