Interviews

For the entire month of July, Brothers Hand Mirror have been bringing their notoriously wild live exploits to upstairs at The Tote – and tomorrow night, their residency comes to an end – launching their new EP Picture Tape simultaneously. We caught up briefly with Brothers Hands Mirror‘s Grant Jonathon Gronewold to talk about their…

Larry Heath sits down with Adelaide duo Atlas Genius to find out what they’ve been up to since we last spoke at SXSW in March. Sydney! They also look ahead to the festivals Lollapalooza and Outside Lands in the USA. This was filmed while the band were back in Australia to support Stereophonics, filmed at…

Indigenous musician Vic Simms took some time out to chat to Larry Heath about the re-release of his classic record The Loner through Sandman Records, the late Mandawuy Yunupingu our good friends The Medics and much more. You’ve just re-released The Loner. Can you tell us about the process of getting that back together? We’ve…

Experimental pop merchant, Eden Mulholland, is set to release his debut solo album Feed the Beast. Inspired by his compositions for theatre and dance, Feed the Beast is Mulholland’s follow up to the EP “Jesus You Don’t Get My Jokes.”You may have heard of him from his previous work as a singer and writer with…

In the midst of preparations for local shows ahead of their debut album Leisure Coast due out in September, including an appearance at the At First Sight event at Carriageworks this weekend, Antigone Anagnostellis talked to Shining Bird’s Russel Webster about their single “Distant Dreaming” on Rage, living on the coast and song-writing from scratch….

While on the Vans Warped tour in the USA, Larry Heath caught up with Trenton Woodley from Canberra band Hands Like Houses to talk about their upcoming record, their successes overseas, life on the road and much more… You’re currently on the ‘Vans Warped’ tour in the USA. How has it been going? It’s been…

Five girls plus three guitars does not equal “all-girl psych-rock” band. According to Antonia, guitarist and co-vocalist of Beaches, there are more elements at work. In looking back at the creation of their latest album, Antonia (who also has art projects) finds a crossover in the creative worlds of music and art. “I looked at…

The jazzy, once instrumental, sounds of Adelaide producer Oisima has evolved into an explosion of smooth chilled out beats and other worldly sounds. He’s on tour to currently celebrate the release of the track ‘Everything About Her’ featuring the vocals of Annabel Weston, who normally lends her vocals to Brisbane band, Archie. Philippe Perez caught…

Larry Heath interviews Sydney based, Byron Bay bred quartet Glass Towers, who reflect on recording their new album Halcyon Days (the new triple j feature album – in stores now!), what triple j support has meant to them, touring Europe/UK with The Kooks, Japan and look towards their upcoming Australian album launch tour, supported by…

Sydney based singer/songwriter Josh Pyke stops by the AU review offices to talk about his brand new album “The Beginning and the End of Everything”, which was released in Australia on Friday. We also look ahead to his upcoming live shows, talk about life on the road, his punk rock days and find out which…

WORDLIFE. A promise. I swear to you on my life that I tell you what is true. Whatever comes out of your mouth is true to yourself and you ain’t lying about and people can’t change what you just said. Typically, that’s what the throwaway slang term stands for and for this Sydney duo, it…

With a new music video “Tiff” just released, featuring Justin Vernon, the lead singer of Minnesota based band Polica – Channy Leaneagh – took some time out of her busy schedule to talk to us about the video, playing Laneway, the next record and more… What does the song and the video mean to you?…

Japanese rockers Boris will be returning to Australia next week to perform their seminal record Flood in full. Drummer and vocalist from the group, Atsuo, took some time out to talk to us via e-mail and here’s what he had to say about he upcoming tour: What prompted the idea to tour Flood specifically? It…

After seeing the film at the Australian premiere in Sydney on Sunday night, yesterday morning I sat down with a group of bloggers and Marc Forster, the director of the upcoming Zombie-focused thriller World War Z, being released in 2D and 3D in Australia on June 20th. We spoke about the film’s lengthy production, working…

Yesterday morning I sat down with Matt Ravier, the program manager and curator of The Hub. Sitting at Sydney’s Town Hall and premiering at the 2012 Sydney Film Festival, The Hub has become the heart of the Sydney Film Festival, with daily events and most importantly: drinks with other film fans and the film community….

Short Films are a massive draw card of the annual SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas, and the woman who helps put that program together goes by the name of Claudette Godfrey. She’s currently in the country to present a collection of the best 2013 Short Films at the St Kilda Film Festival, and she…

the AU review sits down in the Holiday Inn in Melbourne with Gustaf and Tom from the aptly named goodbyemotel. We talk about what they’ve been up to since we last spoke at CMJ, their People EP (available now), their upcoming album, touring, heading back to the USA and much more… Filmed at the Holiday…

he AU review chatted to Richard Boucher and Pat Lundy from Welsh Post-Hardcore Funeral for a Friend while they were on tour in Australia about their latest album “Conduit”, playing more intimate shows, their experiences in Australia and much, much more… Filmed at Manning Bar in Sydney on May 11th, 2013. Camera: Johnny Au Interview/Edit:…

Man Like Me are a British two-piece, who’ve recently released a new album in Pillow Talk. With the iconic Mike Skinner from The Streets involved in the creation of the record, we figured there’d definitely be some interesting stories for the band to tell, and so we sent them some questions to answer and flick…