Music
News: Naarm/Melbourne’s brilliant HighSchool announce East Coast Australian tour following extensive US/European schedule, in support of debut self-titled album.
In very exiting news, one of Backseat Mafia’s favourite antipodean bands, Naarm/Melbourne’s HighSchool, have just announced an East Coast tour of Australia in support of their self-titled debut album. This album followed up their magnificent EP ‘Accelerator’ in 2024 (see my 9/10 review here) and a spate of brilliant singles leading up to the album release …
Premiere: With links to Australian musical royalty, New York’s Ruby & the Clumsy Dollies exclusively unveil their cool new single ‘Right Through Me’ ahead of debut album release.
We are very honoured to premiere the new single ‘Right Through Me’ from New York outfit Ruby and the Clumsy Dollies. It’s their second release and comes off their forthcoming debut album ‘New and Improved’ due out on 24 April 2026 through the inimitable Cheersquad Records. Founded and fronted by Ruby Rogers-Garcia (daughter of Australian …
News: Rob Hirst Tribute 03.09.1955 – 20.01.2026
Australian music fans, and indeed, the world over are mourning the tragic loss of Rob Hirst, the musician best known as the powerhouse drummer of iconic Australian rock band, Midnight Oil. He passed away on the 20th January, 2026 aged 70 following a 3 year battle with pancreatic cancer which was first diagnosed shortly after …
Live Gallery: Soulfly, Nailbomb and Snot turn Sydney’s Enmore Theatre into a pressure chamber of metal 27.01.2026
Soulfly bring commanding force to the Enmore Theatre, with Max Cavalera at the centre of a bill that also welcomes Nailbomb’s industrial fury and Snot’s long-awaited return, linking multiple generations of heavy music in one relentless night.
Live Review + Gallery: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds set fire to the Domain, Sydney, 24 January 2026, supported by the luminescent Aldous Harding
Fittingly perhaps, bats floated lazily over the sun drenched Domain with the stark outline of Sydney’s high-rises as a back drop. The crowds gathered on the gently rolling greens for Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds‘s first gigs in Sydney for quite a while and it was magnificent. Support came from New Zealand’s luminescent and …
Album Review: Mi3RAJ – ‘Callings Of The Owed’: Powerful and poetic electronic fusion from Cairo’s rising underground scene.
A new project from their long lasting musical connection, poet/vocalist Mohamed Tarek Moussa and producer/multi-instrumentalist Abdelrahman Shaat (aka Mi3raj) emerge with a new album, the intense ‘Callings Of The Owed’ نداءات الموعودين. It’s the pair’s debut for Ruptured Records, that perennial portal which sources the most vital sounds from the Swana region for experimental music …
Live Gallery: CMAT returns to Sydney with EURO-COUNTRY at the Enmore Theatre 23.01.2026
CMAT brings EURO-COUNTRY to the Enmore Theatre, following a Factory Theatre appearance last year and a warmly received album that continues to grow in scale on stage.
Album Review: KEELEY – Girl On The Edge Of The World
Anglo-Irish artist KEELEY returns with her explosive third album, Girl On The Edge Of The World. Jangly and atmospheric, veering between grunge-edged intensity and ethereal, fuzz-soaked pop, the album occupies familiar dream-pop-meets-rock terrain while pushing further into richer, stranger, and more immersive territory than her previous releases. Drawing comparisons as readily to Cocteau Twins and …
Track: Straight Arrows reconnect with their roots on ‘MIDDLEMAN’ / ‘DO THE SLOTH’
Straight Arrows have released a new two-track single pairing the sharp garage punk of ‘MIDDLEMAN’ with ‘DO THE SLOTH’, out now on 7-inch and digital platforms.
News: RAYE announces new album THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE
RAYE has announced her next album, THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE, set for release on March 27, outlining a four-part record designed to move from darkness towards light.