Backseat Downunder Archives - Page 133 of 411

Premiere: lutruwita/Tasmania artist Lasca Dry radiates some dazzling sunshine in ‘Sunset Baby’, ahead of live shows.

Lasca Dry is an exciting artist coming from the southern edges of the world in lutriwita/Tasmania with an established reputation for her sparkling form of iridescent pop. We are therefore…

View Post

View Post

News: Bluesfest announce legendary rock guitarist in their fifth and final announcement

Bluesfest Byron Bay have today announced their final artist announcement for the upcoming 2025 festival. Legendary US guitarist, Tom Morello and Indonesian blues powerhouse, Electric Cadillac now round out the…

View Post

View Post

Track: lutriwita/Tasmanian duo Future State release the atmospheric single ‘Serve Yourself’ ahead of debut album ‘Everything Is Temporary’

Future State are an electronic trip hop duo from southern edge of the world in Tasmania, and their sound is suitably chill and Antarctic with its combination of thundering percussion,…

View Post

View Post

News: Indie punk legends The Saints ’73-’78 announce UK tour.

Following a hugely successful debut Australian tour in 2024 (12,000 payers over 12 shows) The Saints ’73-’78 will make their UK debut this November. You can read our review of…

View Post

View Post

Live Review & Gallery: Soft Play Lay Waste to The Factory Theatre – Gadigal Land, Sydney, 29.01.25

Soft Play’s return to Australia hit like a damn battering ram and the sold-out crowd at Factory Theatre didn’t stand a chance. The second Isaac Holman and Laurie Vincent tore…

View Post

News: Great Southern Nights Returns with Over 300 Gigs Across NSW in 2025

Australia’s Musical Powerhouses and Rising Talent Unite for Great Southern Nights 2025

View Post

View Post

News: The life and times of William Arthur and his iconic Sydney band Glide is explored in ‘Disappear Here’, a film by Ben deHoedt.

Glide were a seminal Sydney band that burned brightly and all together too briefly in the nineties, beset by tragedy when their singer and songwriter William Arthur died at the…

View Post

Live Review & Gallery: Flaming Lips Deliver Full-Throttle Psychedelia as They Perform Yoshimi in Full at the Hordern Pavilion, Sydney 02.02.2025

Euphoria Unleashed: The Flaming Lips Remind Sydney Why They’re Still the Kings of Live Psychedelia

View Post

News: Apropos the Death of Marianne Faithfull, Fascism, Apartheid, the Manics and Music

Faithfull’s death sparks reflections on how apartheid South Africa’s battle with music censorship mirrors today’s ongoing struggles with authority and repression.

View Post

View Post

Album Review: Scandinavian blues/roots heavyweights, Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado release 9th studio album, House of Sticks

For the uninitiated, Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado are an 8-piece blues/roots band hailing from Denmark. With a traditional set up of vocals, guitars, bass and drums, they are…

View Post

Pages