Backseat Downunder
Live Review + Photo Galleries: First-time Lutruwita Live festival goes off with a bang 19.12.2025
The inaugural Lutruwita Festival has been held at The Goods Shed in Hobarton Friday, 19.12.2025. In an era of seemingly shrinking returns in the live music industry, it was refreshing to see a new entry into the live music scene in Hobart, when 6 bands took to the stage throughout Friday afternoon and evening. Four …
Live Review & Gallery: Molchat Doma, Buzz Kull Bring Coldwave to Enmore Theatre – Gadigal Land/Sydney, 18.12.25
It took only minutes to realise the mistake. Opening for Molchat Doma at the Enmore Theatre, Buzz Kull delivered a darkwave and EBM set stripped of gloss and heavy on momentum, the kind that quietly rewrites your internal gig ledger. When Molchat Doma followed, they scaled their coldwave pulse to theatre size without losing intimacy, transforming the room into something closer to a gothic club night than a concert, all stark lines, strobe-lit movement and immersive atmosphere.
Live Review: Punk Looks Like Loud Women Fest – Eora Land/Sydney, Crowbar 07.12.25
Loud Women Fest isn’t interested in permission or polish. Fiercely DIY and unapologetically women-led, it places femme, trans, non-binary and queer-fronted bands at the centre, not as novelty but as correction. Across punk, shoegaze, pub rock and noise, the day never dipped or diluted. With no barricades, no hierarchy and a constant exchange of gear, sweat and solidarity, the festival functioned as both a celebration and a reminder: this is what punk looks like when community comes first.
Live Gallery: A Measured Return: Secondhand Serenade With Strings at Sydney’s Manning bar 20.12.2025
Returning to Sydney after 16 years, Secondhand Serenade present a restrained and carefully structured set at Manning Bar, enhanced by a symphonic string section. Rather than leaning on nostalgia, the band reframes its emo-pop catalogue with clarity, context, and a sense of continuity.
News: Peach PRC Announces Debut Album PORCELAIN, Her Most Revealing Era Yet
On PORCELAIN, Peach PRC doesn’t abandon the pop spectacle that made her famous, she deepens it. This is music written from the heat of transformation, where longing is unresolved and vulnerability becomes a kind of strength.
Premiere: Anna Smyrk unveils ethereal live performance video for her elegant and deeply personal single ‘This Is A Drill’, ahead of debut album and launch dates.
We are honoured to premiere the video for the new single ‘This Is A Drill’ from one of our favourite artists, the immensely talented Naarm/Melbourne artist Anna Smyrk, the first single off her forthcoming debut album ‘Spectacular Denial’ via Community Music. She has also announced album launch shows in Eora/Sydney, Meanjin/Brisbane and Naarm/Melbourne in the …
Live Gallery: Garbage Return to Australia with a Powerful, Poised Night at the Sydney Opera House 14.12.2025
Garbage’s sold-out return to the Sydney Opera House is a reminder of the band’s enduring power, as Shirley Manson and company deliver a set that feels both resolute and deeply human in a city grappling with tragedy.
Live Gallery: Ponchos On, Spirits High: Inside Spilt Milk Canberra 2025
Spilt Milk Canberra powered through the rain with one of its strongest line-ups yet, as Sonic Reducer, smartcasual, Mia Wray, Sophie Edwards, Don West, Rebecca Black, Nessa Barrett, Sofia Isella, sombr, Dominic Fike and Doechii delivered standout sets that proved great music can outlast any weather forecast.
Live Review & Gallery: Perfume Genius on the Floor at the Sydney Opera House – Eora Land/Sydney, 09.12.25
Mike Hadreas (A.K.A Perfume Genius) will never be a half-measure performer, and it was especially brilliant seeing him perform in the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall this week. The setlist opened with ‘In a Row’, ‘It’s a Mirror’, ‘Left for Tomorrow’. Pretty quickly, the sound was overtaken by the strangest of sights. Hadreas moved like …
Live Review +Photo Gallery: The Church tantalise at Princess Theatre, Launceston 10.12.2025
With over 40 years of material to choose from, The Church brought their ‘The Singles Tour: A Career Retrospective‘ tour to the beautiful Princess Theatre, Launceston in a one-off stop for Tasmania. The order of the day was pure paisley psychedelia. 6 men stood upon the stage and unleashed the beauty of plenty of 12-string …