Arun Kendall, Author at Backseat Mafia

News: Royel Otis are full of whimsy and ‘Heading for The Door’ with their new single, album and tour news.

The indefatigable Royel Otis are continuing their rapid ascent into the firmament with their new single ‘Heading For The Door’ and news of a massive Australian, US and EU tour.…

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Premiere: Bryan Estepa delivers a powerful romantic epic in ‘That Was The Day’.

Philippine-born Australian resident Bryan Estepa is a powerful songwriter and musician whose work is greatly admired here at the antipodean headquarters of Backseat Mafia, and we are very honoured to…

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Track: The fabulous HighSchool is out with haunting, atmospheric new track ‘August 19’, on news of signing to [PIAS]

London-based Melbourne trio HighSchool are back with another shimmering sparkling and enigmatic track, ‘August 19’, out now through the esteemed [PIAS] with whom they recently signed. With a more organic…

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Meet: We chat to Martin Kennedy (All India Radio, Kilbey/Kennedy, Observers) about recording, heavy metal, and collaborating with Steve Kilbey (The Church)

Martin Kennedy has a had a long and impressive career in music. He was given a guitar with four strings at the age of fourteen, made up his own chords…

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Track: Melbourne’s Hooper Crescent experience a little jaunty ‘Karaoke Love’ ahead of ‘Essential Tremors’ album release.

Melbourne art pop band Hooper Crescent are developing an impressive body of highly original tracks that are about to be released in an album, ‘Essential Tremors’, due out on 5…

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Premiere: ‘Don’t You Dare Go All Sentimental On Me’ – open up the False Peak Records Advent Calendar window as Dänmark are back with another brooding delight ahead of the label’s 5th Summit Instore Crawl

It’s that time of the year again when the illustrious False Peak Records deliver a tempting Advent Calendar of delights in the lead up to Christmas – 24 mysterious offerings…

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Track: ‘January Makes Me Sad’ – Anna Smyrk unveils reflective new single and US tour news

Following up from her EP ‘Cortisol and Blue Light’ earlier this year (read my review here), long time favourite here at Backseat Mafia, Melbourne artist Anna Smyrk, has unveiled her new single…

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Premiere: We get an exclusive look at the stunning new video for Samuel Gaskin’s evocative single ‘PRESSŪRE’.

Earlier this month we reviewed the beautiful new single ‘PRESSŪRE’ from Melbourne based queer Māori musician Samuel Gaskin, and we are honoured to bring you a first look at the stunning…

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Premiere: Sydney’s Juno Point unveil the hypnotic, mesmerising track ‘Nazare’ ahead of debut album.

We are overjoyed to premiere Sydney group Juno Point‘s release ‘Nazare’, the first single from their debut album ‘Lost Along A River’, due for release on 12 February 12 2024.…

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News: The legendary The Jesus and Mary Chain unveil single ‘jamcod’ ahead of new album ‘Glasgow Eyes’ slated for March 2024 through Fuzz Club Records and live dates.

In a surprise move, iconic Scottish band The Jesus and Mary Chain (JAMC) have just released a new single entitled ‘jamcod’ through new label Fuzz Club Records with news of…

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