Arun Kendall, Author at Backseat Mafia

Feature: Tim Wheatley – Lying Low plus Australian Playlist

Tim Wheatley is an Australian expatriate living in London who has just released a fantastic new single – ‘Lying Low’ – with incredibly prescient themes of isolation. Like many Australian…

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Track: Idles – Grounds, plus album news

The brutal and eminently vital IDLES have just released a video for a new song – ‘Grounds’ – and announced details of the release of their third album – ‘Ultra…

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EP: Jade Imagine – You Remind Me of Something I Lost

Melbourne’s Jade Imagine continue to forge a cool and eclectic path with the release of their new EP ‘You Remind Me of Something I Lost’. Sitting somewhere between shoegaze/dream pop…

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Music

Track: The Ghost of Helags – Chemistry

Ghosts of Helag have released an absolutely gorgeous slice of sweet synth pop in their new track ‘Chemistry’. Layers of bubbling synth stream under melancholic, mesmerising vocals, evoking a sense…

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See: Fontaines D.C. – I Don’t Belong

Dublin’s Fontaines D.C. have released a bleak and beautiful video for the opening track ‘I Don’t Belong to Anyone’, from their highly anticipated album ‘A Heroes Death’, due out on…

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Track: Kite – Teenage Bliss

With an insistent, driving beat and a cinematic wall of synths, ‘Teenage Bliss’ is a blistering release from Swedish duo Kite. Reminiscent of bands like New Order and Pet Shop…

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Track: Thrillhouse – Ready When You Are

Proving themselves to be a fascinating and very exciting new band, Brighton’s Thrillhouse have followed up their brilliant single ‘Lesser’ with a brand new single ‘Ready When You Are’, a…

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Album Review: Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Sideways to the New Italy

With ‘Sideways to the New Italy’, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever (RBCF) have clearly announced their presence as one of the most accomplished and uniquely Australian indie bands around. And, in…

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See: Mermaidens – Bastards

New Zealand’s fabulous Mermaidens have just release a video for the song ‘Bastards’ off their album ‘Look Me In The Eye’, out now through Flying Nun Records. ‘Bastards’ is a…

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Track: Hatchie/The Pains of Being Pure At Heart – Sometimes Always (Cover)

When you have Australia’s Queen of shoegaze/dream pop Hatchie joining with US indie pop darlings The Pains of Being Pure at Heart in a cover of The Jesus and Mary…

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