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News: Maxine Gillon announces Sydney return with NSW and ACT weekender

After four years establishing herself within Melbourne’s independent music scene, Maxine Gillon is heading back to her hometown…
#Australia #Sydney #Australianindiemusic #backseatdownunder #GirlSongs #maxinegillon #MaxineGillonSydney #MaxineGillontour #news
https://www.europesays.com/australia/90673/

EP Review: There’s life in them still – Brisbane jangle pop legends Ups and Downs sound better than ever on ‘Radio Is Dead’

88/100 Backseat Mafia Rating i‘Radio is Dead’ is filled with pure guitar pop, summery melodies and the kind…
#Australia #Brisbane #backseatdownunder #backseatmafia #Indie #janglepop #meanjin #news #paisley #pop #Psych #upsanddowns
https://www.europesays.com/australia/90455/

News: RY X announces Australian orchestral shows for Melbourne and Sydney in 2027

Australian-born singer-songwriter and producer RY X will return home in July 2027 for two orchestral performances in Melbourne…
#Australia #Melbourne #backseatdownunder #news #RYX #RYXAustralia #RYXAustraliantour2027 #RYXDUSK #RYXSydneyOperaHouse
https://www.europesays.com/australia/90363/

News: Angus & Julia Stone announce Australian tour and Sydney Opera House Forecourt show

Angus & Julia Stone are heading home, with the Sydney-born siblings announcing an Australian tour for February and…
#Australia #Sydney #Angus&JuliaStone #Angus&JuliaStoneAustraliantour2027 #Angus&JuliaStoneSydney #backseatdownunder #KaraokeBar #news #SydneyOperaHouse
https://www.europesays.com/australia/89537/

News: SOMBR adds second Melbourne and Sydney shows after huge presale demand

SOMBR has added second shows in Melbourne and Sydney to his 2027 ‘You Are The Reason Tour’, with…
#Australia #Melbourne #backtofriends #backseatdownunder #IBarelyKnowHer #news #SOMBR #SOMBRAfterpayArena #SOMBRAustralia #SOMBRAustraliantour2027 #SOMBRMelbourne #SOMBRRodLaverArena #SOMBRSydney #SOMBRYouAreTheReasonTour
https://www.europesays.com/australia/87487/

News: Green Velvet brings Chicago house to Sydney Harbour for THE POINT

Sydney Harbour is getting a serious dose of Chicago house this spring, with Green Velvet announced as the…
#Australia #Sydney #backseatdownunder #Electronic #FuzzySydney #GreenVelvet #GreenVelvetAustralia2026 #GreenVelvetSydney #news #ThePointSydney
https://www.europesays.com/australia/84301/

News: Tara Clerkin Trio announce Australian headline debut at Sydney Opera House

Tara Clerkin Trio will make their Australian headline debut this summer, bringing the strange, spacious world of their…
#Australia #Sydney #backseatdownunder #news #SomewhereGood #SydneyOperaHouse #SydneyOperaHouseUtzonRoom #TaraClerkinTrio #TaraClerkinTrioAustralia #TaraClerkinTrioSydneyOperaHouse
https://www.europesays.com/australia/83627/

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.

Ultimately ‘An Excess of Haunting’ is an ambitious and immersive triumph, delivered with a profound confidence and elegance…
#Australia #Adelaide #Albumreview #backseatdownunder #backseatmafia #Electronic #experi #experimental #gothic #Indie #Kraftwerk #TheOnlyObjects
https://www.europesays.com/australia/82631/

News: Laneway Festival returns in 2027 with Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Auckland dates

Laneway Festival is changing course for 2027, with the much-loved touring festival revealing a new route that will…
#Australia #Brisbane #Australianmusicfestivals2027 #backseatdownunder #Lanewayfestival2027 #LanewayFestivalAustralia #LanewayFestivallineup #LanewayFestivalSydney #news
https://www.europesays.com/australia/79539/

News: Sophia Stel announces Melbourne and Sydney headline shows for December

Vancouver artist and producer Sophia Stel will make her way to Australia this December, adding two headline dates…
#Australia #Sydney #backseatdownunder #news #SophiaStel #SophiaStelAustralia #SophiaStelAustraliantour #SophiaStelMelbourne #SophiaStelSydney
https://www.europesays.com/australia/79509/

Album Review: Meanjin/Brisbane’s Ancient Channels electrify the darkness with the barbed-wire dream pop of ‘Static Spirit’

Ultimately, ‘Static Spirit’ feels like standing outside during an electrical storm: exhilarating, ominous and charged with the knowledge…
#Australia #Brisbane #AncientChannels #backseatdownunder #dreampop #FalsePeakrecords #goth #Indie #meanjin #news #pop #shoegaze
https://www.europesays.com/australia/78144/

News: Surprise Chef announce fifth album ‘Frogs In A Pond’ and Australian shows https://www.diningandcooking.com/chefs/3484/ #BackseatDownunder #Chef #FrogsInAPond #LegDay #news #SurpriseChef #SurpriseChefAustralianTour #SurpriseChefNewAlbum #track

News: Surprise Chef announce fifth album ‘Frogs In A Pond’ and Australian shows https://www.diningandcooking.com/chefs/3484/ #BackseatDownunder #Chef #FrogsInAPond #LegDay #news #SurpriseChef #SurpriseChefAustralianTour #SurpriseChefNewAlbum #track

News: Surprise Chef announce fifth album ‘Frogs In A Pond’ and Australian shows https://www.diningandcooking.com/chefs/3484/ #BackseatDownunder #Chef #FrogsInAPond #LegDay #news #SurpriseChef #SurpriseChefAustralianTour #SurpriseChefNewAlbum #track

News: Dijon Announces Australian Headline Debut at Sydney Opera House

Dijon will make his Australian headline debut this December, with the US singer-songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist set to…
#Australia #Sydney #backseatdownunder #Dijon #DijonAustralia #DijonAustraliandebut #DijonAustralianshow2026 #DijonBaby #DijonConcertHall #DijonDuenas #DijonSydney #DijonSydneyOperaHouse #news #SydneyOperaHouseconcerts
https://www.europesays.com/australia/75996/

Premiere: Brisbane’s Dopamine have ‘No Words’ for the bland new world in their incendiary new single.

There is something reassuring about a band getting increasingly pissed off as they get better. Brisbane’s Dopamine have…
#Australia #Brisbane #backseatdownunder #backseatmafia #Dopamine #Indie #meanjin #NewMusic #news #pop #premiere #track
https://www.europesays.com/australia/75914/

Track: Ricky Neil Jr. Finds The Groove On New Single ‘HEARTBREAKER’

Ricky Neil Jr. has built a reputation as one of Australia’s most engaging live performers, and his latest single…
#NewsBeep #News #Technology #AU #Australia #backseatdownunder #indietracks #track #Video
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/860419/

Track: Ricky Neil Jr. Finds The Groove On New Single ‘HEARTBREAKER’

Ricky Neil Jr. has built a reputation as one of Australia’s most engaging live performers, and his latest single…
#NewsBeep #News #Technology #AU #Australia #backseatdownunder #indietracks #track #Video
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/860419/

News: Ashnikko Adds Robert Baxter to 2026 Australian and New Zealand Tour https://www.byteseu.com/2288034/ #Ashnikko #AshnikkoAustralianTour2026 #AshnikkoSmoochiesTour #BackseatDownunder #NewZealand #News #RobertBaxter #RobertBaxterAshnikko

News: Portugal. The Man announce Australian tour for October 2026

Portugal. The Man are heading back to Australia this October, with the Alaskan rock outfit locking in headline…
#Portugal #PT #Europe #Europa #EU #backseatdownunder #News #noticias #portugal #PortugalTheMan #Portugal.TheManAustralia #Portugal.TheManAustraliantour2026 #Portugal.TheManSHISH #Portugal.TheManTheDenaliTour
https://www.europesays.com/3198415/

News: Kierrr lets a Japanese summer unravel on new single ‘Frail = “me”’

Japanese independent artist Kierrr has shared their second single ‘Frail = “me”’, (Mix / Mastering: Kensei Ogataa) a…
#EuropeSays #Japan #JP #backseatdownunder #indietracks #Japanese #Japanesedreampop #Japaneseindiemusic #Japaneseshoegaze #Kierrr #KierrrFrail=me #news #track #Video
https://www.europesays.com/japan/72709/

News: Japanese cult favourites Mass Of The Fermenting Dregs are finally coming to Australia

Japanese alternative rock trio Mass Of The Fermenting Dregs are finally heading to Australia, announcing their first-ever tour…
#EuropeSays #Japan #JP #backseatdownunder #Japanese #Japanesealternativerock #MassOfTheFermentingDregs #MassOfTheFermentingDregsAustralia2027 #MassOfTheFermentingDregsAustraliantour #MassOfTheFermentingDregsIwaou #news #Psych
https://www.europesays.com/japan/72515/

News: Nadia Reid returns to Australia for Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and regional shows

Nadia Reid is returning to Australia this December for her most extensive tour of the country to date,…
#Australia #Melbourne #backseatdownunder #Indie #NadiaReid #NadiaReidAustralia2026 #NadiaReidAustraliantour #NadiaReidDecembertour #NadiaReidLivewithStrings #news
https://www.europesays.com/australia/68754/

Live Gallery: Gang of Youths Come Home For Their Sydney Opera House Debut 8.08.2026

There is something fitting about Gang of Youths arriving at the Sydney Opera House by way of Thirroul.…
#Australia #Sydney #AngelinRealtime #backseatdownunder #DavidLe'aupepe #GangofYouths #GangofYouthsAustralia #GangofYouthsLive #GangofYouthsSydney #GangofYouthsSydneyOperaHouse #GoFartherinLightness #Indie #sydneylivemusic #SydneyOperaHouseConcertHall
https://www.europesays.com/australia/67786/

News: The Darts Join The Damned For Brisbane And Melbourne Australian Shows

US garage-rock quartet The Darts have been announced as special guests for two dates on The Damned’s upcoming…
#Australia #Brisbane #Australianpunkconcerts #backseatdownunder #HalloweenLoveSongs #news #NicoleLaurenne #TheDamned #TheDamnedAustralia #TheDamnedAustraliantour #TheDarts #TheDartsAustralia #TheDartsBrisbane #TheDartsMelbourne
https://www.europesays.com/australia/67544/

News: The New Christs Join The Damned’s Final Damnation Tour In Melbourne

More than four decades after emerging from the shadow of Radio Birdman, The New Christs remain one of Australia’s most enduring…
#Australia #Melbourne #backseatdownunder #FinalDamnationTour #news #RobYounger #TheDamned #TheForumMelbourne #TheNewChrists
https://www.europesays.com/australia/66944/

News: Grace Turbo Releases Yes, And And Celebrates With Sydney Launch Show

After months of carefully revealing its emotional contours through a trio of singles, Grace Turbo has officially released her second…
#Australia #Sydney #Australianindiepop #backseatdownunder #bleedagain #GraceTurbo #GraceTurboSydney #Indie #news #track #YesAndalbum
https://www.europesays.com/australia/66684/

Track: Garden Eyes Explore Distance And Desire On New Single ‘Blur’ https://www.allforgardening.com/1918462/track-garden-eyes-explore-distance-and-desire-on-new-single-blur/ #BackseatDownunder #blur #BrisbaneAlternativeRock #EmoRock #garden #GardenEyes #JacksonDeasy #news #Track #video

Track: Garden Eyes Explore Distance And Desire On New Single ‘Blur’ https://www.allforgardening.com/1918462/track-garden-eyes-explore-distance-and-desire-on-new-single-blur/ #BackseatDownunder #blur #BrisbaneAlternativeRock #EmoRock #garden #GardenEyes #JacksonDeasy #news #Track #video

News: ONES TO WATCH Returns To Melbourne With A Fresh Wave Of Australian Talent

For more than two decades globally, Live Nation’s ONES TO WATCH has built its reputation on identifying tomorrow’s headline acts…
#Australia #Melbourne #backseatdownunder #Gazal #LaraBuchanan #MilesNautu #news #OnesToWatch
https://www.europesays.com/australia/64817/

Live Gallery: Wage War, Orthodox And Heavensgate Took Over Melbourne’s Forum Theatre 2.08.2026

The Forum Melbourne became a meeting point for modern metalcore as Wage War arrived in the city on their It Calls Me By…
#Australia #Melbourne #backseatdownunder #ForumTheatreMelbourne #HeavensgateAustralia #ItCallsMeByNametour #MelbourneLiveMusic #metalcorelive #news #Orthodoxband #rock/metal #WageWarAustralia #WageWarForumMelbourne #WageWarlivegallery #WageWarMelbourne
https://www.europesays.com/australia/64203/

Premiere: ‘I Kinda Love You’ – Boorloo/Perth band Salt Museum exclusively deliver an extraordinary shimmering debut.

Some songs are about certainty. This one isn’t. Perth five-piece Salt Museum have built their debut single around…
#Australia #Perth #backseatdownunder #boorloo #debut #dreampop #Indie #news #pop #SaltMuseum #shoegaze #video
https://www.europesays.com/australia/61153/

Premiere: Naarm/Melbourne-based artist SRU confronts self-abandonment on new single ‘be ur girl’

There’s a particular kind of song that doesn’t announce its darkness — it just lets you sit in…
#Australia #Melbourne #backseatdownunder #backseatmafia #Indie #Naarm #news #pop #premiere #SRU #track #video
https://www.europesays.com/australia/61127/

News: TEEKS Returns To Sydney Opera House To Debut New Music Live

Four years after leaving Sydney audiences spellbound at Vivid LIVE, acclaimed Māori singer-songwriter TEEKS is set to return…
#Australia #Sydney #backseatdownunder #MāoriR&B #news #SydneyOperaHouse #SydneyOperaHouseconcerts #Teeks #TEEKSConcertHall #TEEKSSydney2026 #TEEKSSydneyOperaHouse
https://www.europesays.com/australia/58879/

Live Gallery: Vacations Bring Their Global Dream-Pop Success Home To Sydney’s Metro Theatre 18.07.2026

On a cold Sydney night, a queue snakes down George Street long before the doors of the Metro…
#Australia #Sydney #AnnieHamilton #Australianindiemusic #backseatdownunder #CampbellBurns #GalMusette #Indie #MetroTheatreSydney #pop #PursuitofAnything #Sydneylivereview #Vacations #VacationsLive #VacationsLiveReview #VacationsReview #VacationsSydney
https://www.europesays.com/australia/53458/

News: AFROSOUL Brings Afrobeats Heavyweights To Brisbane For 2026 Festival

AFROSOUL is crossing the Tasman for the first time. After launching in New Zealand last year with Burna…
#Australia #Brisbane #AFROSOULFestival #backseatdownunder #FireboyDML #Jabbawockeez #JessB #Juls #Kranium #news #OmahLay #StefflonDon #timbaland
https://www.europesays.com/australia/52140/

News: Cassian Announces Special Open-Air Sydney And Melbourne Shows

Australian electronic heavyweight Cassian is set to return home this spring for two special open-air headline shows, bringing…
#Australia #Sydney #backseatdownunder #Cassian #CassianAustraliatour #edm #MelodicHouse #news #NilsHoffmann
https://www.europesays.com/australia/29000/