Indie
News: Reneé Rapp Announces First-Ever Australian Shows for 2026
Reneé Rapp will make her long-anticipated Australian debut next year, announcing two headline shows and an Australian Open performance as she brings her acclaimed BITE ME album to fans Down Under for the very first time.
Premiere: oWo exclusively unveil new rock anthem ‘Cause Way’ ahead of new EP and launch date.
Eora/Sydney post punk and noise rock trio oWo have announced their new EP ‘Emerger’, due out in February 2026, and we are honoured to bring you an exclusive early listen to the first single off the EP, ‘Cause Way’. ‘Cause Way’ launches with crystalline guitars that create a buzz-saw bedrock to the yearning vocals. There …
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 of those nights that reminded everyone why the live circuit still matters — three bands, three different takes on modern indie, and a Sheffield crowd …
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.
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 here at the antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia are huge fans of her thrilling style of muscular pop laced with intelligence and humour. ‘Messy Mind’ …
Album Review: The epic beauty of The Apartments’ ‘That’s What The Music Is For’ is an elegant beacon of shimmering hope.
The Apartments‘ magnificent album ‘In And Out Of The Light’ was one of the brief rays of light of the grim 2020 – one of my favourite albums of that year. With one of Brisbane’s greatest singer/songwriters, Peter Milton Walsh (briefly an early Go-Between), The Apartments are possibly one of the most underrated bands coming …
News: TISM Announce One-Off Opera House Show Performing Machiavelli and the Four Seasons
Australian cult legends TISM will perform their 1995 album Machiavelli and the Four Seasons in full at the Sydney Opera House on April 10, 2026 — an exclusive one-night-only event marking three decades of the landmark release.
News: The Pogues and Buddy Guy Announce Sydney Opera House Concerts for April 2026
The Pogues return to Australia for the first time in 14 years to celebrate Rum Sodomy & the Lash’s 40th anniversary, while blues legend Buddy Guy brings Ain’t Done With the Blues to the Sydney Opera House for an extraordinary week of live music.
Album Review: Tasmania’s Verticoli deliver bolts of cathartic thunder in their new album ‘Silverlinings’ with launch dates ahead.
The new album ‘Silverlinings’ from Tasmania’s Verticoli puts on show their musical versatility and range of expression. A mix of tangible anger with a punkish delivery, hard rock swagger and some more laid back tracks combine to deliver something that is quite exciting and very cathartic. Opening with the fittingly entitled ‘A Kick in the Teeth’, Verticoli …
Track: The Church are back in session and unveil shimmering new single ‘Sacred Echoes (Part Two)’ ahead of Australian singles tour.
Normal service in an increasingly bizarre world has been at least temporarily been resumed with the exciting release of a new single by one of Australia’s finest exports, The Church. ‘Sacred Echoes (Part Two)’ indicates the extraordinary level of creative brilliance from Steve Kilbey and his cohorts continues unabated after an incredible period of creative …