Deb Pelser, Author at Backseat Mafia

News: Against The Grain returns to Brisbane with stacked line up including Stereolab, Pond and others

Some festivals arrive fully formed. Others return like a signal cutting back through the noise. Against The Grain does the latter, re-emerging after eight years to reclaim its place in the fabric…

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Track: Beth Orton returns with understated new single ‘The Ground Above’

There’s a particular kind of voice that doesn’t age so much as deepen, gathering weight with every passing year. Beth Orton has always had that quality, and on her new single ‘The Ground…

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Track: Lambrini Girls unleash ferocious new single ‘Cult of Celebrity’

There’s no easing into a Lambrini Girls track. It doesn’t arrive, it detonates. Their new single ‘Cult of Celebrity’ kicks the door clean off its hinges within seconds, all serrated guitar and spit-fire delivery,…

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News: G.U.N join The Horrors on long-awaited Australian tour

Time has a habit of sharpening certain bands rather than softening them. The Horrors return to Australia next week for their first full tour in over a decade, arriving not as a…

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News: Brighton Psych Fest adds second wave of artists for 2026 edition

There’s something about Brighton that lends itself to disorientation in the best possible way. Maybe it’s the sea air, maybe it’s the maze of venues, or maybe it’s just that certain festivals…

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News: Plini announces An Unnameable Desire with deceptively restrained title track

There is a particular kind of virtuosity that resists spectacle, choosing instead to dissolve into texture. Plini has spent the better part of a decade refining that approach, building compositions that privilege…

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News: Snow Machine adds Hilltop Hoods and Example to stacked 2026 lineup

Some festivals ask you to pick a lane. Snow Machine prefers to throw you down a mountain and let the soundtrack catch up. Returning to Queenstown from 8–13 September, the alpine weekender has unveiled…

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News: Vacations return with new single ‘Holy Grail’ and global tour

There’s a certain kind of band that grows quietly until suddenly they’re everywhere at once. Vacations have spent the past decade building exactly that kind of momentum, and now they’re stepping back…

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Track: ‘Easter’ sees Madigan’s Wake fuse Irish tradition with punk urgency

History doesn’t always arrive as something distant and fixed. Sometimes it moves like a current beneath the surface, resurfacing in unexpected places, carried through song, memory and the quiet rituals…

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Track: Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers announce GLORY deluxe with new single

If there’s a moment where the night tilts from chaos into clarity, Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers have bottled it and labelled it ‘BATH WATER’. Their new single doesn’t linger on the…

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