Author: Larry Heath

We are really thrilled to welcome back to our shores US duo HIGH PLACES, as special guests of THE BOOKS on their Australian tour kicking off on Friday night. High Places – aka Robert Barber and Mary Pearson – are very recent visitors, having bowled us over with their magnificent performances on their co-headline tour…

Furry Red Records has put out a compilation album entitled “The Best of RADelaide”. We look now at 8 tracks off the album. We’ll be looking at the rest in the coming weeks… Spencer Jayne – A Woman Scorned “A Woman Scorned” by Spencer Jayne is this delightfully dark song which manages to take an…

Yeasayer have wished the world a Happy Valentine’s Day by releasing their new music video “I Remember”! It features an amazing moustache! Amazing! Send to your friend with the EP for free! http://yeasayer.net/valentines/

Kicking off this week, Fuse Festival 2011 will be running over three days from 16th – 18th February, with Masterclasses (16th) and the conference (17th & 18th) running during the day and at night, Adelaide will come alive with music with over 80 bands from interstate and locally showcasing at venues across the city. Held…

The band have begun taking pre-orders for ‘The King Of Limbs’ exclusively from their website, www.radiohead.com. Fans will be able to digitally download the album as early as the end of this week, Saturday 19 February. For the next few weeks ‘The King Of Limbs’ will be exclusively available from the band’s website in two…

New Zealand touring machines Die! Die! Die! are coming back to town this March and April, for an extensive East Coast tour. Here are the dates! Fri 25 Mar Graves, Elsewhere Gold Coast, QLD Sat 26 Mar Big Backyard Festival, Ric’s Brisbane QLD Sun 27 Mar Great Northern, Byron Bay, NSW Wed 30 Mar Filth,…

A smaller-than-usual crowd took over Centennial Park in Sydney yesterday for the annual Good Vibrations Festival, as a light rain did little to dampen the spirits of punters ready for some pretty fantastic music. Before we get to the music, let’s talk more generally about the event itself. Good Vibrations is about as commercial as…

The group featuring Liam Gallagher, Gem Archer, Andy Bell and Chris Sharrock – Beady Eye – have delieved the first single “The Roller” from their new album Still Speeding which is due out on March 11th. Naturally, a music video has been released to accompany the single! Anyone else feel like the just watched the…

Natalie van den Dungen has directed Darren Hanlon in a cinematic, beautiful music video for an equally lovely song. The Butterfly Bones EP releases on Friday!

Lady Gaga wants all her Little Monsters around the world to come and celebrate together on Valentine’s Day why you too were “Born This Way”. Join fellow Little Monsters at the below times and locations in Sydney and Melbourne. What exactly this means, we’re not sure… FEBRUARY 14th Sydney 8:15am – Top of Martin Place…

In less than one week’s time, electronic music luminaries Lamb are launching their world tour here in Australia! Notonly will audiences be the first to hear new tracks from their last album, but we’ll also get to see them perform them live! Known universally as being the King and Queen of breathtaking electronica, Lou Rhodes…

This year’s Tropfest will see the awarding of the “Tropscore” award. There are three nominees, all of whom are listed at the end of this article, alongside further information of the awards. To learn more from the horses mouth, however, we caught up with one of the judges of the award – Josh Fielder, and…

In town to support Rihanna, Calvin Harris announces a string of national DJ sets. Here are the dates: 25th Feb – Family (Brisbane) 26th Feb – Superdisco @ The Prince (Melbourne) 27th Feb – Greenwood Hotel (Sydney) 5th March – Mardi Gras 2011 Dance Party @ The Hordern (Sydney) – Headlining act 6th March –…

Summer has arrived and with it comes a brand new sound track for those hot holiday arvos & after dark escapades from onelove. Enlisting the talents of superstar international electro pop producer / DJ Calvin Harris, alongside Australian ITM DJ poll Top 3 mainstay Andy Murphy and back room tactician Acid Jacks. Onelove’s Summer Sonic…

Oh how cool was Choose Your Own Adventure when you were a kid? Hell, it’s still cool now! And as proof, The Streets have released an interactive film based around their new (and ‘final’) album Computers and Blues. Get playing and enjoy!

Dead Kennedys are one of the most popular and important American punk bands, and they are returning to Australia for three special shows this April. Dead Kennedys play Melbourne on April 6, Brisbane on April 7 and Sydney on April 9. They formed in San Francisco in 1978 when vocalist Jello Biafra answered a music…

Our good friends at Your Take Sessions have sent us this video for your viewing pleasure. They chatted with Birds of Tokyo backstage at the Big Day Out in Adelaide and the band performed an acoustic session of “Wild At Heart”. We look forward to bringing you more material from Your Take! Stay tuned! Producer…

– Thanks for taking the time to talk to us Matt! Firstly, congrats on the Laneway spot! How has the festival tour been going? Hey Larry, thank you, the festival’s been incredible so far. This is our first touring festival, so it’s all been very exciting and over whelming so far. It’s the serious business…

After its launch into Australia last year, Creamfields Australia is back bigger and better for Easter 2011. The Totem Onelove crew (also behind the Stereosonic festival) are committed to bringing you some of the world’s best acts, utilizing some of the best venues in Australia, amazing production and value for money in ticket pricing. Totem…

We head to the V Energy Green Room at the Adelaide Big Day Out 2011.

While he was in the country for Big Day Out, just before he hit the stage at the Metro Theatre in Sydney, we briefly sat in the stairwell backstage with Plan B to discuss The Defamation of Strickland Banks, touring Australia, and what’s next for the popular rapper, soul singer-songwriter, actor and director… boy, does…

There has been a late venue change for “Gimme That Guitar”, the concert celebrating the late great guitarist Harvey James, taking place next Thursday February 17. The date is the same, only the venue has changed. “Gimme That Guitar” will now take place at the Enmore Theatre. All tickets originally purchased for The Factory Theatre…

It’s that time again! Laneway has arrived in town, a week or so after Big Day Out left us all rather exhausted. In its second appearance at the Sydney College of the Arts in Rozelle, let it first off be said that the organisers nailed the venue layout. Gone were the problems plaguing the festival…

In May, Gary Numan and his band will be returning to Australia to perform The Pleasure Principle in full, in the continuing celebration of its 30th anniversary. But it’s not the first time that the legend of the electronic music world has performed a past album in full. Replicas and Telekon received similar treatment in…

One of the most exciting bands to come of of New York City in recent years, Battles made waves with their 2007 album Mirrored. In fact, it still makes regular appearances on most of our iPods. Thankfully, it sounds like it won’t be long before Battles finally deliver on their promise on a follow up…

Just after they soundchecked at the UNSW Roundhouse in Sydney, we caught up with Frank Delgado (Keys, Samples) and Abe Cunningham (Drums) of legendary Californian troupe Deftones. We talk about the Big Day Out tour, their latest album, we check up on bassist Chi Cheng (who suffered serious injuries following a car accident in 2008)…

ESCAPE THE FATE is running straight for rock stardom, exuding a spirit of chaotic mischief, reminiscent of the riotous Motley Crue, which they capture brilliantly in their electrifying live shows. Hailing from the world’s most outlandish city, Las Vegas, ESCAPE THE FATE are conquering crowds and packing venues throughout the world, enslaving a legion of…

Ahead of their appearance at Laneway Festival – which kicks off this weekend – I had the privilege – nay, the honour – of speaking with the legend that is Tim Harrington, the lead singer of New York rockers Les Savy Fav. He was sitting at home in New York and I was just waking…

Soundwave announced today that it would no longer be holding the Sydney show at the Eastern Creek Raceway – hinting that they would return there next year, however, as they continue to work on site improvements: increased shade, water taps etc. In its place, the festival will now take place at the home of Big…

This morning, Jam Music announced that Aloe Blacc & The Grand Scheme will be joining the line up for the 2011 Good Vibrations Festival! This no doubt fills the gap left by Cee Lo Green, who pulled out of the festival earlier this year due to unexpected Grammy commitments. Often likened to a contemporary Marvin…