Author: Larry Heath

Now in its 8th year in Tasmania and 18th year in Victoria, The Falls Music and Arts Festival is one of Australia’s longest running music and arts festivals. So it should come as little surprise that the Lorne installment has sold out in just 12 minutes today!  Tickets are still available for Tasmania, but it…

Like Homebake before it, another festival has bitten the dust for the 2010/11 Summer Festival season. We absolutely adored the 2010 installment of Days Like This! and it’s such a shame that it won’t be back for 2011. But that said, this shouldn’t be the last we hear of the boutique festival.  Here’s the full…

After years of speculation, groundbreaking English hardcore punk band GBH will tour Australia and New Zealand on the back of their eleventh studio album, Perfume and Piss (Hellcat Records) in October 2010 There isn’t a self-respecting gutter punk, hardcore kid or sub cultural miscreant alive who hasn’t see the GBH logo emblazoned on the back of a leather…

The eyes of the music world will turn to Brisbane tomorrow when the annual three-day BIG SOUND music industry conference and festival hits town. And of course the AU review will be there covering it all!  Named by The Music Network as “the country’s pre-eminent music conference”, BIG SOUND delegates will hear from some of…

The last time Guttermouth visited Australia, New Noise Agency took them to the major capital cities, alongside a visit to Toowoomba’s Eidican festival. These depraved genius legends of California’s Punk community sold out shows, shocked newcomers and far surpassed the expectations of faithful fans. All in a day’s work for one of the hardest working – and hardest living…

We’re going to be at this party – it’s surely going to be epic. We love Ivy League – and who doesn’t love Cloud Control (pictured above, photo by Nik Thorup) – let alone the rest of the amazing lineup? And you can be there too! Just make sure you line up early. Here are the details: The…

Red pens and calendars at the ready. The St Jerome’s Laneway Festival 2011 is returning to the inner-city venues that made the 2010 event such a success. You had fun didn’t you? We sure did. Florence and Mumford. Echo and the Bunnymen. The XX. Daniel Johnston. How could you forget?  While the first announcement for…

We know many of you have been waiting for this announcement for a while… so here we go! The full press release is below, full of the most adjectives I’ve ever seen in a release. Damn, it must be a freakingly epic night they’re got planned for you. First Release Tickets are on sale NOW!…

U2 360˚ Tour with very special guest Jay-Z – announcing 2nd shows in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney! Well, that was inevitable. Surely there’ll be third shows, too? Now I’m just waiting for Gorillaz to announce their second shows… hopefully they will! Here are the updated dates: Melbourne, Etihad Stadium  – Wednesday December 1 – sold out  – Friday…

Two short weeks ago I don’t think I would have expected to be saying the following sentence: Klaxons are back, and sounding better than ever. Both on record, and as tonight’s show at the Enmore Theatre proved, on stage, too. For the first time since they formed, and rode the 2006/7 Myths of the Near…

If you haven’t heard of the Island Vibe Festival, it’s a massive 3 day festival at Home Beach, Point Lookout on North Stradbroke Island (Minjerribah). In 2010 it’s taking place over Halloween weekend: Friday 29th, Saturday 30th & Sunday 31st October.  Now into its fifth big year, Island Vibe has solidified its reputation as the leading Reggae,…

Sydney Festival have announced that the hit of the 2010 Sydney Festival, Smoke & Mirrors, starring iOTA, will be returning to the Spiegeltent in 2011! They also have some fantastic news from abroad… Smoke & Mirrors gets rave reviews at Edinburgh Festival Fringe  “Smoke & Mirrors gives Edwardian music hall a modern makeover with its…

You’ve been waiting over 20 years for it, so I’m not going to make you wait any longer. THE FALL are coming for Meredith Music Festival and here are the just announced sideshows: Sydney // Tuesday December 7 // Metro Brisbane // Thursday December 9 // The HiFi Melbourne // Friday December 10 // Billboard…

It’s with great joy we bring you the following news re: a posthumous Rowland S Howard release! But be quick to request a copy – they’re only making 500 of these bad boys! Liberation Music are producing and releasing a deluxe packaged vinyl 7” single of ‘The Golden Age Of Bloodshed’.  The B side is…

Sweden is coming! In the form of the delightful First Aid Kit, anyway. The first Melbourne show is sold out, there’s a second one on sale now! Full dates below. Here’s the full press release: “Blessed with the voices of plaid-clad angels.” – The Guardian First Aid Kit is Johanna and Klara Söderberg. In 2008,…

Melbourne’s Confession has announced a run of shows for this October / November. Having recently completed a national run with The Amity Affliction, in the coming months they will get back to their roots on the “Keeping It Bogan” tour – with all members growing up in regional towns, the tour will visit various cities…

Its been 1 year since You Am I toured Australia, in that time they’ve made a new record. Their most sonically adventurous record to date, the self-titled forthcoming album “YOU AM I” has been described by those lucky enough to have heard it, as their finest record since ‘Hourly Daily.’ The album is chock full…

Nominations for the fifth Annual JAGERMEISTER INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS (formally known as the Jagermeister AIR Awards) have officially been announced, and they include a stellar array of the country’s brightest emerging artists, while acknowledging an extraordinary year for Independent music. Leading the pack with 3 Nominations a piece, Sia, Dan Sultan and Cloud Control will…

With a spot at the top, alongside Klaxons, Justice and Sleigh Bells, New York’s The Rapture will be just one of many highlights at next year’s incredible Field Day lineup in Sydney… as well as the other New Years festivals they’re hitting up – Falls Festival. But the big question we’re all asking is: What…

When it comes to buzz bands in Australia, you don’t get much buzzier than Sydney-based Cloud Control. The band have recently released the highly acclaimed Bliss Release, which they celebrated with a sell out tour, a massive Splendour set and that’s just the beginning… Drummer Ulrich Lenffer took some time out to chat with Larry…

In anticipation of the launch of their third album, Long Time Gone, Larry Heath had a chat to Fleur McMenamin of The McMenamins – who are celebrating the launch with a show at the Vanguard, as part of the 2010 Sydney Fringe Festival. Thanks for speaking to us today! First of all, congratulations on the…

Ah, some great news is below! We should be getting some great New Zealand music a lot quicker than we may have otherwise. And who doesn’t love Die! Die! Die!? People that want to Live! Live! Live! I guess? Oh, but I jest.  Here’s the press release: Remote Control is excited to announce its representation…

Illusive is excited to announce that acclaimed cult US rap group, Clipse, will be performing special sideshows in Melbourne and Sydney surrounding their hugely anticipated appearance at Meredith Music Festival in December. The Virginia-based rap duo will touch down on Australian soil for the first time after three classic albums and nearly a decade at…

Arnhem Land artists scoop awards and indigenous women take the spotlight at the 2010 Indigenous Music Awards Last night the 2010 Indigenous Music Awards were kicked off with a the announcement that the awards will now open nationally to all indigenous musicians. The enthusiastic crowd were treated to performances by 2009 Hall of Fame inductees…

We’re all for supporting the local arts scene here in Sydney, and so is the Oxford Art Factory. So tonight, the venue lent a hand by holding a fundraiser for a soon to be launched art space in the city – The Paper Mill. A few bands came along to show support, too, as the…

One of the biggest buzz bands of the last year or so, and a favourite here at the AU review – GIRLS have announced their Australian Headline shows for December! You already know they’re touring for Meredith, but if you can’t make it to that amazing festival, read ahead for the sideshows in Melbourne, Sydney…

PYRAMID is back in 2010 & bigger than ever!!! The colossal PYRAMID ROCK FESTIVAL is returning to Phillip Island for its seventh year in succession! Running from Wednesday 29 December 2010 until Saturday 1 January 2011, we’re ready to announce that this years Pyramid Rock Festival is going to be bigger and better than ever!…

Well, this was one way to spend a Wednesday evening. Hot off the heels of the success of their last installment, Guitar Hero is back with Warriors of Rock. They celebrated the forthcoming launch with a party at the Oxford Art Factory – complete with a Guitar Hero jam, the “characters” of the game playing…