Arun Kendall, Author at Backseat Mafia

EP Review: Greta Stanley – Sun In My Eyes

It’s the spaces in between the ethereal beauty of Greta Stanley‘s vocals that make her music so mesmerising. Think later stage Radiohead – delicate, sometimes sparse, musical pattering serving and…

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Track: Jekyll – Marionette

Blackpool’s Jekyll are a band going places – something Backseat Mafia predicted back in 2014 when we reviewed one of their first singles ‘I Do What I Can’. Now, having…

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Album Review: Ummagma – Compass

Any preconception about Ummagma being easily slotted into a dream/pop shoegaze label was put on notice with the release of their single ‘Caravan’ earlier this year and has certainly been…

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Album Review: TC&I – Naked Flames – Live at Swindon Arts Centre

Well this is a delightful surprise. After the release of TC&I‘s welcome ‘Great Aspirations’ EP last year there were murmurings that the project was finished for the moment following some…

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Track: The Murder Capital – Don’t Cling to Life, plus Album and Tour News

Ireland’s art punk maestros, The Murder Capital, have released a third single off their forthcoming debut album ‘When I Have Fears’ which is due for release on 16 August 2019.…

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Premiere: Fingerless – Tambourine Addict Who Plays the Drugs

...a hazy fugue of swirling guitars, thumping rhythms and a psychedelic high ...

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News: The Cult – Celebrate 30 Years Since the Release of Sonic Temple

Two years before the 1989 release of ‘Sonic Temple’, The Cult shocked many of their goth-tinged indie followers with the release of ‘Electric’, a hard rock-infused blast of an album…

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Album Review: Purple Mountains – Purple Mountains

David Berman – the singer/songwriter behind Purple Mountains – has form. Very good form. He was originally in the legendary Silver Jews formed along with Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus and Bob…

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Album Review: Gena Rose Bruce – Can’t Make You Love Me

Since covering her single ‘Blazing Radio’ back in 2014, we here at Backseat Mafia have keenly followed the career of Melbourne’s Gena Rose Bruce and it is with great joy…

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Album Review: Hatchie – Keepsake

Hatchie's debut album is remarkable: a mature, perfectly crafted pop masterpiece that, while drawing in a range of shimmering dream pop influences, is peerless and unique.

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