Deb Pelser, Author at Backseat Mafia

Album Review: After find their place in the sun on debut album ‘Fell Asleep in the Sun’

After beginning life on Hinge. Los Angeles duo Justine Dorsey and Graham Epstein quickly worked out that romance wasn’t on the cards, but that their musical chemistry was. Since forming…

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News: Death Cab for Cutie unveil ‘Stone Over Water’ video ahead of Australian tour

Death Cab for Cutie have released the new video for ‘Stone Over Water’, just weeks out from their Australian headline tour this November. Taken from the band’s 11th studio album…

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News: Paramore’s Hayley Williams confirms intimate Australian headline return

Hayley Williams is heading back to Australia, with the Paramore frontwoman landing in Australia for two very special, intimate nights in February 2027. Following extensive sold out North and Central American dates in…

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News: Ronan Keating brings ‘Just Getting Started World Tour’ to Australia First

Ronan Keating is marking three decades in music with a new world tour, and Australia gets first crack at it. The former Boyzone singer will launch his ‘Just Getting Started…

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Track: Ruby Gill confronts the past on new single ‘Jamie’

Ruby Gill is digging into the past on ‘Jamie’, the second single from her forthcoming third album ‘Fishing is not about fishing’, out October 16. The Joburg-born, Victorian-based musician and…

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Track: 2charm team up with Ninajirachi for new single ‘making out’

2charm are back with ‘making out’, a new track that takes the rush of a crush and drops it straight onto the dancefloor. Made with Ninajirachi, ‘making out’ started with…

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Track: dead7 confront the noise within on crushing new single ‘Cannibal’

St. Louis heavyweights dead7 are turning the volume up on the noise inside their own heads with new single ‘Cannibal’, a bruising collision of thick guitars, electronics and darker introspection.…

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News: The Army, The Navy lock in 2027 Australian ‘Fake Brave Tour’

The Army, The Navy are heading back to Australia in May 2027, and this time they’re going bigger. After selling out their debut visit in 2025, the Los Angeles indie-pop…

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News: Caroline Rose reveals intimate Australian solo shows

Caroline Rose is heading back to Australia this November, squeezing in two intimate solo shows after an expansive North American run supporting Modest Mouse. The US singer-songwriter and producer will…

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News: Esspi turns invented memories into ‘FAUXstalgia’

Cape Town singer-songwriter Esspi has spent six years making ‘FAUXstalgia’, an album whose title comes from a word she invented to describe something strangely familiar: mourning a time you never…

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