Arun Kendall, Author at Backseat Mafia

Album Review: Lisa Caruso release the highly impressive debut album ‘In Feelings’ and shares her favourite music.

The tracks on Lisa Caruso‘s new album ‘In Feelings’ provide a gloriously impassioned tableaux for emotion and pain: honestly expressed and rendered with a theatrical flourish and a hint of…

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Premiere: The Apartments – I Don’t Give a Fuck About You Anymore’

We are very honoured to premiere the new video from the legendary Australian band The Apartments for the track ‘I Don’t Give a Fuck About You Anymore’. Coming off their…

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Premiere: Apparitions give us an exclusive look at the video for their new single ‘The Sailor Orates’ (feat. Luke Henery)

Brisbane’s dynamic Apparitions are premiering their buzzing new single ‘The Sailor Orates’ here at Backseat Mafia. With a guest vocal from Luke Henery from one of Australia’s foremost post-punk bands,…

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Track: The Ghost of Helags – Night Summer Waiting

Berlin-based duo The Ghost of Helags are accruing a very fine catalogue of delectable indie pop tunes that marry a dream pop fugue over a melancholy melodic delivery. The new…

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Track: Phantom Isle – Whip

Phantom Isle cleaned out the cobwebs in my head with their single Marv V which was a blistering, rollocking track with the most explosive bass line heard this century. And…

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Premiere: The Double Happiness release single Oysters Can Dream and announce new album and launch gig

Brisbane’s The Double Happiness are premiering their delicious new single ‘Oysters Can Dream’ on Backseat Mafia today, and it is another fine example of the reverb-soaked dreamy soundscapes this band…

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Album Review: An Early Bird – Echoes of Unspoken Words

An Early Bird is essentially the work of Stefano Di Stefano – a quintessentially romantic troubadour from Naples and now based in Milan. Backseat Mafia has followed closely Di Stefano’s…

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Album Review: Wilding – The Death of Foley’s Mall

Wilding – the nom de plume of Justin Wilding Stokes – premiered the single ‘Swipe Right’ here on Backseat Mafia last month and it was quite a breath of fresh…

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See: The Finalists release video for ‘Ignore All The Hate (On Your Telephone)’

The simple, shimmering and reflective tone of the delightful single ‘Ignore All The Hate (On Your Telephone)’ from Sydney band The Finalists (premiered by Backseat Mafia last week) is now…

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Track: Pierce Brothers release single Dentist and announce news of European tour

The Pierce Brothers have a history of writing affecting and passionate indie/folk songs that somehow manage to capture an essence of Australiana: the remote outback, the desert sand and the…

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