Arun Kendall, Author at Backseat Mafia

Album Review: Editors – Violence

‘Violence’, the newly released album from Editors, is both an incredible progression for the band while still maintaining the elements that caught everyone’s attention so many years ago when their…

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News: Travis announces tour and performances of The Man Who live

It’s hard to believe it’s been nearly twenty years since the release of the album ‘The Man Who’ by Travis. Released in the midst of the Brit Pop phenomena and…

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Track: La Bête Blooms – Take Arms

Hull’s inimitable La Bête Blooms are back with a blistering new single and video ‘Take Arms’. This is a rousing punky shouty call for action in the muscular power pop/punk…

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Track: Gena Rose Bruce – The Way You Make Love

Backseat Mafia first discovered Gena Rose Bruce way back in 2014 and were impressed then by her songwriting prowess and superb vocals. From the sounds of her new release, ‘The…

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See: Candace – Mendocino

One of our favourite dream pop outfits, Candace have just released a video for the song ‘Menocino’ off their brilliant album ‘New Ruins’ which Backseat Mafia reviewed recently, saying it…

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Track: Greta Stanley – Heavy Heat plus tour news

Hailing from the far north of Queensland, Australia, Greta Stanley has just released a gorgeous new single from her debut album ‘Full Grown’ released late last year. ‘Heavy Heat’ captures…

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Premiere: Manwomanchild – Memory Leak

We are delighted and honoured to premiere the new single from Philadelphian outfit Manwomanchild, called ‘Memory Leak’, being released on Tuesday, 6 March. Manwomanchild is based around the songwriting genius…

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Track: Jack Ladder and the Dreamlanders – White Flag plus album and tour news

For the uninitiated, Jack Ladder (real name Tim Rogers) could be described as Sydney’s answer to Melbourne cool, epitomised by Nick Cave and Rowland S. Howard. Along with his band…

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Album Review: Andrew W.K. – You’re Not Alone

The funny thing about Andrew W.K.‘s music is that it seems to operate completely independently of your volume control. It’s loud. It’s so loud that after each song, the mind…

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Track: The Double Happiness – City

Those who remember the heady days of the Australian indie music scene in the eighties will remember the incredible range of bands playing every night on every pub on every…

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