Arun Kendall, Author at Backseat Mafia

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Track: jade imagine – Remote Control plus album and tour news

Melbourne’s jade imagine have released a new single ‘Remote Control’ and announced news of their debut album to be called ‘Basic Love’ released through Courtney Barnette’s Milk! Records and Marathon…

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Album Review: syrup, go on – Last Light

The delightfully named syrup, go on have already caught our attention with their sparkling debut single ‘Don’t Go (Riding Down the Cosmic Drain)’ and they have just released their debut…

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Live: FKA Twigs – Dark Mofo Festival

FKA Twigs ended her gig as she started: alone and unadorned: a remarkable rendition of her current single ‘Cellophane’. In the vast cavernous Mac2 hall on Hobart’s waterside in the…

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Live: Dirty Three- Dark Mofo Festival

Dirty Three were recently called ‘one of the world’s greatest living bands’. It’s simply true. It was 1pm on a Sunday over the Dark Mofo weekend, the first of two…

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Track: The Golden Dregs – Nobody Ever Got Rich (By Making People Sad)

Every now and again you hear a track that just instantly knocks you out. Nobody Ever Got Rich (By Making People Sad), by The Golden Dregs, is one such song.…

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Live: Dark Mofo Festival – Costume

Like some new romantic looking for the tv sound, Adam Ouston (under the nom de plume Costume) could have been straight out of London’s infamous Blitz Club in the eighties.…

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Interview: Imperial Daze Plus EP and Tour News

I would boldly say Imperial Daze are one of the most exciting and promising bands around at the moment, possibly safeguarding the future of indie pop from the limpid rubbish…

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Live: Dark Mofo Festival – Sharon Van Etten

In the creaky, weary, glorious old Odeon Theatre in Hobart, Tasmania, Sharon van Etten made an explosive, incandescent start to the one of the most brilliant festivals in the world…

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Track: Pixies – On Graveyard Hill plus Album and Tour News

One of the most influential and inspiring bands of the past few decades, the Pixies, have announced a new album – “Beneath the Eyrie’ – to be released on Friday,…

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News: The Dandy Warhols announce 25th Anniversary Tour Downunder

Legendary if not slightly wild and mercurial, psych-pop funsters, The Dandy Warhols, have announced a tour of Australia to celebrate their 25th anniversary. Live, the Dandies can always be relied…

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