Backseat Downunder Archives

News: Melbourne-based supergroup Fancy Weapon announce debut album and release the blistering ‘Squid’

Melbourne-based band Fancy Weapon are one of those once in a lifetime gatherings of some legendary antipodean indie musicians who have come together like metal filings on a magnet and…

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Track: ‘Easter’ sees Madigan’s Wake fuse Irish tradition with punk urgency

History doesn’t always arrive as something distant and fixed. Sometimes it moves like a current beneath the surface, resurfacing in unexpected places, carried through song, memory and the quiet rituals…

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Track: Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers announce GLORY deluxe with new single

If there’s a moment where the night tilts from chaos into clarity, Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers have bottled it and labelled it ‘BATH WATER’. Their new single doesn’t linger on the…

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Track: Mt. Joy explore anxiety and presence on new track ‘Is Joy Easy’

There’s a quiet pivot happening in Mt. Joy’s world, one that trades in grand emotional declarations for something more slippery, more human. Their new single ‘Is Joy Easy’ doesn’t chase catharsis in the…

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Track: August Burns Red tighten the screws on new single “The Nameless”

August Burns Red Season of Surrender album – There’s a particular discipline to longevity in heavy music, and August Burns Red have spent two decades refining it into something close to architecture.…

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News: The Beta Band announce first-ever Australian tour with Death in Vegas DJ sets

The Beta Band Australian tour 2026 – There’s something quietly radical about a band returning not to relive the past, but to rewire it in front of a new audience.…

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News: Hiatus Kaiyote return to the Sydney Opera House for a 15-year shapeshifting celebration

Hiatus Kaiyote Sydney Opera House 15th anniversary – There are bands that grow into their sound, and then there are bands that seem to arrive already mid-transformation. Hiatus Kaiyote have always belonged…

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Album Review: Fcukers’ Ö is a 28-minute rush of sweat, speed and downtown chaos

Fcukers Ö album review – There’s no gentle way into Ö. Fcukers don’t open a door, they flick the lights on and drop you straight into the middle of it. The debut album…

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Album Review: Truly great – The Great Emu War Casualties unveil their soaring debut album ‘Public Sweetheart No. 1’

The brilliantly, if rather enigmatically, named band The Great Emu War Casualties have just released their debut entitled ‘Public Sweetheart No. 1’ after a series of EPs and singles released since the…

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Live Gallery: DMA’s Celebrate 10th Anniversary of Debut at Metro Theatre – 27.03.26, Eora Land/Sydney

A one-off, completely sold out, hometown show celebrating the 10th anniversary of their debut album ‘Hills End’, performing it front to back (including tracks that had never been played live)…

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