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News: GRAE Unveils Her Boldest Era Yet With New Album ‘7 Minutes ’til Heaven’

Simon Lucas-Hughes May 21, 2025

Canadian indie-pop artist GRAE releases the new album 7 Minutes ’Til Heaven. GRAE’s previous work has already seen her establish herself: garnering over 100 million streams and landing critical acclaim from outlets from Billboard to The Line of Best Fit, as well as TV syncs across the likes of The Bold Type, The L Word: …

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News: Five Finger Death Punch Announce ’20 Years Of Five Finger Death Punch – Best Of Volume 1′ And New Single ‘I Refuse’ ft. Maria Brink

Craig Young May 21, 2025

Multi-platinum hard rock powerhouse Five Finger Death Punch are celebrating their 20th anniversary with the release of ‘Best Of – Volume 1’, a collection of re-recorded versions of their most iconic chart-topping songs. This move comes in response to the recent sale of the band’s original master recordings by their former label, an action made without their …

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Backseat Downunder Gallery Live Review Music News

Live Review + Photo Galleries: The big guns continue to fire as Bluesfest Byron Bay heads into Day 2

Andrew Fuller May 20, 2025

Having made my way to 10 artists on the day before, I upped the ante on the second day trying to get to as many artists as I could before the inevitable fatigue set in, getting to a further 11 artists and peeking in on another one from the crowd while having an evening meal …

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Backseat Downunder Music News Track / Video

Track: Merpire shares the gorgeous yearning ‘Leaving With You’ off her forthcoming album ‘MILK POOL’.

Arun Kendall May 20, 2025

Naarm/Melbourne Merpire, the exquisite work of multi-instrumentalist, producer and songwriter Rhiannon Atkinson-Howatt, continues to dangle sonic enticements ahead of her album ‘MILK POOL’ due out on 4 July 2025. Next cab off the rank is the soaring lush sounds of ‘Leaving With You’, exhibiting a delicate yearning romanticism over the rich guitars: I only stay in …

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Backseat Downunder Music News Premiere Track / Video

Premiere: Naarm/Melbourne band Alcotomic unveil a buoyant sliver of sunshine pop with ‘Ruby Shoes’.

Arun Kendall May 20, 2025

We are very honoured to premiere the single ‘Ruby Shoes’ from Naarm/Melbourne indie band Alcotomic: a track so bright and boisterous you need anti-gravity boots and sunglasses to listen to it. Alcotomic formed in 1996 when John Baxter left nineties band Holocene and played to great acclaim for five years. In 2024, bassist Doug Lee …

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