Author: Larry Heath

As we return to Middle Earth, exactly 9 years after Peter Jackson delivered the Academy Award winning climax of his Lord of the Rings trilogy, it goes without saying that a fair few things have changed. We begin in The Shire, Hobbiton, with the familiar Sir Ian Holm as the elderly Bilbo Baggins, telling a…

We continue our top 40 albums of 2012 countdown with the third part of our journey to the number one spot… Lana Del Rey – Born To Die When I first heard the song “Born To Die” I was blown away. I felt liked I was hearing something different, something I had been craving to…

While at Clockenflap in Hong Kong, Johnny Au caught up with Nick from !!! (Chk Chk Chk) to talk about their plans for the next record, the festival, Primal Scream, what he hears other people think about his band, past experiences at Laneway Festival in Australia and much more…

As it’s been previously reported, the Big Day Out is going to be joining the world’s elite festivals this Summer by introducing Chow Town to their festivals – a celebration of some of Sydney’s finest food. These are the sort of restaurants you couldn’t get bookings to even if you tried (and believe me, I…

Set in the beautiful surrounds of Centennial Park in Sydney, the Moonlight Cinema has very much become a part of the essential annual filmgoers calendar in Sydney, with a relaxed family atmosphere, a string of anticipated movie previews along with a host of the past year’s favourites (and a couple of classics along the way)….

We continue our Top 40 Albums of 2012 list with 30 to 21… These albums were voted by 42 of our fine contributors and the list that has resulted is an eclectic mix; from local indie, to international chart toppers, Australian Black Metal and all the way back again. We hope you enjoy our annual…

Having just finished up a tour around the country supporting Gotye, the wonderful Bertie Blackman is definitely on our minds at the moment. She has just released a new music video for her track “Stella”, which was directed by Andrew Kavanagh, the 2012 Qantas Spirit of Youth Awards winner of the Film Category. It’s a…

As we launch our Best of 2012 series, we begin as we usually do with the first ten albums of our Top 40 Albums of 2012 list. These albums were voted by 42 of our fine contributors and the list that has resulted is an eclectic mix; from local indie, to international chart toppers, Australian…

While at Clockenflap in Hong Kong we caught up with Nic Offer of !!! (Chk Chk Chk) and he let us in on what his favourite record of 2012 was… so let’s learn a little more about Big Day Out bound Death Grips from the man himself…

Larry had a chat with Laneway Festival and Sydney Festival bound artist Nite Jewel to talk about what we can expect from the shows, what’s coming next and much much more… Where about are you at the moment? Just at home! How’s the weather this time of year, you’re based in LA aren’t you? Yeah,…

PVT are back with a new single in “Nightfall”, and for its music video they’ve teamed up with Jennifer Juniper Stratford. The result is a colourful, trippy, possibly Tron inspired journey. Enjoy it below! The track is currently available for download from PVT’s Soundcloud page: http://soundcloud.com/pvt/nightfall

Claire Knight catches up with Melbourne’s Daniel Merriweather backstage at Homebake Festival to talk about living in LA, working on new material, with new artists, his latest live show and more…

In the first of our 2012 backstage at Homebake series, Larry catches up with Husky and Gideon from Husky to talk about the year past (which included no less than five trips to America!) and the year ahead… which looks to include the recording of their next album! Interview: Larry Heath Sound: Claire Knight Cameras:…

Now here’s something you wouldn’t have ever expected to see. Lars Ulrich from Metallica and Sean Parker pictured together, all smiles. After all that fighting over Napster, Spotify has brought them together, photographed here at a special event today in New York to announce that Metallica would now be featured on the streaming platform. Meanwhile,…

Fresh off winning Best Album for A is for Alpine (for which they also received an ARIA nomination) at the 2012 The Age EG Awards, Melbourne’s Alpine have released a new music video for the track “Seeing Red” which sees the band getting their spacesuit on…

Your bright, red lips makes my blood bright red… Welcome to my new feature column “Larry Likes!” in which I share recent musical discoveries with you – both local and international. We start with a Sydney four piece called Yetis. “Bright Red” is the second track off their just released sophomore EP Hear Me Now,…

While at Clockenflap over the weekend, Johnny Au talks to the gorgeous UK singer/songwriter Lucy Rose about her time in Hong Kong, plans for 2013, desires to tour Australia, work with Bombay Bicycle Club, her new album (in stores now) and much more… Camera/Interview: Johnny Au Edit: Larry Heath

I love music documentaries. If my annual Sydney Film Festival coverage is anything to go by, by and large I’m first in line for the latest release. Lemmy definitely ranks high on the list of Sydney Film Festival favourites, a man who would count himself as good mates with another man named Mr. Dave Grohl…

It was a beautiful night down at Bondi last night with lots of fabulous film faces making it down to Icebergs to kick off the much loved festival FLiCKERFEST. The glamorous crowd were also the first to hear of an exciting development in the Australian film industry – Gillian Armstrong was thrilled to announce that…

Getting a music conference right is never an easy thing. There needs to be a balance between keeping things interesting for both musicians and the industry, a variety of panels to make it worth everyone’s while – as well as being unique for the market – great networking opportunities and, naturally, the showcasing of some…

In our continuing red carpet misadventures from the 2012 ARIA Awards in Sydney, we take you back to nine more of our live streams from Soundcloud, plus some backstage press conference audio from The Temper Trap, Russell Brand, Gotye, Kimbra, Yothu Yindi and Peter Garrett. We had a great time at the awards – see…

Over the last few years, the camp at ARIA have been working hard trying to use their brand to the best of its abilities; extending beyond the awards in an age where sales are down, profits are low and a TV audience is reducing. In 2010 they introduced a concept that saw its nominated artists…

I think it’s fair to say most of the Australian music industry is battling a fierce hangover today – that’s if they’re even awake. So we thought we’d treat them – and all of you – to a new discovery. For fans of bands like Boards of Canada, we have a new outfit from Montreal…

Once again the Australian Music Industry’s “night of nights” has come and gone, seeing the venerable Gotye retain his crown of “Best Male” as well as taking out two other awards including the big one – “Album of the Year”. London based, Melbourne bred The Temper Trap were the only other multi-winners of the night,…

After we discovered we were placed in rooms next door to one and other, the night that followed the final day of the NH7 Weekender Festival took a turn for adventure with Ed, Jack and Jack’s lovely girlfriend. Keeping it simple, we ended up drinking a few too many Kingfishers as we ran around Pune…

While at The Aussie BBW at CMJ in New York City I had the chance to sit down with Lowlakes – enjoy our chat below! VIDEO CREDITS: Interview and Camera: Larry Heath Editor: Nathan Atkins Producer: Johnny Au

This morning was a strange one. After a Hurricane, a journey to India that seemed to go on for days and a first day more epic than most, last night was my first in a proper bed in a good week. With the very fact I was in India still failing to sink in, it…

Larry catches up with goodbyemotel at The Aussie BBQ at CMJ in New York, where they talk about the upcoming album, their 3D show, tour and much more…

We continue with our Best of the 90’s series with a look at the ten Australian albums our contributors have voted as their favourite of the 1990s. With The Living End currently touring every album they’ve ever released around the country, perhaps it’s only appropriate that we kick off this countdown with their self-titled 1998…

Larry catches up with Dancing Heals at the Aussie BBQ in New York city, where they talk about the city, pizza, tour, pizza, new music and much, much more…