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Music Video Monday feat. French Horn Rebellion, Papa Vs Pretty, Red Ink, Arctic Monkeys, Bag Raiders, Mardi Lumsden, Polar Nation and more!

We kick things off today, as we do every Monday, with our video of the week, French Horn Rebellion and “This Moment”. Can’t get enough of this track and the video! We’ll be talking with the band tomorrow morning, so stay tuned for that content… “This Moment” is also taken from the debut album The…

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Australians going GAGA for GAGA: The Photos!

Next week, Lady Gaga is coming to Sydney for a one-off intimate extravaganza that has had all of Australia talking. She’s essentially the biggest artist in the world at the moment, so it’s no surprise. She’s taking over the Sydney Town Hall… sorry, Sydney MONSTER Hall, on the 13th of July. You couldn’t buy tickets,…

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Music Video Monday feat. Split Seconds, The Vaccines, Memory Tapes, Gay Paris, Oh Minnows, I and I and more!

Today we’re bringing you EIGHT tracks! Nice one. Here we go with a ridiculously diverse mix of tracks. We kick things off with Gay Paris and “House Fire in the Origami District”. It’s been out for a while now, but we only just got around to watching it. It’s our video of the week! Next…

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Larry and Johnny's 36 hour blogging & tweeting adventure for Tourism NSW.

When I was approached by Tourism NSW to take on the duty of “Music and Culture Ambassador” for the blog-o-sphere, I don’t think I hesitated a second. Those that follow the website will probably notice that travelling for music is something I love to do. From heading to SXSW in Austin, CMW in Toronto and…

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Music Video Monday feat. Architecture in Helsinki, Dali's Angels, Bat For Lashes, The Bedroom Philosopher, OfeliaDorme and Brendan Mclean

We kick off this week’s Music Video Monday with the latest from Architecture in Helsinki, “Escapee”. The video was directed by Marcus Soderlund and is taken from their 2011 album Moment Bends. A great song and an expertly shot clip! It’s our video of the week. Next, we have Dali’s Angels video for the single…

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The Best of the Rest at Sydney Film Festival 2011: Cedar Rapids, Win Win, Shut Up Little Man, Elite Squad 2 and Hobo with a Shotgun

The 2011 Sydney Film Festival had plenty on offer that didn’t fit in within the constraints of our “Sounds of Screen” series. But, as part of our continued effort to bring you the most comprehensive coverage of every major event in Australia, I bring you a look at 5 other films I managed to catch…

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Music Video Monday feat. Friendly Fires, Balkans, Owl Eyes, Set Sail, Timothy Nelson and the Infidels & Ball Park Music

We’re back with another six videos for Music Video Monday. We kick things off with our video of the week. It’s Set Sail performing “Bittersweet Symphony” in their underwear at Desigual London. Here’s the back story from the band: Barcelona label Desigual’s “Come half-naked, Leave dressed” London promotion promising free outfits to the first 100…

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Sounds on Screen: Sydney Film Festival – Ain’t In it for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm (NR)

When the documentary Ain’t In it for My Health begins, we are rather abruptly thrown into the world of Levon Helm, the former drummer/vocalist of The Band. We find the chain-smoking singer from Arkansas in a very different period of his life than where we left him over 30 years ago in Scorsese’s iconic film…

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Top 5 Countdown: Best Backwards Videos

In celebration of the new clip from Guineafowl – the ridiculously catchy “Little Fingers” (an early contender for Australian song of the year – seriously loving it!) which you can view at the end of the article – we’re going to look back at five of our favourite backwards video clips. This was a surprisingly…

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Song Riff Offs: Duck Sauce (2010) and Boney M (1979)

When I first heard the following track, my initial thought was “as lazy as the lyrics are, the music is pretty damn fantastic”. While I could have guessed it was a sample, the extent to which Duck Sauce utilised the original actually quite surprised me. Here’e the original, which I’m sure you know well. And…

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The AU Crew Poll: What's your favourite venue in Australia?

Welcome back to our monthly feature article, the AU crew poll! When I put the call out to our contributors about their favourite venue in Australia, I was struck by the diversity of the responses. Almost every answer was a different location, provided with a different reason. Unfortunately none of our contributors in Brisbane added…

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Music Video Monday feat. The Preachers, Evil Eddie, Jebediah, Boy in a Box, Dead Letter Chorus and Jeff The Brotherhood

We’re back with another Music Video Monday – this week falling on a long weekend! So we’re hoping you’re having an amazing day off. We’ll kick things off with Brisbane’s Evil Eddie and his catchy track “(Somebody Say) Evil”. Sydney band The Preachers, are next, who have brought us their new video for “Pale Rider”…

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Sounds on Screen: Sydney Film Festival – The Guard (NR)

One of the early highlights of the Sydney Film Festival has been The Guard. Directed by John Michael McDonagh and starring Brendan Gleeson (above) and Don Cheadle, this unassuming Irish film is in many respects a modern day western. With McDonagh keeping the audience guessing as to where the allegiances of our ‘hero’ (Gleeson) lies,…

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the AU [audio] interview: Jarrad Brown of Eagle and the Worm (Melbourne)

Earlier this month, Melbourne’s Eagle and the Worm impressed a packed out Oxford Art Factory in Sydney, celebrating the release of their debut record Good Times (in stores now). Larry Heath sat down with the band’s enigmatic front man Mr. Jarrad Brown a couple of days after that performance to talk about the road that’s…

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Song Riff Offs: Reese & Santonio (1987) and Supernova

Back in February, I received the following e-mail. While many “riff offs” are a mutual, cordial affair – just as many have completely ripped off the original. For this installment of Song Riff Offs, I’ll leave it in the capable hands of Kevin Saunderson, to explain why the following is such a perfect example of…

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The AU Crew Poll: How often do you download the iTunes Single of the Week?

Welcome to our new feature the AU crew poll, in which we ask our contributor base a simple question and take a look at the results. This week we asked our contributors: How often do you download the free “Single of The Week” on iTunes? Here were the results: Rest assured that Apple have not…

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Song Riff Offs: Gary Numan and Basement Jaxx

In our new series Song Riff Offs, we look at a popular recent song, and trace the riffs back to their origins. In the spirit of the Gary Numan Pleasure Principle tour, we thought we’d kick things off with an oldy … but a goody. THE RIFF OFF THE ORIGINAL Yes, that’s right – London…

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The Top 5 Countdown: Soundtracks we love by artists we adore!

It’s time for another top five countdown! This week, we’re looking at five of our favourite feature films which feature a score and a soundtrack by a mainstream artist. It seems to be all the rage these days, and as we go through the list, I think you’ll start to figure out why… brilliant albums…

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An Industry Conversation: National Community Radio goes Digital – with Adrian Basso

Welcome to the new An Industry Conversation on the AU review. Today we chat with Adrian Basso – President of Community Broadcasting Association of Australia – about the establishment of community digital radio services in mainland capital cities around the country. This launch will provide communities in each city with greater choice and a new…

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Top 5 Splendour Bands you mightn't have heard of…

As well as delivering some of the biggest names in Australian and International music, the annual Splendour in the Grass festival continually delivers an impressive collection of ‘bands on the fringe’ – the sorts of artists you mightn’t be familiar with YET, but by the guestimate of the organisers, but the time you see them…

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Live Night Highlight: Gunslinger Nights at the Annandale in Sydney.

They say necessity is the mother of all invention – and out of the need for a consistent alternative rock and roll band night comes Gunslinger Nights. The once a month show will be held at the Sydney’s iconic Annandale Hotel, starting off with a bang on Saturday the 30th of April and continuing on…

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SXSW 2011: Canadian Blast with Buck 65, Jen Lane & Jenn Grant

Larry Heath heads to Canadian Blast at SXSW and chats to Jen Lane, Buck 65, Jenn Grant & learns about Herzio.

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Reviewing Coachella through the wonders of YouTube…

While I was unable to attend Coachella this year (a fact which continues to pain me), I was thankfully able to pretend I was there by moshing by myself, in the privacy of my bedroom, while watching the festival streamed on YouTube. Oh, the internets – you are so majestic! While this isn’t the first…

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Tour Video: On the road with Adelaide's City Riots.

Adelaide indie rockers City Riots have brought us a video tour diary from their first nine dates with British India as part of their national “March Into the Ocean” tour. So far the City Riots boys have visited towns they never knew existed, braved grasshopper plagues and blown up PA systems, while still allowing time…

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Music Videos: Chicks Who Love Guns "God, Love & Satan"

Sydney’s Chicks Who Love Guns have released not one but TWO music videos for their new single “God, Love & Satan”. We wonder which one you prefer? Take a peak… Don’t miss the launch for the single in Sydney – next Friday!

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Exclusive Video Feature: A look back at SXSW 2010.

What the hell is SXSW!? A look back at SXSW 2010. from Larry Heath on Vimeo. As we approach the 25th anniversary of SXSW, we attempt to answer the age old question: What the hell is South by Southwest!? It’s not an answer easily provided to someone who hasn’t experienced it themselves, however back in…

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