Arun Kendall, Author at Backseat Mafia

Track: Secret Machines – Talos’ Corpse, plus news of return with album ‘Awake in the Brain Chamber’

One of the most exciting bands of the 2000’s for me, Secret Machines, have released a new single ‘Talos’ Corpse’ and announced a new album after a long hiatus. ‘Talos’…

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Track: Bretton Lee John – Rock Show

Straight out of Calgary, Bretton Lee John’s deep sonorous vocals and wry sense of self-deprecatory humour immediately entice: there are elements of Jonathan Richmond, David Berman (Silver Jews) and a…

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Track: Johnny Hunter – Hollow Man

Sydney’s Johnny Hunter are quite a delight – drawing as they do on a long and creditable line of goth-tinged post punk music stretching from Joy Division through to Editors…

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Album Review: Key Out – Anthropomorphia

Key Out are proving to be one of the more exciting bands in Sydney – even the world – at the moment and this is never evident than in their…

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Track: Winter – Endless Space (Between You & I)

Winter is essentially the work of Samira Winter – a Brazilian native relocated to the US and now based in Echo Park. Her new single ‘Endless Space (Between You &…

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See: Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Cameo (Video)

Following the release of their impressive second album, ‘Sideways to the New Italy’ (reviewed by me here) , one of Australia’s greatest musical exports, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever (RBCF) have…

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Track: Song Sung – The Mind’s Eye

Hazy waves of reverb and chorus soak through the new song from twin sister duo Song Sung to create a dream pop epic that is quite mesmerising. There are Beach…

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See: A. Swayze and the Ghosts – Cancer, plus album news

Tasmanian stars A. Swayze and the Ghosts have highly impressed us earlier this year with their post punky single ‘Mess of Me‘ released in February. With a US tour unfortunately…

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Track: Moscow Apartment – New Girl

We were highly impressed by Moscow Apartment‘s single ‘Halfway‘ released last month and their new release, ‘New Girl’ is a clear indication of the songwriting strength and sustainability of this…

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