Arun Kendall, Author at Backseat Mafia

New Track: Thomas Keating – Today, I’m Staying Home

‘Today, I’m Staying Home’ is a glorious, anthemic paean to cocooning from a prodigious new talent, Thomas Keating. A rippling acoustic bedrock underpins Keatings open heartfelt singing and chorus as…

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New Music: Idle Kyle – Twisted Attention (EP)

The brittle, delicate arpeggiated piano of ‘Grounded’, the first track off Philadelphia’s Idle Kyle‘s EP “Twisted Attention”, serves notice that there is something quite unique ahead. It is a track…

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New Music: Edith Thomas Furey – Sleep Well, My Love (EP)

Dark, brooding, gothic and mysterious. Music to my ears and music indeed from the latest treasure uncovered by the prestigious and productive Valley Heat Records in the form of Edith…

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Live: Conversations with Nick Cave (Odeon Theatre, Hobart)

Many people have two phases in their lives, according to Nick Cave. The first phase represents self-centered assuredness and an even keel: the path they assume they will take that…

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Album Review: Manic Street Preachers – This Is My Truth: Tell Me Yours (20th Year Collectors Edition)

I remember moving to London during the peak of the Brit Pop years in the midst of the Blur versus Oasis hyperbole. But the albums from that era that really…

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Track: Imperial Daze – Always Settling

Here’s a taste of something quite magnificent. Peckham’s Imperial Daze have all the swagger and attitude of seasoned indie veterans and in their new single ‘Always Settling’ they have created…

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Album Review: An Early Bird – Of Ghosts and Marvels

Here at Backseat Mafia, we have been following the career of Stefano De Stefano since our very inception when he was the front man for Italian folk/rock band Pipers. He…

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Track: San Mei – Heaven

Following up on her debut single “Wonder” earlier this year, Emily Hamilton, working under the name San Mei, has just released a fitting follow-up in “Heaven”. This is a somewhat…

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EP/Track: The Nature Strip – Past Pacific

Pure power pop harmonies leavened by a self deprecating sense of humour encapsulates the many layered charms of Sydney’s The Nature Strip. Their new EP, Past Pacific maintains an impeccable…

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Track: Chakra Efendi – Grow Up

Brisbane-based artist Chakra Efendi came to our attention with his excellent debut single ‘Waste of Space’ earlier this year. He’s back with a new release ‘Grow Up’ which is a…

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