Arun Kendall, Author at Backseat Mafia

EP Review: Moscow Apartment – Better Daughter

The delicate fragility of the music and the achingly beautiful melodies that permeate ‘Better Daughter’ by Toronto duo Moscow Apartment plays a fundamental part in why this EP is so…

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Track: Phantom Isle – MAR V

The new single from London-based band Phantom Isle, is pure explosive medication guaranteed to sort out those isolation blues. ‘MAR V’ opens up with an eighties euro-disco stomp with the…

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Track: The Agency… – Defender

Leaving three dots at the end of a sentence (…) implies something that will continue ad infinitum, something that is yet to be completed, there is more to come or…

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EP Review: Rex – Rex

The filthy, dirty, squawling guitars in ‘Punk por Buleria’, the closing track to Dutch band Rex‘s eponymous EP, epitomises why this band is so special and rare. ‘Rex’ (the EP)…

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Track: Even As We Speak – Unknown

Even As We Speak are of the most successful Australian musical exports in the late eighties, early nineties – catching the attention of the legendary John Peel and signing to…

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Premiere: Jo Meares – The Dirty Game of Art

Here at Backseat Mafia we are very proud to premiere the brilliant new track ‘The Dirty Art of Game’ from Sydney artist Jo Meares. This is a stunning and mesmerising…

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Premiere: Beezewax – Mom and Dad

Beezewax have been pillars of the Norwegian indie scene for over a decade, fading in and out of the scene, as bands do from time to time, but providing consistently…

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Track: Fontaines D.C. -Televised Mind plus tour news

The mighty Fontaines D.C. are warming up to the release of their much anticipated second album ‘A Heroes Death’ on 31 July 2020 (through Partisan Records) with another tasty morsel:…

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Track: The Institutes – Heal In Time

In my mind, there is absolutely nothing like a classic indie anthem with sky-high choruses, a crescendo of shimmering guitars and a sense of confidence and bravado. The Institutes, in…

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Album Review: Kidsmoke – A Vision in the Dark

There is an ethereal majestic sheen that permeates the new album from Kidsmoke. It may well stem from the wild and beautiful landscapes of northern Wales, where the band comes…

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