Deb Pelser, Author at Backseat Mafia

News: Aldous Harding announces Australian tour for upcoming album Train On The Island

This November, Aldous Harding returns to Australia for a run of headline shows across Melbourne, Hobart, Sydney and Brisbane, marking her first local dates behind her forthcoming fifth album Train On…

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News: Post Malone leads Strummingbird 2026 as country festival expands its reach

Country’s touring circuit has never really played by neat genre rules, but Strummingbird 2026 leans into that blur with intent. Australia’s largest travelling country festival returns this October, stretching across Victoria…

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News: Jack Johnson announces SURFILMUSIC Tour with Ben Harper and John Butler

This November, Jack Johnson brings his SURFILMUSIC Tour to Australia, stretching across the country’s outdoor stages with a three-act bill. Alongside him, Ben Harper and John Butler will reshape the night into something more fluid,…

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News: Montreal’s Osheaga steps up with a lineup built for summer escape

For Australians eyeing a European summer that’s suddenly drifted out of financial reach, the map doesn’t have to fold shut. It just tilts west. While rising airfares and global tensions…

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News: Groovin The Moo 2026 set times drop ahead of Lismore debut

Groovin The Moo arrives in Lismore this Saturday 9 May. Set times and the event map have landed ahead of the festival’s regional debut, outlining a day designed to build steadily rather…

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News: BLAK DAY OUT 2026 returns with a powerful First Nations lineup at The Princess Theatre

BLAK DAY OUT returns to Open Season for its fifth edition, transforming The Princess Theatre into a living, breathing celebration of First Nations artistry on 24 July. Curated by Alethea Beetson, the night…

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Live Gallery: Frank Turner and Bowling for Soup turn the Roundhouse into a riot of hugs and hooks 03.05.2026

The crowd is in a buoyant mood at the Roundhouse tonight as I catch the tail-end of Talk Heavy’s set, already mid-swell, and it lands with surprising weight, a reminder that even…

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Live Review & Gallery: Deftones lead a towering Sydney return with Interpol and Ecca Vandal in support 02.05.2026

The walk into Qudos Bank Arena is carried by a clear sense of excitement tonight, the Deftones have returned to Australia after nearly a decade away. Ecca Vandal opens with a set that…

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Live Gallery: Bad//Dreems Bow Out in Sydney with Raw, Unvarnished Final Show at Marrickville Bowlo 01.05.2026

There’s a particular weight to a “last show,” even when nobody quite wants to say the word out loud. At the Marrickville Bowling Club, that weight hung low and steady as Bad//Dreems stepped…

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News: Tex Perkins unveils ambient, experimental new album ‘Basic’

Tex Perkins has just released a new album that is unlike anything he has done before. Tex Perkins Basic moves away from the structures and expectations that have defined much of his four-decade…

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