Author: Larry Heath

Today we’re also premiering the new section “The State Of Affairs”, where we fill you in on what’s been happening of late in the local and international music and arts industries. From break ups to make ups, from firings to hirings… you’ll read it all here. In This Issue: All-Ages Events get a load of…

Backstage at Peats Ridge Festival over New Years we caught up with up-and-coming Perth group San Cisco to find out more about their forthcoming EP Awkward, their thoughts on playing the Big Day Out and much more…

What an amazing year we had in 2011! We’re taking a look back now at our 11 favourite tours from the year, featuring the local artists who dominated our live scene… 11. Jinja Safari Off the back of plenty of triple j lovin’, a fantastic EP and their debut LP Locked by Land, Jinja Safari…

We asked our contributors to share with us their favourite festivals of 2011. We collected the votes and these were their TOP FIVE touring festivals of 2011… 5. Groovin’ The Moo A festival we love so much here at the AU review that it graced the cover of the 2010 edition of Australia’s Year in…

Show offs. Really that just about sums up my personal feelings about the whole show, stemming out of pure, deep jealousy for how two people can be so damn talented. The two musicians in question are Daniel Holdsworth and Aidan Roberts, both of folk rock band The Maple Trail (Daniel also of The Saturns), who…

In our new news series, here’s the latest news from the world of the arts… In This Issue: Washington artwork to exhibit in Sydney, Sydney Dance Company announces new dancers, Strandbeest to roam Fed Square, Queens Street Stdio announces Residents, Alaska Project to present Samuel Hodge, WASHINGTON ARTWORK TO EXHIBIT IN SYDNEY To celebrate her…

Following a spectacular Festival First Night over the weekend, things are now well and truly rolling at camp Sydney Festival. My first event – no doubt first of many – of the month long festival took place at the newly named Keystone Festival Bar (formerly sponsored by Beck’s), at the Hyde Park Barracks. Every year,…

Backstage at the 2011 Peats Ridge Festival, Larry Heath catches up with up and coming Brisbane outfit Founds to talk about the festival, their forthcoming full length release Hadean and much more… check out their track “Holograms” below the interview, too! Holograms by Founds

In spite of lagging ticket sales, the 2012 Big Day Out boasts one of the strongest lineups in years. Sure, you’ve got a couple of frequent visitors, but from the top to the bottom, artists we’ve never seen in Australia litter the lineup, alongside the best in local talent. So we’ve put together 10 tracks…

Last in the country in March 2008 for Golden Plains, Beirut have received nothing short of a hero’s welcome on their return almost five years, and one album, later. They’ve made a slight upgrade of venues between visits, too, moving up from the 600-or-so capacity Manning Bar to the Sydney Opera House. Not bad. But…

We catch up with Sydney’s Microwave Jenny backstage at the 2011 Festival of the Sun in Port Macquarie. CREDITS: Camera: Yaya Stempler; Interview/Edit: Larry Heath With thanks to Festival of the Sun staff and organisers and Microwave Jenny.

We catch up with Brisbane’s Hungry Kids of Hungary backstage at 2011 Festival of the Sun in Port Macquarie. CREDITS: Camera: Yaya Stempler; Interview/Edit: Larry Heath With thanks to Festival of the Sun staff and organisers and Hungry Kids of Hungary.

We chat to Melbourne’s Brothers Grim backstage at the 2011 Festival of the Sun in Port Macquarie, and also catch them in action during a serenade on the beach. As part of promotion for the festival, organisers gave away a series of prizes from the bands to attendees. Brothers Grim just so happened to offer…

Sydney Festival is as ingrained in Sydney music culture as the Hottest 100 is to Australia Day, and every year it just gets better and better. This year the festival sticks with what’s worked so well over the last few years – from Festival First Night, to the Spiegeltent and the Keystone Festival Bar (Formerly…

You may remember that in our best of lists of 2010, we rated out favourite song of the year as “Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)”. Well, at the end of last year, Arcade Fire finally released a film clip for the amazing song. And they didn’t just release one… here’s the official clip first: The…

We caught up with Twin Shadow to have a chat about some new and upcoming material and touring. Where are you at right now? I’m in the studio right now in California, Los Angeles So working on some new material for us? Yeah, new material, it’s great We got a little taste of some new…

We catch up with Melbourne’s The Delta Riggs backstage at the 2011 Festival of the Sun in Port Macquarie. CREDITS Interview/Edit: Larry Heath; Camera: Yaya Stempler With thanks to the staff at Festival of the Sun and The Delta Riggs

We catch up with Perth’s Young Revelry backstage at the 2011 Festival of the Sun in Port Macquarie. CREDITS: Camera: Yaya Stempler; Interview/Edit: Larry Heath With thanks to Festival of the Sun staff and organisers and Young Revelry.

Sydney Festival has announced the official line-up of artists that will be appearing at the Jägermeister ‘Hunting Lodge’, which will be popping up in Honda Festival Garden in Hyde Park from next week, 10-29 January 2012, as a semi-permanent bar and performance space. The Jägermeister Hunting Lodge will be home to a series of intimate…

One of our favourite acts from the Peats Ridge Festival over the weekend was Brisbane ten-piece Inland Sea. They recently released their music video for “The Only One”, and we thought we should share it with you! Upcoming dates for Inland Sea: Sunday 22nd January, Big Day Out www.bigdayout.com Wednesday 25th January, The Soundlounge, Currumbin…

Reasonably bearded Seattle based six piece Fleet Foxes had an amazing 2011. Releasing their sophomore LP Helplessness Blues to rave reviews around the world – hitting Number One in Norway, Number Two in the UK, Number Four in the US and Number Six on the Australian Charts – and touring the globe relentlessly, including a…

Fed Square’s FREE live music series, Fed Square Live presented by The Push continues through January with a line up of indie, blues, dance and rock performances by Australia’s top independent acts and emerging talent. The January line up features Bleeding Knees Club + Snakadaktal (12 January) and Stonefield + Tessa and The Typecast (19…

As we hit the second day of 2012, we take a look back at how hundreds of thousands of music fans around Australia brought in 2012 through a string of events on New Years Eve and New Years Day. PEATS RIDGE FESTIVAL Over 10,000 music fans a day travelled to picturesque Peats Ridge – just…

We’re back with the top half of our top 20 countdown albums of 2011 list, and like all those before it, it’s an electic pile of music from around the world that our contributors have been loving over the last 12 months. Let’s get it started! Beastie Boys – Hot Sauce Committee II “The most…

As voted by the AU review contributors, here are our favourite 11 music videos of 2011, which continues Gotye and Kimbra‘s sweep of our 2011 awards. Unlike the last countdowns, we’ll let the videos speak for themselves…. 11. Bluejuice – Act Yr Age 10. Liam Finn – Jump Your Bones 9. Big Scary – Gladiator…

Let’s dive right into the next batch of favourite tracks of 2011, as voted by AU review contributors! 20. In 2011, this Melbourne based band became fast favourites of the live scene, with their catchy riffs, energetic stage presence and tracks like this one, which stick with you long after you turn it off… The…

Fresh from playing the Vanguard in Sydney, we catch up with the UK’s Gemma Ray, who’s currently on a tour around the country, to talk about her forthcoming record Island Fire and more. You can catch Gemma at Peats Ridge Festival next week! Let’s talk Island Fire, due for release in February – have you…

Returning to Australia next month for a performance at Sugar Mountain Festival in Melbourne alongside a few other shows, we catch up with Petey Dammit of San Francisco group Thee Oh Sees, to talk about their new record and more… Let’s talk about your latest album release, Carrion Crawler/The Dream. Where did you record the…

Let’s dive right into the next batch of favourite tracks of 2011, as voted by AU review contributors! 30. We kick off the second part of our countdown with what is easily one of the catchiest tracks of the year, by a band who will have made no less than three trips to Australia in…

Can you believe it’s that time of year again? We can’t… but here we are bringing you the first part of our mammoth fortnight of eclectic “best of…” lists. First up we announce The AU Review’s Top 40 tracks of 2011, as voted by our fine contributors around the country. 40. We kick things off…