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News: Mike Scott & The Waterboys To Bring “The Big Music” Back Down Under

After more than ten years away, The Waterboys will return to Australia and New Zealand in May 2026 for a long-awaited tour celebrating their new album Life, Death and Dennis Hopper — and a legacy that continues to shape the sound of modern rock.

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Album Review: Yalla Miku –‘2’: an energetic, ‘post-world’, sonic cocktail direct from the Bongo Joe community.

If ever there was an imprint that was more than just another indie record label it’s Bongo Joe. A musicians’ collective, a community, a shop and watering hole, a barometer…

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Live Review: The Royston Club / FEET / Permanent (Joy) – The Octagon, Sheffield 1.11.2025

The Octagon played host to a blistering night of live music on Saturday, with The Royston Club headlining a stacked bill alongside Permanent Joy and FEET. What unfolded was one…

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News: SANDS Releases New Video For ‘So Real’

London-based psych-pop artist SANDS unveils the cinematic new video for his track ‘So Real’. The video arrives shortly after his double single release, ‘So Real’ and ‘Pirate’. Directed by visual…

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Live Gallery: Pixies at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion 13.11.2025

At the Hordern Pavilion, the Pixies remind Sydney why their sound has endured. Sharp, taut, and emotionally charged, their set feels less like a throwback and more like a statement of continued purpose.

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Live Review + Gallery: Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory, with Cash Savage in support, light up the Odeon Theatre, Hobart, 13 November 2025

A little slow on the uptake, the single ‘Seventeen’ was an entry drug for me, and then seeing Sharon Van Etten live at the Dark Mofo Festival a few years…

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News: Peter DiMaggio Takes Flight With New Single ‘Fly Away’

Actor, composer, and singer-songwriter Peter DiMaggio returns to the music scene with ‘Fly Away,’ a soaring indie-pop single that fuses emotional vulnerability with cinematic production. Drawing from the atmospheric textures…

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Track: There is a luscious beauty in ‘grace’, Joey Sachi’s new track, released ahead of EP ‘RISE’.

We have been tracking with great fascination the musical path of Tokyo-based Sydney-born artist Joey Sachi ever since we premiered her single ‘Fractured’ back in 2023. Her new single ‘grace’…

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Premiere: Lutruwita/Tasmania’s Lasca Dry has a ‘Messy Mind’ and we are the beneficiaries of the thrilling results.

Lutruwita/Tasmania’s pop sensation Lasca Dry is back with a new track ‘Messy Mind’ and we are honoured to premiere her new video for this luscious piece of hyper pop. We…

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Premiere: The superb The Nagging Doubts exclusively unveil their luscious new single ‘All To You’ with launch date announced for debut album.

Signed to Wayne Connolly’s prestigious Scenic Drive Records, we at the antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia have long been fans of The Nagging Doubts, admiring their post punk/new wave sound…

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News: Mike Scott & The Waterboys To Bring “The Big Music” Back Down Under

Album Review: Yalla Miku –‘2’: an energetic, ‘post-world’, sonic cocktail direct from the Bongo Joe community.

Live Review: The Royston Club / FEET / Permanent (Joy) – The Octagon, Sheffield 1.11.2025

News: SANDS Releases New Video For ‘So Real’

Live Gallery: Pixies at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion 13.11.2025

Live Review + Gallery: Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory, with Cash Savage in support, light up the Odeon Theatre, Hobart, 13 November 2025

News: Peter DiMaggio Takes Flight With New Single ‘Fly Away’

Track: There is a luscious beauty in ‘grace’, Joey Sachi’s new track, released ahead of EP ‘RISE’.

Premiere: Lutruwita/Tasmania’s Lasca Dry has a ‘Messy Mind’ and we are the beneficiaries of the thrilling results.

Premiere: The superb The Nagging Doubts exclusively unveil their luscious new single ‘All To You’ with launch date announced for debut album.