Author: Larry Heath

Sydney based singer/songwriter Josh Pyke stops by the AU review offices to talk about his brand new album “The Beginning and the End of Everything”, which was released in Australia on Friday. We also look ahead to his upcoming live shows, talk about life on the road, his punk rock days and find out which…

Held in a Chain Factory on Friday night, Converse brought their national run of “GET LOUD” shows to Brisbane, featuring explosive performances from The Laurels, The Murlocs and Tiny Migrants. Here are a few photos from the night and if you’re in Auckland on the 18th of July you can heads along to the last…

One of our favourite Perth bands, The Novocaines are just about to release a 7″ complete with two new singles, “Freedom Please” and “‘Til Death”. We have the former available for your listening pleasure. It’s easily the heaviest track we’ve heard from the rocking and rolling five piece, and if this doesn’t get your blood…

A long time fan of food from Continental USA’s Southern most regions, it’s fair to say I’m not spoilt for choice when it comes to finding food of a similar style here in Australia – not to mention price. Some of the ingredients we just don’t have readily available here while some dishes just aren’t…

Directors LAMAR+NIK, who we caught up with at SXSW earlier this year, have just released their music video for the first Pixies track to be released since “Bam Thwok” in 2004. The single, entitled “Bagboy” has been released a couple of weeks after Kim Deal quit the band, though the song seems to retain her…

Michel Gondry has always been one of my favourite directors. His ability to take dreamlike concepts and turn them into something visually tangible has always been his strength, and a unifying quality between all his productions – be they feature length, short or music video format. Though perhaps we won’t consider The Green Hornet in amongst this…

Michel Gondry has always been one of my favourite directors. His ability to take dreamlike concepts and turn them into something visually tangible has always been his strength, and a unifying quality between all his productions – be they feature length, short or music video format. Though perhaps we won’t consider The Green Hornet in…

One of our favourite artists here at the AU for many years now has been Pluto Jonze, the Sydney based electronic artist who has been making waves with tracks like “Plastic Bag in a Hurricane”. After a long wait, our patience is finally being rewarded with the release of his debut album Eject, being released…

Some gigs fade into memory as nothing more than a fun night, others we try desperately to forget… and then there are the few that we know we’ll always remember. They’re the honest, personal, sometimes elaborate performances that sit apart from the rest. They’re usually put together by a band who are at the top…

Japanese rockers Boris will be returning to Australia next week to perform their seminal record Flood in full. Drummer and vocalist from the group, Atsuo, took some time out to talk to us via e-mail and here’s what he had to say about he upcoming tour: What prompted the idea to tour Flood specifically? It…

Black Penny is one of the latest bars to make a splash in the trendy Surry Hills scene, with a focus on good vibes, classy decor, live music, unique cocktails and shared dishes to enjoy “between friends”, such as the “scallops in a blanket” ($17), pictured above. One of their most popular cocktails is the…

Dark Mofo is a brilliantly named winter festival which is debuting TODAY in and around Hobart in Tasmania, and running until June 23rd. It features concerts and performances; MONA’s first large-scale public art project and exhibition, ‘Beam In Thine Own Eye’; the Hobart City Council Dark Mofo ‘Winter Feast’; a family-friendly festivus to enliven the…

I’ve always found David Gordon Green to be a surprising director. Who would have predicted the auteur of the acclaimed George Washington (released back in 2001 in limited theatres and given wider life on DVD thanks to the Criterion Collection) would end up collaborating with comedian Danny McBride on a series of films (Your Highness…

After seeing the film at the Australian premiere in Sydney on Sunday night, yesterday morning I sat down with a group of bloggers and Marc Forster, the director of the upcoming Zombie-focused thriller World War Z, being released in 2D and 3D in Australia on June 20th. We spoke about the film’s lengthy production, working…

Sydney based rapper Rapaport has just dropped a new music video for his track “Anaconda Remix” (Produced by Untold) which was released on the 2012 Patterns Mixtape on Big Village Records. We’re proud to premiere the music video today exclusively on the AU review! Come and do the drunk boogie… The video was directed by…

The Way, Way Back was written and directed by Jim Rash and Nat Faxon, who are best known as the co-writers for the Alexander Payne helmed The Descendants, as well as playing the Dean in Community and Ben in the TV series Ben & Kate, respectively. The Way, Way Back, which premiered last Thursday night…

Premiering earlier this week on triple j, some of our favourite Sydney/Blue Mountains kids are finally back with new material after relocating to London. “Dojo Rising” is the first taste of the forthcoming Cloud Control record, Dream Cave, which is due out on August 9th, the follow up to their AMP winning debut Bliss Release….

Lovelace is a film in two halves. The first is the story of Linda Lovelace – the iconic actress from the 70s porn film sensation Deep Throat – that everyone else had told, including Lovelace herself in her early cash-ins such as Inside Linda Lovelace. The second is the story that Linda revealed when she…

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Yesterday morning I sat down with Matt Ravier, the program manager and curator of The Hub. Sitting at Sydney’s Town Hall and premiering at the 2012 Sydney Film Festival, The Hub has become the heart of the Sydney Film Festival, with daily events and most importantly: drinks with other film fans and the film community….

The touch-screen supported Izakaya has become a more recent addition to the Sydney food scene, with Wagaya and Mizuya both proving popular destinations for both Japanese locals and westerners with Karaoke rooms, booths for almost all guests and a wide and varied selection of food and drinks on hand. Yebisu Izakaya in Regent Place (next…

Every major city has its premiere viewing platform. New York has the Empire State Building. Sydney has the Centrepoint Tower. Auckland has the Sky Tower. And never a city to be outdone, Melbourne has the Eureka Tower, which has its viewing point – the “SkyDeck” – on the 88th floor of the building. At 285…