News: Here Comes Your Band-Pixies Announce Exclusive Australian Sideshows
Here Comes Your Band: Pixies' Exclusive Sideshows Are a Head Rush
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News: The iconic Ups and Downs announce 40th Anniversary tour with the brilliant The Crystal Set
In big news for those of us with fond memories of the paisley-tinged jingle jangle scene in Australia in the eighties, the iconic Ups and Downs have announced they will…
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Live Review & Gallery: Rising to the Occasion – Viagra Boys at the Enmore Theatre, Sydney 5.11.2024
No Prescription Needed for This Viagra
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See: Fleeting Persuasion release psychedelic video for ‘Rewind’ from their album ‘Will They Come Back’, ahead of live gig
Today the deliciously gothic Fleeting Persuasion have unveiled their new video for the track ‘Rewind’ off their sophomore album ‘Will They Come Back’ released at the beginning of the year.…
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Live Review + Gallery: The Hard-Ons triumphant return to Hobart at Altar Bar 31.10.2024
Riding on the back of their latest (and 15th) album, I Like You A Lot Getting Older, The Hard-Ons bounded into Hobart’s Altar Bar (previously known as just ‘Altar’) to…
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Live Review & Gallery: Thom Yorke at the Sydney Opera House 01.11.2024
Twelve Years Later: Thom Yorke Returns to Australia with Solo Mystique
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News: Sydney’s The Electorate Are Back With a Bang: ‘Face of a Giant’ Out Now
Intertwined Histories, One Voice: ‘Face of a Giant’ by The Electorate
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Track: Fingerless are facing the ‘Monster’ of self doubt in their intense, anthemic new single.
Long time favourites here at the antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia, the irrepressible Fingerless are back with the deliciously restrained and haunting tones of ‘Monster’. Eschewing their normal psychedelic-tinged upbeat…
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Premiere: Rowan Smith’s ‘Slow Clouds’ Drifts by With a Timeless Jangle and Melancholic Spirit
Lutruwita/Tasmania-based singer-songwriter Rowan Smith shares an exclusive premiere with Backseat Mafia today for the release of his latest single, ‘Slow Clouds’. The track floats ahead of an upcoming show on…
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Track: Emerging Pop Artist HEENEY shines within Nostalgic ‘Circles’
Eora/Sydney-based pop artist HEENEY has just released her lush single ‘Circles’ – click to stream. ‘Circles’ is an expansive rush of free-flowing pop bliss, falling through layers of warm instrumentation…
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