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News: Sweetie announce ‘Dogtooth’ east coast tour and unleash new single ‘Pay Rise’

Sydney trio Sweetie are taking ‘Dogtooth’ on the road, announcing an east coast Australian tour in support of their debut album, due September 25 via Blossom Rot Records. The tour…

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Track: Radio Free Alice announce debut album as ‘Crying With You’ arrives

Radio Free Alice have spent the past couple of years making the distance between Melbourne and the rest of the world look increasingly insignificant. Now the new wave/post-punk quartet are…

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News: The luminescent Juice Webster announces new album ‘Kind of Fantasy’ and sends us into orbit with the enigmatic and shimmering title track.

Juice Webster has long enthralled us here at the antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia with her immersive velvet vocals and epic songwriting. It’s been a while since she released her…

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Track: Large Mirage unleash ‘Wildfire’ ahead of BIGSOUND and international tour

Large Mirage have spent much of 2026 making increasingly difficult-to-ignore noise. Now the Sydney rockers are keeping the foot down with new single ‘Wildfire’, arriving just as the band prepares…

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Premiere: Crystal Set see through all those ‘Pretty Schemes’ in an excoriating swampy romp ahead of tour and album.

The iconic Crystal Set continue to build momentum on their exciting comeback with the release of a new single ‘Pretty Schemes’ that we are honoured to exclusively premiere here at…

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News: THAO announces ‘Show Me’ and teams with Neko Case on ‘Catch As Catch Can’

THAO is returning to records after a six-year absence, announcing her new album ‘Show Me’ for release on October 30 via Kill Rock Stars. The follow-up to 2020’s ‘Temple’ finds…

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News: Chris Arthur Releases Debut Album Underneath The Scar

With the release of his debut album, Underneath The Scar, Chris Arthur finally delivers a full body of work having spent years watching from the wings. For a long time, Arthur…

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News: Red Head Redemption Soundtrack The End Of The World On New EP ‘Sunny With A Chance Of Fallout’

New Jersey alternative rock four-piece Red Head Redemption have unleashed their explosive new EP, Sunny With A Chance Of Fallout – a four-track collection captures the strange business of trying to…

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Live Gallery: Larry Fleet and Troy Cassar-Daley bring country storytelling to Sydney’s Liberty Hall 26.08.2026

There’s something particularly poignant about walking through Moore Park towards Liberty Hall tonight. Dolly Parton died today after a short illness and as I pass the Hordern Pavilion the sign…

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EP Review: Seasurfer – The Noise Is Ours

Hamburg trio Seasurfer return with The Noise Is Ours, a four-track EP that blends swirling electronics, ethereal atmospherics and fuzzy guitar textures into the intoxicating sound the band describe as “dream-punk”. While that…

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News: Sweetie announce ‘Dogtooth’ east coast tour and unleash new single ‘Pay Rise’

Track: Radio Free Alice announce debut album as ‘Crying With You’ arrives

News: The luminescent Juice Webster announces new album ‘Kind of Fantasy’ and sends us into orbit with the enigmatic and shimmering title track.

Track: Large Mirage unleash ‘Wildfire’ ahead of BIGSOUND and international tour

Premiere: Crystal Set see through all those ‘Pretty Schemes’ in an excoriating swampy romp ahead of tour and album.

News: THAO announces ‘Show Me’ and teams with Neko Case on ‘Catch As Catch Can’

News: Chris Arthur Releases Debut Album Underneath The Scar

News: Red Head Redemption Soundtrack The End Of The World On New EP ‘Sunny With A Chance Of Fallout’

Live Gallery: Larry Fleet and Troy Cassar-Daley bring country storytelling to Sydney’s Liberty Hall 26.08.2026

EP Review: Seasurfer – The Noise Is Ours