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A Look Into 2024’s Listen Out Festival Featuring 21 Savage, Skepta and John Summit! Eora/Sydney, 06.10.24 – Backseat Mafia
Listen Out 2024 took over Centennial Park on Sunday, transforming the lush parklands into a full-day festival, blending hip-hop, house, R&B, and everything in between. The sprawling space became a playground for music lovers who eagerly bounced between the three stages—Atari, 909, and Prophet. With a few last-minute lineup changes, there was plenty of anticipation in the air, but the artists more than delivered, ensuring the crowd was kept on their toes from midday to nightfall. Arriving early, punters strolled in, drinks in hand, decked out in festival fits that ranged from the bold to the barely-there. The sun was mercifully kept at bay by the stage fronts and sporadic…
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Boorloo/Perth Stars Joan & The Giants Release coming-of-age track ‘How Could You?’ – Backseat Mafia
Boorloo/Perth based indie-rock band Joan & The Giants have recently released their euphoric single, ‘How Could You?’ – click to stream. Infused with lively rhythms, poignant vocals, and fleeting guitar riffs, ‘How Could You?’ feels like an anthem from a coming-of-age film. The soundscape captures a whirlwind of feelings as the gentle, vintage soundscape gradually cultivates in a powerful climax of electric guitar and crashing drums. Lead singer Grace Newton-Wordsworth shares the single is about, “When a person breaks all the trust you once had in them it isn’t just sad, it’s completely chaotic. I was going through life still doing all the things I have to do like working…
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Laneway Festival 2025-The Jaw-Dropping Lineup You’ve Been Waiting For Is Here! Charli XCX Confirmed. – Backseat Mafia
Laneway Festival has always been a tastemaker’s paradise, but with the 2025 lineup, they’ve outdone even themselves. The bill reads like a fever dream of indie’s brightest stars and cutting-edge newcomers, a collection of artists who define the now and point to where music is headed next. It’s bold, eclectic, and impossibly current, spanning everything from genre-blurring boundary pushers to the established acts who continue to set the bar for innovation. 2025 will feature Charlie XCX, Clairo, Beabadoobee, Bicep, Barry Can’t Swim, Remi Wolf, Olivia Dean and many others. LANEWAY FESTIVAL 2025 Head HERE for full ticketing information.AUCKLAND / Tāmaki Makaurau (16+)Thursday 6 February 2025 – Western Springs BRISBANE (16+)Turrbal…
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Will Knox Releases Emotive & Intricate Fourth Album ‘English Silence’ – Backseat Mafia
Indie-folk singer-songwriter Will Knox has released his highly anticipated fourth album ‘English Silence’. A collection of beautifully constructed, introspective collection, the track boasts 11 soundscapes of wonderful, warming organic textures and some beautifully crafted alternative-folk soundscapes. Known for his candid, emotionally raw songwriting, Knox has garnered comparisons to artists like Elliott Smith, Bear’s Den, Villagers, Nick Mulvey, and Passenger. Recorded in London with renowned producer Ian Grimble (Bear’s Den, Daughter, and Axel Flovent), ‘English Silence’ delicately balances intimate themes—coming-of-age, fatherhood, and healing—against a backdrop of lush acoustic guitars, harmonies, and understated percussion. The result is an evocative sonic journey, one that offers listeners a space of comfort and reflection. Knox…
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Sunk Loto Reclaim Their Place with ‘God Complex’ – Backseat Mafia
After two decades of near silence, Sunk Loto have returned to with their first new music since the early 2000s. Their latest release, ‘The Gallows Wait,’ signalled the band’s rebirth, and now, nearly a year later, they are pushing boundaries once more with their newest track, ‘God Complex’—one of the heaviest and most unrelenting pieces in their career. From the opening notes, ‘God Complex’ tears through any expectation of a mellow return. The track is an assault of searing guitar riffs, relentless drums, and basslines that feel equally unhinged. Jason Brown, the band’s frontman, alternates between clean, melodic vocals and brutal screams, amplifying the intensity of the piece in a…
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King Stingray announce 2025 Australia tour with Beddy Rays and The Belair Lip Bombs – Backseat Mafia
King Stingray’s rise has been nothing short of meteoric, and with the announcement of their 2025 For The Dreams tour, the band shows no sign of slowing down. Since the release of their debut self-titled album in 2022, King Stingray has taken their infectious energy from the remote Northern Territory to stages across Australia, proving that their sound is as expansive as the land they call home. As guitarist and producer Roy Kellaway reflects on the band’s journey, he talks about their evolution from “a pretty sleepy, rural lifestyle in the bush” to a whirlwind of tours and newfound acclaim. But if you’re expecting ‘For The Dreams,’ their upcoming album,…
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Alison Moyet Reimagines the Past with Reworks Album ‘Key’ plus Australian Tour in 2025 – Backseat Mafia
Alison Moyet’s voice has always been a force of nature—raw, grounded, and unapologetically human. With the release of her reworks album ‘Key,’ Moyet takes the songs that have formed the backbone of her storied career and shifts them through a lens sharpened by decades of experience and evolution. This isn’t just a greatest hits collection; it’s a reclamation. Moyet, working alongside producer Sean McGhee, tears into the familiar fabric of her back catalog, reexamining and reframing songs, unearthing fresh life from beneath the surface. Her upcoming Australian tour in 2025 is poised to be more than just a performance; it’s a reckoning, a chance for fans to see these songs…
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Bywater Call Release ‘Now And Never’ Single And Music Video Ahead Of Headline UK Tour – Backseat Mafia
Canadian roots, rock, and soul band Bywater Call have shared a new single ‘Now and Never’ taken from their acclaimed third studio album ‘Shepherd’ which is out now. The video was filmed and edited by Gokul Chakravarthy (Uktopia Creations) over the course of a day in Washington, DC, where the band played at The Hamilton Live just steps away from the White House. The song comes two weeks ahead of Bywater Call’s second Headline UK Tour which starts Wednesday October 16th and covers 11 cities. Tickets for all shows are available from www.bywatercall.com and www.thegigcartel.com. See below for the dates. The tour includes Planet Rock’s “Blues Power LIVE” event at Dingwall’s in London’s Camden Market on Friday October 25th. Hosted and curated by blues maestro Bernard Doherty,…
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Balancing Act – Tightropes and Limericks – Backseat Mafia
The second EP from these guys continues the great work they demonstrated with Malice In Tone (read our review here). Recorded across multiple studios, the band self-recorded sections at Studio Alouette in France, some parts with Joshua Rumble (Gang of Four, Black Country, New Road) at Big Red Studios in Cheshire, and also spent time recording with Richard Woodcraft (Radiohead, Liam Gallagher, Rachel Chinouriri) in London. “The EP is announcing the next chapter of the band, we know what Balancing Act is and where it can go, this body of work is another teaser of what that could be. We’re tighter than ever and far more sure of ourselves, we’re…
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Oasis Heading Down Under Dates Announced – Backseat Mafia
The seismic shockwave of Oasis‘ return now lands on Australian shores. For fans, it’s a moment to transcend time, to slip back into the mid-’90s and remember why Britpop once ruled the world. Oasis have today unveiled the Australian leg of their OASIS LIVE ’25 world tour. This isn’t just a tour, it’s an invitation back into the mythos of rock ‘n’ roll, where stadiums will be filled with thousands of voices shouting along to songs that have been woven into the cultural DNA. Oasis will headline a stadium show in Melbourne, on 31 October 2025 and then move to Sydney on 7 November. Produced by Live Nation, the band…
