Author: Larry Heath

Every mention of Lily Tomlin is preceded by “the incomparable” because it’s a universal truth, but the famed American comedian has been a rare sight on the big screen in recent years, featuring primarily in supporting roles in TV series like Web Therapy and Malibu Country. Thankfully that drought is over, with not only her…

Station to Station isn’t so much a feature film as it is a travelling art experiment, the execution of a concept born years prior that is now travelling the globe. The film documents a train as it travelled from the Atlantic (we presume Union Station in NYC) to the Pacific (we presume Union Station in…

Long time friends of the AU, Chicks Who Love Guns, are set to play their final show in Sydney tomorrow afternoon, following five years of fun times and great music. The band will hit the stage at 5pm at the Lord Gladstone Hotel, and will be preceded by some other great bands from Sydney you…

Jim Murphy, director of Pixar’s newest short film Lava sat down with us at SXSW to talk about the beauty of showing shorts before features, how he approached creating the film, pitching ideas to Pixar, and more. The film will be premiering in Australia later this month, playing before Inside Out, which premieres on June…

The Daughter is the second Australian film screening at the Sydney Film Festival this year to be adapted from a play (or, more accurately in this case, “inspired by”) that originally appeared at the Belvoir St Theatre in Sydney – that being Simon Stone’s 2011 adaptation of Ibsen’s The Wild Duck (the other, Cowell’s Ruben…

We’re excited to, rather belatedly, present you this exclusive video of Goldheist (Hester Fraser) performing “Not My Fault” live at the second AU sessions series in Sydney, Australia. We run the AU sessions the last Tuesday of every month – and our next event will be on June 30th. Find out who’s playing HERE. And…

Note: This review contains some spoilers of the film and the original play. “How brave of you to stop drinking alcohol in this alcoholic country” – Zoya (Abbey Lee) With a penchant for young girls, alcohol and most of life’s vices (as well as a “me before you” attitude), Ruben Guthrie isn’t a particularly likeable guy….

Larry Heath from the AU review sits down with Ben Lee while in Canada to discuss his brand new, star-studded Mixtape, aptly titled A Mixtape From Ben Lee, and in the works for more than a decade. On the project’s origins, Lee says: “The project started when I was 20, that’s almost seventeen years ago……

When it comes to an overnight airport stay, there are only three things that really matter: convenience, comfort and cost. Is it easy to get to from the terminal? Will my well earned (and usually rather brief) sleep be a pleasant one? And will I be keeping things within budget? In this respect, Four Points…

Back in January, we presented a special video featuring the team behind the Sydney Festival production Atomic Bomb! The Music of William Onyeabor and now, with the show popping up all over the world, including at the upcoming Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Tennessee later this month, we thought we’d bring you the FULL…

Having just returned from a sensational Music Matters in Singapore, Dru Chen brings us this fun music video for his single “You Got it Babe”. Full of catchy Soul, Funk and Pop elements along with a room full of dancing youngsters, Chen is a fresh face in a world steeped in rhythm & blues tradition….

If you’ve not yet had a chance to get around Hermitude‘s new album Dark Night Sweet Light, this is the album you need to access on whatever music platform you’ve got near today. The recent ARIA #1 record has seen the duo rake in deserved kudos and as our feature artists of this month, we…

Photo Credit: Daniel Boud, Sydney Opera House (Used with Permission) Formerly known as Smog, and the brief touring and life companion of the incomparable Joanna Newsom, Bill Callahan is sitting on an impressive catalogue of music that spans some 25 years and 14 albums. This week, he’s touring Australia for the first time in some…

Image Credit: Daniel Boud It’s been reminded to me quite a few times – by the band and others – that I was the first person to ever publish written work about a group formerly known as The Preachers. It’s not something I bring up now because I feel I’m entitled to take some glory…

Talk about a super star collaboration… Australia’s Flume has enlisted the iconic vocals of Andrew Wyatt (Miike Snow) to deliver a killer track in “Some Minds”, which had its world premiere on triple j earlier today. There’s a special video to accompany the release, and it’s a collaboration between the Sydney Opera House, director Clemens…

For the second weekend running, the latest Mad Max film has dominated the top of the Australian Box Office (week ending 27th May), outperforming the new entry Spy – which performed well for an American Comedy amongst positive reviews. Pitch Perfect 2 brought in an impressively strong weekend, too, especially being its third on the charts (it…

Johnny Au and Larry Heath spent the last week covering the 10th annual music conference and festival Music Matters in Singapore, catching dozens of bands, a pile of talks and eating a whole heap of great food (of which no trip to the region would be complete without). Featuring over 70 bands from more than…

Pictured: Klo Sunday in London saw the return of The Aussie BBQ – the live initiative of our music export body Sounds Australia. Hundreds of music fans – both locals and expats – came out for the event which saw over twenty Australian artists performing on two stages over ten hours at the Hoxton Bar…

Today marked the first day of the 10th annual All That Matters conference in Singapore – a three day event which takes over the Ritz Carlton for talks on Music, Video, Sponsorship, Sync and Live Events. The first day kicked off with special panels highlighting the music industries in India, Indonesia, Australia (pictured above) and…

With The Great Escape at an end, we’re looking back at the weekend of incredible performances by sharing with you our favourite discoveries of the event! Now, some of these names we’d heard before, but all of them were bands we witnessed live for the first time. And boy were we impressed… here now, counting…

Earlier this year Larry Heath checked out Paul Feig’s action-comedy film Spy that got a showing at the SXSW Film Festival in Texas. An unorthodox approach for a mainstream comedy however with the film set to release in Australian cinemas this week, we take a look back at Larry’s review from then. Spy reunites Feig…

Saturday marked the third and final day of the 10th annual The Great Escape Festival in Brighton, England. Larry Heath was on ground at the event to discover new talent and witness some of Australia’s finest bands in a unique setting. It is with this in mind that the day started at The Aussie BBQ,…

An eclectic mix of over 20 artists from around Australia came together on Sunday in London for a massive day of live music – showcasing the finest in new, emerging and established artists from our region, many of whom were making their London debut at the annual Aussie BBQ event, held at the Hoxton Square…

This marks the final week The Late Show With David Letterman will be on the air with new episodes, bringing an end to over 20 years of nightly television tradition in the iconic Ed Sullivan Theatre in New York City, and a television career spanning 35 years. Having watched the show since it first arrived…

On Friday night in Brighton, England, dozens – if not hundreds – of bands from the UK and around the world played across dozens of venues around the city for the second day of The Great Escape 2015. Our highlights from the day kicked off early with Plymouth singer/songwriter Jamie Lawson performing an intimate set…

This marks the final week The Late Show With David Letterman will be on the air with new episodes, bringing an end to over 20 years of nightly television tradition in the iconic Ed Sullivan Theatre in New York City, and a television career spanning 35 years. Having watched the show since it first arrived…

Japanese pop-rock duo moumoon helped bring iconic British festival The Great Escape – held annually in Brighton and now in its tenth year – to an end yesterday, performing their second and final performance at the event in the intimate Brighton Museum. Surrounded by fine art from the likes of Angelica Kauffman and Gillian Ayres,…

Today marked the first day of The Great Escape in Brighton, England for 2015. Now in its 10th year, the festival was completely sold out for the third consecutive year – with both delegate passes and live music only wristbands flying out the door. The calibre of artists showcasing today proved why this was the…

We’re about 48 hours from everything kicking off at the annual music festival and conference held in Brighton, England, The Great Escape (TGE), which we’re excited to be bringing you live and direct coverage from for the first time since 2012. Like similar events – SXSW, the recent Canadian Music Week or BigSound closer to…

At festivals like Canadian Music Week, bands from around the world try and impress fans and industry alike in sets around the city of Toronto that rarely last for more than 30 minutes. With hundreds of bands playing, no one journalist would be able to see everything on offer. But our man on the ground…