Track: Eskobar – When Your Heroes Fall
There is no doubt that Sweden’s Eskobar have a genetic code that can be clinically traced back to the sounds of Manchester in the nineties – The Stone Roses, The…
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Arun Kendall
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Writer/ Senior Editor for Backseat Mafia (UK) and Backseat Downunder (Australia and New Zealand). Singer/guitarist/songwriter with Australian band The Hadron Colliders.
Track: Jónsi – Exhale
There is a heartbreakingly beautiful element to anything Iceland’s Jónsi (Jón Þór Birgisson) creates, whether it be through Sigur Rós or collaborations with partner Alex Somers. Jónsi has just released…
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Track: Fingerless – Sympathetic Love
You just don’t know where you are with Fingerless. One minute they are producing psychedelic shoegaze slacker rock with the odd Gregorian chant thrown in, the next thing they produce…
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News: DMA’s announce worldwide live stream of entire Brixton Academy Gig
In anticipation of their forthcoming album ‘The Glow’ and to compensate for the lack of live gigs to support this, DMA’s have just announced two live stream events of their…
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Video: Coalfalls – Coalfalls
We were highly impressed by Coalfalls‘s double instrumental single ‘Coalfalls/Stephenson Street’ recently and the band has doubled down with the release of a mesmerising video for the track Coalfalls. Recorded,…
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Premiere: Stina Stjern – Me and the Moth plus EP Review
It’s been two years since I reviewed Norway’s Stina Stjern‘s extraordinary album ‘Kap Herschell’ – describing it as an enigmatic, haunting masterpiece that seems to capture the Arctic chill of…
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Track: Empathy Test – Monsters
With a name influenced by Bladerunner, Empathy Test are already streets ahead in my eyes, but their new single ‘Monsters’ provides indelible proof that this is a remarkable band. Initially…
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Track: Squid Fishing – Elevator
Melbourne-based band with origins in Hobart, Squid Fishing, have released a new single ‘Elevator’ that perfectly captures a laconic antipodean attitude in a fresh and evocative tone. It’s part punk,…
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Track: Melenas – Primer Tiempo
‘Primer Tiempo’, the new single from Pamplona, Spain’s power pop garage band Melenas, is a panacea for our weird pandemic world. It is a synth-driven piece of pop perfection that…
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Track: Rex – Palaces
Amsterdam-based trio Rex have released an epic single ‘Palaces’ which has about it an exciting studied pose and swagger, and a video that captures this band’s cool presence. Singer Jonathan…
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