Deb Pelser, Author at Backseat Mafia

Album Review: REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE confirms Genesis Owusu’s singular brilliance

Trying to summarise Genesis Owusu in neat terms at this point feels almost pointless. Across three albums he has dismantled genre, expectation and the increasingly flimsy boundaries between political commentary, theatre, punk…

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Live Gallery: The Waterboys return to Australia with a sprawling, transcendent Sydney show 15.05.2026

The State Theatre always feels slightly unreal at night. Gold detailing climbs the walls like something from another century, massive chandeliers hang impossibly overhead and the vast room seems almost too majestic…

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Track: Jess Macc steps out from behind the camera with debut album SEX, MEDS & THERAPY

For more than two decades, Jess Macc has existed just outside the centre of the frame, documenting Australian music culture from backstage corridors, photo pits and studio sessions. Her camera has followed…

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News: Angine de Poitrine expand massive North American tour due to overwhelming demand

Trying to explain Angine de Poitrine to somebody unfamiliar with them still feels faintly impossible. Somewhere between prog experiment, absurdist performance art and sweat-soaked dance music ritual, the anonymous “microtonal cardboard duo”…

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Track: Jaguar Jonze returns with explosive new single ‘Naked’ after two-year hiatus

After two years largely out of sight, Jaguar Jonze returns sounding less like she’s easing back into music and more like she’s tearing through the walls around it. New single ‘Naked’, released…

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News: Spacey Jane lock in special On The Steps performances with Telenova and Armlock as part of Heading Back Down Under Tour

There are few Australian bands right now capable of turning suburban uncertainty into something this communal quite like Spacey Jane. After a whirlwind start to 2026 that has pushed the Fremantle…

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News: Georgie Winchester Turns Heartbreak Into A Dancefloor Rallying Cry On ‘Crying In Private’

There’s a beautifully contradictory energy running through Georgie Winchester’s new single “Crying In Private”. On paper, it’s a song about emotional exhaustion, unequal power dynamics and refusing to quietly absorb damage…

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Live Gallery: Maggie Lindemann turns Sydney’s Roundhouse into an alt-pop release valve 14.05.2026

The crowd at Roundhouse tonight looks like a collision between internet-era alt-pop and early-2000s emo culture. Oversized band shirts and heavy eyeliner are everywhere, while the room hums with the kind of…

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Track: Leah Senior leans into quiet reflection on new single ‘Softly, Once Again’

Australian folk artist Leah Senior has never sounded particularly interested in shouting above the noise, and her new single ‘Softly, Once Again’ leans directly into that instinct. Taken from her upcoming fifth…

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News: Holly Hebe announces emotionally immersive new EP Mood Ring

Backseat Mafia has been a longstanding admirer of Holly Hebe’s ability to turn emotional vulnerability into something immersive and strangely transportive, and with forthcoming EP Mood Ring, arriving July 17, she appears…

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