Backseat Downunder
Live Gallery: Malaika Mfalme’s ‘Unfurling’ Blooms in a Room Built for Listening 28.11.2025
In the close warmth of the Red Rattler, Malaika Mfalme guides the room through Unfurling, a set shaped by grief, tenderness and quiet transformation. It’s a reminder of how deeply music can heal when witnessed up close.
News: Spin Doctors Announce 35th Anniversary Tour for Pocket Full of Kryptonite
Spin Doctors will return to Australia for the first time since 1993 — and visit New Zealand for the first time ever — for an 11-date tour celebrating the 35th anniversary of Pocket Full of Kryptonite, performing the album in full.
News: ARIA-Sweeping Star Ninajirachi to Headline Enmore, Forum and More in 2026
Ninajirachi has announced Dark Crystal V, her biggest Australian headline tour to date, hitting iconic venues across Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth in July 2026. Following her acclaimed debut album I Love My Computer and a career-making year of global festival appearances and ARIA Award wins, the tour marks a defining moment for one of Australia’s most influential electronic artists.
News: The Used Announce Orchestral Sydney Opera House Show for 2026
The Used will make their Sydney Opera House debut next March, performing a once-in-a-lifetime black-tie show with a full orchestra and choir. Titled A Mid Summer Night’s Symphony, the event marks the band’s most ambitious Australian performance yet, reimagining their emo classics on one of the world’s most iconic stages. Tickets are expected to move fast.
News: Aussie Siblings Make History Again as Conrad & Grace Sewell Announce Joint Tour
Conrad Sewell returns next year with the Bloodline Tour — an intimate, soul-driven run celebrating family, legacy and the unmistakable power of his voice, joined for the first time by his Grammy-nominated sister SAYGRACE. With a new single “Deserve” landing this Friday and dates across Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and Sydney, the tour marks a rare and emotional collaboration between two of Australia’s most distinctive voices.
Live Review plus Gallery: A pop-up masterclass in craft, warmth and multigenerational magic – Crowded House, MyState Bank Arena, Hobart, 26 November 2025
The legendary Crowded House have been undertaking a return bout of what are being called ‘pop-shows’ across Australia, covering areas they missed last year and targeting more intimate venues. Neil Finn says: We are very excited about playing in some of our favourite theatres, in 2 halves to allow some musical adventures to take place, a wide …
Live Review & Gallery: Holly Humberstone Live at Factory Theatre – Gadigal Land/Sydney, 23.11.25
Before Holly Humberstone even reached the chorus of ‘The Walls Are Way Too Thin’, something remarkable was happening in the crowd. Strangers along the barrier were catching each other’s eyes across the darkness of Factory Theatre, exchanging those knowing glances that say “you too?”. They were singing every word back to her and to each …
Live Review & Gallery: An Evening With Eric Gales at Factory Theatre – Gadigal Land/Sydney, 22.11.25
Factory Theatre was properly humming on Saturday night, with half the room seated and the rest of us staking out whatever floor space we could claim and not dare move from. What we got in return was two hours of world-class performance from Eric Gales, the man who, when it comes to instrumentation, lives on …
Live Gallery: Holly Humberstone and Sam Fender Bring UK Firepower to a Rainy Sydney Night 21.11.2025
On a cool, rainy night at Moore Park, Holly Humberstone’s quiet intensity and Sam Fender’s Springsteen-scale power turn a the Sydney crowd into a chorus, proving why both artists continue to define the modern UK sound.
Track: Grace Cummings Shares New Single “Times Like These” Featuring Jim James
Grace Cummings releases “Times Like These,” a reflective new single featuring guest vocals from My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, born from a friendship formed on tour earlier this year.