Album Review: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Ghosteen
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds’ debut album, ‘The First Born is Dead’, opened with the formidable track ‘Tupelo’, a roaring, thundering peon to the birth of Elvis Presley, born…
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Arun Kendall
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Writer/ Senior Editor for Backseat Mafia (UK) and Backseat Downunder (Australia and New Zealand). Singer/guitarist/songwriter with Australian band The Hadron Colliders.
Track: Barrie – Drag, plus EP and tour news
Perfect purveyors of melancholy dream pop, Barrie, are back with a new single, ‘Drag’ off their soon to be released EP ‘Happy to be Here (Ext) – a delightful extension…
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Track: HAVVK – 52
The new track from HAVVK, ’52’ is a luscious fusion of dream pop landscapes and anger – a strange but very satisfying mix that perfectly captures its political intent –…
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Track: Varanasi (fka Japan Suicide) – Rosemary’s Baby
After ten years under the moniker Japan Suicide, all of the members of the band have decided to cease producing music under this name and have reformed as Veranasi. It’s…
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Album Review: Local Authority – Negative Space
What was Valley Heat Records is now 4000 Records, but what remains is the singular dedication to the local Brisbane music scene and an obsession with the cassette. And there…
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Album Review: Spearmint – Are You from The Future?
Spearmint‘s single off their forthcoming new album, ‘Are You From The Future?’ is the unexpectedly swinging and extremely funky ’24 Hours in A and E’, which sets the pace for…
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Track: Night Flowers – Fortune Teller, plus album news
Last year’s single ‘Cruel Wind’ from London quartet Night Flowers was for me one of the singles of the year in a very competitive field. This year, Night Flowers have…
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Track: Mallrat – Driving Music EP
Brisbane and Queensland in general is undeniably a hotbed of talent, and one of the most preeminent examples of this is the pure pop musings of Grace Shaw, under the…
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Live: Ride, Enmore Theatre, Sydney, 6 September 2019
It’s a spectacular thing to see a band pick up from where they were twenty seven years ago in the same venue with a seamless evolution and imbued with the…
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Interview: Mark Gardener (Ride)
The legendary Ride are back in Australia and New Zealand after more than a twenty-five year gap as well as a long hiatus in the intervening time. During this time,…
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