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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: 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 …
Review: West End Girl: Lily Allen’s Painfully Honest Portrait of a Marriage Unravelled
On West End Girl, Lily Allen turns heartbreak into art, transforming private devastation into one of her most fearless and musically assured albums yet.
News: Sudan Archives Confirms 2026 Australian Tour and Shares New Music
Sudan Archives returns to Australia in March 2026 for her first shows since 2023, performing at Perth Festival and headline dates nationwide following the release of The BPM
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 …
News: The legendary Split Enz reunite for antipodean tour next year.
The legendary Split Enz – featuring Tim Finn, Eddie Rayner, Neil Finn, and Noel Crombie – will reunite for their first tour in nearly 20 years on the Forever Enz Tour through Live Nation, confirmed for May 2026. Antipodean pioneers in make-up and self-designed clothing with a zany form of art rock, and later transitioning …
News: Crowded House to Headline Bondi Beach’s First Major Concert in a Decade
Crowded House and Thelma Plum will headline the inaugural Golden Hour at Bondi Beach in February 2026, marking the city’s first major beach concert in more than a decade — a sunset celebration of music, community, and place.
Live Gallery: Lauren Spencer Smith Brings The Art of Being a Mess to Life at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion 4.11.2025
At the Hordern Pavilion, Lauren Spencer Smith brought The Art of Being a Mess to life with unflinching honesty and soaring vocals, supported by Maisy Kay and Henry Moodie in a night of emotion and connection.
Live Gallery: BBNO$ turns Halloween into a hyperreal party at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion 31.10.2025
At the Hordern Pavilion, bbno$ transforms Halloween into a kaleidoscopic party of sound, humour and collective release—part rave, part fever dream, all heart.