Backseat Downunder
News: Prateek Kuhad will be heading to Australia in October
Prateek Kuhad will be kicking off an Australian tour in October
Track: Boorloo/Perth’s Jade Rich is a little too ‘Polite’: a gorgeous languid tale of being too eager to please.
Boorloo/Perth singer/sonwriter Jade Rich has just released a shimmering and yearning track entitled ‘Polite’ and it is a joy to the ears. There is a languid, easy flow to the track that recounts Rich’s eager to please persona in her delightful velvet vocals. Rich says: Asking for things that I want or need is a …
News: Live and Incubus Announce 2024 Australian Tour
Live and Incubus Announce 2024 Australian Co-Headline Tour
News: Pioneers of Hardcore Punk, Black Flag will be Heading to Australia
Black Flag are heading down under.
News: The National drop surprise album ‘Laugh Track’, unveil the single ‘Deep End (Paul’s In Pieces)’ and announce Australian tour.
It doesn’t seem that long ago that The National released ‘First Two Pages of Frankenstein’ through 4AD and Remote Control Records so it is quite a surprise to report they have just dropped a new album, ‘Laugh Track’, which is being described as a companion to ‘First Two Pages…’, having been recorded during the same …
News: The legendary Simple Minds announce their biggest Australian tour for early 2024 with expanded dates.
After cancellations of an earlier tour due to COVID, Simple Minds have just announced their biggest ever tour of Australia following up an earlier announcement of them taking part in the Red Hot Summer Tour. Australia has always been a special place for Simple Minds – achieving some of their first global support here in …
Live Review and Gallery: Ed Kuepper – Theatre Royal, Hobart, 16/09/2023
Watching and listening to Ed Kuepper and his band at the Theatre Royal on a wet and windy night in Hobart is the sonic equivalent of watching a murmuration of Starlings in flight. The band swoop in close formation across the sonic landscape before turning perfectly altogether in the opposite direction, ascending, descending, circling and …
Live Gallery: Sixteen Years of The Oxford Art Factory, Sydney 16.09.2023
Tucked away in the vibrant suburb of Darlinghurst, the Oxford Art Factory (OAF) stands as a testament to the soul of Sydney’s art and music scene. The OAF has always been more than just a venue; it’s a hub of creative activity. Its walls have resonated with the sound of both emerging and established artists, …
Track: ‘Everything Changed’ – the mighty The Lovetones return with another jangly epic ahead of live gigs.
The Lovetones return after a three year absence with their new single ‘Everything Changed’ ahead of next month’s gigs in Sydney and Melbourne. Their signature crisp twelve string crunch carries the yearning tones of singer Mathew Tow in a track that seems to merge an REM melancholic blush with a Byrdsian jingle jangle and a …
EP Review: Lisa Caruso’s ‘Stretching’ is a gorgeous collection of personal songs with universal themes, delivered in her immersive, expressive vocals.
We have been following the steady ascent of chanteuse Lisa Caruso for a few years now and it is great to be able to hear her new EP ‘Stretching’, a follow up to 2020’s ‘In Feelings’. ‘Stretching is a glowing collection of gems that showcase Caruso’s extraordinary vocals and song writing prowess. The opening track …