Author: Larry Heath

You may remember that The Daily Show‘s Jon Stewart fell away from our TV screens for several months over the Summer of 2013 as he worked on his directorial debut, Rosewater (released in Australian cinemas today). It was during this time that John Oliver took over Stewart’s show, which ended up seeing him get his…

Wayne ‘The Train’ Hancock will return to Australia next March, just eight short months after his last successful visit. Wayne makes music fit for any road house. With his unmistakable voice, The Train’s reckless honky-tonk can move the dead. If you see him live, you’ll surely work up some sweat stains on that snazzy Rayon…

USA rock group needtobreathe stopped by the AU earlier this month to perform their track “The Heart” while in Australia – filmed Live and Acoustic in Sydney as part of our AU sessions series. The track is taken from their album Rivers In The Wasteland, which is available now. NEEDTOBREATHE REMAINING AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES February…

When The Wachowskis make a new film, we take notice. There is this endless desire we have as film fanatics that we’ll see them pull out something as impressive as their classic sci-fi film The Matrix. Time and time again fans and critics are disappointed, as proven by fairly low Rotten Tomatoes scores, poor word…

Melbourne Rockers Clowns are heading off on tour from this Friday (February 20th) and release their brand new album Bad Blood via Poison City Records. In anticipation, Herny from the group took some time out to share with us his five favourite venues in Australia, some of which they’ll be hitting up along their massive…

Del The Funky Homosapien has been a name that hip-hop fans have long cherished, well before he gained notoriety for adding a verse to the iconic Gorillaz track “Clint Eastwood”. Before then, he’d already released an album as part of the Oakland hip-hop crew Hieroglyphics, the first Deltron 3030 album, at least four studio records…

OK, everyone take a deep breath. Firstly, if you’ve been to SXSW before you know how it works. You’re not going to see half the stuff you want to see, and half the stuff you want to see now will be superseded by not-so-secret shows that aren’t officially announced until the day. The epic Austin…

Yesterday, before they headed to the airport back to the US, I had the chance to sit down with Britt Daniel, the frontman of iconic Austin based rockers Spoon to talk about their just wrapped Australian tour. We also looked back at their career – including their 1997 Soft Effects EP which Daniel described as…

It’s been almost five years since we last saw Spoon in Australia, as part of the Groovin’ The Moo tour, off the back off their 2010 record Transference. A lengthy hiatus followed, resulting in the emergence of projects like Britt Daniel’s Divine Fits, who made it down here as part of Laneway a couple of…

Watch Brisbane trio The Reversals perform their single “Squeeze” for the AU sessions. Filmed earlier this week in a park in Sydney. The band perform tonight in Adelaide and on Sunday in Melbourne. Dates are on their website, which you’ll find after the jump… http://www.thereversals.com/

It’s not often you get to see two living legends collaborate on stage together; less so given we live in Australia. But some two years after Paul Simon and Sting conceived the idea to bring their bands together and hit the road, their well oiled, impressive production showcasing the best songs of their careers has…

At this year’s Golden Globes, hosts Amy Poehler and Tina Fey took aim at a little movie called The Interview during their anticipated opening monologue. And it sums up the lifespan of the film to date pretty well: “The biggest story in Hollywood this year was when North Korea threatened an attack if Sony Pictures…

Meet Philadelphia based outfit Literature, and their track “New Jacket”, taken from their second album Chorus (Out now on Slumberland Records). At first, it sounds like so much of the same lo-fi “we want to be in the 80s” sort of band that have been floating around the traps for the last few years. But…

US rock group needtobreathe are currently touring Australia for the first time as part of a run of special shows for World Vision. They stopped by the AU review to record two tracks for the AU sessions series, featuring artists from around the world performing intimately, acoustically and exclusively. In this video, three parts of…

It’s a testament to the power of the Playstation 3 that in 2015 – over 8 years after it was first released – new games continue to be released for Sony’s popular console. Though most games set for 2015 are essentially ports of games that are next gen ready, the odd release is exclusive to…

Well, if the BAFTA’s are any indication, the race of Best Picture at the Oscars this year remains wide open, with Boyhood taking home the BAFTA for Best Picture at today’s ceremony in London. The film took home three awards in total, also snagging Best Director (Richard Linklater) and Best Actress (Patricia Arquette). Meanwhile, another…

We’ve enjoyed a barrage of Sherlock Holmes related material in recent years, from the brilliant BBC series Sherlock to the two Guy Richie films and the US version in Elementary. And now there’s a new film to add to the modern repertoire of the classic detective series. Coming out later this year (the Australian release…

Now that we’re emerging from the essentially gameless month that is always January – aka the time where you get to beat all the games you received for Christmas – we’re starting to get excited about the year ahead. And so we thought we’d bring you a list of some of the games we’re looking…

Ah, Spoon. It’s hard not to love that band. And wouldn’t you know it, the band kick off their all-too-brief Australian tour tomorrow in Brisbane. In anticipation, I spoke to drummer and producer Jim Eno last week while at home in Austin, not long before he was set to fly to Australia. We talk about…

As we all get excited for Tokyo’s Robot Restaurant coming to Sydney, it makes us think of all the amazing food there is to eat in the city from which it comes. Avoiding the obligatory entry of “Ramen”, here are our five picks of the things you have to eat in Tokyo (and where to…

And after three weekends of festival mayhem around Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, the 2015 run of St Jerome’s Laneway Festival dates have come to an end. And for each of us, we definitely had our favourite moments. We’re sure you did as well! But here are five of ours… Jon Hopkins Jon Hopkins’ timetable…

the AU review sits down with Swedish group Little Dragon to talk about their time in Australia as part of St Jerome’s Laneway Festival, playing the event in Singapore, their anticipations of playing the Sydney Opera House (which they did later that night), their year ahead and much more…

The 2015 Grammy Awards have come and gone once again with their hundreds of awards categories – only a few of which are televised. Of those awards, Australia bound Sam Smith was the clear winner of the night, taking home four trophies, Record and Song of the Year, as well as best Pop Vocal Album…

This Saturday, Valentine’s Day at the Taronga Zoo will see Anthony Callea take on the songs of George Michael in a very special concert as part of the Zoo’s Twilight at Taronga series – proudly presented by the AU review! In anticipation of the event, we asked Callea to share with us his five favourite…

the AU review presents Melbourne based artist Peter Bibby performing his track “Home Alone” in a park in Sydney – live, exclusively and acoustically for the AU sessions. Watch the performance after the jump (and head over to our Instagram channel to enjoy him taking over our feed…):

We named it as one of our most anticipated films of the year, and now we’re getting our first look at the Oscar winning actress who’s fronting the project. Above is the first still released from the film Ricki and the Flash, which continues actress Meryl Streep’s run in a series of music based projects,…

After I had the privilege of enjoying the heavy beats and the amazing sounds of Caribou at the Sydney Opera House on Tuesday night, I headed up to the Oxford Art Factory to see another Laneway act parading their wares in Sydney, 28 year old American folk artist Angel Olsen. The talented vocalist based in…

It was one of the most anticipated Laneway sideshows – so anticipated, in fact, that even drummer Brad Weber’s family flew down from the USA to see the concert. And like so many artists before him who have stepped foot onto the stage, Daniel “Dan” Snaith couldn’t help but bring note to the occasion, “I’m…

In today’s Flight review on AU Abroad, we take you on board one of the smaller domestic flights in the US with US Airways Express and one of their services from Gulfport, MS to Charlotte, NC (US 5126). Airline: US Airways Express Route: Gulfport, MS to Charlotte, NC (US 5126) Aircraft: Bombardier CRJ-200 plane Seat:…

the AU review’s Cleatus Glob talks to Perfect Pussy about their experiences during their first ever trip to Australia as part of the 2015 St Jerome’s Laneway Festival. This interview was filmed just before they went on stage in Melbourne. They hit the stage in Sydney tonight (4th February 2015) at the Newtown Social Club!…