Interviews

In our tenth instalment of “Stumbled Upon”, we meet former Melbourne native now Montreal based, Mike O’Dowd, otherwise known as The Singer, and chat about recording his debut EP. Musician: The Singer Website / Social Media: Facebook / Soundcloud / Bandcamp Genre: Folk, Indie, Roots. Members & their roles: Mike O’Dowd- Acoustic and Vocals. What…

At the end of his Australian tour earlier this month, South Carolina musician Trevor Hall stopped by AU HQ in Sydney to chat about the tour, his latest album and his 2015 return to Australia for Bluesfest, touring as part of the Music & Yoga “Soulshine” tour with Michael Franti. Watch the chat here: For…

Belle & Sebastian are not only making their long awaited return to Australia in the new year, but they have a new album to boot – the much anticipated Girls in Peacetime Want To Dance, their first in five years. Ahead of its release and the tour, I spoke to drummer Richard Colburn about it,…

At Festival of the Sun in Port Macquarie earlier this month, we sat down with two parts of Goons of Doom to chat about their brand new Christmas record, Scary Xmas, which they reckon is pretty much the greatest Christmas record ever produced. Just don’t let your kids listen to it…

the AU review’s Larry Heath sits backstage at Festival of the Sun in Port Macquarie, NSW, to talk to Byron Bay group Tora about their latest EP Eat The Sun and much more… Listen to the chat here: Photo by Paula May Photography.

the AU review’s Larry Heath sits backstage at Festival of the Sun in Port Macquarie, NSW, with Sydney based hip hop duo Jackie Onassis to talk about their brand new mixtape SUSHI and we get the latest on their next full length album, due out in 2015. We also look back at the band’s experiences…

We’re wrapping up our year by bringing you backstage coverage from Festival of the Sun in Port Macquarie, talking to some of Australia’s finest artists about the festival and getting them the reflect on 2014. First up, we bring you our full chat with Adelaide based rapper Allday: See what Allday thought of Aussie Hip…

Influential Virginia rock band Mae will be touring Australia nationally in March 2015 for the first time in seven years to celebrate the anniversary of their album The Everglow. Earlier this month, I caught up with lead vocalist and guitarist Dave Elkins to talk about the tour, and the return from their hiatus. Following their hiatus in 2010, Dave Elkins…

As we come to the end of 2014, we’ve been talking to a lot of our favourite local and international artists about their year in music. Few have had bigger years than Bluejuice‘s Jake Stone, who has spent the last few months playing shows to bring his time in Bluejuice to an end (though Falls…

In our 9th installment of our series “Stumbled Upon”, we meet Brisbane’s The Brave, and chat about their debut EP, Endless. Band Name: The Brave Social Media: Facebook Genre: Rock Members & their roles: Nate – Vocals Kurt – Guitar Dan – Bass Brent – Drums Dave – Guitar What music or artists inspired you?…

the AU review sat down with Jason Mraz during his brief December 2014 Australian tour. In part one of the interview, Mraz talks about his experiences touring Australia, Asia and the world. He talks about sharing his “tools of transformation… to remind people that our thoughts, speech, actions and attitudes… that’s what dictates our life…

In our 8th instalment of “Stumbled Upon”, we meet singer/songwriter Phil Davidson, and chat about his latest Christmas song ‘A Long Way From Home (This Christmas)’. Musician: Phil Davidson Website / Social Media: www.phildavidson.net Facebook Genre: Acoustic singer/songwriter Members & their roles: Phil Davidson: Guitars/Vocals/Songs What music or artists inspired you? Neil Young/Jackson Browne/Larry Norman/U2/Bruce…

With the recent release of their fifth studio album, The Dream Walker, Angels and Airwaves have left fans in awe with music that has encouraged to explore the infinite boundaries of the universe. In the past, many have criticised Tom DeLonge’s “nonsense” in believing aliens but for a person that clearly knows his shit, who could blame him? He is,…

Ahead of his return to Australia next month, playing Sugar Mountain, MONA FOMA, Sydney Festival and more, we caught up with Baltimore electronic artist (and one of the greatest live acts you’ll ever see) Dan Deacon while he was in Hong Kong to play Clockenflap Festival. We get the latest on his much anticipated new…

In our 7th instalment of “Stumbled Upon”, we meet Byron ‘s folk troubadour Luke Morris , and chat about his album, Sugarcane Road’. Musician: Luke Morris Website / Social Media: Facebook / Triple J Unearthed Genre: Alternative folk Members & their roles: We tour mostly as a two piece. Nick Bampton on lead guitar and…

Following the release of their debut album No Hard Feelings back in October, we caught up with frontman Nick Corbin from New Street Adventure, a new wave soul band from London, to find out a bit more about the band, their debut album, and their new single “Be Somebody”. How did New Street Adventure come…

Ahead of her Australian tour next year, with visits to Golden Plains Festival, Womadelaide and the Perth International Arts Festival, we caught up with American singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten to find out a bit more about her most recent album Are We There, her approach to songwriting, and her thoughts on touring Australia, and the…

In our 6th instalment of “Stumbled Upon”, we meet Bristol’s folk rock songstress Rebecca Clements , chat about getting started at a young age and get a sneak peak at her latest track. Musician: Rebecca Clements Website / Social Media: Facebook / Soundcloud / Instagram / Twitter Genre: Indie Folk-Rock Members & their roles: Rebecca…

Mariachi el Bronx are just one of the many bands to hit our shores early in 2015 for Bluesfest in Byron Bay. Our reporter John Goodridge chats to guitarist Joby J. Ford about the recording process and life on the road. Hey Joby, what are you guys up to at the moment? We are home…

While we were in Hong Kong covering a festival called Clockenflap, we sat down with the Scottish trio Chvrches. You may have already watched some of our chat – now read on as we talk to the band about Hong Kong, plans for their Winter and their work on the Hunger Games and Drive soundtracks….

Larry Heath talks to Raul Pacheco from Ozomatli about coming to Hong Kong for the first time and we reflect on their year of touring Place In the Sun, which included a jaunt in Australia that included the iconic Byron Bay Bluesfest.

Larry Heath talks to Stuart Braithwaite of iconic Scottish band Mogwai backstage at Clockenflap in Hong Kong to talk about their upcoming 20th anniversary, their experiences touring Asia, their year of touring Rave Tapes and their 2015 return to Australia – their first headline tour of our country in some six years… Mogwai Australian Headline…

Larry Heath interviews The Raveonettes backstage at Clockenflap in Hong Kong to talk about their latest album PE’AHI, its “surprise release”, recording the album (and living) in Los Angeles and we find out if they have any plans to come to Australia on this album cycle.

On the red carpet at the 2014 ARIA Awards, Larry chats with the Fariss brothers of INXS about Melbourne rocker Dan Sultan before the man himself turns out for a nice little reunion! Sultan, a favourite with industry and the public alike, went on to win the Best Rock Album ARIA that night, after being…

In our new series “Stumbled Upon”, we get to know a new Australian band we’ve stumbled across. In our fifth instalment, we chat to Phoebe Imhoff, vocalist of Brisbane’s latest electronic pop duo Stevie and get a sneak peak at the brand new single. Musician/Band Name: Stevie Website / Social Media: www.stevieband.com Facebook / Soundcloud…

Photo: Perri Cassie the AU review sits down with CHVRCHES backstage at Clockenflap in Hong Kong, they talk about Social Media management, the business of the band and the long running tour for their debut record coming to an end as they look ahead to writing and recording record number three.

While they were at Clockenflap in Hong Kong on Friday night, I sat down with Justin Hayward-Young and Árni Árnason of English group The Vaccines, who made waves and received accolades with their records What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? and Come of Age in 2011 and 2012 respectively. Yes, there was a while…

In part two of our video chat with Adelaide brothers The Kin, Larry chats to the boys about some new songs, crafting their set lists, their future recording plans, and more. Stay up to date with The Kin on their official website HERE

In our new series “Stumbled Upon”, we get to know a new band we’ve stumbled across. In our 4th instalment, we meet Portland’s indie pop sensation Pink Feathers, and chat about her love of pop music and get a sneak peak at her latest track. Band Name: Pink Feathers Website & Social Media: pinkfeathers.co Twitter…

In our new series “Stumbled Upon”, we get to know a new Australian band we’ve stumbled across. In our third instalment, we meet Launceston native, now Byron Bay local Luke Bennett and chat about his musical journey so far and sample some of his acoustic rock goodness. Musician: Luke Bennett Website / Social Media: www.lukebennettmusic.com…