Jess Hutton, Author at Backseat Mafia

Track & News: Hilltop Hoods Release New Single ‘Never Coming Home’ ft. SIX60 Ahead of Upcoming UK/EU Tour and Ninth Studio Album Release

Hilltop Hoods are back with ‘Never Coming Home’, the first proper taste of their next album ‘Fall From The Light’, which lands August 1. The single features New Zealand’s SIX60…

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Live Review & Gallery: Over Two Decades In, Bliss n Eso Are Still Taking It to the Moon – Enmore Theatre, Gadigal Land/Sydney 11.07.25

Bliss n Eso packed out the Enmore Theatre on Friday night, bringing with them a multi-generational crowd and a career-spanning show. From the opening moments, a cinematic, space-themed intro, to…

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News: Hilltop Hoods Prepare for their Biggest Tour Yet + Upcoming Album Announcement

Australia’s hip-hop heavyweights Hilltop Hoods are stepping back into the spotlight. Today, the Adelaide trio announced their Never Coming Home national arena tour, their first since 2022’s sold-out Show Business…

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Live Review & Gallery: Machine Girl Bring a Glitchcore Apocalypse to Metro Theatre – Eora/Sydney 18.06.25

The Metro Theatre doesn’t sell out for just anything – but Machine Girl isn’t just anything. Last week’s show felt like an 8-bit summoning ritual. Shoulder to shoulder, a sea…

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Live Review & Gallery: DIIV’s ‘Frog in Boiling Water’ Tour Brings Beautiful, Glorious Grit to Vivid – Eora Land/Sydney, 13.06.25

Touring ‘Frog in Boiling Water‘, their first album in five years, DIIV brought their thick, slow-dripping sound to life with a set that doubled as a collage of cult consumerism,…

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Live Review & Gallery: Short Stack’s Debut ‘Stack is the New Black’ Turns 15 and Yes, It Still Slaps – Roundhouse, Eora Land/Sydney, 07.06.25

I was never a scene kid, and I’ve accepted this as a huge loss on my part. I wasn’t allowed to hang out at a Westfield, nor was I on…

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Live Gallery: Ezra Collective Light Up the Opera House From All Sides for Vivid LIVE – Eora Land/Sydney, 31.05.25

One moment the Concert Hall was full of chatter, the next it was all brass and a single giant spotlight – Ezra Collective had arrived to perform their Vivid LIVE…

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Live Review & Gallery: No Catch-Up Needed as Ball Park Music Return to Enmore Theatre in Full Swing – Gadigal Land/Sydney, 30.05.25

Seeing Ball Park Music feels like running into the oldest of friends, no awkward catch-up, just straight back into the rhythm. Timing still perfect. And that comfort kicked in before…

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Live Review & Gallery: Ichiko Aoba Brings Stillness to Vivid LIVE at the Sydney Opera House – Eora Nation, 29.05.25

It simply felt like a dream. That’s the only real way to describe Ichiko Aoba’s performance at the Sydney Opera House for VIVID LIVE. In the middle of a festival…

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Live Review & Gallery: Pale Jay Debuts Eora/Sydney with Spectacular Vivid LIVE Performance

Masked and mysterious, Pale Jay stepped onto the stage of the Sydney Opera House for his first Eora/Sydney appearance and only his second show ever. As part of this year’s…

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