Ahead of their first Australian show supporting Muse at the Acer Arena in Sydney, I sat down with brothers Ben and James Johnsons, Drummer and Bassist of Scotland’s Biffy Clyro, respectively, in their Sydney hotel. The finely dressed Scotsman looked back at 2010, get a hint as what to expect on their Australian tour (which…
While on tour in Australia with The Jezabels, we had the oppertunity to chat to Canada’s Two Hour Traffic – we find out how the tour is going, and learn a bit more about this wonderful band. You’re currently back in Australia on a National tour with The Jezabels, with only a few shows left….
I caught up with Grant Nicholas, the lead singer of Feeder, as he was waking up in London… we chatted about the new record, the next one to come, their upcoming tour of Australia for Soundwave, Buck Rogers and plenty more. Read on! What’s the morning wake up ritual for the lead singer of Feeder?…
Ahead of their performance at the Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange Project on November 27th in Sydney, we sat down with Laura Taylor and DJ Gorky of Bonde do Rolê – the “Funk Carioca-influenced electropop group from Curitiba, Brazil”. For you see, for one night only, we were switching nightlifes with Brazil! We chat about the show,…
American musician and E Street Band guitarist Nils Lofgren chats to us about his latest album, working with two Rock and Roll legends and how he went from playing classical accordion to playing three minute solos in front of packed out stadiums. So you have just come off tour, how was that for you? Well…
Currently touring the country with Grinspoon are Port Macquarie’s The Foreign Objects. While on the road, we chatted with Luke Hall about life on that road, the new EP 321, working with Phil Jamieson and plenty more… read on! Let’s start by talking about the new EP 321 … you recorded in Byron Bay with…
One band who have made quite a few waves in 2010 is Los Angeles five-piece Local Natives. I spoke to bass guitarist and backup vocalist Andy Hamm while he was enjoying a day in West London, ahead of their show in Manchester and following a day and a half in France. Ah, the life of…
Today marks the launch of The John Steel Singer’s (highly anticipated) record Tangalooma, which was produced by The Go-Betweens Robert Forster. Later this month we’ll be seeing the band embark on a national tour in support of the record – but a couple of weeks ago, while they were still on tour with Tame Impala,…
Getting to chat to a legend of the industry isn’t something that comes around everyday – so when I was given the oppertunity to talk to iconic Grammy award winning Canadian musican and “uber-producer” Daniel Lanois, off the back of his recent Neil Young production, and ahead of the release of his new project Black Dub…
How are you Wons? How’s everything going for you? Pretty well, I’ve been good, just getting everything ready. Got some photos sorted out the other week. You’ve got so much stuff going on at the moment and obviously you’ve got the new EP Tonight. Can you talk a little bit about that and how…
Firstly, how would you describe your sound to listeners unfamiliar with Flying Scribble? Beats, keys and voice. Like an art opera being performed on a paper boat floating down a river, with all different kinds of parties happening on the banks. Please explain how you approached the recording of your debut LP We’re A Chameleon…
While they toured our country, we shot off a few questions to New Zealand’s favourite sons- Die! Die! Die! I’m going to start with a broad question. What do you think has attracted people to your band over the years? Chaos, disorder, good times, sometimes not such good times, a shared link between the bands…
Colin Moore is a singer-songwriter/folk rocker hailing from Canada. While over for the One Movement Festival in Perth (plus a few other shows across the country) we had a chat about his music, his song writing and Canadian music. Welcome to Australia, looking forward to the tour? Hell yah and the beach!!!! You have played…
JP Hoe is a singer/songwriter from Winnipeg, Canada. With a great voice and so many great songs, he’s in Australia to entertain audiences across the country. While in town, Simon Clark had a chat to JP about his music, his influences, and his thoughts on the current popularity of Canadian Music. How are you looking…
The Trews are a great rocking band hailing from Canada, over in Australia for their first ever Australian tour. They have been much touted as Canada’s seminal rock band, and judging from their live performances over the weekend this is entirely justifiable. Here, Simon Clark has a chat to them about their music, opening for…
Fresh from recording the video for their first UK single “Meditation Song 2” we have a sit down with Cloud Control‘s bassist Jeremy Kelshaw and drummer Ulrich Lenffer for a quick chat before they perform at the One Movement Festival, Perth. How was the response to your debut album? I think it was good, straight up, very…
Ahead of his first set at the One Movement Festival, we have a chat with Dan Sultan about his muisc, what he’s been listening to, and what he’s up to next. Here’s what he had to say. So last time I saw you, you were playing West Coast Blues and Roots, how did feel that set…
Matthew Barber is back in Australia for only his second visit, and his first to the west coast. He sits down with The AU Review before his first showcase at the One Movement Festival to have a chat about his music, his influences and much more. Welcome to Australia! Is this your first time here? Second…
Just in time for their first showcase at One Movement Festival, we got the chance to ask Canada’s top purveyors of death country, Elliott Brood, a few questions. Here’s what they had to say… Welcome back to Australia! How did you find your previous stay here? Any fun stories to tell? Last time it was spider season. They are huge…
A few hours before they were to play the Hordern Pavilion in support of Birds of Tokyo, I sat down with Brian and Nikki of Silversun Pickups. Hailing from Los Angeles, we spoke about the tour, the weather, Melbourne, Muse,, Guitar Hero and Asian cuisine… read on! Welcome back to Australia! I was going to…
Ahead of their Australian tour, while he was at home in Toronto, we had a chat to Jay Malinowski of Bedouin Soundclash. You’re at home having a relaxing couple of days? [Laughs] Not really, it’s been like twenty four hours of press [laughter] But, yeah, our records coming out here this week, or it just…
How you going Johnson? Yeah not too bad, where abouts are you at the moment? You’ve just got back from Europe? How was Europe, I know you are pretty much conquering that continent, how was the tour? I think I counted that you have had eleven Number One positions, all of which are in Europe…
Ahead of their Australian tour with Ben Kweller, Larry Heath has a chat to the lead singer of San Diego’s Delta Spirit, Matthew Vasquez. L: Well thanks make for talking to us today. and we are here to talk about your tour upcoming to Australia, but we will get to that in a minute, but first…
So you’re back in New York for the first time in quite a while …. you’ve had a bit of a crazy whirlwind tour lately haven’t you? Well yeah, actually the last five tours have melded into one Voltron-beast of a tour. We went on our first tour last November and we’ve had little week-long…
Getting set to play Listen Out – which kicks off in Perth and Sydney this weekend (limited tickets remain in Sydney, Perth is Sold Out) – Simon Clark caught up with Scottish outfit Young Fathers to talk about winning the Scottish Album of the Year, the history of the band, the anticipation of their first…
The Brow Horn Orchestra are one of the most exciting bands coming out of Perth right now. They play a pretty eclectic blend of music with everything from Ska to Hip Hop, with a whole host of other genres chucked in for good measure. They are a band becoming fast renown for the intensity and…
While he was on tour around the country, I spoke to a tired Jim Finn, the man on the keys, bass guitar and backing vocals from Sydney’s explosive electro-rock crew Art Vs Science. Like The Presets before them, Art Vs Science are growing in popularity with each song they release – and they don’t even…
Laura Imbruglia. The enigmatic Sydney solo artist has recently announced that she’s moving to Melbourne, and will be undertaking a residency there in November. So while we’ll all miss her in Sydney, we thought what better time to get the hype rolling that now! To do this, we look back to a few weeks ago, when she…
You’re now two shows into the Boho Ball tour – how did the first two go? They were smoke-filled, silk-draped and sensational! It’s a crazy troupe of cats in a rainbow coloured bus traveling the road and creating mayhem and art so the shows are always fun, and so far the audience have joined the…
Just after Klaxons touched down in Sydney earlier this month, I received an unexpected phone call from guitarist Simon Taylor. Good thing I’m a fan! We had a little chat about the new album, Surfing the Void, their then upcoming shows in Sydney and Melbourne – and of course their appearances at Falls Festival and…
