Arun Kendall, Author at Backseat Mafia

Album Review: Sliver Fleet Ships set sail into the darkness with their atmospheric debut album ‘Before Never, After Forever’.

Nipaluna/Hobart band Silver Fleet Ships are signed to the tremendous Meanjin/Brisbane label False Peaks Records, and this is a sure guarantee of the quality you can except in their debut album ‘Before…

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Premiere: ‘It’s All Been For Nothing’ – Take the Indian Pacific for a sparkling ride.

We are very proud to premiere the sparkling single ‘It’s All Been For Nothing’ from Sydney band Indian Pacific, a shimmering ride that is threaded throughout with a satisfying melancholia. Horns…

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Premiere: Lutruwita instrumental magicians follow release the epically beautiful and deeply personal elegy ‘Cherry Blossoms in the Front Yards, Forever’

I’ve always said that a good instrumental can evoke feeling and emotions without the need for words, and the instrumental band follow always manages this effortlessly. Their new single ‘Cherry…

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EP Review: The legendary Sneeze return with visceral and louche EP ‘Bands Jobs and Girlfriends’.

Sneeze are a legendary Australian pop rock band formed in 1991 by Nic Dalton (who runs the band’s record label, Half a Cow and was in The Plunderers) on vocals, bass guitar, guitar, keyboards,…

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Album Review: Supergroup SnarskiCircusLindyBand (with members from The Go-Betweens, Black-eyed Susans and The Triffids) unveils sparkling debut album ‘what’s said and what’s left unsaid’ ahead of launch dates.

With founding members Lindy Morrison (legendary drummer from The Go-Betweens) and Rob Snarski (the iconic Black Eyed Susans) at the helm, and joined by ‘Evil’ Graham Lee (The Triffids, The Blackeyed Susans), Shane O’Mara…

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Album Review: Lutruwita’s TEENS display a bit of raw and visceral ‘Negative Energy’ in an explosive second album.

The streets of the southernmost capital in Australia are filled with crazed youths, and at the front of the pack is the rampant Lutruwita band TEENS spreading discord and riotous…

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Premiere: ‘Back On The Road’ – Icecream Hands exclusively unveil video and high voltage power pop single with announcement of new album ‘Giant Fox Pineapple Tree’ for November.

Icecream Hands achieved prominence in the nineties and early noughties with their vibrant brand of harmonious power pop, and we are extremely honoured to bring you a taste of new…

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Album Review: Welcome to the blindingly luminescent cinematic world of Selve as ‘Breaking Into Heaven’ thunders into the universe.

Let’s face it, the current world is in rather a fetid state. We can choose to let it overwhelm us and watch the dank waters rise over our heads, or…

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Track: The joyous Kat Greta spreads more pop sparkles with her new track ‘Shoot Me Lover’ ahead of tour.

We’ve basically run out of superlatives to express our love here at Backseat Mafia for multi-talented and all round star Kat Greta other than to say when she releases a…

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Track: All India Radio entice us into ‘The Red Room’ – a spectacular universe of mystery and enigma – as pre-sales for the new album become available.

All India Radio have already signalled their much welcomed return to the airwaves with the single ‘Catch The Breeze’ released earlier this year (see my review here) and have just released…

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