Year: 2012

Tales in Space are Luke Bertoz & Simon Widaur from Sydney who write, play & record their own tunes and – as you’ll see below in their new film clip – occasionally dress up as scientists and conduct experiments. You may remember the band from their track “Work You Out” that got a good amount…

Brisbane’s Little Scout are back with the new track “Go Quietly”, mixed by Lars Stalfors (The Mars Volta) in LA, a collaboration that occurred when Lars approached the band after hearing their tracks on triple j unearthed radio. Written with Scott Bromiley of The John Steel Singers, and recorded by Little Scout drummer Miro Mackie,…

After selling out tours around Australia, Last Dinosaurs headed over to the UK to show off their music to a new audience. In the midst of it all, we caught up with Sean Caskey from the band to talk about their growing successes in Australia, guitars, AFL, what the UK tour has been like (and…

Over the weekend, the 59th annual Sydney Film Festival wrapped things up with an excellent closing night film and party at the beautiful State Theatre. One of my favourite things about the festival is its inclusion of the classic venue – it’s a joy to see a film as they were watched many decades ago:…

Just after we’d chatted to Howler on the Brighton Pier, we bumped into Brooklyn based duo Wild Belle – Natalie and Elliot Bergman – and spent some time learning a bit more about them, talked about Coachella, discovered their thoughts of Australia and much more… Camera: Johnny Au Interview/Edit: Larry Heath Photo: Phil Knott Photography

While in London for The Aussie BBQ last month at Cargo, we caught up with Screamfeeder’s bassist Kellie Lloyd to talk about her performance in London, her new solo record Magnetic North and much more. Camera: Johnny Au Interview/Edit: Larry Heath

Being transported from the initial secluded surroundings and scenarios of suburbia to dreary downtown New York is a realistic vision of troubled times, portrayed by electro-pop outfit, Passion Pit, with the introduction of new helicam technology featured in the video. Their new single, “Take A Walk,” should not be taken literally in this instance. Instead,…

While many musicians go out of their way to produce a cinematic experience, Brisbane band Last Dinosaurs decided to keep it simple for their new video, “Andy”, with an monochromatic theme and brief glimpses of eccentric, coloured geometric shapes to keep us enticed. To be honest, it didn’t matter as the indie-rocker’s latest single has…

When I was 13 my Dad gave me $20 to spend during a day out at the Salamanca markets. I quickly pocketed the cash and once our father-daughter bonding was complete I rushed to the record store as I had a big decision to make. $20 was enough to buy one CD and I’d been…

Larry Heath talks to UK trio We Have Band about their experiences in Australia, Russia, Kate Bush, their latest record Ternion and more… Camera: Johnny Au Interview and Edit: Larry Heath

With a rarely seen sun in the sky, we take to the beach in Brighton to touch base with Melbourne band Red Ink just after they performed at The Aussie BBQ showcase as part of The Great Escape festival. Watch on!

As the bands performed at Digital in Brighton for The Aussie BBQ we caught a bit of sun on the beach with the appropriately named Brisbane band Inland Sea. Larry Heath caught up with four members of the ten member group to talk about the weather, Velociraptor, The Great Escape, the difficulties of getting the…

Shortly after they left the Aussie BBQ stage at Cargo in London, we caught up with Adelaide group The Killgirls to talk about their music, the incident which saw them cancel their Great Escape performance the day prior and much more… Camera: Johnny Au Interviews/Edit: Larry Heath

Static on the Airwaves is the tenth album from British folk punks The Levellers and marks their first release since 2008. Traditionally there has always been an element of sedition and the political to folk music, most recently the British far right tried unsuccessfully to commandeer the genre for its own purpose. The Levellers are…

Fresh of the stage at The Great Escape in Brighton, Larry Heath catches up with Sydney it-kid Oliver Tank to talk about his music, Iceland, the shows in the UK and much more… Camera: Johnny Au Interview and Edit: Larry Heath

One of our favourite Sydney bands, Cameras are touring this July to promote the new video for their track “June” – appropriate, no? They originally released the track a long time back in an unofficial manner, but now that it’s got an official release as a part of their breathtaking record In Your Room, they…

While in Brighton for The Great Escape, we caught up with Splendour bound band Howler to talk about Australia, Brighton, Ladyboys, America Give Up, Roller Coasters and have a freaky moment involving James Brown. Watch the pretty hilarious interview to see what went down…

We caught up with Sydney rock outfit Step-Panther while they were in Brighton for The Great Escape, to talk about their debut LP, the year ahead (which includes a UK exclusive vinyl release), their adventures in the UK, and much more…

After gaining notoriety as founding member of Brisbane band The Gin Club, Ben Salter has ventured out on his own, releasing the brilliant solo record The Cat last year. He’s now taking his music to the world, venturing out on a tour around the UK and Europe. We caught up with Ben while he was…

Following on from last week’s profile of Ustralian, we get to know Deaf Wish, a Toronto based record label, website, party thrower and much more… Rock Trembath fills us in on what they’re up to North of the equator. What is Deaf Wish? DEAFWISH started as a record label for the music our friends were…

Sydney electronic outfit Fox are getting ready to pump out some new music and we have the exclusive stream of the first track to come from them since last year’s self-titled EP, “Punchup”. We look forward to hearing what our contributors have to say on this one!

Last seen in the country over two years ago, We Have Band recently returned to the scene with their latest LP Ternion. Directed by Arthur Castillon & Fabien Pochez, the band have just unveiled a music video for their track “Tired of Running” – easily one of the catchiest songs on the record – and…

Brisbane group Charlie Mayfair‘s new EP Fall In Time was released on Friday and we have a stream for you of the eagerly anticipated record. Head to our Facebook page, or tweet us and let us know what you think of it!

It’s incredibly sad to see the Phoenix Public House closing its doors this week. The venue quickly established itself as a powerhouse of live music in the north and in its short life span has played host to a plethora of amazing gigs and has been responsible for many raucous nights, bad dancing, painful hangovers…

You may say we’re flogging a dead horse on this one, and you might be right, but we thought we’d use the recent controversy surrounding Delta Goodrem and a certain Arcade Fire song to help re-introduce you to the series we launched last year: Song Riff Offs. In the series we introduce you to songs…

I love the variety of acts one encounters in the Workers Club bandroom. In the span of one evening you can take in some jangly lo-fi indie, white boy rap and experimental synth pop. Kicking off the party was Cat Cat whose LP Uralba has been on high rotation on my stereo all year. The…

Welcome to another edition of The AU Preview! What should you expect to see during the month? We’ve got it covered… 1. Sydney Film Festival (June 6th – 17th) Unlike most film festivals during the year (ie French, German, Italian, etc), the annual Sydney Film Festival encompasses all languages, genres and eras to suit the…

What do fried chicken, magic and science fiction all have in common? Usually it would be nothing, however, it is interesting to see how they are all intertwined (as well as people from different walks of life) in the latest Beach House video for their new single, “Lazuli”. Watch it, and be mesmerised!

As many of you know, one of the things we at the AU love to do is travel the world and see how our Aussie artists are fairing overseas. Right now, we have a man on the scene at Bonnaroo checking out The Temper Trap, and I myself was in the US and the UK…

Having gained attention with their 2011 EP Desperate Love, Alex Watts & the Foreign Tongue have returned with brand new single “This Haunting”. The upbeat track will be released on June 11th, 2012 through Astound Records, but you can have a first listen below! Alex Watts & the Foreign Tongue will launch ‘This Haunting’ in…