Arun Kendall, Author at Backseat Mafia

Album Review: With her glorious vocals, Nat Vazer’s ‘Strange Adrenaline’ powers a euphoric collection of sparkling sonic jewels.

Nat Vazer has just released her album ‘Strange Adrenaline’ and it is a glorious compilation of personal vignettes burnished by Vazer’s diaphanous vocals – velvet and yearning, dripping with melancholy…

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News: The irrepressible Royel Otis cap off a magnificent year with news of their debut album ‘Pratts & Pain’, a tour and new single ‘Fried Rice’.

Given their tasty single ‘Oysters In My Pocket’ (see my review here), the irrepressible duo from Sydney, Royel Otis, (Otis Pavlovic and Royel Maddell) continue with their whacky food obsession…

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Album Review: Troubadour and raconteur Ben Salter unveils the epic album ‘Sublimation’ as he tours across Australia and New Zealand.

The prodigious talented Hobart musician Ben Salter in recent years released a trilogy of recordings he did as artist in residence at the Museum Of Old and New Art (MONA) – the largest…

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Track: ‘No One’s Watching Over’ – Gold Coast’s Chavez Cartel return with a shimmering cinematic track ahead of further overseas adventures

Backseat Mafia has been following the rapidly ascending career of Gold Coast’s Chavez Cartel with great interest since we premiered their single ‘Dead Weekend’ at the beginning of the year,…

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News: Love As Fiction Records announce release on vinyl of classic Big Heavy Stuff album ‘Size of the Ocean’.

When vinyl sales reached their nadir in the nineties, many classic albums from that era were only released on CD. Since the resurgence of interest in vinyl, boutique labels like…

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News: After 35 long years, Australia’s iconic post punk eighties group The Wreckery are back with a new album ‘Fake Is Forever’ and single ‘Smack Me Down’

It is exciting news indeed to report that after 35 years, the uber cool The Wreckery are back and sounding as suave and brooding as ever. ‘Smack Me Down, the…

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Album Review: Vincey (Vincenzo Giarrusso from Underground Lovers) unveils the pulsating thrum of ‘I’m With You’

It’s been a prolific year for individual members of the legendary Underground Lovers with a number of solo releases (R.J. Andrew, Philippa Nihill and Glenn Bennie) and re-issues of past…

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News: Super American Eagle (with members from The Dandy Warhols, Courtney Barnett’s band and Immigrant Union) are living on your ‘Payroll’ ahead of news of self-titled debut album.

We premiered Super American Eagle‘s debut single ‘Yes’ last year which received an enormous amount of interest and cleared out a few cobwebs from the brain. And that’s not surprising given the key…

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Premiere: Jamie Hutchings is a bit of a ‘Roustabout’ in his expansive and glorious new single ahead of album release and launch date.

We are very pleased to premiere the new single ‘Roustabout’ from living icon Jamie Hutchings (formerly of nineties indie legends Bluebottle Kiss and currently in noise merchants Infinity Broke) with news of a…

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Premiere: It’s the ‘Season To Believe’ for the multi-talented Kat Greta as she exhibits a shimmering pop sensibility in her new track, with live dates ahead.

We are honoured to premiere the new single ‘Season To Believe’ from the multitalented Kat Greta – an artists we have been privileged to follow closely since premiering her debut…

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