Arun Kendall, Author at Backseat Mafia

Interview: Matthew J Tow from The Lovetones plus album review Myriad

After a ten year hiatus, The Lovetones are back with their new album ‘Myriad’, and it’s like they never left. Singer, guitarist and songwriter Matthew J Tow has got the…

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Track: The Room in the Wood – Fun of the Fair

With a cool laconic delivery and some good old fashioned thundering guitars, Liverpool’s The Room in the Wood have delivered a ripe and satisfying single in the form of ‘Fun…

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Track: Dark Morph (Carl Michael von Hausswolff and Jónsi) – Dark Wave plus album news

Jón Þór Birgisson – better known simply as Jónsi – is a purveyor of impossibly beautiful sounds, whether with the phenomenal Sigur Rós or through his collaborations with Alex Somers…

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Track: Corridor: Grand Cheval plus tour news

We were highly impressed by Corridor‘s album ‘Junior’, released late last year and the band has just released a gorgeous video for the track ‘Grand Cheval’ off the album. ‘Grand…

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Track: Bakers Eddy – T-Shirt plus tour news

Bright sparkling power punk pop outfit Bakers Eddy have just released an energetic hyperactive single ‘T-Shirt’ on the eve of an extensive Australian tour. Originating from Wellington, New Zealand, the…

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Track: Requin – ‘Rules That Won’t Be Broken’

Brisbane has always had a reputation for producing quirky ground-breaking indie music – think of The Go-Betweens and The Saints for starters or contemporaries like The Goon Sax and Elder.…

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Track: Jekyll – The Escapist plus EP News

Blackpool’s finest and one of our perennial favorites, Jekyll have just released a new single ‘The Escapist’ in anticipation of their newly announced EP, ‘The Whispering Gallery’, which will be…

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Album Review: James Leonard Hewitson – Only The Noise Will Save Me

There’s a golden thread that runs through indie music stretching from at least as early as The Kinks and winding through to the Sex Pistols, Ian Dury, The Undertones, Wreckless…

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Track: The National – Never Tear Us Apart (INXS Cover)

A compilation album of songs to raise money for the impact of the recent cataclysmic fires in Australia – ‘Songs For Australia’ – will be released digitally in March and…

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Track: Costume – Dream Palace

Backseat Mafia was blown away by a performance by Hobart’s Renaissance man Costume (the moniker of Adam Ouston) at last year’s Dark Mofo Festival. Dramatic, postured, confident and highly entertaining,…

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