Arun Kendall, Author at Backseat Mafia

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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Live: Anna Calvi – Dark Mofo Festival, Hobart

Anna Calvi, described by Brian Eno as ‘the best thing since Patti Smith’, put on an absolutely blistering show at Dark Mofo this year. A combination of a mesmerising wild…

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Premiere: Manwomanchild – Bellwether

We are delighted to premiere the new track from Manwomanchild, the work of singer/songwriter David Child. ‘Bellwether’ is a charming, wry song on the human condition with a bouncy, ringing…

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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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