Arun Kendall, Author at Backseat Mafia

Track: The fabulous Mako Bron makes a spectacular return with ‘Hit The Road’: a poignant and yet buoyant pop wonder.

Mako Bron hit us with the pop masterpiece of the EP ‘cloudbites‘ late last year, a release so profound and inspiring we gave it a 9.2 out of 10, making…

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EP: Salarymen bring a ray of heady sunshine with their ‘Head In The Sand’.

Salarymen have perfected a luminescent sixties-infected pop sunshine buzz in their songs, which have been collected in a dazzling array in their new EP ‘Head In The Sand’. Opening track…

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Album Review: Tanya-Lee Davies is in ‘Dreamland’: a wonderful realm of slow burning vignettes that simmer with a melodic intensity.

The music of Melbourne’s Tanya-Lee Davies has a sixties beehive velvet blush about it – a sort of Dusty Springfield/Nancy Sinatra slow waltz to something powered by Burt Bacharach or…

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Premiere: Melbourne’s Blackbirds FC unveil the shimmering atmospheric ‘Magiclands’, title track for their new album, ahead of gig news.

We are honoured to premiere the new single from the brilliant Blackbirds FC, which is the title track for their upcoming album ‘Magiclands’, due out on 18 November 2022. The…

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Album Review: Garry Gray (Sacred Cowboys) and Ed Clayton-Jones (The Wreckery) combine forces to create ‘We Mainline Dreamers’: an epic journey soaked in delicious excess

With roots in some of Melbourne’s most iconic bands in the past (Sacred Cowboys and The Wreckery), the meeting of Garry Gray and Ed Clayton-Jones can only result in something…

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Track: Perth-based Klaude unveils ‘LMK’ – a dark, sinister slice of grooving synth pop.

‘LMK’ is the enigmatic single from Perth-based duo Klaude and it is a dark, foreboding track that nonetheless sparkles with an understated pop sensibility. The deep fuzzy synth bass creates…

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See: Jo Meares releases visually arresting video for the sublime track ‘Faster Than A First Kiss’

I wrote that Jo Meares’s track ‘Faster Than A First Kiss’ (with musical production by Anth Dymke) catches that sense of ephemeral, fleeting beauty, the transience of our very existence…

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Track: Naarm/Melbourne trio Summer Flake wonder who the ‘Stranger’ in the mirror is – an easy slow burning track with a delicate pop sensibility.

‘Stranger’ is a slow burning fuse of a song that floats in the ether with a gorgeous slide guitar motif and layers of glorious harmonies. Summer Flake have that laid…

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Premiere: The irrepressible Charlie Needs Braces bounces back with new track ‘Yanoo’ and news of debut album and launch dates.

Charlie Needs Braces has a very fresh, effervescent and quite unique sound and we are ever so delighted to premiere her new track ‘Yanoo’, due out on Thursday, 27 October…

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Premiere: The luminous Lunar Twin unveil sublime video for the visceral and exciting track ‘Beyond The Sun’, ahead of new album release.

We are very pleased to be able to premiere the new video for the song ‘Beyond The Sun’ from the US electro-goth outfit Lunar Twin. It’s been an eventful two…

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