Author: Larry Heath

In this ongoing series we introduce you to songs that have (legally) borrowed, alluded to, been inspired by or stolen from (knowingly or unknowingly) the riff of another song. And we’ll have plenty more for you in the weeks ahead… this week we look at a more obvious riff off, where the riff from the…

Larry Heath caught up with Alexander Gow of Oh Mercy while he was Toronto earlier this year, where they talked about their tours around the USA and much more. The band were recently in Portland working on material for a third album… Camera: Andrew Wade Edit/Interview: Larry Heath Photo: The English Gentlemen

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,…

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:…

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…

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

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

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!

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

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

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!

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…

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!

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…

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…

Larry Heath and Andrew Wade from the AU review head to the Lofty Dog in Austin, Texas with the one and only Henry Wagons. As well as finding out what he and his band Wagons are up to at the moment (and how SXSW is treating him), we learn about Henry’s two dogs as he…

It’s not long now until Splendour in the Grass (can you believe it’s next month!?) and we’re getting a little excited. One local band in particular is making a good bit of buzz in advance of their performance at the festival, and that’s Brisbane’s Mosman Alder, who have dropped their debut EP Burn Bright. We…

We catch up with Sydney based singer/songwriter Eli Wolfe, while he was at The Aussie BBQ at Canadian Music Week in Toronto. Interview/Edit: Larry Heath Camera: Andrew Wade

We catch up with Sydney based singer/songwriter Luke Cleland at Newton’s Nation festival in Bathurst at the end of April 2012. Interview/Edit: Larry Heath Additional Editor: Rick Clifford Video: Yaya Stempler

A new day, a new approach. Through no fault of my own this day was hard to follow owing to overlapping set and a hefty does of indecisiveness. This saw a rapid-fire approach for the first half of the day before settling in entirely at the main stage for the night. Pete Holmes Comedian Pete…

While backstage at The Aussie BBQ in Austin, Texas during SXSW, Larry Heath from the AU review caught up with Kim Benzie, lead vocalist of Brisbane rock outfit Dead Letter Circus. Both the interviewer and interviewee were reasonably hungover during this interview, and Kim calls Larry on this halfway through their chat… at which point…

Larry Heath from the AU review catches up with Felix Riebl from Australia’s own The Cat Empire, just after they soundchecked their headlining show as part of Toronto’s Canadian Music Week. Felix brings us up to date on how the last of their 10th Anniversary Shows are going, what’s next for the band, what Canada…