Live Review Archives - Backseat Mafia

Live Gallery: Psycroptic and Rivers of Nihil bring metal mayhem to Sydney’s Manning Bar 21.08.2026

Sydney’s Manning Bar is built for nights like this. Low ceiling, hard surfaces, nowhere much for the sound to escape and, tonight, four bands with absolutely no intention of treating…

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Live Gallery: Ocean Grove Take Over Sydney’s Factory Theatre With Cane Hill, Deficit and Blinder

The Factory Theatre feels built for a night like this. Bodies packed towards the front and four bands approaching heavy music from very different angles. Ocean Grove’s Oddworld Underground Tour…

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Live Review: Bloodstock Open Air Festival – Sunday 09.08.2026

There is always something slightly bittersweet about the final day of Bloodstock. After several days of loud guitars, pounding drums, huge crowds and an atmosphere that seems almost impossible to…

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Live Review: Bloodstock Open Air Festival – Saturday 08.08.2026

Saturday at Bloodstock Open Air 2026 was a full-on marathon of heavy music, with barely a moment to stop, catch your breath and take stock of what had just happened.…

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Live Gallery: Holding Absence seize their moment at Sydney’s Liberty Hall on first Australian headline tour 15.08.2026

Holding Absence have been to Australia before, but tonight at Liberty Hall there’s one fairly important difference: their name is at the top of the poster. After previous runs with…

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Live Review: Scissor Sisters, Halifax. 09.08.26

Scissor Sisters bring the kiki to Halifax #scissorsisters #jakeshears #livemusic #backseatmafia

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Live Review + Photo Gallery: Bleak Squad set Altar Bar ablaze 13/08/2026

On a cool Thursday evening in Hobart, Australian independent super-group, Bleak Squad cruised into town, much to the delight of a solid 240+ mid-week crowd who had gathered on the…

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Live Review: Bloodstock Open Air Festival – Friday 07.08.2026

Friday at Bloodstock Open Air 2026 was the kind of day that seemed determined to test just how much heavy music one person could absorb before finally giving in. The…

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Live Review: Bloodstock Open Air Festival – Thursday 06.08.2026

There are few places quite like Catton Park when Bloodstock rolls into town. For four days every August, this otherwise peaceful corner of Derbyshire is transformed into a headbanging utopia,…

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Live Review: Loyle Carner – Kirkstall Abbey. 01.08.26

A blissful evening with @loylecarner at Kirkstall Abbey in Leeds #loylecarner #hiphop #livemusic #gigreview

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