Arun Kendall, Author at Backseat Mafia

Track: Man’s Body’s low-fi burner The Natural Host is a melodic delight

Greg Franco is a busy man. He is a central pillar in Rough Church – a band whose album ‘Emergency Breakthrough’ we enthusiastically reviewed recently, and is aso a key…

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Track: The Bamboos effortlessly reinvent ‘Ride on Time’ with an organic, funky analogue style

I remember feeling deeply uncomfortable in the late eighties when I first heard Black Box’s ‘Ride on Time’. There I was, covered in black and an attitude, wearing Docs and…

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Album review: Alberteen’s sparkling analogue voyage of discovery ‘Lowenva’ is a refreshing beacon of light.

In ‘Lowenva’, Alberteen have created a mesmerising, organic album that crinkles with visceral instruments – melodic crunchy bass, pounding percussion, rumbling guitars, riffing horns and deep laconic cool vocals. It…

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News: Nic Dalton reissues brilliant and vibrant solo album Romolo for the first time in limited edition vinyl

There was a while when the capital of Australia – Canberra of course – punched way above its weight in terms of music – legendary bands like The Church, The…

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Album Review: Kilbey/Kennedy release the spectacular album Jupiter 13 – a sci-fi journey cloaked in a psychedelic indie shimmer.

If there was any doubt about the ability of The Church’s Steve Kilbey to eat, sleep and dream brilliant music without limit, this new album with long time collaborator Martin…

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Album Review: ‘Save Our Hearts’ – superb jangling indie debut from Madisyn Whajne

Madisyn Whajne (pronounced Wayne) is a member of the Whitefish River First Nation (Manitoulin District of Ontario) and her debut album ‘Save Our Hearts’ is a scintillating slice of pop…

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Album review – Seasurfer’s Zombies is an electrifying dream pop blast in a gothic cloak

Hamburg duo Seasurfer have released an extraordinary double album called ‘Zombies’, packed full of stupendous anthemic dream pop songs that are differentiated from the pack by an electronic spine and…

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Meet: We put dream pop maestros Heligoland under the microscope and review their shimmering new album This Quiet Fire

Heligoland began life in Melbourne before adventurously packing up and moving to Paris, where they have produced a series of stunning albums and EPs with the production skills of Cocteau…

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Album review: MOAT’s new album Poison Stream is a glorious collection of hybrid indie/folk vignettes that shimmer and shine.

MOAT is a fascinating collaboration between Marty Willson-Piper, founding and former member of iconic Australian band The Church and member of goth band All About Eve, and composer and multi-instrumentalist Niko Röhlcke…

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Track: Thrillhouse release another dazzling piece of funky indie brilliance in the track ‘Flawed Design’

Brighton’s most enigmatic and, in my humble opinion, underrated band, Thrillhouse have launched the new year with another superb single – ‘Flawed Design’. Over the past few years, Thrillhouse have…

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