Arun Kendall, Author at Backseat Mafia

Premiere: ‘Put The Message In The Box’ – Simon Robert Gibson gives World Party’s classic his own unique sparkle.

A cover is always more interesting if it brings something different to the original, and we are honoured to bring you an exclusive listen to troubadour extraordinaire Simon Robert Gibson‘s…

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Album Review: ‘Boss’ – No Bosses, No Rules, No Brakes – The Vors Deliver a Riotous Debut

There’s something gloriously unfashionable about ‘Boss’, the debut album from Sydney’s The Vors. At a time when so much guitar music seems trapped between algorithm-friendly restraint and self-conscious nostalgia, The…

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Album Review: ‘Totally Sick!!’ Kim Salmon’s Smoked Salmon provide a delicious, restorative fare for our consumption.

With a national tour on the cards and a series of fabulous singles to wet the appetite, Australia’s king of grunge and all round legend Kim Salmon and his merry…

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News: The Sisters of Mercy announce Australian tour

There are bands that tour. And then there are bands that arrive like weather systems — dark, slow-moving, impossible to ignore. For more than four decades, The Sisters of Mercy…

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Track: Introducing Louderstar, from the southern edge of the world, with their debut ethereal single ‘Flickering Lights’.

Newly formed trio Louderstar has coalesced in Launceston, Tasmania at the far edge of the world following songwriter and producer singer Fiora’s return from Berlin and Los Angeles. She has…

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News: Kim Salmon’s on the road with his Smoked Salmon, serving audiences across Australia. Totally sick!!

With a new album ‘Totally Sick’ on the way, Kim Salmon, international doyen and legend of the indie music scene, is packing up his his Smoked Salmon and taking his…

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Track: The legendary Crow unveil shimmering new single ‘Skyline’ following tragic passing of founder member Peter Archer.

The Australian indie scene has been mourning the death of Crow‘s founding member Peter Archer last week following news earlier this year that the band was back together and releasing…

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Premiere: New indie supergroup Marlophone exclusively unveil the fuzzy, shimmering debut single ‘I’m On Your Side’

With a membership that reads like a who’s who of the Australian independent music scene, new group Marlophone exclusively share their debit single ‘I’m On Your Side’ with Backseat Mafia,…

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Album Review: Things We Did on Earth – The Kilbey/Kennedy sonic spaceship alights in our universe, and they’re better than ever.

Over the years, writing about Steve Kilbey and Martin Kennedy has become a little like tracing constellations across different skies. Whether reviewing latter-day albums by The Church or previous Kilbey…

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Track: Aotearoa/New Zealand’s Ringlets release new single ‘Hard Evidence’ ahead of UK/European tour

Last year’s delightfully entitled ‘The Lord Is My German Shepherd (Time For Walkies)’ from the magnificent Ringlets (reviewed by me here) was followed by a few appearance across the ditch…

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