Hot on the heels of his new album My God Is Blue I caught up with the French bearded electronic maestro Sebastien Tellier to talk about the new album, the meaning behind “Pépito Bleu”, a film soundtrack that never happened and much more… oh and he reckons he’ll be back in Australia over the Summer….
We catch up with our good friends in Chicks Who Love Guns to talk about their music, super heroes, the new EP Moon Eater and much, much more… If CWLG were a super hero, Avengers style crew, what would be the super powers of each member of the group and how do you think, in…
Scheduled to take place over two stages at the Manning Bar over the Labour Day weekend, the Stamping Grounds Festival aims to create a platform for the up and coming to showcase their musical goods alongside some of the more established names on the Sydney scene. It’s an opportunity to forge relationships with like-minded people,…
Brighton hip-hop duo Rizzle Kicks will arrive in Australia later this month to play Parklife around the country. We caught up with the pair to discuss their music, the tour and much more… Your debut album Stereo Typical was released last year. Since then you’ve played numerous festivals and gigs across your native UK and…
Last week at BIGSOUND in Brisbane, the AU review teams up with Press Record to put on a Beer Pong Tournament. As you do. The two day event, taking place at the Tempo over the conference lunch, saw members of The Spitfires, Violent Soho and Set Sail amongst its many players, alongside industry from Alhambra…
In advance of their East Coast appearances at Parklife later this month, Irene Antoniou caught up with Sydney duo Softwar to talk about their upcoming performances, their new EP and much more… How does it feel to be claimed as ‘the ones to watch’? Its a super nice feeling and we are very happy to…
Many of you will undoubtedly remember Wes Carr as the winner of Australian Idol a few years ago. Since then Carr has had a pretty eventful time. He was dropped by his label, turned a plane around, and done plenty of soul searching. Now he’s back with his debut release Blood & Bone under his…
After they performed an acoustic version of their latest single “Wait For You”, we sat down with the Adelaide boys from City Riots to talk about the song, the upcoming album and what’s in store for the rest of 2012… Camera: Nathan Atkins Interviewer/Edit: Larry Heath
Tomorrow night, the winner of the 2012 She Can DJ competition will be crowned at a massive party at The Ivy in Sydney. All TEN finalists caught up with us to talk about their favourite songs and let us in on how they get into the DJ scene… stay tuned to find out the winner!…
Last year, popular video game chain EB Games launched a gaming expo in Australia, the EB Expo, targeted at both the general public and industry. Taking place on the Gold Coast, the event was a huge success. Over three days this October, the Expo returns for a bigger and better installment set to take over…
While they were in Sydney last week, we caught up with Sam and Andrew of Brisbane’s The Jungle Giants to talk about spilling beers on Last Dinosaurs, touring, music, good fun times and much more…
We catch up with Grant Redgan, singer and guitarist of Brisbane outfit The Oyster Murders to talk about their new record Winter of the Electric Sun, working with ‘Magoo’, their influences, CMJ and much more… Why did you decide to call yourselves The Oyster Murders and what does it mean? Do you find people expect…
Before speaking to Sam, a little birdie in the form of a helpful PR assistant mentioned jokingly that he was a “charmer”. Of course, I was immediately intrigued. But the image of a smooth John Mayer type character was quickly replaced by a chilled, down-to-earth 23-year-old who really loves what he does. That happens to…
Ahead of the release of their second album we caught up with Wil Wagner, vocalist of Melbourne’s Smith Street Band to find out more about their latest album Sunshine and Technology as well as what it’s like touring with the likes of Frank Turner and Fucked Up. Sunshine and Technology is released on 24th August…
We talk to Tin Can Radio in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley to talk about their EP project, upcoming tour, past tour “accidents” and much much more…
On the eve of their triple billing with Jinja Safari at the Metro Theatre, Larry caught up with Opossum from New Zealand and Los Angeles based White Arrows to talk about the shows, their albums and much more:
Larry: So how’d the show go? Andy: It was really good; I hadn’t actually been on stage for six months. I’ve seen you running around, I think I saw you running around Song summit from memory Yeah, that was great fun actually, had a great time at song summit, I had a really busy year…
Back in May, Nicole Atkins played a beautiful set at The Great Escape. We recently caught up to look back on that performance, playing Dylan Fest, her Kickstarter campaign and more… You recently performed at Dylan Fest, a tribute to Bob Dylan, in New York. How did this opportunity arise? My friends Austin Skaggs and…
The morning after they played their post-Splendour in the Grass sideshow at the Oxford Art Factory in Sydney, Larry caught up with Tommy and Dave from UK group Django Django to talk about the tour, percussion instruments and more. The band have since been added onto the Falls Festival lineup over New Years Eve!
Tomorrow marks the launch of Melbourne group Alpine‘s long awaited debut album A is for Alpine. Last month I sat down with the Phoebe and Ryan from the band to talk about recording the record, their upcoming tour, performing in America and much more… Larry: You had a media launch launch night for the record….
The all girl group Razika hail for Norway and are finally getting an official release for their album Program 91 in Australia this month thanks to Fuse. We talk about the album, Norway, Australia, touring, missing their boyfriends (yes, it seems like they are all taken…) and much more… We’re here to talk about Program…
We chat to Sydney folk duo The Falls about their new EP Hollywood, the video for “Home”, forming the band, their upcoming tour and much more… read on! You’ve recently released the video for “Home”. Where did the inspiration for the clip come from? The real inspiration for the clip came from director Johnny Welch….
We recently caught up with Ingrid Michaelson, in anticipation of her upcoming tour to Australia and in celebration of her recently released album Human Again. Well, by that I mean we sent her an e-mail with some questions, and here is what she replied with. I believe her caps lock key was broken. Are you…
In advance of the release of their second record O Exquisite Corpse, I caught up with John Meyer of the band to talk about it, touring and much more… We’re here to talk about your upcoming album; obviously we’ve had it in our hands for a little while now… we loved the record, I guess…
Kicking off with a showcase at Splendour in the Grass this weekend, The Beautiful Girls are set to embark on a farewell tour (Dates Here). Larry caught up with the band’s lead singer Mat McHugh to talk about his solo career, the tour, the decision to call The Beautiful Girls a day and a look…
Next week, for the first time ever, Stonefield and Owl Eyes will tour together around the country, playing a variety of regional centres in support of the Australian Government’s initative The Line – a cause aimed at promoting respectful relationships amongst Australia’s youth. We caught up with Brooke aka Owl Eyes and Hannah from Stonefield…
The eccentric and deliberately unpredictable UK singer/songwriter Cosmo Jarvis has a chat to our Editor in Chief Larry Heath. Cosmo will be in town to support his new album, Think Bigger. Here’s how it went down. Hello Cosmo! We’re excited to have you back in Australia! Let’s talk about your last time here first up…
Ahead of his debut Australian tour we catch up with British singer-songwriter Benjamin Francis Leftwich to find about more about his debut album Last Smoke Before the Snowstorm and to find out what he has in store for Australian audiences. Hey, how are you? Hey, good thanks man, how are you? Yeah not too bad…
While in town for the Sydney Film Festival, I caught up with Oscar winning cinematographer Dion Beebe and his wife and director Unjoo Moon to talk about their work on the new documentary The Zen of Bennett. Larry: So how did you find your way into Tony Bennett recording studio? Unjoo: Well we’ve known the…
This Thursday a new Aussie comedy will be unleashed onto the silver screen. Starring True Blood‘s Ryan Kwanten, Not Suitable for Children is a refreshing move away from the more serious, though highlight celebrated Australian films of late. After seeing the film at the Australian Premiere during the Sydney Fringe Festival, Larry Heath caught up…
