Arun Kendall, Author at Backseat Mafia

Track: ‘Say It Again’ – Hexham Heads bring a strong dose of jingly jangly power pop in their debut single.

For a delicious blast of jingly jangly power pop, replete with some heavenly harmonies and a scaling melody, you can’t go past the debut single from Naarm/Melbourne band Hexham Heads.…

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News: Aotearoan indie giants Daily J announce new album ‘Scatterbrains’, Australian tour and unveil sparkling single ‘Cheap Tequila Sunrise’.

Aotearoan band Daily J have just released the soaring, anthemic indie pop of ‘Cheap Tequila Sunrise’, a single that positively sparkles over the top of jangling, chorused guitars, bopping synths…

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Track: End Scene cast an eye cynical over the ‘Land of Plenty’ with a raucous and cathartic blast.

Sydney duo End Scene provide another variety of intensive flavour from their upcoming second album ‘I Will Not Live Safe, I Will Live True’ with the raucous barbed-wire blitz of…

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News: Indie icons Ed Kuepper (The Saints) and Jim White (Dirty Three) team up for new album, with first single ‘The Crying Dance’ released, with Kuepper solo tour on the cards.

Following a thrilling tour last year between the two icons of Australian indie music, Ed Kuepper and Jim White have today announced the release of an album entitled ‘After The…

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Premiere: Western Australian artist Ben Lunt exclusively unveils luminescent new single ‘Somersault’.

We are honoured to premiere the new single ‘Somersault’ from Western Australian Queensland-based troubadour Ben Lunt. Starting off with a yearning, sparse introduction, highlighting Lunt’s distinctive vocals, the track launches…

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Track: The Horrors release the shimmering anthemic single ‘More Than Life’ ahead of ‘Night Life’ album release in March.

It’s close to the 20th anniversary of the iconic The Horrors and today they release the fourth single off their forthcoming and much anticipated album ‘Night Life’, out through Fiction…

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Album Review: Re-release of nineties underground band Sex Industrie’s album ‘Sex’ll Sell Anything’ reveals a thrilling gem

In a year when one of Sydney’s more iconic underground eighties band, The Crystal Set, is reforming with a series of gigs with fellow jingle jangle exponents Ups & Downs…

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News: Sex Pistols with Frank Carter announce Australian/New Zealand tour to celebrate ‘Never Mind the Bollocks’

The last time the legendary Sex Pistols visited our region was the infamous ‘Filthy Lucre Tour’ in 1996, complete with the original line up, a riotous but strangely satisfying affair.…

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News: Indie Boorloo/Perth giants Spacey Jane announce new album ‘If That Makes Sense’ and fire off a sonic rocket with single ‘All The Noise’.

Perth indie giants Spacey Jane have today announced the release of their third album ‘If That Makes Sense’ on 9 May 2025 and unveiled a dynamic new single ‘All The…

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News: Mess Esque return with new album ‘Jay Marie, Comfort Me’ set for release in March, and a stunning single ‘Take Me To Your Infinite Garden’.

It’s been just over three years since Mess Esque – the stunning collaboration between Helen Franzmann (McKisko) and Mick Turner (Dirty Three, Tren Brothers) – released their self-titled album (see…

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