Interviews

Ahead of their Australian tour as part of Soundwave, Larry Heath caught up with Switchfoot drummer Chad Butler while he was home in San Diego to chat about the tour, the latest record, How’s the weather (in San Diego) this time of year? Oh yeah, it’s a good thing to be home. There’s good waves,…

Larry Heath catches up with UK group Kitty, Daisy and Lewis ahead of their performance at the Sydney Big Day Out. They chat about their time in Australia, their latest record, trumpets, what’s coming next and much more… includes footage from the band’s spectacular performance at the Sydney Metro Theatre on 24th January 2012. Camera:…

While at MIDEM in Cannes (France), I caught up with young Canadian singer-songwriter Chris Assaad to talk about his music, his new EP “Into The Light” and his love for Australia. How are you Chris? Is it your first time in Cannes? I’m good. Well, sort of, I’ve been to Nice a couple of times,…

Craig Schram and Nathan Burge from Canadian indie band The Provincial Archive sat down with me for a quick chat on MIDEM’s last day. We talked about their music, the origin of their band’s name and the potential release of a new album. So, last day here at MIDEM, how has it been for you?…

We catch up with Melbourne rockers Stonefield backstage at the Big Day Out in Sydney to talk about playing Glastonbury, BDO, being sisters (and young sisters at that), plus we get a hint as to what to expect in 2012… CREDITS: Camera: Yaya Stempler Interviewer: Claire Knight Editor: Larry Heath

We caught up with Vintage Trouble after their Sydney Festival performances to chat about how to party, birthdays, new material and much more! So you’re in Australia for the first time as a band. Have you been here previously? We’ve been here, done the whole backpacking from Cairns to Byron Bay. Have you been to…

We catch up with Sydney’s Faker backstage at the Big Day Out to talk about the festival itself and find out what led them to put their latest record online for free at the end of last year… CREDITS: Interview and Edit: Larry Heath Camera: Yaya Stempler

In our final Peats Ridge Interview from the New Years 2011 event, we caught up with Sydney based electronic artist Oliver Tank, to chat about the year past and the year ahead…

We caught up with Kina Grannis to talk about touring, some new material, and much more! How are you going there Kina? I’m doing really well! Where about’s an I speaking to you from? I’m in Dublin right now. Have you been to Dublin before? This is the second time actually. I played here last…

We caught up with the drummer of My Morning Jacket to talk to them about touring, recording, the muppets and much more! How are you going, Patrick? Yeah, I’m doing alright! Are you home at the moment? Yeah, I am. I’m in Kentucky. How is the weather there at the moment? It’s suppose to be…

Backstage at Big Day Out in Sydney, Larry Heath catches up with Luke and Rob from Melbourne outfit King Cannons. CREDITS: http://www.kingcannons.com/ Camera: Yaya Stempler Editors: Shasha Gong and Larry Heath Interviewer: Larry Heath

We caught up with upcoming band Toucan at Peats Ridge Festival to talk about the festival, their EP Brave New World, and much more! How is it going? Did you guys just wake up? Nah, we didn’t just wake up. We just went to check out sound bands. To be honest none of us have…

Claire Knight catches up with Perth artist Abbe May backstage at the 2012 Sydney Big Day Out, to chat about her 2011 release Design Desire, being featured in Entourage, what 2012 will bring and more. CREDITS: Camera: Yaya Stempler Interviewer: Claire Knight Editor: Larry Heath

Shortly after their lead singer, Haydn, was knocked out in the crowd at the 2012 Sydney Big Day Out, Larry Heath caught up with the two other members of Calling All Cars – Adam and James – to talk about the incident, their latest record Dancing with a Dead Man, performing with the Foo Fighters…

the AU review’s Claire Knight catches up with Jake Stone and Stavros Yiannoukas of Bluejuice to backstage at Big Day Out in Sydney to discuss the infamous clip for “Act Yr Age”, performing at the festival and much more… CREDITS: Camera: Yaya Stempler Editors: Shasha Gong and Larry Heath Interviewer: Claire Knight

We sit down with Mexican guitar maestro Rodrigo Sanchez, one half of the acclaimed duo Rodrigo Y Gabriela to discuss the story behind their latest record Area 52, a potential Australian tour and what it’s like working with acclaimed soundtrack composers. Hi, how are you? Good thank you Simon, and you? Good thanks, now before…

Larry caught up with four-piece indie rockers Wild Flag to talk about their debut album, touring and much more. Where about’s are you right now? I know you’ve been in the UK recently. No, we’re up in Washington DC. We’re going next week actually. How has your Christmas and New Years been? Yeah, it was…

We chat to Sydney’s Richard Cuthbert about playing Peats Ridge, his new record, and we look forward into 2012 – heading to Berlin and more… listen on!

Backstage at the Festival of the Sun in Port Macquarie – December 2011 – Larry Heath from the AU review catches up with 3 parts of Sydney’s The Snowdroppers, to chat Red Dog, their headline show at the Metro Theatre, what’s to come in 2012 and more. Camera: Yaya Stempler, Editor: Larry Heath.

In the final video from our series at Festival of the Sun in Port Macquarie – December 2011 – Larry Heath catches up with Sydney’s Art vs Science, fresh off their ARIA win. We find out what’s next for the band, check out (briefly) their live performance, and more! Camera: Yaya Stempler, Editor: Larry Heath.

While at Peats Ridge Festival, Larry sat down with Thundamentals to talk about the phases of music making, touring with Drapht, and their shows around Australia. How did the Phillip Island show go? Great – tits and death circles is all you can say! Those were the most memorable outcomes from the crowd. I don’t…

Backstage at the Festival of the Sun in Port Macquarie – December 2011 – Larry Heath from the AU review catches up with Andrew Gillespie, the lead singer of Sydney rock band FLOATINGME. Camera: Yaya Stempler, Editor: Larry Heath.

Backstage at the Festival of the Sun in Port Macquarie – December 2011 – Larry Heath from the AU review catches up with Canada’s Colin Moore, fresh off his Australian tour with The Tea Party’s Jeff Martin. Camera: Yaya Stempler, Editor: Larry Heath.

Backstage at Peats Ridge Festival over New Years we caught up with up-and-coming Perth group San Cisco to find out more about their forthcoming EP Awkward, their thoughts on playing the Big Day Out and much more…

Backstage at the 2011 Peats Ridge Festival, Larry Heath catches up with up and coming Brisbane outfit Founds to talk about the festival, their forthcoming full length release Hadean and much more… check out their track “Holograms” below the interview, too! Holograms by Founds

We catch up with Sydney’s Microwave Jenny backstage at the 2011 Festival of the Sun in Port Macquarie. CREDITS: Camera: Yaya Stempler; Interview/Edit: Larry Heath With thanks to Festival of the Sun staff and organisers and Microwave Jenny.

We catch up with Brisbane’s Hungry Kids of Hungary backstage at 2011 Festival of the Sun in Port Macquarie. CREDITS: Camera: Yaya Stempler; Interview/Edit: Larry Heath With thanks to Festival of the Sun staff and organisers and Hungry Kids of Hungary.

We chat to Melbourne’s Brothers Grim backstage at the 2011 Festival of the Sun in Port Macquarie, and also catch them in action during a serenade on the beach. As part of promotion for the festival, organisers gave away a series of prizes from the bands to attendees. Brothers Grim just so happened to offer…

We caught up with Twin Shadow to have a chat about some new and upcoming material and touring. Where are you at right now? I’m in the studio right now in California, Los Angeles So working on some new material for us? Yeah, new material, it’s great We got a little taste of some new…

We catch up with Melbourne’s The Delta Riggs backstage at the 2011 Festival of the Sun in Port Macquarie. CREDITS Interview/Edit: Larry Heath; Camera: Yaya Stempler With thanks to the staff at Festival of the Sun and The Delta Riggs