popstar

Backseat Downunder Music News

News: Epic Comeback: The Weeknd Announces Highly Anticipated Australian Tour!

Deb Pelser August 19, 2024

The Weeknd Set to Light Up Down Under

Backseat Downunder Music News

News: Happy Mondays return to Australia and New Zealand for Pills ’n’ Thrills 35th anniversary tour

Deb Pelser January 21, 2026

Happy Mondays are heading back to Australia and New Zealand to celebrate 35 years of Pills ’n’ Thrills and Bellyaches, revisiting the album that helped define Madchester and permanently blurred the line between indie bands and dance floors.

Backseat Downunder Music News Premiere Track / Video

Premiere: The exquisite dream pop exponents Fabels exclusively unveil the new ethereal single ‘Luister’ ahead of new album and tour.

Arun Kendall January 21, 2026

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 …

Backseat Downunder Music News

News: The Dare Announces Melbourne and Sydney Headline Shows

Deb Pelser January 21, 2026

The Dare will return to Australia for headline shows in Melbourne and Sydney, bringing the raw, club-focused energy that made his last visit one of the year’s most talked-about runs.

Backseat Downunder Music News Track / Video

Track: The Gloom In The Corner Share New Single ‘Nope (Hollow Point Elysium)’

Deb Pelser January 21, 2026

The Gloom In The Corner have unveiled ‘Nope (Hollow Point Elysium)’, the latest preview of their forthcoming album Royal Discordance. Drawing on action cinema and game culture, the track continues the band’s narrative-heavy approach to modern metalcore.

Backseat Downunder Music News Track / Video

Track: Courtney Barnett Announces New Album Creature of Habit and Shares Waxahatchee Collaboration

Deb Pelser January 20, 2026

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.

The Lovely Eggs – This Is Eggland

See: José González releases video for ‘Every Age’ / announces 2015 tour dates

See: Ariel Pink shares video for ‘Alisa’

Premiere: Brigitte Bardini casts beautiful and ethereal ‘Petals’ into the air.

Track: Bobby Freemont Returns With ‘don’t let me go’

Incoming: Madeline’s Madeline

Album: Unflesh – Inhumation

Incoming: Can You Ever Forgive Me?

popstar

News: Epic Comeback: The Weeknd Announces Highly Anticipated Australian Tour!

News: Happy Mondays return to Australia and New Zealand for Pills ’n’ Thrills 35th anniversary tour

Premiere: The exquisite dream pop exponents Fabels exclusively unveil the new ethereal single ‘Luister’ ahead of new album and tour.

News: The Dare Announces Melbourne and Sydney Headline Shows

Track: The Gloom In The Corner Share New Single ‘Nope (Hollow Point Elysium)’

Track: Courtney Barnett Announces New Album Creature of Habit and Shares Waxahatchee Collaboration

MENU