Author: Larry Heath

While at Culture Collide in Los Angeles a week or so ago, I caught up with Netherlands based group Moss to talk about what it’s like coming to America, their chances of touring Australia, Islands, Bollywood films and much much more, over a few sodas at a cafe in Silverlake… Welcome to Los Angeles! It’s…

While I was at Culture Collide in Los Angeles, I caught up with up-and-coming Canadian trio The Balconies to talk about their music and much more… Audio edit by Tiffany Britchford.

While at Culture Collide in Los Angeles, I caught up with Dan Haggis, the drummer from Liverpool’s The Wombats to talk about the difficulties trying to break the US market, the success they’ve had in Australia, Gongs, Tambourines, Austin City Limits and much more…

Brisbane band Cub Scouts have just released a new music video for their single “Told You So”, off their debut EP, which you can view HERE. Always ones to keep things interested, the band have also released a hilarious tour diary outlining their time on the road with Loon Lake last month. From chasing sheep…

It’s hard to believe a year has passed since the last Culture Collide – one of the industry’s youngest BIGSOUND-esque showcase events, now in its third annual edition, put on by Filter Magazine – yet here we are once again, running straight from the airport (and along flight from Sydney) to Los Angeles’ trendy Echo…

Some comedians are just strange. When two comedians run on stage dressed in skin coloured spandex, with two massive faux testicals hanging low, singing a song about diarrhea, you can’t help but think this. You also start wondering, “what would a dinner conversation be like with Tim and Eric?” and “what drugs were they on…

Sydney rockers The Art will be joining Steel Panther on their first ever headline tour of Australia after opening for them earlier this year at the House Of Blues in LA. Having supported the likes of The Pixies, Them Crooked Vultures, Marilyn Manson, amongst others, The Art will be playing tracks from their latest album…

The Australian Government will join hands with 24 partners (from various government, educational and business institutions) to put on a “grand cultural festival” over the next four months, with a run of live concerts to take place throughout November as part of The Aussie BBQ event series. Oz Fest promises to be a fairly large…

Up-and-coming Australian K-Pop group Chill talks to the AU review’s Johnny Au just before they hit the stage at Sydney’s Enmore Theatre, in support duties for K-Pop superstar Jay Park. They let us in on who they are, thank their fans and give us an idea of what’s to come… Camera/Edit: Larry Heath Interview: Johnny…

While backstage at Stamping Grounds Festival in Sydney over the weekend, Larry Heath caught up with frontman Pete Williamson of Melbourne’s Black Devil Yard Boss to talk about their crowdfunded record, selling soiled underwear to their fans and much more!

K-Pop Star Jay Park talks to our very own Johnny Au about how he “chillaxes”, his Australia “Jaywalkerz” – his Australian Fans – self-producing his latest record, how the success of PSY has worked to his advantage and much more… Camera/Edit: Larry Heath Interview: Johnny Au

The Trouble with Templeton talk about their new single, their upcoming American tour to CMJ and Filter Magazine’s Culture Collide and much much more… this interview took place at BIGSOUND in Brisbane, Australia.

New Zealand’s Tom Lark (sans mustache) talks to Larry Heath at BIGSOUND in Brisbane, Australia, about this music, passing out on the way over to the country and much more…

Kicking off a phenomenal rock n’roll triple bill at the Annandale Hotel (where else?) were Sydney’s own Doc Holliday Takes The Shotgun. The band may as well be a love affair with artists like Nick Cave, Iggy Pop and Jon Spencer, featuring a similarly enigmatic frontman (Jack Booker) with plenty of talent, swagger to boot…

Larry Heath chats to Wheatus‘ Brendan B. Brown at the 2012 Fat as Butter Music Festival in Newcastle, NSW, Australia, about “Teenage Dirtbag” 12 years on, their experiences in Australia and much more… Camera: Johnny Au Edit/Interview: Larry Heath

With sell out tours from bands like Hanson and S Club, not to mention the tours of bands like Wheatus and Eiffel 65 thanks to Fat as Butter festival, plus the forthcoming reunion album from Soundgarden, reminiscing about the 90s seems to be all the rage at the moment. So, in the spirit of keeping…

A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of joining Jake and Stav of Bluejuice as they took to the skies with the wonderful guys at Red Baron at Sydney’s Bankstown airport in their flagship Red Bull Stunt Plane. There are only two ways to describe it: exhilarating and nauseating. Both myself and Jake didn’t…

Australia’s largest charity recycler, Salvos Stores has been changing the lives of Australians in need since 1883. To celebrate its important role within the community, Salvos Stores is hosting a one off pop-up store to be set up at Adelaide train station TOMORROW, this Friday, September 28 from 1-6pm. Having made a name for itself…

When Snow Patrol come to town, you always know you’re in for something special. Throw in the “exclusivity” of an event like the Debit Mastercard series and indeed you have something truly unmissable. Tonight Snow Patrol fans were treated to a “stripped down” version of the band, performing as a three piece as they played…

We chat to Josh and Matt from Newcastle band The Owls at Fat as Butter in their hometown!

We sit down with Swedish electronic duo Rebecca and Fiona to talk about their first ever trip to Australia, while they were at the Fat as Butter music festival in Newcastle, NSW.

While we were at Fat as Butter in Newcastle, we sat down with Mike and Josh from Vancouver, Canada band Marianas Trench to talk about their experiences during their first trip to Australia, including the intricacies of AFL, dangerous animals – plus talk their latest record Ever After – and more!

We sit down with Peter and Greg from Brisbane up-and-comers Hey Geronimo! to talk about their debut EP and more…

Australia & New Zealand are set to experience the smooth soulful flavour of South Africa in September and October of 2012 as singer, songwriter, producer and chart topping artist Garth Taylor is headed our way to perform a series of intimate shows across the country in his very first Trans-Tasman tour. Garth made his debut…

Last week, the first Byron Bay Bluesfest announcement was released – earlier than ever before, featuring an eclectic lineup that Peter Noble describes as the “Cool and Groovy” announcement. Featuring Iggy Pop, Ben Harper, The Frames and many more, I caught up with Festival Director Peter Noble to talk about the festival, BIGSOUND, the lineup…

While at BIGSOUND, Larry Heath caught up with Canadian band The Darcys to talk about their all-too-brief Australian tour, their Steely Dan cover record, their upcoming plans and much, much more…

Larry Heath sat backstage over the weekend to chat with the UK’s Fat as Butter to talk about Texas outfits, Red Bull sleeps, touring around Asia, underground music scenes, returning to Australia and much more in this UNCUT interview… listen on! Remaining tour dates: Tue 25th The Hi Fi, Brisbane, QLD WITH YOUNG MEN DEAD…

Hot on the heels of his new album My God Is Blue I caught up with the French bearded electronic maestro Sebastien Tellier to talk about the new album, the meaning behind “Pépito Bleu”, a film soundtrack that never happened and much more… oh and he reckons he’ll be back in Australia over the Summer….

We catch up with our good friends in Chicks Who Love Guns to talk about their music, super heroes, the new EP Moon Eater and much, much more… If CWLG were a super hero, Avengers style crew, what would be the super powers of each member of the group and how do you think, in…

In Macy Gray’s first tour of Australia in twelve years – her last when On How Life Is made her a household name – a sold out crowd at the Sydney Opera House on Sunday night proved that this was a tour that fans had indeed been holding out for for a long time. In…