Arun Kendall, Author at Backseat Mafia

Track: 2Squared/Mark Gardener (Ride) – Chained

Ride‘s Mark Gardener has collaborated with 2Squared (Stephan Haeri of France’s Télépopmusik) in the depths of isolation in his new purpose-built OX4 Sound studio to produce a very nice slice…

View Post

View Post

See: DMA’s release video for The Glow

We were highly impressed by the title track off DMA’s forthcoming album ‘The Glow’, describing it as having hallmark euphoric stadium-perfected choruses, anthemic and pulsating yet underpinned by an air…

View Post

View Post

See: The Clockworks – The Future Is Not What It Was

Clocking in at just 2 minutes and forty-one seconds, ‘The Future Is Not What It Was’, the new single from The Clockworks, immediately makes it clear this is a band…

View Post

View Post

See: The Chills: The Triumph and Tragedy of Martin Phillipps

The Chills are one of New Zealand’s finest exports – born out of the inimitable Flying Nun Records era in the eighties and from a coterie of bands coming out…

View Post

View Post

Album Review: Empathy Test – Monsters

With an explosive track opener like ‘Monsters’, Empathy Test clearly sets out their vast ambitions for their new album, also called ‘Monsters’. And these ambitions are decidedly and unequivocally met…

View Post

View Post

See: We Melt Chocolate – Blue Hair Girl

Florentine band We Melt Chocolate are an indelible part of Italy’s explosive indie music scene along with bands like Unruly Girls, Rev Rev Rev and the many magnificent psych bands…

View Post

View Post

Album Review: Tim Burgess – I Love The New Sky

If it wan’t enough that Tim Burgess fronts one of the most beloved, successful and long lasting indie bands The Charlatans, or that he has singularly redefined music in the…

View Post

View Post

EP: The Know – wearetheknow

The Know consist of husband and wife duo Daniel Knowles and Jennifer Farmer. Knowles had previously worked as a producer and guitarist for UK shoegaze band Amusement Parks on Fire. This…

View Post

View Post

Premiere: Garsa – The Devil’s Own

After releasing a stunning debut earlier this year, (‘Jimmy sour highs‘) solo artist Martin Garside, operating under the name Garsa, is back with another perfect slice of dream pop/ shoegaze…

View Post

View Post

Track: IDLES – Mr Motivator

IDLES lead the way in explosive passionate punk, and we here at Backseat Mafia have always closely followed their upward trajectory with the greatest of joy. Now, deep in the…

View Post

Pages