Interviews

the AU review sits down with Hit Fitz and Cara backstage at Bluesfest in Byron Bay to talk about the festival over the years (this was Hat’s 22nd time!), their music and much more…

the AU review sits down with Warren Haynes backstage at Bluesfest in Byron Bay, Australia – April 2014 – to talk about the festival, his return to the country with Gov’t Mule, performing on stage with the Dave Matthews Band at the festival, plans for the year ahead and much more…

Larry sits down with Michael Franti backstage at Bluesfest in Byron Bay, Australia – on his birthday, 21st April 2014 – to talk about his time at the festival over the years, his latest music, and much more…

It’s slowly becoming the norm – or has it always been the norm? – for Australian artists to head overseas to get more exposure or relish opportunities for themselves, but Indiana Avent’s solo project Ma Petite took the slightly different path away from either the UK or US. Indiana found herself in Canada and developed…

In this very special chat, we sat down with the legendary Texan musician Joe Ely to talk about his involvement in the film Road to Austin (reviewed on The Iris HERE), that time be played with Bruce Springsteen at SXSW, his years in the music industry, Australian experiences and much more…

Larry Heath sits down with director Beth Harrington to talk about her documentary film The Winding Stream, which premiered at SXSW Film Festival last month. She tells us about how and why she got interested in telling the story of “the Carters, the Cashes and the Course of Country Music”. Find out more about the…

Larry interviews Jake Bugg backstage at Bluesfest in Byron Bay to talk about his record store day live EP release, his upcoming EP Messed Up Kids (out May 12th), what might be in store for his next full length, they reflect on the last two years and much more…

Popular indie-folk duo Wye Oak are fresh off successful performances at Coachella and are about to head off on a U.S tour in support of their latest album Shriek. Vocalist Jenn Wasner takes some time to have a chat with Larry about Coachella, the new album, and the upcoming tour. Check out our transcript below:…

Curt Kirkwood of the Meat Puppets chats to John Goodridge about their thirty-year musical history including backing Nirvana on the MTV Unplugged special, and looking forward to their first Australian tour in some twenty years… Hey Curt, it’s John here calling from the AU Review. Good to hear you’re heading to Australia in a couple…

We had the chance to catch up with one of our favourite bands while at SXSW, the Brooklyn group TEEN, during which we talked about their music, the festival, the chances of getting them to Australia and much more. Watch on:

They’re two of the busiest (and rockin’est) women in the industry, but somehow Nicole Fiorentino and Meghan Toohey managed to team up to not only make some music together, under the project The Cold and the Lovely, but they’ve been touring it too! We caught up with the pair at SXSW to talk about their…

Ahead of their visit to Australia for the Groovin the Moo festival, Graham Walsh of Holy Fuck chats to John Goodridge about the festival, electronic music and much more… Read on! Hey Graham, how are you? I’m all right. Good to hear. Are you looking forward to your trip out to Australia? Oh man, yeah,…

We sat down with one of the UK’s rising stars, Nick Mulvey, while in Austin for SXSW to talk about the upcoming release of his debut record First Mind (out 12th May on Fiction Records), his experiences in Texas, working with Communion Records on the release of his last EP Fever To The Form and…

the AU review meets director Christian Larson and executive producer (and manager of Swedish House Mafia) Amy Thomson, to talk about the film Leave The World Behind: A Film Starring Swedish House Mafia, just as the film was premiering at SXSW 2014. The film is released no iTunes on April 15th. Get more details HERE…

After wowing crowds at BIGSOUND last September, Canadian artist Saidah Baba Talibah is set to return to play Byron Bay Bluesfest! After unfortunately missing her while we were in Austin for SXSW we caught up with her last week to chat about all of this, the Australian release of her album (S)cream and much more!…

Did you know there was music coming out of Greenland? Until we heard the lovely music of Nive Nielsen, neither did we! We caught up with her at SXSW to talk about what it means to be travelling the world out of such an isolated country, we learn more about her music and get her…

Ahead of their massive rock and roll re-launch party tomorrow night featuring Front End Loader, Chase The Sun, The Lazys and The Morrisons, we caught up with Ben and Howler from The Lewisham Hotel to talk about the venue’s relaunch. Who are we speaking to? I’m Howler, I do the drum roles. What can we…

We sit down with Oliver and Louis Leimbach of Sydney group Lime Cordiale while in Austin, Texas at The Aussie BBQ to talk about their SXSW experiences, what’s coming up for the group and much more… and be sure not to miss them when they hit the stage at Bluesfest in Byron Bay over Easter…

the AU review sat down with Australian Singer/Songwriter Dan Sultan earlier today to talk about his new album Blackbird (released today), recording in Nashville, finding the best fried chicken in the city and we look ahead fo his June/July tour. Plus much more! Blackbird is in stores now. Details on his tour dates are HERE.

We sit down with the wonderful Mia Dyson while at the Aussie BBQ at SXSW to talk about her US experiences and much, much more… watch the chat here:

Katie Noonan has performed in many guises. Whether it is with her jazz ensemble of Elixir, collaborating with the Australian Symphony Orchestra, or recording albums with her mother Maggie. She’s made her next step in a fascinating career by coordinating Love-Song-Circus, a piece of cross art forms that envelops Australian history, circus performance and song…