Arun Kendall, Author at Backseat Mafia

Track: ‘When I Dress For You’ – Team Building unveil their shimmering bemusement at life

With links to another antipodean band we have covered in the past (Yeevs), Eora/Sydney band Team Building have just released their second single, the gentle, simmering, shimmering ‘When I Dress…

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Premiere: ‘Everybody Calls Except You’ – Modern Ideas eloquently lament being infirm and ignored with a deft pop touch

Modern Ideas released the debut single ‘This Is How It Hurts’ back in April (see our premiere here), and the follow-up single ‘Everybody Calls Except You’ maintains the gentle melancholy…

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Live Review Plus Gallery: Blackwater Holylight, Dark Mofo Festival, Hobart 20.06.2026

The magnificent Odeon Theatre was awash in deep red light as Blackwater Holylight quietly took the stage, easing the audience into their distinctive blend of doom, shoegaze and psychedelia. Dispensing…

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Live Review plus Gallery: Headache, Dark Mofo Festival, Odeon Theatre, 18.06.2026

Dark Mofo has long revelled in unsettling certainties, and few performances this year captured that spirit more completely than the mysterious and ethereal Headache. Neither concert nor theatre piece, the…

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Premiere: The superb Marlophone are back with the thunderous ‘If We End Up On The Run’ ahead of debut album

Supergoup Marlophone follow up their debut single ‘I’m On You Side’ (proudly premiered by us here) with a thunderous blast in the beautifully romantic ‘If We End Up On The…

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News: With members of Died Pretty, Decline of the Reptiles and Glide, Joey’s Coop emerge with new album, a tour and thrilling single ‘In The Pines’.

There are some musicians who never seem interested in chasing relevance because they’ve spent their careers creating music that simply exists outside of trends. Joey’s Coop fall squarely into that…

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News: The legendary Robert Forster announces Australian tour with his Swedish Band.

Following the release of his solo album ‘Strawberries’ last year, the inimitable and erudite Robert Forster is finally bringing his launch tour to Australia with a series of dates across…

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News: It’s a confluence of earthly delights as Mick Harvey and Amanda Acevedo announce new album, tour and provide a taste with single ‘Perfect Storm’

The legendary and highly prolific Mick Harvey‘s collaboration with Mexican singer and filmmaker Amanda Acevedo continues to bloom with a glorious blush as they release a new single ‘Perfect Storm’,…

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Premiere: ‘Put The Message In The Box’ – Simon Robert Gibson gives World Party’s classic his own unique sparkle.

A cover is always more interesting if it brings something different to the original, and we are honoured to bring you an exclusive listen to troubadour extraordinaire Simon Robert Gibson‘s…

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Album Review: ‘Boss’ – No Bosses, No Rules, No Brakes – The Vors Deliver a Riotous Debut

There’s something gloriously unfashionable about ‘Boss’, the debut album from Sydney’s The Vors. At a time when so much guitar music seems trapped between algorithm-friendly restraint and self-conscious nostalgia, The…

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