Arun Kendall, Author at Backseat Mafia

EP: Auckland’s Silk Cut shape out another elegant dream pop delight in new EP ‘panda’.

Last year’s ‘astronaut’, the debut EP from New Zealand’s enigmatic Silk Cut (reviewed by me here) was a hazy dreamy introduction to a band that has, amongst its constituent members,…

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News: Sydney legends The Clouds announce 30th Anniversary tour for Australian indie classic album ‘Penny Century’

In the late eighties early nineties, The Clouds were one of the most formobale indie bands in Australia with their fusion of thundering, jangling stop/start guitar sounds burnished with glorious…

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Premiere: Marty K & the Electric Hurricanes dynamically ‘Ride the Waves (ft Rosa Rico)’ in a rollicking soul-inflected anthem.

Marty K & the Electric Hurricanes have an unique ability to take a sonic snapshot of the seventies with a prog rock genetic code and deliver something cathartic and satisfying…

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Track: The magnificent Fontaines D.C. release the brooding title track to their new album ‘Skinty Fia’ due out in April, and announce new live dates.

‘Skinty Fia’ is an Irish phrase which translates to English as ‘the damnation of the deer’ which is used to display disappointment or annoyance – phrase which resonated with Fontaines D.C.‘s…

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EP: Grids/Units/Planes unveil the heady and mesmerising electronica of ‘Diverge And Coalesce’

The sounds of Brisbane project Grids/Units/Planes (GUP) are that of a cloudy, diffuse space that glitches and hums in a languorous rich texture: awe-inspiring and transfixing. I have always thought…

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Track: The Nagging Doubts tell you it’s a ‘Dirty Scene’ in their own inimitable fashion, with a scuzzy fuzzy melodic pop ramble.

Last year’s EP ‘Autocalm’ (reviewed by me here) was a brilliant introduction to the youthful exuberance of The Nagging Doubts, a band who have drawn on the rawness and street-wise…

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News: Enigmatic Sydney-based duo Nessick Berwick announce EP ‘Get There’ and unveil the title track as a tasty and insouciant aperitif

Sydney-based duo Nessick Berwick comprises of two musicians/producers with the most impressive and diverse CVs. Ian Nessick has spent many years in Australia as a maverick fashion retailer involving some…

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Premiere: Lewis Goldmark unveils the evocative and enigmatic video for the glorious single ‘Wild Night’.

We premiered the jangling pop perfection of Sydney crooner Lewis Goldmark‘s track ‘Wild Night’ back in November last year, and we are very pleased to unveil for you the new…

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Track: Sydney’s Bellwether may be ‘Halfway Happy’, but they’re creating a lot of good fun punky pop joy. Debut EP and live dates announced.

On the back of two already very impressive singles (‘Charade’ and ‘Shortsighted’), Sydney pop punksters Bellwether are again leading the field with their new single ‘Halfway Happy’. This is all…

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Premiere: From The Tiger’s Mouth, ‘Morning News’ is a broadcast of urgent positivity amongst the gloom.

Former Bengal Lancers member Harry Sullivan has made the most of the horrors of the past few years to create the From The Tiger’s Mouth project, and we are very…

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