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Five international artists at CMJ you probably missed (but shouldn't have).

As we look back on our week of festivities in New York City for CMJ, a few international artists stick out for us. So, in the hopes to promote our favourite artists as much as possible (and also for those who don’t have time to read through our comprehensive festival diaries series), here now are…

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the AU [audio] interview: Satellite Sky (Australia via LA)

Just before flying off to New York for CMJ a week or so ago, Larry sat down with Australian brother/sister duo Kim and Pete Kicks aka Satellite Sky while enjoying an In N Out Burger in Los Angeles – the city they now call home. They talk about their massive Olympic Games sync deal, life…

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the AU [audio] interview at ACL: Oberhofer (New York)

Larry catches up with acclaimed Brooklyn outfit Oberhofer at the Austin City Limits Music Festival.

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the AU [audio] interview at Disneyland's California Adventure: Thomas Calder of The Trouble With Templeton (Brisbane)

While waiting in line to ride the “Tower of Terror” at Disneyland’s California Adventure theme park in California, I caught up with The Trouble With Templeton‘s Thomas Calder to discover where the Templeton name and project was born: on this very Twilight Zone inspired theme park ride. Listen below to learn more, find out more…

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the AU [audio] interview at ACL: Freelance Whales (New York)

Larry catches up with Chuck Criss from New York’s Freelance Whales to talk about their sophomore album Diluvia, their performance at Austin City Limits just moments before, future plans, James Dean, Planetariums, Australia, Big Day Out, Sufjan Stevens and much more… Audio edit by Tiffany Britchford

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the AU [audio] interview at Culture Collide: School of Seven Bells (New York)

While at Culture Collide in Los Angeles, I sat down with Ben and Alejandra of New York’s School of Seven Bells to talk about Australia, their current tour and much more… Audio edit by Tiffany Britchford.

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the AU [audio] interview at Culture Collide: Royal Teeth (New Orleans)

New Orleans’ Royal Teeth took some time out while at Los Angeles’ Culture Collide Festival to talk to Larry Heath about touring and much more… Audio edit by Tiffany Britchford.

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the AU [audio] interview at Culture Collide: Sudden Weather Change (Iceland)

While at Culture Collide in Los Angeles, Larry sat down with experimental Icelandic rock outfit Sudden Weather Change to find out what they’re all about, their upcoming plans and much more… Audio edit by Tiffany Britchford.

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the AU [audio] interview at Culture Collide: The Balconies (Canada)

While I was at Culture Collide in Los Angeles, I caught up with up-and-coming Canadian trio The Balconies to talk about their music and much more… Audio edit by Tiffany Britchford.

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the AU [audio] interview at Culture Collide: Dan Haggis from The Wombats (Liverpool)

While at Culture Collide in Los Angeles, I caught up with Dan Haggis, the drummer from Liverpool’s The Wombats to talk about the difficulties trying to break the US market, the success they’ve had in Australia, Gongs, Tambourines, Austin City Limits and much more…

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The Tour Diaries: Cub Scouts on the road with Loon Lake.

Brisbane band Cub Scouts have just released a new music video for their single “Told You So”, off their debut EP, which you can view HERE. Always ones to keep things interested, the band have also released a hilarious tour diary outlining their time on the road with Loon Lake last month. From chasing sheep…

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Music Video Premiere: The Art – Dirty Girl (2012)

Sydney rockers The Art will be joining Steel Panther on their first ever headline tour of Australia after opening for them earlier this year at the House Of Blues in LA. Having supported the likes of The Pixies, Them Crooked Vultures, Marilyn Manson, amongst others, The Art will be playing tracks from their latest album…

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the AU [audio] interview at Stamping Grounds Festival: Pete Williamson of Black Devil Yard Boss (Melbourne)

While backstage at Stamping Grounds Festival in Sydney over the weekend, Larry Heath caught up with frontman Pete Williamson of Melbourne’s Black Devil Yard Boss to talk about their crowdfunded record, selling soiled underwear to their fans and much more!

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The Best of the 90s: Part Two – Top 10 Albums 95-99.

With sell out tours from bands like Hanson and S Club, not to mention the tours of bands like Wheatus and Eiffel 65 thanks to Fat as Butter festival, plus the forthcoming reunion album from Soundgarden, reminiscing about the 90s seems to be all the rage at the moment. So, in the spirit of keeping…

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Getting into stunt planes with Bluejuice: An adventure.

A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of joining Jake and Stav of Bluejuice as they took to the skies with the wonderful guys at Red Baron at Sydney’s Bankstown airport in their flagship Red Bull Stunt Plane. There are only two ways to describe it: exhilarating and nauseating. Both myself and Jake didn’t…

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the AU [audio] interview at BIGSOUND: The Darcys (Canada)

While at BIGSOUND, Larry Heath caught up with Canadian band The Darcys to talk about their all-too-brief Australian tour, their Steely Dan cover record, their upcoming plans and much, much more…

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the AU [audio] interview at Fat as Butter: Mystery Jets (UK)

Larry Heath sat backstage over the weekend to chat with the UK’s Fat as Butter to talk about Texas outfits, Red Bull sleeps, touring around Asia, underground music scenes, returning to Australia and much more in this UNCUT interview… listen on! Remaining tour dates: Tue 25th The Hi Fi, Brisbane, QLD WITH YOUNG MEN DEAD…

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Ten Films we can't wait for in the rest of 2012…

The tail end of the film year is always filled with a healthy mix of blockbusters for the holiday season, and the Oscar-ready arthouse films that are waiting for your critical approval. Here now are the ten films we can’t wait for, and we’ll start out with a film that we don’t have to! It…

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The Best of the 90s: Part One – Top 10 Albums 90-94.

With sell out tours from bands like Hanson and S Club, not to mention the forthcoming tours of bands like Wheatus and Eiffel 65 thanks to Fat as Butter festival, plus the forthcoming reunion album from Soundgarden, reminiscing about the 90s seems to be all the rage at the moment. So, in the spirit of…

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Music Video Premiere: Edward Guglielmino & The Show "You'll Be The Death Of Me" (2012)

The second single off Edward Guglielmino‘s critically acclaimed record Sunshine State has been released, and we have its exclusively morbid video premiere! Indeed, “You’ll Be The Death Of Me” lives up to its title and takes an interesting turn… we hope you enjoy it as much as we did – but don’t say we didn’t…

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Exclusive Stream: Little Scout "Go Quietly (Jonathan Boulet Remix)"

About to embark on a tour to celebrate the single of the same name, Little Scout have just released a special remix of “Go Quietly” by the one and only Jonathan Boulet. Get a free download of the track HERE or enjoy the track below!

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The AU Picks: The 5 Splendour Sideshows you can't miss…

With Splendour sideshows set to hit the country TOMORROW with the Spin Off Festival in Adelaide, we thought we’d take a look at 5 sideshows we don’t reckon you should miss…. 5. BAND OF SKULLS One of my personal favourite sets and sideshows of the 2010 Splendour, the rock band are one of the few…

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Free Single Download: Pony Face "Silver Tongue" (2012)

Melbourne trio Pony Face have a new album coming out next month, and they’ve come out swinging with the second single to be released from it – “Silver Tongue”. You can get your first listen to it below and you can listen to it as a free download here: http://ponyface.bandcamp.com/ “Silver Tongue” is the second…

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CMJ's Top 5 Artists of June 2012.

CMJ – or College Music Journal – is a weekly print publication and website that looks at the College Music scene, as well as throwing an annual music industry festival in New York in October. Always keen to discover new music, the folks behind CMJ have been kind enough to exclusively share their favourite new…

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Song Riff Offs: Dr Dre (1999) and Erykah Badu (2000)

In this ongoing series we introduce you to songs that have (legally) borrowed, alluded to, been inspired by or stolen from (knowingly or unknowingly) the riff of another song. And we’ll have plenty more for you in the weeks ahead… this week we look at a more obvious riff off, where the riff from the…

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Exclusive Single Stream: Fox "Punchup" (2012)

Sydney electronic outfit Fox are getting ready to pump out some new music and we have the exclusive stream of the first track to come from them since last year’s self-titled EP, “Punchup”. We look forward to hearing what our contributors have to say on this one!

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Project Profile: Deaf Wish – In Conversation with Rock Trembath.

Following on from last week’s profile of Ustralian, we get to know Deaf Wish, a Toronto based record label, website, party thrower and much more… Rock Trembath fills us in on what they’re up to North of the equator. What is Deaf Wish? DEAFWISH started as a record label for the music our friends were…

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Song Riff Offs: Delta Goodrem (2012) and Arcade Fire (2004)

You may say we’re flogging a dead horse on this one, and you might be right, but we thought we’d use the recent controversy surrounding Delta Goodrem and a certain Arcade Fire song to help re-introduce you to the series we launched last year: Song Riff Offs. In the series we introduce you to songs…

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Project Profile: Ustralian – In Conversation with Tova Raykin.

As many of you know, one of the things we at the AU love to do is travel the world and see how our Aussie artists are fairing overseas. Right now, we have a man on the scene at Bonnaroo checking out The Temper Trap, and I myself was in the US and the UK…

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Shopping With: Henry Wagons at the Lofty Dog in Austin, Texas.

Larry Heath and Andrew Wade from the AU review head to the Lofty Dog in Austin, Texas with the one and only Henry Wagons. As well as finding out what he and his band Wagons are up to at the moment (and how SXSW is treating him), we learn about Henry’s two dogs as he…

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