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News: Lily Allen Announces Biggest-Ever Australian & NZ Tour With West End Girl Arena Run
Lily Allen announces her biggest-ever Australian and New Zealand headline tour, performing her critically acclaimed album West End Girl in full across arena shows in October and November 2026, marking her first return to the region in seven years.
Live Gallery: Rainbow Kitten Surprise Close Australian Tour With a Spellbinding Enmore Show 01.02.2026
Rainbow Kitten Surprise close out their Australian tour with a sold-out show at Sydney’s Enmore Theatre, delivering an emotionally charged set that blends indie rock, genre-defying songwriting and raw onstage connection, with support from rising songwriter Holly Hebe.
Album Review: It’s all ‘In The Manifesto’ – Sacred Cowboys unveil a collection of attitude-laden gems that burn brightly.
Sacred Cowboys have been – and still are – a legendary bunch of misfits together in various forms since 1982, but always with Garry Gray as a mainstay at the reins along with Mark Ferrie. They essentially began in 1982 as a supergroup with Gray from seminal new wave outfit Negatives and Ferrie from the Models. …
News: Tom Busby announces Queensland album launch shows for Rockhampton Hangover
Tom Busby has announced three free Queensland album launch shows to coincide with the release of his debut solo album Rockhampton Hangover on February 20.
Track: Boy In Space announces debut album and shares new single Who’s Crying When I’m Leaving?
Boy In Space has shared new single Who’s Crying When I’m Leaving? and confirmed details of his forthcoming debut album, alongside fresh tour dates across Europe.
Premiere: With links to Australian musical royalty, New York’s Ruby & the Clumsy Dollies exclusively unveil their cool new single ‘Right Through Me’ ahead of debut album release.
We are very honoured to premiere the new single ‘Right Through Me’ from New York outfit Ruby and the Clumsy Dollies. It’s their second release and comes off their forthcoming debut album ‘New and Improved’ due out on 24 April 2026 through the inimitable Cheersquad Records. Founded and fronted by Ruby Rogers-Garcia (daughter of Australian …
Live Review + Gallery: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds set fire to the Domain, Sydney, 24 January 2026, supported by the luminescent Aldous Harding
Fittingly perhaps, bats floated lazily over the sun drenched Domain with the stark outline of Sydney’s high-rises as a back drop. The crowds gathered on the gently rolling greens for Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds‘s first gigs in Sydney for quite a while and it was magnificent. Support came from New Zealand’s luminescent and …
News: Mumford & Sons add Brisbane arena show to 2026 Prizefighter tour
Mumford & Sons have added an exclusive Brisbane date to their 2026 Prizefighter Tour, expanding their Australia and New Zealand return to five arena shows as anticipation builds for their forthcoming sixth album.
Premiere: The exquisite dream pop exponents Fabels exclusively unveil the new ethereal single ‘Luister’ ahead of new album and tour.
Here at the antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia, we are truly honoured to be able to bring you an exclusive listen to the new single ‘Luister’ from the legendary dream pop duo Fabels. Fabels are Hiske Weijers from Berlin and Ben Aylward from Sydney and together they produce dreamy, hazy vignettes, heightened by an air …
Track: Courtney Barnett Announces New Album Creature of Habit and Shares Waxahatchee Collaboration
Courtney Barnett’s Creature of Habit is shaped by upheaval and quiet resolve, tracing relocation, loss and renewal with a steadier hand than ever. Led by the Waxahatchee-assisted “Site Unseen”, it’s a record that finds meaning not in answers, but in learning to stay present while everything else shifts.