Arun Kendall, Author at Backseat Mafia

Track: Anth Dymke hopes for ‘Better Days’: a magnificent track featuring the silken voice of Clara Mallia Higgins.

Following up the release of the single ‘Carol‘, songwriter and producer Anth Dymke (Pony Face) has swiftly followed up with the gorgeous delicate track ‘Better Days’. Cementing his position as…

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Album Review: Dead Miranda unleash the anarchic and thoroughly satisfying ‘Anima Pod’: a brutal sonic assault with a soft heart.

Anarchic sonic terrorists from Ital, Dead Miranda, have unleashed their debut album ‘Anima Pod’ on the world and it is a battering ram of deliciously dark noise that puts in…

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Album Review: R.J. Andrew (Underground Lovers) takes us on an epic, cinematic journey through ‘Black River’.

A well recognised character providing a steady and yet impossibly wild percussive spine to the legendary Undergound Lovers, R.J. Andrew has just unveiled his epic solo album ‘Black River’: a…

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Premiere: Troubadour Mark Moldre’s ‘Every Waking Hour’ is a sparkling gem filled with a poignancy and stature, released ahead of new album ‘Nambucca Fables’.

We are very honoured to premiere the new single ‘Every Waking Hour’ from Australian troubadour extraordinaire Mark Moldre, ahead of the release of his new album ‘Nambucca Fables’ due out…

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News: The Church Announce Australian tour as new album ‘The Hypnogogue’ is released

On the release of their 26th album ‘The Hypnogogue’ (see my review here), Australian institution The Church have just announced an Australian tour, taking place after the band returns from…

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Album Review: Karen Vogt (Heligoland) unveils the atmospheric, elegiac fugue of ‘Losing The Sea’.

Karen Vogt, the Australian musician and producer based in Paris and part of the dream pop giants Heligoland, has just unveiled her new mini album ‘Losing The Sea’: an atmospheric…

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Premiere: Melbourne trio Badinage sweep through the air with a delicious frisson in instrumental single ‘Surfin” released ahead of EP ‘Meander’ and launch date.

We are frozen with joy at being able to bring you an exclusive appraisal of the new single from post rock instrumental ensemble Badinage, out of the cultural petri dish…

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Track: Sand Brothers ride back into town with the sparkling, expansive ‘The Usual Things’ in their swag bag.

Following up last year’s track ‘Adelaide’, antipodean jingle jangle exponents Sand Brothers are back with ‘The Usual Things’. Burnished with a Hammond organ filigree, this is an expansive cinematic track…

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News: Stephen Cummings (The Sports) announces new album ‘100 Years From Now’ and preview gigs.

Stephen Cummings from the legendary The Sports (and years of subsequent solo work) has just announced a new album to be released by the magnificent Cheersquad Records & Tapes, entitled…

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Track: The Rookies blast out a little cool jazz ‘On The Shoulders of Giants’ along with new album details.

Following up on last month’s ‘Dry Bones’, Melbourne jazz ensemble The Rookies are back with the laid back blissful jazz of ‘On The Shoulders Of Giants’. A smooth bedrock of…

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