Latest

News: HEALTH Announce September 2026 Australian Tour With PERTURBATOR and KING YOSEF
Premiere: ‘Men Are a Luxury Item’ – the arch, wry world of The Petrov Affair sparkles in the title track to their new album.
Album Review: Aaron Shaw – ‘And So It Is’: Tingling with raw beauty, an inspiring spiritual jazz statement.
Track: Miss May I Share New Single ‘Die on the Vine’ for 2026
Live Review + Photo Galleries: Cosmic Psychos smash out boozy finale to their extensive ‘I Really Like Beer’ national tour at Altar Bar, Hobart 14.02.2026
Track: Girl Monstar Return With Protest Single ‘HATE TRAIN’
News: IVE Announce ‘SHOW WHAT I AM’ Arena Dates for Australia and New Zealand
News: Skindred Announce Biggest Ever Australian Headline Tour
Live Gallery: Wisp Captivates With Dreamy Shoegaze at Liberty Hall – Eora Land, Sydney 12.02.26
Live Gallery: Cavetown Brings ‘Running With Scissors’ to Enmore Theatre – Eora Land/Sydney, 11.02.26
Live Gallery: Dream Theater Celebrate Four Decades at Sydney’s ICC Theatre 14.02.2026
News: Rising Danish Indie Folk Artist he is tall. Releases Heartfelt New Single ‘which way? which way?’ and Announces First UK Tour
News: Jason Bembry Unveils Darker, Noir-Tinged Single ‘Frozen Hearts’
News: Hàn Gắn Share New Single ‘Monster’s Kingdom’
News: Buckinghamshire Duo Suris Share new Album ‘Pertinax’
Track: Lykke Li Enters Her ‘Existential Era’ With New Single ‘Lucky Again’
Exclusive – Archival folk meets dream-pop on Rosier’s “Plus d’amis”
Track: Hendriek Bleik Turns ‘Smoorverlief’ Into an Anti-Valentine’s Anthem
News: ‘The Lucky Me Tour’: Hilary Duff Returns to Arenas Worldwide
live review: lorna shore, whitechapel, shadow of intent, humanity’s last breath. victoria warehouse, manchester 10/02/2026

See: Cathal Coughlan – ‘Owl In The Parlour’: looking at the practices of the elite with askance intelligence

Interview: Trupa Trupa

Staff Writers September 1, 2017

Track: The Belair Lip Bombs drop new single ‘Don’t Let Them Tell You (It’s Fair)’

Deb Pelser September 3, 2025

News: Kodaline Announce UK Tour Dates

Jim F February 4, 2013

Album Review: Ginger Wildheart And The Sinners – Ginger Wildheart And The Sinners

Craig Young October 7, 2022

Track: Autopsy Share a lyric video for track Maggots in the mirror

Craig Young October 30, 2020

Live Gallery: Sappho at the Vanguard, Sydney

Deb Pelser May 12, 2022

News: DOVE-i Unveils Soulful New Single ‘Default’ With Mike Harvey, Teases Upcoming Album ‘It’s Pop Fiction’

Simon Lucas-Hughes October 13, 2023

_DSC0756

stAn May 1, 2015 1 View

No Comment

News: HEALTH Announce September 2026 Australian Tour With PERTURBATOR and KING YOSEF

Deb Pelser February 16, 2026

L.A. industrial trio HEALTH return to Australia this September for a national headline tour, joined by French darksynth producer PERTURBATOR and American industrial experimentalist KING YOSEF. Spanning Brisbane to Fremantle, the run follows HEALTH’s recent albums ‘RAT WARS’ and ‘CONFLICT DLC’ and builds on their growing presence on Australian stages.

0 10

Backseat Downunder Music News Premiere Track / Video

Premiere: ‘Men Are a Luxury Item’ – the arch, wry world of The Petrov Affair sparkles in the title track to their new album.

Arun Kendall February 16, 2026

We are honoured to premiere the new video/single for the title track to The Petrov Affair‘s new album ‘Men Are A Luxury Item’ due out in March. ‘Men Are a Luxury Item’ has delicious multi-layered instrumentation that ripples and folds with a complexity that mirrors a piece of Gamelan music, creating something airy and spacious. …

0 66

9.0 Album Reviews Music News

Album Review: Aaron Shaw – ‘And So It Is’: Tingling with raw beauty, an inspiring spiritual jazz statement.

John Parry February 16, 2026

The Breakdown What’s clear from the start is that the ensemble’s collaborative absorption of mood and meaning enriches ‘And So It Is’. Leaving Records – 9.0 This has to be said upfront, even before you get deep into the music this album is inspirational. Saxophonist/ flautist Aaron Shaw, one of the names to be named …

0 15

Backseat Downunder Music News Track / Video

Track: Miss May I Share New Single ‘Die on the Vine’ for 2026

Deb Pelser February 16, 2026

Miss May I have released ‘Die on the Vine’, their first new music of 2026, pairing galloping riffs and breakdowns with lyrics that examine trauma, self-awareness and the choice between stagnation and growth.

0 16

Backseat Downunder Gallery Live Review Music News

Live Review + Photo Galleries: Cosmic Psychos smash out boozy finale to their extensive ‘I Really Like Beer’ national tour at Altar Bar, Hobart 14.02.2026

Andrew Fuller February 16, 2026

On a warm evening at Altar Bar in Hobart, Australian punk-rock stalwarts, Cosmic Psychos brought their beer-soaked punk rock to a dedicated, beer-fuelled crowd to further promote their latest. and twelfth studio long-player, I Really Like Beer. This Hobart gig was the second last before the band head off to Europe to continue their special …

0 51