Live Review
Live Review and Gallery: Hoodoo Gurus, Princess Wharf, Hobart, 31/12/2024
The Hoodoo Gurus set off their own blistering fireworks show at their end of year gig in Hobart, as part of the Tasmania’s Taste of Summer Festival. Of course, the Gurus have carved out a very special niche in Australian indie scene – they were part of an innovative underground movement in Perth, along with …
Live Review: GUN – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds – 10.12.24
Word up. Gun’s latest tour blasted into Leeds at Brudenell Social Club
Feature: Backseat Downunder’s favourite Australian gigs and photographs from 2024
2024 represented a return to full service – and more – in the live music scene in Australia where the Backseat Mafia’s Backseat Downunder Team are located. With an ever expanding range of shows attended, we covered everything from international superstars like Taylor Swift to local bands plying their trade in small corner pubs. It …
Live Gallery: Newtown’s Pleasure Club Gets Groovy as Athanasia Brings Neo-Soul to Life 20.12.2024
Athanasia: A Neo-Soul Queen on the Rise
Live Review + Photo Gallery: Claire Anne Taylor brings it on home at The Founders Room, Hobart 13.12.2024
It has been almost a year since I reviewed Claire Anne Taylor’s Giving It Away (review here), and over 55 gigs later after touring mainland Australia, she and her band brought the album home to her Tasmanian base along with some surprise new tracks which have been written and road-tested while on the long haul …
Live Review & Gallery: Techno Goddess Takes Over-Sara Landry Lights Up Sydney’s Carriageworks 14.12.2024
Rave Royalty: Sara Landry Rules Sydney’s Dancefloor
Live Review & Gallery: From CBGB to Oxford Art Factory-Blu DeTiger in Sydney 13.12.2024
Bass Prodigy Blu DeTiger Brings Her Groove Down Under
Live Review – Idles – o2 Academy Birmingham – 4/12/24
Idles ‘TANGK’ world tour stops in Birmingham for a second sold out night. This show was not part of the original tour dates, but the band had to add a second night due to phenomenal demand. The band showing no signs of slowing down after a gruelling touring schedule which started in 2023 and has …
Live Review & Gallery: Industrial Beats-Jamie xx at Sydney’s Carriageworks 8.12.2024
Jamie xx Bridges the Industrial and the Ethereal in His Carriageworks Set
Live Review & Gallery: Korn Headlines a Heavyweight Lineup at Good Things Festival Sydney 7.12.2024
All Killer, No Filler at Good Things 2024