Day: 29 July 2014

Larry sits down with Liverpool’s Circa Waves to talk about their first ever Australian tour, their local tour with Metronomy on the back of Splendour in the Grass and their upcoming UK shows with The 1975 and The Libertines. We find out what’s coming next for the band musically and how life on the road…

In their first Sydney concert since their much lauded Opera House headline gig of 2012, First Aid Kit have returned to Australia, fresh off the release of their new LP Stay Gold, here as part of the Splendour in the Grass contingency. Tonight’s performance at the Metro Theatre may be a bit of a step…

Fresh from being a part of Splendour in the Grass this weekend, we catch up with Brisbane’s The Creases to talk about their whirlwind of a year – from landing the triple j spot at Laneway to touring with Jake Bugg – their “British sound”, the debut EP Gradient (out now!) playing Splendour and much…

Watch Ash Grunwald perform “Breakout” LIVE in Singapore during Music Matters, back in May 2014. Filmed exclusively by the AU during the Sound Gallery event, put on by Sounds Australia in Clarke Quay. Watch it here!

As we pretend to pay attention to the Commonwealth Games, we are getting exposed to the city of Glasgow, in all its many colours. But here at the AU, we’re only really worried about the music. So, we headed to Scotland’s T in the Park to meet a few of the bands who call the…

When it comes to festivals in Australia, if it’s not a rare free event, it’s expensive. Though sold out, Splendour in the Grass this weekend, including camping, was over $450 for the three day (and a bit) event. Not including flights, transport and day-to-day costs, like $8 beers (I can only assume). Finding a single…

San Diego Comic-Con took place over the last weekend. The biggest pop-culture convention in the world has become the best place for film and TV studios to make their biggest announcements, and fan response within the halls can often gauge how anticipated a certain project is. While there was no massive bombshell dropped this year…

Dwayne Johnson’s big-budget re-imagining of the Hercules legend managed to take the top spot at the Australian box office over the past weekend, taking $3.51 million. This one really could have gone either way. Johnson is as popular as ever and is now considered a bankable leading man. Director Brett Ratner is commonly known as one…

Continuing a stellar run for Australian cinema in 2014 is the fantastic low-fi apocalypse drama These Final Hours. It’s a brutally honest examination of the human condition when the end is near, that covers every emotion on the spectrum in just under ninety minutes – and a neat reimagining of a well worn genre to boot….