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Live Review + Photo Galleries: Inaugural Fuzz Island Fest with one of the best live bands you’ve (maybe) never seen or heard of, Bahboon
Album Review: Emergence Collective – Chapel; A Meditative Exploration of Evolving Soundscapes
Live Review & Gallery: Aurora at the Hordern Pavilion, Sydney 08.02.2025
Track: Divorce release brilliant new single ‘Hangman’ ahead of debut album release
Album Review: Matters Unknown – ‘Silhouettes: A Dream Sphere Journal’ EP’: enriching nu-jazz, poignant and powerful.
Track: The Roebucks – Great British Pigs
EP Review: Sypha – Borderland
Track: The Waterboys unveil new single ‘Andy (A Guy Like You)
Live Review: Ryley Walker & Bobby Lee at Sidney & Matilda, Sheffield (Matinee Show) 2.2.2025
News: Rising Irish Rapper Beano Returns With ‘Trap #7’
Premieres / Exclusives
- Premiere: Meanjin/Brisbane’s Zanna Black unveils the gorgeously evocative track ‘This Town’ – a glorious, ethereal paean to dispossession and loss.by Arun Kendall
- Premiere: lutruwita/Tasmania artist Lasca Dry radiates some dazzling sunshine in ‘Sunset Baby’, ahead of live shows.by Arun Kendall
- Premiere: Kim Salmon’s Smoked Salmon call out ‘Hey Hey Narcissus’ – a sinuous, slinky smooth delight.by Arun Kendall
- Premiere: In a blossoming collaboration, Tahi teams up with Robotikus to release the dreamy anthem ‘Tend To Me’.by Arun Kendall
- Premiere: Yama Rama (with Charlie Clark) makes a spectacular return with the shimmering new single ‘Sweat Equity’ and national tour.by Arun Kendall
- Premiere: Western Australian artist Ben Lunt exclusively unveils luminescent new single ‘Somersault’.by Arun Kendall
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Track / Video
- Track: Divorce release brilliant new single ‘Hangman’ ahead of debut album releaseby Jim F
- Track: The Roebucks – Great British Pigsby Craig Young
- Track: The Waterboys unveil new single ‘Andy (A Guy Like You)by Craig Young
- Track: Naarm/Melbourne artist Holly Hebe unveils new single, the delectable ‘Bitterness’, with live dates ahead.by Arun Kendall
- News: Naarm/Melbourne-based Loose Content announce debut EP ‘Costumes’ and set the skies alight with the thrilling single ‘Pet Alsatian’.by Arun Kendall
- News: Woo Hoo! The 5.6.7.8’s Are Ready to Rock Australia with a New Best Of LPby Deb Pelser
- News: Mallrat Announces Australian, North American, UK/European Tours Ahead Of Upcoming Album ‘Light Hit My Face Like A Straight Right’, Releasing Feb 14, + Supporting Kylie Minogue On ‘Tension’ Tourby Jess Hutton
- Premiere: Meanjin/Brisbane’s Zanna Black unveils the gorgeously evocative track ‘This Town’ – a glorious, ethereal paean to dispossession and loss.by Arun Kendall
- Track: Finnish Rising Louie Blue Shares Beautiful New Single ‘Diamond’by Simon Lucas-Hughes
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Album Reviews
- Album Review: Emergence Collective – Chapel; A Meditative Exploration of Evolving Soundscapesby Jim F
- Album Review: Matters Unknown – ‘Silhouettes: A Dream Sphere Journal’ EP’: enriching nu-jazz, poignant and powerful.by John Parry
- EP Review: Sypha – Borderlandby Craig Young
- Album Review: Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment releases glittering self-titled debut album through Jagjaguwarby Arun Kendall
- Album Review: Tasmania’s Pete Cornelius unveils his latest long-player, Southernby Andrew Fuller
- Album Review: Circa Waves – Death and Love part 1; near death experience leads to a joyous celebration of lifeby Jim F
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Interviews
- Meet: We sit down with C Duncan and talk lush sounds, home studios and the beauty in imperfectionby Jim F
- Meet: Nick Hodgson’s New Chapter: Everyone Says Hiby Huw Williams
- Meet: Ahead of her new sixth album Wildfires, we speak with Polly Paulusmaby Jim F
- Meet: South London Alt-Rockers Dead Airby Craig Young
- Meet: Ahead of her new album “You and I are Earth” we sit down with Anna B Savageby Jim F
- Meet: Dublin’s Hotgirlby Craig Young
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Features / Playlists
- black sabbath to play one last gig and they will be joined by an all star line up for a one day charity festivalby Phil Pountney
- Live Review and Gallery: Hoodoo Gurus, Princess Wharf, Hobart, 31/12/2024by Arun Kendall
- Feature: Backseat Downunder’s favourite Australian gigs and photographs from 2024by Arun Kendall
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Live review
- Live Review + Photo Galleries: Inaugural Fuzz Island Fest with one of the best live bands you’ve (maybe) never seen or heard of, Bahboonby Andrew Fuller
- Live Review & Gallery: Aurora at the Hordern Pavilion, Sydney 08.02.2025by Deb Pelser
- Live Review: Ryley Walker & Bobby Lee at Sidney & Matilda, Sheffield (Matinee Show) 2.2.2025by Jim F
- Live Review: Anachronism / Wingz Of The Monkey / The Wednesday Flowers – Pealie’s Barn, Northallerton 01.02.2025by Craig Young
- Live Review & Gallery: Role Model Brings Kansas Anymore to Life at Sydney’s Enmore Theatre 6.02.205by Deb Pelser
- Live Review: C Duncan / Alwyn Jones – Hallamshire Hotel, Sheffield 1.02.2025by Jim F
more live reviews
Film
- News: The life and times of William Arthur and his iconic Sydney band Glide is explored in ‘Disappear Here’, a film by Ben deHoedt.by Arun Kendall
- Film Review: Januaryby Rob Aldam
- Sundance Review: Iron Butterfliesby Rob Aldam
- Sundance Review: Slowby Rob Aldam
- Sundance Review: When It Meltsby Rob Aldam
- Blu-Ray Review: Villa Ridesby Rob Aldam