Live Review
Live Gallery: The Struts at the Crowbar, Sydney 21.02.2023
The Struts deliver a fun-filled night of pure unadulterated rock and roll
Live Review + Photo Gallery: Dropkick Murphys – Theater of the Clouds – Portland, Oregon – 17.02.2024
Dropkick Murphys are currently on the their annual St. Patricks Day Tour, being joined this year with punk icons Pennywise and Dublin, Ireland’s own The Scratch. This past Saturday saw the tour pull into the Theater of the Clouds in Portland, Oregon. The crowd was buzzing all night with demanding energy, chants of “Let’s Go …
Live Music: IDLES drop surprise album launch show in Leeds
We previewed IDLES latest album – TANGK- a couple of weeks ago – https://www.backseatmafia.com/news-idles-drop-new-album-tangk-where-music-meets-onomatopoeia-in-a-punk-rock-explosion – and now, they’ve announced a surprise launch show at Leeds’ Project House this Thursday. Teaming up with local record shop legends Crash Records, the band will perform a special out-store gig at one of the newest venues in Leeds on …
Live Review plus Gallery: MONA FOMA Festival, Paul Kelly, Odeon Theatre, Hobart 18.02.2024
It’s a strangely warm night at the edge of the world in Hobart and it must be quite a shock for the troubadour extraordinaire Paul Kelly who has only just got back from performing on a ship in Antarctica. The thing is, though, Kelly and his band raised the temperature quite a bit on their …
Live Review: The Go! Team – Roundhouse, London 10.02.2024
“One, two, three, four, five!” The Go! Team do like to count. The maths that matters most tonight though is the twenty years that have passed since the release of their debut album – Thunder, Lightning, Strike. So it’s pom poms at the ready because The Go! Team are back! Celebrating the anniversary of their …
Live Review & Gallery: Royel Otis Brings Endearing Indie-Rock to Liberty Hall for Sold Out ‘PRATTS & PAIN’ Tour – Eora/Sydney, 16.02.24
On Friday night, Royel Otis, the Australian guitar-pop sensation, cast a spell over Liberty Hall in Eora/Sydney with a swirling cloud of blue smoke and a dynamic indie-rock showcase. The sold-out crowd was treated to a performance that seemingly etched itself into their hearts, leaving a lasting impression on those fortunate enough to witness the …
Live Review plus Gallery: MONA FOMA Festival – Courtney Barnett and Stella Mozgawa, Odeon Theatre, Hobart 17.02.2024
Mona Foma, run by the iconic Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) in Hobart, is a summer festival of music and art, running from 15 February to 2 March 2024. This festival is the ying to Dark Mofo’s yang – a celebration in the sparkling light as opposed to the gothic wintry dark. Perhaps making …
Live Gallery: Coal Chamber and Mudvayne at the Hordern Pavilion, Sydney 16.02.2024
Mudvayne and Coal Chamber whip Hordern crowd into a frenzy with ferocious performances
Live Review: Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes. Leeds O2 Academy – 13.02.24
Among the crowd at Leeds O2 Academy on Tuesday night, there was some discussion about how Frank Carter’s new “era” was going to shape up live. Dark Rainbow has a distinctly more mellow feel to it than some of the previous output, and marks a more retrospective, less explosive chapter of the Rattlesnakes’ career, so …
Gallery: Tyler Childers / John R Miller – 3Olympia Theatre, Dublin 15.02.2024
On Thursday, February 15th, American country star Tyler Childers took to Dublin’s 3Olympia Theatre, with support from John R. Miller