Staff Writers, Author at Backseat Mafia

Live Gallery: HEALTH turn Melbourne’s Forum Theatre dark with Perturbator and King Yosef 20.09.2026

Beneath the Forum Theatre’s ornate ceiling and old-world grandeur, Los Angeles trio HEALTH brought a very different architecture to the room: industrial electronics, punishing low end and flashes of melody…

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Live Gallery: Swapmeet turn intricate indie rock into an intimate show at Melbourne’s Northcote Social 17.09.2026

There was a sense of understatement around Swapmeet as they took the stage at Melbourne’s Northcote Social Club. The Adelaide four-piece weren’t interested in forcing the issue. Their songs were…

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Live Gallery: Wage War, Orthodox And Heavensgate Took Over Melbourne’s Forum Theatre 2.08.2026

The Forum Melbourne became a meeting point for modern metalcore as Wage War arrived in the city on their It Calls Me By Name world tour, joined by American heavyweights Orthodox and Australia’s own Heavensgate. Across the evening, all…

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Live Gallery: Daya Brought Her Evolved Sound To Melbourne’s Corner Hotel 30.07.2026

More than a decade after emerging as one of pop’s brightest young voices, Daya arrived at Melbourne’s Corner Hotel in the midst of a creative reinvention. Touring behind her second album, Til Every Petal Drops,…

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Live Gallery: Deafheaven’s Powerful Melbourne Performance 9.07.2026

There are few bands that have reshaped the possibilities of heavy music quite like Deafheaven, and at Melbourne’s Forum they proved once again why they remain one of the most compelling live…

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Live gallery: Inside Danny Brown’s electrifying Melbourne Gig 07.06.2026

Danny Brown’s return to Melbourne brought one of hip-hop’s most singular voices back to Australian stages, supported by KEIL Inside Northcote Theatre there was a sense that the crowd knew…

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Live Gallery: Mogwai Turn Melbourne’s Forum Into A Wall Of Sound And Emotion 25.05.2026

Backseat Mafia caught the Scottish post-rock legends at Forum Melbourne on Monday night, where the Glasgow four-piece transformed the ornate theatre into a cathedral of distortion, drone and overwhelming emotional release. Formed…

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Live Gallery: Catch Your Breath Made A Strong Australian Debut In Melbourne at 170 Russell 21.05.2026

Backseat Mafia was grateful to be inside 170 Russell to capture Catch Your Breath on the Melbourne stop of their debut Australian tour. The Texas melodic rock outfit brought the kind of tightly…

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Live Gallery: J.I.D proved why he’s one of modern hip-hop’s most exciting live performers at Melbourne’s Margaret Court Arena 16.05.2026

Backseat Mafia was genuinely stoked to be inside the photo pit for J.I.D’s Melbourne show, because performers this sharp don’t come through every week. Before the main event, support act Jordan Ward warmed…

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Live Gallery: Katy Steele brings ‘undressed’ intimacy to Northcote Social Club with Queenie 2.05.2026

At Northcote Social Club, Queenie set the tone early, easing the room into an atmospheric hush before Katy Steele stepped in with her ‘undressed’ tour, delivered in a pared-back format that favoured intimacy over…

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