Arun Kendall, Author at Backseat Mafia

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Track: Stonefield – Far From The Earth plus album and tour news

Rural Victorian band Stonefield have just released title track ‘Far From The Earth’ from their new album, due for release on Friday, April 13 on Flightless Records via Inertia Music.…

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EP: Woodes – Golden Hour

Woodes is the project of Melbourne based producer, singer and songwriter, Elle Graham and she has just released an EP – ‘Golden Hour’ – which showcases her extraordinary voice and…

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Album Review: Wild Meadows – Wild Meadows

The debut album from Melbourne’s Wild Meadows is, quite simply put, a promise delivered. Last year we enthusiastically reviewed their debut single ‘Feel the Noise’ and observed it was a…

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Track: Fontaines DC – Boys in the Better Land/Chequeless Reckless

I do love a bit of sneering, posturing guitar driven rock, and Dublin’s Fontaines DC deliver with class. A double A sided single has just been released and the two…

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Track: Hatchie – Sure (Robyn Guthrie Remix) and tour news

It was way back in June 2017 that our attention was grabbed by Brisbane songwriter Hatchie with her debut single ‘Try’, having just attracted a management deal and on the…

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Track: Maff – Hawaii

Chile’s magnificent Maff are back with a new single off their forthcoming EP ‘Melaniña’ due for release in April. Entitled ‘Hawaii’, it is another blistering, hypnotic slice of shoegaze with…

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Video: Valkyries – Serf

Summer seemed to last only for a about week in Tasmania this year but then all of a sudden comes a ray of sunshine from Clifton Beach, a rather pretty…

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Album Review: Japan Suicide – Santa Sangre

We recently reviewed an Italian band called Unruly Girls and noted that the Italian rock scene was both healthy and creative. And no better sign of this good health is…

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Track and EP: Sumner – Pictures (Single)/All That I Am

Sumner are a duo from the wild southern-most State of Australia – Tasmania – and they have just released an absorbing single from their new EP “All That I Am”.…

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Track, Video and Album News: Courtney Barnett

Fresh from a brilliant collaboration with Kurt Vile, Melbourne’s iconic Courtney Barnett is not resting on her laurels. She has just announced details of a new album entitled ‘Tell Me…

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