Arun Kendall, Author at Backseat Mafia

See: Marveline releases surreal and psychedelic video for power pop track Our Parade

Marveline, the moniker of Sydney musical maestro Pete Marley, released a wondrous power pop track ‘Our Parade’ earlier this year, and he has just put out a surreal and psychedelic…

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Album Review: The Paper Kites’ ‘Roses’, featuring stunning collaborations with global female guest singers, is a delicate and beautiful album

The Australian folk/indie pop band The Paper Kites are musical icons and in ‘Roses’, their fifth album, they have crafted a breathtakingly beautiful album that has an indelible sheen and…

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Premiere: The Pretty Visitors release video for the epic, soaring single Western Skies

We are very honoured to premiere the new video for ‘Western Skies’, the single from the glorious The Pretty Visitors. The track itself launches with a thrilling wall of guitars…

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Track: Dead Can Dance members Lisa Gerrard and Jules Maxwell collaborate with producer James Chapman (MAPS) in exquisite new single ‘Noyalain (Burn)’ and announce new album

Australian duo Dead Can Dance (consisting of Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry) were an extraordinarily innovative band signed to the legendary 4AD label (becoming their highest selling artists), fusing medieval…

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EP: The Great Emu War Casualties release the dynamic and shimmering indie pop EP ‘Vanity Project’

Australian-based and evocatively-named The Great Emu War Casualties (TGEWC) have released the EP ‘Vanity Project’ – a dynamic, fresh and dazzling collection of effervescent shimmering tracks. There is an indefinable…

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Album Review: The Ghost of Helags unveil the shimmering and impressingly beautiful album ‘We Came From the Stars’

Here at Backseat Mafia HQ we have been following synth pop duo The Ghost of Helags for a while – covering a series of extraordinary beautiful dreamy singles and even…

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EP: Sydney’s Silky Roads lets slip a smooth and ultra cool EP ‘Granada’

What’s on the label is certainly in the box – Sydney-based band Silky Roads has just released an EP entitled ‘Granada’ and it is one silky smooth piece of cool.…

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News: The legendary Ed Kuepper (The Saints, The Aints, Laughing Clowns) announces ‘The Exploding Universe of Ed Kuepper’ – a glorious vinyl collection to celebrate 45 years as an artist

Ed Kuepper has been a spine in the body of Australian indie music ever since forming The Saints in 1973 – releasing what is often argued as the first ever…

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Track: Icelandic duo BSÍ release double singles – the dreamy ‘25Lue’ and the punky ‘Dónakallalagið’. Two very different sides of the same spinning coin

From what must be a contender for the album title of the year – ‘Sometimes depressed … but always antifascist’ – Icelandic duo BSÍ have released two fantastic singles that…

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Track: Allday’s new single ‘Void’ is an enigmatic, yearning anthem and comes with album and touring news.

Adelaide born but now Melbourne resident Allday (the moniker of Tom Gaynor) has gained a sizeable reputation as a rapper and songwriter over the recent years and you can see…

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