Arun Kendall
Writer and Senior Editor at Backseat Mafia
Singer/songwriter and guitarist with The Hadron Colliders, Writer/Senior Editor for UK music webzine Backseat Mafia. Currently living. And in Hobart.
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1 week ago |
backseatmafia.com | Arun Kendall
The glorious Eora/Sydney band GRXCE are back with the soaring anthemic track ‘Spit It Out’, which we are inordinately proud to premiere today. The single features a passionate melodic delivery seething with anger and a thumping percussive drive, replete with an eviscerating guitar. The track seems to represent an evolution of the band’s sound into something nuanced and powerful: a full blown sonic eruption.
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1 week ago |
backseatmafia.com | Arun Kendall
One of my favourite antipodean outfits, Naarm/Melbourne band Cousin Tony’s Brand New Firebird (CTBNF) today announce a new album ‘Rosewater Crocodile’ due out on 27 June through the glorious Double Drummer label. Tomorrow, the band is releasing the second single, ‘Mercury Rising’, off the album and it is another astounding and euphoric piece of music which we are so very honoured to premiere today.
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2 weeks ago |
backseatmafia.com | Arun Kendall
...motions become imprinted in every note on this album; a series of delicate and ethereal tendrils of sound that weave themselves in the ether, glowing and, as the title itself suggests, haunting. Wayside and Woodland Recordings–8.8Australian-born Karen Vogt plays in the Melbourne dream pop shoegaze band Heligoland – who a few years back toured Europe and forgot to return home, ending up based in Paris.
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2 weeks ago |
backseatmafia.com | Arun Kendall
Kat Greta is a much admired artist here at the antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia for her pure pop songwriting craft and radiance, evident ever since we premiered her debut video for the track ‘Let It Go’ back in 2022. A common theme in our reviews of her music is observing her blinding luminescence that seemingly incorporates the bright sunshine of Australia in every note.
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2 weeks ago |
backseatmafia.com | Arun Kendall
New Zealand’s Ringlets recently announced the release of their second album, endearingly entitled ‘The Lord Is My German Shepherd (Time For Walkies)’ for 27 June 2025, and have unveiled the second delicious tempting morsel, the single ‘Street Message. It follows the earlier single ‘Heavenly Wheel’ (reviewed by me here). Ringlets have that classic Dunedin sound and is kind of fitting they are on the legendary Flying Nun and Leather Jackets Records label: intelligent wry pop at its very best.
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Album Review: 'I Love What We Do' - It's Geoffrey O'Connor's world and we are delighted to be immersed in his luscious sonic romanticism. @geoffreyoconnor @dinosaurcityrecords #geoffreyoconnor #backseatdownunder #indie #pop #albumreview #chamberpop https://t.co/N3vaSZdnFu
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