Arun Kendall, Author at Backseat Mafia

News: Supergroup The Ronson Hangup (featuring members of Dallas Crane, The Church, Paul Kelly’s band, Even, Courtney Barnett’s band) announce album and unveil single ‘Waxes & Wanes’.

Melbourne psych-pop supergroup The Ronson Hangup – featuring members of The Anyones, Dallas Crane, The Church, Even, Paul Kelly’s band and Courtney Barnett’s band – have announced their second album…

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Album Review: greenhouse are at the ‘Centre Of The Universe’ with the release of their shimmering and brilliant debut album, with launch dates on the horizon.

greenhouse have been together a while – first playing together in the late eighties but never quite getting around to releasing an LP despite some singles and EPs on the…

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Premiere: Alberteen unveil glittering and cinematic double a-side tracks ‘Dark Matter’ / ‘This Day Is A Gift’

We reviewed Alberteen‘s brilliant album ‘Lowenva’ back in 2021 and are honoured to be able to premiere their new double-a side singles ‘Dark Matter’ and ‘This Day Is A Gift’…

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News: Fazerdaze announces Australian tour with DMA’s support and solo gigs.

New Zealand’s magnificent Fazerdaze – one of Backseat Mafia’s favourite antipodean performers ever since we reviewed her debut album ‘Morningside’ back in 2017, has just announced a series of live…

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News: It ‘Feels So Good’ for Haiku Hands as they announce new album ‘Pleasure Beast’ and unveil new single.

The dreamy dance pop of Haiku Hands (Claire Nakazawa, Beatrice Lewis, and Mie Nakazawa) is better than ever with their heady, euphoric new single ‘Feels So Good’, as they announce…

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Track: It’s ‘not the same’ for KHAOS EMRLD as his second single takes off with a bang ahead of launch dates.

KHAOS EMRLD burst into the stratosphere earlier this year with the debut single ‘getting better’ (lower case intended) and he is back with the power and ferocity dialed up quite…

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Track: Skyuka ponders on the thoughts of ‘Houseplants’ in her visceral new single.

Perth-based artist Skyuka‘s last single was a zesty light-hearted look at obsession (‘Michael Cera’). Now, in ‘Houseplants’, Vanessa Raspa (the artist behind the name) is taking a much darker look at…

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Track: Fletcher Gull is ‘Lost In Berlin’ – a beautiful and reflective paean to unrequited love ahead of album release.

The beauty of Fletcher Gull‘s ‘Lost In Berlin’ is that it was born from great emotional pain – something that bleeds into every note. Gull (a nom de plume sourced…

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Premiere: We get an exclusive look at the new video for blistering JJ McCann Transmission track ‘Forces At Work’, produced by Rob Younger (Radio Birdman/New Christs) ahead of album and launch.

We are very honoured today to bring to you an exclusive look at JJ McCann Transmission video for the Rob Younger-produced track ‘Forces At Work’. The JJ McCann Transmission is…

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EP Review: ‘All My Friends Are Dead’ – the new release from Italy’s Dead Miranda shows their anarchic electro punk world is ever expanding.

We have been following the anarchic chaotic output of Luca Zotti from Dead Miranda (f.k.a. Unruly Girls) with relish for years now. The output is without fail utterly compelling as…

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