Backseat Downunder
News: Tyler, The Creator Unveils CHROMAKOPIA Australian Tour—Expect the Unexpected in 2025
Tyler, The Creator Announces CHROMAKOPIA World Tour with Global Dates in 2025
News: Metallica Brings the Thunder Down Under: M72 Tour Hits AU and NZ in 2025
Australia, Brace Yourself: Metallica’s M72 Tour is Rolling in Hard
News: CMAT’s Australian Debut: Two Headline Shows Set for January 2025
A Rare Encounter: CMAT to Play Sydney and Melbourne for the First Time
Live Review & Gallery: SXSW Sydney’s Grand Finale With Fest X Inner West
Closing out the monumental week of SXSW Sydney, Fest X Inner West transformed Enmore Road into a live music playground, offering a full day of free gigs across some of the area’s most iconic venues. From midday to late, we dove into an absolute whirlwind of performances, splitting time between the three stages at Factory …
Track: Immerse yourself in the über cool world of Dvrkworld’s ‘Sinking Ship’: a shimmering tour de force.
Dvrkworld have caught our attention for their muscular, visceral and atmospheric shoegaze/dream pop, born and bred in the farthest edge of the world in lutruwita/Tasmania. New single ‘Sinking Ship’ voyages on the cold Antarctic waters, antithetically buoyant and febrile with a fuzzy bass that eviscerates with malevolent intent before pounding drums and jangling guitars enter …
News: Ireland’s Fontaines D.C. Announce Australian and New Zealand ROMANCE tour in 2025 with festival and headline appearances, supported by Wunderhorse
In a busy day for tour announcements downunder, the brilliant Fontaines D.C. – a band Backseat Mafia have been raving about since their phenomenal debut single ‘Boys From The Betterland’ way back in 2018 – have just announced an Australian tour in 2025. They will play five headline shows and two festivals across the country …
News: The legendary New Order announces Australian Tour in 2025.
In news just in, the legendary New Order have just announced an Australian tour for March 2025, including a performance on the iconic Sydney Opera House forecourt. The tour will see them perform all the biggest hits from their impressive four-decade, 10-album career on stages across Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney in March 2025. The …
News: Yours & Owls Returns to Wollongong in 2025 with Star-Studded Lineup
Fontaines D.C. Set to Headline Yours and Owls 2025, Bringing Post-Punk Power to The Gong
Live Review & Gallery: The Weeknd’s After Hours Til Dawn Tour: A Global Phenomenon Sells Out Sydney’s Accor Stadium 22.10.2024
Stadium-Sized Spectacle: The Weeknd’s Night to Remember at Sydney Olympic Park
Album Review: A. Swayze & The Ghosts plead ‘Let’s Live A Life Better Than This’ in a brilliant sophomore album that cements their place in the pantheon of antipodean greats.
A. Swayze and the Ghosts are undeniably one of Tasmanian’s finest exports (along with a horror-tinged brand of southern gothicism, unfiltered Gin and the Dark Mofo Festival) and create an immensely satisfying new wave punk affront that is both dynamic and visceral. Their debut album ‘Paid Salvation’, released back in 2020, was itself a long time …