Arun Kendall, Author at Backseat Mafia

Track: Thailand’s My Life As Ali Thomas release anthemic indie thumper ‘Rinn’

Thai band My Life As Ali Thomas have just released an epic track ‘Rinn’ which has a thumping, abrasive attack that recalls bands like Garbage or more recently New Zealand’s…

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Track: Dominic Breen’s honey-gold vocals adorn the beautiful, shimmering track ‘James Street Tonight’

‘James Street Tonight’ by Sydney musician Dominic Breen is an absolutely exquisite delight, draped in chiming guitars and melancholia and lifted skywards by Breen’s gorgeous vocals. This immediately takes its…

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Album Review: Jessica’s ‘The Space Between’ is an immersive masterpiece of haunting dream pop

Backseat Mafia had the pleasure of premiering the track ‘Silence’ from Sydney artist Jessica last week which lead inexorably to listening to the source album ‘The Space Between’. And what…

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News: New Zealand’s Merk announces new album and releases gorgeous, yearning single Laps Around the Sun

Merk’s new single ‘Laps Around the Sun’ is a gorgeous reflective piece, infused with a sense of yearning and constructed around a deceptively simple synth-based framework. Merk is the work…

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Track: By George unveil the effervescent and infectious single ‘Relax’

By George hail from North Carolina and their new single ‘Relax’ is a delightfully effervescent track – a melody with more hooks than a fishing competition, layered harmonies and buzz-saw…

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Track: An Early Bird unveils the hauntingly beautiful single Fishes in the Ocean

Stefano Di Stefano is Italian outfit An Early Bird – and an artist Backseat Mafia has been following closely ever since we sprang into production way back in 2013. Stefano…

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News: Nick Cave and Warren Ellis release new album called ‘CARNAGE’

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis (collaborator in Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and in Dirty Three) have surprised everyone by the sudden release of an album entitled ‘Carnage’. The…

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Album Review: Flyying Colours’ new album ‘Fantasy Country’ is a smashing and cathartic dose of shoegaze sparkle

The anthemic and statuesque ‘Goodtimes’ kicks opens the doors of the new and blistering album ‘Fantasy Country’ by Melbourne band Flyying Colours. And what you get at the beginning is…

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See: Heligoland release an arctic chill with gorgeous new video for ‘Hera’ off album ‘This Quiet Fire’

The track ‘Hera’ perfectly encapsulates the overall shimmering beauty of Heligoland‘s album ‘This Quiet Fire’ (reviewed by me recently), and the band has released an enchanting video that is the…

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Premiere: Local Authority, Brisbane’s shoegaze/dream pop trio, release evocative and psychedelic video for the blistering single ‘Forever, For Now’

Backseat Mafia is very pleased to premiere the video for the new single by Brisbane’s dream pop/shoegaze specialists, Local Authority. I have championed this band for a while on these…

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