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Vona Vella drop ‘Bear Trap’, their shimmering new single

Huw Williams September 3, 2025

Vona Vella drop ‘Bear Trap’, their shimmering new single

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Gallery Live Review Music

Live Review: Vona Vella – Come Together Festival, Newcastle. 20.08.25

Huw Williams August 26, 2025

Vona Vella preview new tracks from their next album at Come Together in Newcastle

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Backseat Downunder Music News

News: The Last Dinner Party announce massive UK, Europe and Australia/New Zealand tour alongside new album From The Pyre

Deb Pelser September 4, 2025

The Last Dinner Party will release their sophomore album From The Pyre on 17 October 2025, before embarking on a 35-date headline tour spanning the UK, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. The run kicks off in Dublin this November and marks the band’s biggest international push to date.

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Backseat Downunder Music News Track / Video

News: Dream Pop Queen Hatchie returns with the epic, glittering single ‘Lose It Again’ and announces new album ‘Liquorice’.

Arun Kendall September 4, 2025

It feels like eons since we heard from Meanjin/Brisbane Queen of Dream Pop Hatchie but in fact it was only in April last year that she released ‘Kiss Me (Kill Me)‘ with RINSE (partner Joe Agius). These days based in Naarm/Melbourne, Hatchie (the nome de plume of Harriette Pilbeam) has made a sneak return with …

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Backseat Downunder Music News Premiere Track / Video

Premiere: Naarm/Melbourne instrumental band Badinage engage in a little exclusive and expressive ‘Banter’ with us.

Arun Kendall September 3, 2025

We are very honoured to bring you an early listen to the new single ‘Banter’ from Naarm/Melbourne instrumental ensemble Badinage. Rolling guitars and a pattering drum herald an almost flamenco sound with a driving stabbing instrumentation, a stop start heartbeat that sparkles and flounces with gleeful abandon. The track drifts off into a reverie – …

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Backseat Downunder Music News

News: Stewart Copeland to tour Australia & NZ for the first time in 18 years

Deb Pelser September 3, 2025

Stewart Copeland will return to Australia and New Zealand in 2026 with Have I Said Too Much? The Police, Hollywood, And Other Adventures, his first local tour in 18 years. The seven-time Grammy winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee will share stories spanning The Police, film scores, and his acclaimed work in classical and opera.

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Backseat Downunder Music News

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

Deb Pelser September 3, 2025

The Belair Lip Bombs return with ‘Don’t Let Them Tell You (It’s Fair)’, the second single from their debut album Again, out October 31 on Third Man Records. Inspired by a conversation with Alex Lahey, the track is a call for confidence and conviction.

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