Arun Kendall, Author at Backseat Mafia

Album Review: Sydney’s Darren Cross (Gerling) creates a little ‘DISTORDER’: a splendid electronic fugue for our dystopian times

Darren Cross is a pillar of the inner city indie scene in Australia: one of those hyperactive artists who never stands still. In the nineties he was in Gerling –…

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Premiere: Aphra unveils an effervescent and buoyant track ‘Tide In Tide Out’ in advance of EP ‘Sticky Toffee Pudding’

We are very pleased to premiere the new track ‘Tide In Tide Out’ from Aphra. ‘Tide In Tide Out’ is a bright and effervescent track that has a folkish tinge…

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See: Brisbane’s Fingerless release an all consuming video for the psychedelic and brilliant track ‘Leaf of Stone’

Featuring a coterie of their Brisbane friends, Fingerless have just released an all consuming video for the track ‘Leaf of Stone’, premiered by us last month. And consumption is certainly…

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Track: New Zealand’s Isla Noon releases a piece of yearningly smooth pop with single ‘Talk About Us’.

New Zealander Isla Noon‘s single ‘Talk About Us’ is as perfect as a pop song can be – luscious layers of smooth music and a melody that enamps inside the…

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Track: Sydney’s Imperial Broads jangle their way in ‘Control’ with a studied assurance and swagger.

Sydney’s Imperial Broads, on the strength of their new single ‘Control’, are a perfect amalgam of day-glo bubble gum pop and cutting, excoriating gritty indie rock with shabby leather jackets.…

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Track: Melbourne electronic artist Dull Reality sparks ups the voltage with ‘Daffodil’, the title track to the newly announced debut EP.

With earphones on, ‘Daffodil’ from Melburnian Dull Reality – the solo work of Ben Shields – positively bubbles and snaps from one side of your head to the other –…

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Track: Polymath Geoffrey O’Connor reveals another sumptuous dreamy feast with the enigmatic single ‘What A Scene (featuring Sui Zhen)

Singer/songwriter/producer Geoffrey O’Connor set my radar beeping with his release last month ‘For As Long As I Remember’, the reflective and delicate track featuring the dulcet vocals of Jonnine from the…

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Track: Toby Martin (Youth Group) unveils new haunting anthem ‘Linthwaite Houdini’ with hints of Yorkshire brass, and announces new solo album ‘I Felt The Valley Lifting’

Toby Martin is the enigmatic frontman for Sydney’s iconic Youth Group (whose last album ‘Australian Halloween’ was considered by me to be a highlight release of 2019), and he has…

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Track: Melbourne’s Grazer unveil the dreamy atmospheric double ‘A’ side single ‘Without You’/’Visions’ and announce signing to US label Cascine

Melbourne duo Grazer have released the atmospheric double ‘A’ side single ‘Without You’ and ‘Visions’: both dreamy willowy pieces that positively float and shimmer like a distant mirage in a…

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Track: The new psychedelic and sparkling single ‘Floating In Air’ from Monet’s Pond indicates Brisbane’s musical hot spot continues to flourish.

Monet’s Pond – essentially the work of Brigette Lawrence – is adding to the flourishing and verdant music scene in Brisbane, and her new single ‘Floating in Air’ does just…

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