Arun Kendall, Author at Backseat Mafia

Track: UK’s Modern Error release the visceral and the raw ‘The Truest Blue’, and announce debut album

Like a love child from the loins of Nine Inch Nails and an abandoned industrial complex, raised by Depeche Mode and nurtured with pop, ‘The Truest Blue’ from Modern Error…

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Track: Bandicoot continue to entice with their new single ‘Life Death and Other Things’, and reveal news of debut album for 2022.

Proving themselves to be in my opinion one of the most dynamic and exciting bands around at the moment, Bandicoot‘s new single ‘Life death and Other Things’ takes them in…

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Track: The sparkling Jacob Fitzgerald returns with another shimmering pop delight ‘Lonely’ and announces new EP ‘Pretend I’m Cool’.

Jacob Fitzgerald‘s inherent ability to write perfectly formed pop songs that sparkle and shimmer is proven yet again with his new track ‘Lonely’. Pressing gently on the brakes after the…

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Premiere: The Aerial Maps (including members of seminal bands Crow, Disneyfist and The Hummingbirds) unveil video for the glorious track ‘We All Need to Know There’s Someone Out There in the Night’ ahead of surprise album release.

We are very honoured to premiere the first video off the surprise new album ‘Intimate Hinterland’ to be announced tomorrow by the Sydney indie supergroup The Aerial Maps and set…

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Album Review : Twofish release the cinematic and transfixing album ‘At Least A Hundred Fingers’: a dynamic sonic landscape that defies genre.

The album ‘At Least A Hundred Fingers’ by duo Twofish is an epic, cinematic musical journey that ebbs and flows with intensity and dynamism. Difficult to slot into any genre,…

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Album Review: Scott von Ryper (The Black Ryder, The Morning After Girls, JAMC) unveils shimmering debut album ‘Dream State Treasure’

Soaked in reverb and regret, ‘Dream State Treasure’, the solo album from Scott von Ryper is a shimmering debut from an Australian artist that has quietly established a remarkable reputation…

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Album Review: Melbourne artist Skybelly releases the stunning debut space opera ‘A Space Tramp Odyssey’: a cornucopia of sonic colours.

Skybelly (the nom de plume of Sara Nelson) has just released her stunning debut album, ‘A Space Tramp Odyssey’: a widely evocative and creative magnus opus which is a deep…

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News: Supergroup Springtime (Drones, Dirty Three, The Necks) announce release of self-titled debut album and video for the thundering track ‘Will To Power’

With Gareth Liddiard (The Drones, Tropical Fuck Storm), Jim White (Xylouris White, Dirty Three, PJ Harvey) and Chris Abrahams (The Necks) as members, the term supergroup is without exaggeration for…

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Album Review: The Institutes deliver a magnificent indie pop debut in ‘Colosseum’: an edifice of pure gold.

It’s hard not to resort to hyperbole when you come across a debut like ‘Colosseum’ from Coventry band The Institutes. You cannot help but hear in the DNA of this…

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See: Melbourne dream popsters Grazer unveil bucolic and pastoral video for the sparkling track ‘Reunion’.

Floating like a butterfly over verdant fields, ‘Reunion’, the new single from Melbourne dream pop duo Grazer, is a gloriously ethereal track that sparkles and shimmers like diamonds in the…

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