Chavez Cartel
Premiere: We know and love them well – the magnificent Chavez Cartel are back with thumping new track ‘Unfamiliar Boy’ ahead of more new material.
We here at the frozen antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia are catatonic with excitement at being able to bring you the premiere of the new track from the irrepressible and obscenely talented Gold Coast band, Chavez Cartel, on their return from a series of overseas tours. Signed to one of UK’s coolest labels End of …
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, reviewed their EP ‘Man’s Best Friend’ released through the prestigious UK label End of the Trail Records and then featured them during their recent UK …
Meet: Gold Coast Indie Rockers Chavez Cartel
With their new EP ‘Man’s Best Friend’ out today, we caught up with Chavez Cartel to find out a little more about the band. Give us a potted history of the band So we got together I think around early 2017. We were slow and shit for a long time but got some momentum together …
Feature: Chavez Cartel Give Us A Track By Track Of New EP Man’s Best Friend
Can you give us the background to the record? We recorded the EP during lockdown I think it was May 2021. We’d been remaining as active as we could be through the isolation period but the inconsistencies and lack of opportunities almost broke us. We were really pushing our sound at the time and we …
EP Review: Chavez Cartel’s ‘Man’s Best Friend’ EP is a blistering sonic tsunami that will deliver a noise abatement order from your neighbours if administered properly.
The über cool Chavez Cartel have unleashed the filth and the fury of their new EP ‘Man’s Best Friend’ through UK’s prestigious End Of The Trail Records with a sneer and an insouciant indolence that radiates so much cool it would give you frostbite. This is a brilliant serving of gritty, posturing rock’n’roll that will seduce you and …
Track: Chavez Cartel burn twice as bright under the ‘Midnight Skies’ as they unveil expanded UK tour and EP ‘Man’s Best Friend’.
Exuding a swagger and attitude that would burn your eyebrows off at ten paces, the über cool Chavez Cartel have released the sweltering track ‘Midnight Skies’ on the announcement of an expanded UK tour later this year and the release of their EP ‘Man’s Best Friend’ through UK’s prestigious End Of The Trail Creative Records. ‘Midnight …
Premiere: Chavez Cartel have a ‘Dead Weekend’ ahead – a rumbling, prowling thunderous onslaught that quickens the pulse accompanied, by UK/Australian tour news.
We are absolutely delighted to premiere the new single ‘Dead Weekend’ from Gold Coast indie band Chavez Cartel. ‘Dead Weekend’ is as satisfying as anything produced by an illicit organisation with the same level of malevolence and threat attached. Opening with a reverberated voice, the track begins to prowl and circle with intent – an …