Backseat Mafia

2 days ago | backseatmafia.com | Deb Pelser

The internet’s favourite cyber-rock duo, The Living Tombstone, are booting up for an Australian tour this July, bringing their turbocharged blend of electro-rock, gaming culture, and post-meme anthems to the East Coast. Fresh from melting hard drives across North America on a sold-out tour, the LA-based outfit—made up of sonic architect Yoav Landau and lyrical firestarter Sam Haft—will hit The Triffid in Brisbane on July 4, Manning Bar in Sydney on July 5, and Max Watts in Melbourne on July 6.

2 days ago | backseatmafia.com | Deb Pelser

Australia’s premier purveyors of psych-punk chaos, Tropical F*ck Storm, are back with a brain-melting new single, ‘Dunning Kruger’s Loser Cruiser’, lifted from their incoming fourth studio LP, Fairyland Codex, due June 20 via their new home at Fire Records.

3 days ago | backseatmafia.com | Deb Pelser

Ocean Grove‘s upcoming Odd Label Australian headline tour—celebrating 10 years since their breakout Black Label EP and the release of their 2024 record ODDWORLD—has sparked such intense demand that Brisbane is already sold out, Adelaide’s venue has been upgraded, and Sydney and Melbourne are moving fast. Returning to their roots while charging into new territory, the tour marks their first headline run since ODDWORLD dropped earlier this year.

5 days ago | backseatmafia.com | Deb Pelser

It’s a balmy autumn night in Sydney and inside the ICC Theatre, there’s a buzz of anticipation for an evening steeped in smooth rock, unfiltered talent, and songs that have stood the test of time. The crowd spans generations, but everyone here knows exactly what they’ve come for — a rare double bill of Christopher Cross and Toto, two acts who helped define a pre-digital era when musicianship—not marketing—was king. Cross opens the evening, strolling onstage with grace and self-effacing humour.

6 days ago | backseatmafia.com | Arun Kendall

'I Love What We Do' is like a theme park filled with love and romanticism, every ride a blinding kaleidoscope of colours and emotion that sweeps you up and down with louche, insouciant vivacity Dinosaur City records – 9.1 Geoffrey O’Connor creates a world of breathlessly beautiful chamber pop, rich and luscious with an infectious sensibility that takes its genesis from the sixties – a sort of Burt Bacharach/Max Bygraves/Frank Sinatra world, mixed with a contemporary Pulp/Lightning Seeds...