Arun Kendall, Author at Backseat Mafia

News: Emo pop punkers A Swift Farewell greet us again with blistering new single ‘The Haunting ft Amariah’, and news of their debut EP ‘Hollow Threats’

Eora/Sydney band A Swift Farewell have made a blistering return with their new single ‘The Haunting’, featuring contributions from Amariah from Melbourne band Future Static. It accompanies an announcement by…

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Premiere: Naarm electronic shoegazers Double Happiness gives us an exclusive listen to their thrilling debut album ‘Derealisation’ – a deliciously dark gothic delight.

Not to be confused with Brisbane surfgaze band The Double Happiness, Double Happiness is the work of Naarm/Melbourne based multi-instrumentalist Sam Jemsek and we are ever so pleased to be…

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Track: They’re no ‘Quiet Australians’ – Lutruwita’s Meres unveil hyperactive new single ahead of album release.

Post punk rock boppers from down under, Meres, have been relatively quiet – understandable given front person Mary Shannon has also been active in the shoegaze giants Dvrkworld – but…

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Track: Vote one for The Electorate with their shimmering new single ‘The Great Divide’ ahead of new album.

The ever delightful The Electorate return with another tasty single ‘The Great Divide’ off their forthcoming album ‘By Design’. And this time it is a personal look at emotional pain,…

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News: Seminal Australian indie band The Clouds Announce 35th Anniversary Tour

Much loved band The Clouds have just announced a three city 35th Anniversary tour in Australia, visiting Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane in November through Metropolis Touring. Remembered for their anthemic…

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News: Merpire announces a new album ‘MILK POOL’ with the anthemic, ethereal single ‘Bigger’.

Naarm/Melbourne Merpire, the work of multi-instrumentalist, producer and songwriter Rhiannon Atkinson-Howatt, has long been a source of admiration here at the antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia, and her new single…

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Track: Rising stars Fade Evare unveil new glittering new track ‘Send Me Out’ after signing to Astral People Recording with live debut ahead.

‘Send Me Out’ by Naarm/Melbourne band Fade Evare is an exquisitely liquid track that positively shimmers and glitters with a gentle fluidity and motorik thrum. The mesmerising vocals are as…

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News: The Church announce ‘The Singles Tour: A Career Retrospective’ with Australian dates in November.

In exciting news, one of Australia’s greatest music exports, The Church, has just announced an Australian tour that will feature all their singles: a stunning retrospective of their storied career.…

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News: Dark Mofo has risen again – a full return of the iconic Winter Festival including exclusive gigs from The Horrors, Lisa Gerrard and Crime & The City Solution

The gnarled bony fingers of the corpse of the ubiquitous Dark Mofo Festival have gently shoved aside the dusty lid of its sarcophagus and has sat bolt upright as the…

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Album Review: Release the bats – Infinity Broke are rampaging through the cities with their excoriating, thrilling new album ‘This Masthead’.

It’s hard coming up with enough new superlatives to accurately describe an Infinity Broke album. Inevitably epithets and phrases such as contained chaos come to mind, along with freight trains…

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