Arun Kendall, Author at Backseat Mafia

Album Review: ‘Dave Graney & Clare Moore in a mistLY’ reverberates with a delightful, playful sense of a drunken fin de siecle wake.

There is a clattering, chaotic stately grace about the songs created by the legendary duo Dave Graney and Clare Moore: born in a rock’n’roll cradle of unadorned guitars and pattering…

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Track: Hatchie takes a ‘Nosedive’ into a darker, frenetic world as new US and Australian tour dates are announced.

Brisbane’s Harriette Pilbeam – as Hatchie – has just unveiled a new, darker slice of shoegaze dream pop in new track ‘Nosedive’, in the midst of her US tour. Out…

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Track: Sand Brothers unveil a delicious serving of antipodean indie pop in ‘Adelaide’, ahead of new album ‘Too Much Sky’.

Sand Brothers have just released a jangling, sparkling slice of antipodean summer with their single ‘Adelaide’. Containing a genetic core that tips its cork-ringed Akubra hat at bands like The…

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EP Review: Wish unveil the jangling, atmospheric instrumental EP ‘Becoming’ and announces launch date.

I always say that the greatest challenge for instrumental music is to convey thoughts and feelings without words, and in the EP ‘Becoming’ by Naarm/Melbourne outfit Wish, they have done…

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Premiere: Rodney Cromwell unveils the aquatic, effervescent single ‘The Winter Palace’ along with b-side ‘Rod, Jane and Freddy’.

We are very pleased to premiere the electric new single ‘The Winter Palace’ from Rodney Cromwell, the nom de guerre of musician Adam Cresswell, backed by the instrumental ‘Rod, Jane…

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News: Liverpudlian giants China Crisis announces first ever tour of Australia.

Legendary Liverpudlians China Crisis are celebrating 40 years together with an Australian tour in December 2022. China Crisis is a prime example of a band that is able to mix…

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Track: Jet City Sports Club are ‘Feeling It All’: a sprightly, jaunty, bliss bomb slice of pop.

Sydney’s Jet City Sports Club have emanated radiant waves of jangle pop indie joy through their past releases, and in their new single ‘Feeling It All’ they have shrugged off…

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News: Gena Rose Bruce announces new album and unveils the title track ‘Deep Is The Way’, a simmering and beautiful new collaboration with Bill Callahan

The brilliant Gena Rose Bruce has followed up September’s single ‘Foolishly in Love’ with another Bill Callahan (SMOG) collaboration, the beautiful track ‘Deep Is The Way’. This time Callahan not…

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Premiere: We get early access to the brilliant Verticoli’s thunderous new album ‘The Echo’, ahead of Australian tour news.

nipaluna/Hobart’s post punk powerhouse Verticoli have provided Backseat Mafia with an exclusive listen to their new album, ‘The Echo’, and it is a gorgeous, cathartic cataclysm of sound and fury.…

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Album Review: Troubadour extraordinaire Jo Meares releases the atmospheric classic ‘Dream Hotel’ and announces launch date.

Over the last year, Sydney troubadour extraordinaire Jo Meares has been releasing the most mesmerising and dynamic series of singles with producer Anth Dymke: each one a sparkling enigmatic jewel,…

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