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Premiere: Chris Masuak’s Dog Soldier exclusively unveil video for ‘The Shiny Side’ as former Radio Birdman guitarist locks in East Coast dates for ‘The Shiny Side Tour’
Chris ‘Klondike’ Masuak doesn’t do things by halves, and neither does the title track of his self-titled album with Dog Soldier. Backseat Mafia is thrilled to premiere the…
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Premiere: ‘Bad News Travels Fast’ – The Psychotic Turnbuckles are back wrestling in the ring after 32 years, and it’s a slam dunk.
In the congested gig listings of the late eighties in Sydney, the Psychotic Turnbuckles were frequent visitors with their wrestling tropes, outrageous wigs and a larrikin sense of humour…
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Premiere: Crystal Set see through all those ‘Pretty Schemes’ in an excoriating swampy romp ahead of tour and album.
The iconic Crystal Set continue to build momentum on their exciting comeback with the release of a new single ‘Pretty Schemes’ that we are honoured to exclusively premiere here at…
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Premiere: The Summertimes ask who will ‘Save You Now’ in another shimmering and sparkling release, ahead of new EP.
Back in 2023 we enthusiastically reviewed the debut self-titled album of The Summertimes, calling it an album filled with sparks and electric jolts, perfectly formed pop brilliance that…
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Premiere: Cloud Tangle Spins Delicate Melancholy On New Single ‘Merry-Go-Round’
We have closely followed the storied career of the ethereal Cloud Tangle for a while now and we are ever so honoured to premiere the beautiful new single ‘Merry-Go-Round’. The…
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Track / Video
News: NOFX soundtrack their own unruly history on new double album
NOFX have released ‘40 Years of F*ckin’ Up: Soundtrack + Score’ digitally, accompanying a documentary that charts four decades of one of punk rock’s most stubbornly independent careers. The…
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Premiere: Chris Masuak’s Dog Soldier exclusively unveil video for ‘The Shiny Side’ as former Radio Birdman guitarist locks in East Coast dates for ‘The Shiny Side Tour’
Chris ‘Klondike’ Masuak doesn’t do things by halves, and neither does the title track of his self-titled album with Dog Soldier. Backseat Mafia is thrilled to premiere the…
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Premiere: ‘Bad News Travels Fast’ – The Psychotic Turnbuckles are back wrestling in the ring after 32 years, and it’s a slam dunk.
In the congested gig listings of the late eighties in Sydney, the Psychotic Turnbuckles were frequent visitors with their wrestling tropes, outrageous wigs and a larrikin sense of humour…
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Album Reviews
Album Review: Blind Yeo – ‘The Lemoine Point’: A fresh, inventive alignment of Psych-folk, Art-rock and Kosmische energies.
Listening to Blind Yeo’s ‘The Lemoine Point’ debut is a reminder that things may come and things may go but the art-rock dance goes on forever. Steeped in the cosmic and kosmische, folklore,…
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Album Review: What the ghosts left behind – Kaurna/Adelaide’s The Only Objects release the epic ‘An Excess of Haunting’, with a little assemblage required.
There’s a particular kind of record that doesn’t want to be understood so much as inhabited, and ‘An Excess of Hauntings’ is one of them. The second album from…
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EP Review: Seasurfer – The Noise Is Ours
Hamburg trio Seasurfer return with The Noise Is Ours, a four-track EP that blends swirling electronics, ethereal atmospherics and fuzzy guitar textures into the intoxicating sound the band…
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Album Review: fling ii – ‘3’: Expertly guiding Krautrock towards other possibilities.
Following Rich Aucoin and Kristen Roos, Toronto curators We Are Busy Bodies cornucopia of recorded sound bubbles over once more into the joys of synth music with fling ii. The Ann Arbor…
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Album Review: Meanjin/Brisbane’s Ancient Channels electrify the darkness with the barbed-wire dream pop of ‘Static Spirit’
Ancient Channels are a supergroup of sorts, consisting of members from the myriad of talented bands operating in Meanjin/Brisbane( including Terra Pines, Apparitions, and Deafcult), many…
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Album Review: Phoebe Bridgers Faces Love, Loss and Finality on ‘Lost Weekend’
Six years is a long time to disappear from your own solo career. Phoebe Bridgers returns with Lost Weekend, an album produced with a team including Jack Antonoff, Alex G, Tony Berg and Ethan…
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Interviews
Meet: Stacy Jones on art respecting art and not overthinking
Stacy Jones on playing live, art respecting art and not overthinking
#americanhifi #stacyjones #rockmusic #interview #livemusic
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Meet: Kirk Brandon predicted the future. But no-one was listening
Spear of Destiny's Kirk Brandon is on tour right now. We got together to talk about Chelsea, reclaiming the music and seeing into the future…
#kirkbrandon #spearofdestiny #interview…
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Interview: It’s Not a Documentary — It’s an Act: Baxter Dury on Nepotism, Performance and the Strange Theatre of Modern Life
When I last saw Baxter Dury, it was during Dark Mofo in Hobart — a setting whose nocturnal weirdness felt oddly perfect for his particular brand of dry, late-night storytelling. Over the past…
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Feature: Fokofpolisiekar Reflect on Swanesang at 20 as Australian & NZ Tour Extends Legacy
South African punk band Fokofpolisiekar reflect on Swanesang 20 years on, as Hunter Kennedy discusses identity, rebellion and taking the band's music to audiences in Australia and New Zealand.
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Meet: A.S. Fanning Talks About His New Album ‘Take Me Back To Nowhere’
On his fourth studio album Take Me Back To Nowhere, A.S. Fanning sounds both unmoored and quietly resolute. Drawing inspiration from science-fiction, experimental sound worlds, and a newly…
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Meet: Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys Talk Us Through New Single & The Upcoming Album ‘Pale Bloom’
With a body of work that thrives on tension, restraint, and emotional depth, Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys have built a reputation for music that lingers long after it’s heard. As they move…
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Features / Playlists
News: Hard-Fi to Headline Harlequins’ Big Summer Kick-Off at Allianz Stadium
British indie heavyweights Hard-Fi are set to return to their South West London stomping grounds this May. The Staines-formed outfit has been confirmed as the headline act…
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Interview: It’s Not a Documentary — It’s an Act: Baxter Dury on Nepotism, Performance and the Strange Theatre of Modern Life
When I last saw Baxter Dury, it was during Dark Mofo in Hobart — a setting whose nocturnal weirdness felt oddly perfect for his particular brand of dry, late-night storytelling. Over the past…
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Feature: Backseat Mafia’s photographic tribute to Bluesfest Byron Bay
For four years, Backseat Mafia has covered Bluesfest Byron Bay, an iconic event on the Australian music calendar. On March 13th, just three weeks before what would have been the 37th Bluesfest…
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Live review
Live Review + Photo Galleries: Boy & Bear bring their timeless beauty to The Odeon, Hobart 28.08.2026
It is a Friday evening in Hobart, and Boy & Bear are bringing their Tripping Over Time Regional Tour to town. Steeped in songs not only from 2025’s Tripping Over Time, Boy & Bear…
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Live Gallery: Avatar prove their formidable live reputation at Sydney’s Manning Bar 29.08.2026
There is already a healthy crowd packed into Manning Bar when Sydney metalcore outfit Pyrefly arrive, and they waste very little time introducing themselves. This isn’t a set designed to…
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Live Review: Audrey Hobert – O2 Academy, Leeds. 24.08.26
Live Review: Audrey Hobert at Leeds O2 Academy
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Live Gallery: Larry Fleet and Troy Cassar-Daley bring country storytelling to Sydney’s Liberty Hall 26.08.2026
There’s something particularly poignant about walking through Moore Park towards Liberty Hall tonight. Dolly Parton died today after a short illness and as I pass the Hordern Pavilion the sign…
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Live Review: Hollywood Vampires – Halifax, 22.08.26
Hollywood Vampires rock hard enough to raise the dead in Halifax
#hollywoodvampires #alicecooper #johnnydepp #joeperry #rocknroll
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Live Gallery: Alex Lahey celebrates 10 years of ‘B-Grade University’ with Retail Therapy and Suzi at Sydney’s Manning Bar 22.08.2026
It was only last night that Manning Bar was being pummelled by Psycroptic and Rivers of Nihil. Tonight, the room has undergone a fairly dramatic personality transplant. The death metal has…
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Film
News: First Look At Oasis’ Reunion Film Don’t Look Back In Anger
One year after Oasis stunned the music world by returning to the stage for their first live performance together in 16 years, the band’s extraordinary comeback is set to be immortalised…
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Film Review: ‘The Best Summer’ is a bittersweet time capsule of alternative music’s golden age
There is something almost unbelievable about The Best Summer. What began as footage shot casually by filmmaker Tamra Davis while accompanying the Summersault festival around Australia in 1995…
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News: Kylie Minogue opens her archives for new three-part documentary KYLIE
Some pop stars have eras. Kylie Minogue has decades. From her first rush of fame as Charlene on Neighbours to becoming one of the most reliable hitmakers in modern pop,…
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News: The life and times of William Arthur and his iconic Sydney band Glide is explored in ‘Disappear Here’, a film by Ben deHoedt.
Glide were a seminal Sydney band that burned brightly and all together too briefly in the nineties, beset by tragedy when their singer and songwriter William Arthur died at the end of that…
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Film Review: January
Winter can be a magical time of year and there’s nothing more atmospheric than a sprinkling of snow. In many places, that light covering becomes something different entirely. In Eastern…
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Sundance Review: Iron Butterflies
As we approach the first anniversary of the full Russian invasion of Ukraine, it’s easy to forget that this war didn’t start in 2022. Indeed, the (recent) troubles with Russia can be traced…
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