Music
Premiere: Eora/Sydney band Postcards from Pluto return with a thumping, stomping single ‘Arcade’ ahead of headline gig.
We’ve been following the upward trajectory of Eora/Sydney band Postcards from Pluto for a little over a year now and thoroughly impressed by both their singles and live performances (see our reviews here). We are therefore overjoyed to be able to premiere their new single ‘Arcade’, which indicates things are only getting better. Since their …
News: Grace Jones to Headline Sydney Opera House Forecourt in 2026
Grace Jones will play the Sydney Opera House Forecourt in February 2026, bringing her singular blend of avant-pop, performance art and untouchable charisma to a summer program already stacked with global heavyweights.
Live Gallery: Bar Italia Cast a Quiet Spell Over Sydney’s Metro Theatre with a Taut, Oblique Performance 10.12.2025
At Sydney’s Metro Theatre, bar italia turn the mystique of their early years into something bold and theatrical, delivering a blistering set that proves just how far they’ve evolved since their underground days. Powered by the new album Some Like It Hot, the trio move with confidence, heat and a newfound muscularity—transforming their spectral indie into a force built for big rooms.
News: BADBADNOTGOOD and Hannah Joy Join a Stacked Sydney Opera House Summer Line-Up
BADBADNOTGOOD and Middle Kids’ Hannah Joy have been added to the Sydney Opera House’s summer music program, with the Canadian trio set for a boundary-shifting Concert Hall debut and Joy performing her first-ever solo show in the Playhouse.
Live Review: King Princess – Leeds Beckett SU, 06.12.25
King Princess packs out Leeds Beckett SU on their Girl Violence Tour
Live Gallery: Rebecca Black Transforms the Metro with a Dazzling, Genre-Smashing Performance 9.12.2025
At a sold-out Metro Theatre, Rebecca Black sheds the shadows of her past and emerges as a fully realised pop visionary, blending high-camp theatrics, club-driven production and emotional candour into one of her most commanding performances to date.
Premiere: LA’s the black watch exclusively unveil new stand alone single ‘There Are Solutions to Each & Every Problem’ ahead of new album in early 2026.
We are honoured to premiere the new stand alone Christmas single from those iconic dream pop exponents the black watch, the band headed by multi-talented John Andrew Frederick. This follows the magnificent double album ‘For All The World’ released earlier this year (and reviewed by me here) and precedes new material on their twenty-sixth LP on …
Live Review: Electric Six / Enjoyable Listens — Leeds O2 Academy, 1.12.2025
The night opened with the wonderfully eccentric Enjoyable Listens, a two-piece who immediately won the Leeds crowd over with humour, charm and a deliberate touch of the theatrical. Singer Luke Duffet’s vocals carried clear shades of Japan — that cool, arch tone — while the music channelled the New Romantic / synthpop spirit and pulled …
Track: Meanjin/Brisbane’s Ancient Channels unveil new single ‘Chimera’ ahead of new album and appearance at showcase label gig organised by False Peak Records.
Ancient Channels are a supergroup of sorts, consisting of members from the myriad of talented bands operating in Meanjin/Brisbane( including Terra Pines, Apparitions, and Deafcult), many of whom have been enthusiastically covered by us here at the antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia. Their new single ‘Chimera’ is a gloriously dense wall of shimmering sounds that …
News: MARINA Announces First Australian Shows in 15 Years with Princess of Power Tour
MARINA returns to Australia for the first time in 15 years with the Princess of Power Tour, celebrating her latest album with headline shows in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne, joined by Mallrat on select dates.