Arun Kendall, Author at Backseat Mafia

Track: Tourists release another shimmering single ‘Another State’ and announce news of album

‘Another State’ is the new dreamy and hypnotic single from the very exciting Tourists, and accompanies news of the release of the eponymously titled debut album due out on 20…

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Album Review: The Finalists release their warm and enveloping debut album First

Sydney supergroup The Finalists have just released their debut album ‘First’ and it is a delight. Nine tracks that feature the most jangling and sparkling of guitars – six strings,…

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Premiere: Dumb Whales release chiming indie pop single ‘The Great Divide’

We are honoured to premiere the new single ‘The Great Divide’ from Melbourne-based indie band Dumb Whales. It’s an absolute thumping track: chiming, razor-sharp guitars carve their way over a…

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Premiere: Simon Robert Gibson releases video for Three Months and announces debut album

Roaming troubadour Simon Robert Gibson is a pillar of the music scene in Sydney, having played in a number of local bands such as the legendary Disneyfist and The Aerial…

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EP: Ups and Downs – …Another Country

Brisbane band Ups and Downs were an indelible part of the paisley revolution in Australia in the eighties – drifting in the slipstream of The Church but along with bands…

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Track: Sydney band Erthlings release the sublime, dreamy, fuzzy single Irrational

There is an ambient fuzz and, antithetically, a gorgeous delicacy to the new single ‘Irrational’ by Sydney band Erthlings. This is a dreamy and heavenly track that is imbued with…

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Album Review: Loma – Don’t Shy Away

“Don’t Shy Away’, the new album from Loma, is a joy: luminescent and glowing throughout with a multi-layered instrumental complexity and yet a simplicity and elegance to the songs that…

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Track: The Nagging Doubts release double single Berlin/Marine ahead of EP release

Sydney band The Nagging Doubts are developing quite a reputation fresh out of high school – they have worked with Nic Dalton from the iconic Half a Cow Records and…

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Track: Eilish Gilligan – Flesh

I’m in complete awe of those people who have managed to use the period of COVID isolation to up their game in terms of creativity and output, and Eilish Gilligan,…

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Premiere: Pat Jaffe releases gorgeous video for title track ‘Eldorado’ off his debut classical album.

We are delighted to be given the opportunity to premiere the video for the title track of Australian pianist/composer Pat Jaffe‘s debut album ‘Eldorado’. Unusually for us, this is a…

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