New Music: elbow – Little Fictions
The magnificent cinematic sound of elbow returns with the release of a new album – “Little Fictions”. To me, elbow are the Ken Loach of indie music – beautifully poignant…
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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.
News: Midnight Oil announce World Tour, includes first UK date since 1996
One of Australia’s most passionate, articulate and socially committed bands, Midnight Oil, have just announced they are reforming and undertaking a world tour in 2017. The enigmatic lead singer, Peter…
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Track: British Sea Power – Bad Bohemian, plus new album news
It’s been more than three years since we last heard from the magnificent British Sea Power and the wait is over: they have announced a new album entitled “Let the…
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Track: Why We Run – A Moment to Return
One of my favourite local Sydney bands, Why We Run, is back with no sign of a waning of their incredible talent. In fact, quite the opposite. I reviewed the…
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EP: Hugh Kelly – Give Me All Your Love
Busking in the streets of Edinburgh since his teens, Hugh Kelly dropped out of university to concentrate on his music, culminating in the release of his debut single, ‘Give Me…
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Track: Modern Chair – Can’t Look Back
New Zealand’s Modern Chair have been drip feeding singles all last year, and each release anticipates the next with a mounting sense of excitement. Let’s be clear: I am a…
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Track: Careless Sons – Betty
Last year we enthused about North London ‘Pop and Roll’ outfit, Careless Sons. They are back better than ever with their new single ‘Betty’: a more mature, smooth sound yet…
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Track: The High Learys – Letters to Alice
There’s a fresh blast of warm wind coming in from the west coast of Australia to melt the polar ice caps forming around Sydney Harbour (still recovering from the recent…
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Track: Melbourne’s Fascinator release new track, Dead of the Night
Melbourne band ‘Children Collide‘ had an altogether too brief moment in the sun: they were a genuinely innovative band with a distinct sound and attidude. Now, singer/guitarist Johnny Mackay is…
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See: Paper Kites release new visuals for Electric Indigo
In anticipation of their forthcoming album twelvefour, due out on 28 August, Melbourne indie-folk outfit, Paper Kites, have released a video of the song ‘Electric Indigo’. The song itself is…
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