Live Review Archives - Backseat Mafia

Live Gallery: Ten Years On, Wellness Still Shines As Last Dinosaurs Return To Sydney’s Metro Theatre 26.06.2026

A rainy Sydney winter evening does little to dampen the mood outside the Metro Theatre, where the queue snakes around the block long before doors open. Brisbane indie favourites Last…

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Live Review: Belle and Sebastian / Saint Etienne – Piece Hall, Halifax, 21.06.2026

A brief afternoon shower threatened to dampen proceedings, but it soon passed, allowing the sunshine to break through over a packed Piece Hall on Sunday evening. On paper, Saint Etienne…

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Live Gallery: I Prevail Prove Why They Stand Among Modern Metal’s Elite At Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion 23.06.2026

On a chilly Sydney night, the Hordern Pavilion feels a bit like a pressure cooker. Long before I Prevail take the stage, the room is already heaving, fuelled by the…

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Live Review: Electric Six – Parish, Huddersfield – 12 June 2026

Let’s get it out in the open straight away: yes, you get “Danger! High Voltage” and “Gay Bar”, but there is far more to Detroit’s Electric Six than the songs…

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Live Gallery: Stereolab’s Long-Awaited Return Draws A Packed Crowd At Sydney’s Metro Theatre 21.06.2026

It may be a quiet Sunday evening in Sydney, but inside the Metro Theatre there is little indication the weekend is winding down. The room is packed shoulder to shoulder…

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Live Review Plus Gallery: Blackwater Holylight, Dark Mofo Festival, Hobart 20.06.2026

The magnificent Odeon Theatre was awash in deep red light as Blackwater Holylight quietly took the stage, easing the audience into their distinctive blend of doom, shoegaze and psychedelia. Dispensing…

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Live Review plus Gallery: Headache, Dark Mofo Festival, Odeon Theatre, 18.06.2026

Dark Mofo has long revelled in unsettling certainties, and few performances this year captured that spirit more completely than the mysterious and ethereal Headache. Neither concert nor theatre piece, the…

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Live Review and Photo Gallery – Dark MOFO Festival 2026: Snapped Ankles at The Odeon, Hobart 14.06.2026

Dark Mofo constantly throws up artists that defy mainstream knowledge, and so it was when Snapped Ankles (amongst others) were named in the 2026 lineup, forcing this reviewer into a…

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Dark MOFO Festival 2026: The Black Angels at The Odeon, Hobart 12.06.2026

……..and so it came to Pass……over. Hobart’s Dark MOFO Festival has become, over the years, synonymous with left-field artists, bands and genres. From soul-destroying death metal to the quirkiest of…

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Live Gallery: Purity Ring Return To Sydney and turn the Metro Theatre Into A Dreamscape 13.06.2026

More than a decade after they last visited Australia, Purity Ring return to Sydney with the Place Of My Own tour, and from the moment Megan James and Corin Roddick emerge onstage,…

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