Author: Larry Heath

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…

Playing the Sugar Mountain Festival in Melbourne next month are Fox & Sui, the Melbourne & Sydney duo who have been making waves around the country since their formation just over a year ago. We managed to catch up with Andy Fox of the group to see what’s led them here and what we can…

Originally from Brighton and now based in Berlin, acclaimed techno producer and DJ Radio Slave aka Matt Edwards, is returning to Australia in the New Year, for shows as part of Summadayze and a stint at Space Ibiza at Greenwood Hotel in Sydney on New Years Day. While Matt was in Mauritius (it’s a hard…

the AU review catches up with Daniel Merriweather backstage at Homebake 2011. Daniel chats about forthcoming material, living in New York, being back in Australia, Amy Winehouse and much more. Interviewer/Editor: Larry Heath, Camera: Yaya Stempler.

Claire Knight from the AU review catches up with Tim and Ben from Cut Copy backstage at the 2011 Homebake Festival in Sydney. They chat about successes overseas, their Grammy award, ARIA win and much more…. Interviewer: Claire Knight, Camera: Yaya Stempler, Editor/Producer: Larry Heath.

Backstage at Festival of the Sun in Port Macquarie, NSW, Larry Heath from the AU review catches up with Andrew from The Medics (QLD). They chat briefly about the festival, their year of awards (QMAs, Deadlys, Next Crop…) and more! Camera: Yaya Stempler, Interviewer/Editor: Larry Heath.

Backstage at the 2011 Festival of the Sun in Port Macquarie, Larry Heath of the AU review catches up with Danny and Nick of Brisbane band Pigeon. They look back at the massive year and find out what’s next for the group… Camera: Yaya Stempler, Interview/Editor: Larry Heath

Kicking off on the Gold Coast on January 5th, Arizona based outfit Lydia is making tracks down to Australia for a massive tour. Rhiannon Harper chatted to Leighton Antelman of the group to talk the new album Paint It Golden, coming back from hiatus, the tour and much more… Your new album “Paint It Golden”…

Ahead of their whirlwind four city tour next month – which includes a set as part of Sydney Festival – Larry Heath caught up with Sons and Daughters‘ vocalist and guitarist Scott Paterson, to chat about the tour, the new album Mirror Mirror and much more. Your latest record Mirror Mirror was released back in…

In February 2012 three of the nations hottest upcoming outfits – millions, Nantes and Northeast Party House – are combining their indie-rock sounds for a co-headline tour around the country – The Triple Treat Tour. MILLIONS Brisbane brings to the table garage-pop marvels millions. They were barely six months old when they were hand-picked by…

When it comes to music festivals in Australia, so many are too keen to expand, try and make more money and move away from their roots. Though still arguably boutique, in many cities there isn’t a laneway to be seen at the Laneway festival (not that this is necessarily a bad thing, in this particular…

For your Monday evening enjoyment we have the new one from Clare Bowditch, and the track “Are You Ready Yet?”, which was co-written by Gotye. Clare has a few words to say about the track which you can read below… Last summer, I went to my friend Wally’ de GOTYE Backer’s house, to write some…

On the final leg of the last Australian tour for a while, we caught up with Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo himself to discuss the new sound we should expect from The Bloody Beetroots and much more… How has the tour been so far? It’s been pretty fun. I couldn’t imagine such a big tour for…

When you watch Dave Grohl running around the stage, wearing a massive grin, you can’t help but imagine he’s channeling his 15 year old self, going – “hey buddy, look how cool it is! Your dreams are totally do come true!” Maybe that’s how Dave has kept it real all these years. But however he’s…

The night opened up with Kill City Creeps, a band who have spent the last six months working hard to make their mark on the Sydney seen. Made up of ex-Dolly Rocker Daniel Darling and two-thirds of Dora Maar, the band play old fashioned (perfect for any 60’s beach party) rock and roll in every…

Tomorrow, up-and-coming Melbourne based sextet The Hello Morning will be releasing their new single “Stone Cold Lover”, and in advance they’ve been kind enough to send it over to the AU review for you to enjoy! The guys played 3 killer Sydney shows at The Annandale and Manly Boatshed last week. The band continue their…