Arun Kendall, Author at Backseat Mafia

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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Album Review: The Spitfires – Life Worth Living

In my formative years I was madly in love with what is termed as the second wave of ska – bands like The Specials, Madness and The Beat. There was…

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Track: Eskobar – Behind the Sun

Our favourite Swedish retro rockers Eskobar are back with another anthemic thundering single, ‘Behind the Sun’, off their forthcoming album ‘Chapter 2’. And what a jolly enjoyable cathartic piece of…

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Track: Tempesst – On the Run plus album news

‘On the Run’, the new single from Tempesst, is a very cool slice of indie psych, with singer Toma Banjanin’s voice a deep and sonorous delight and shimmering walls of…

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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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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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