New Music

Missy Higgins has (finally) returned with a new single, “Unashamed Desire”, her first in over five years. It follows her private decision to quit music despite selling over a million copies of her first two albums. The story of the journey that brought her back to music forms the backbone of her new album The…

Following a 7 year hiatus, Fiona Apple has just released her new single “Every Single Night”, which you can listen to below. It’s the lead track from her forthcoming album The Idler Wheel is wiser than the Driver of the Screw, and Whipping Cords will serve you more than Ropes will ever do (say that…

One of my personal favourite bands I caught (unexpectedly) when I was in Toronto last month was the Austria/UK group Bensh, and they’ve just released a music video for the simple but catchy track “Doubt”. Enjoy! And I’m looking forward to seeing what the rest of the contributors at the AU think… they’ll be posting…

The lovely Tara Simmons is returning to our ears with a second album, It’s Not Like We’re Trying To Move Mountains. In anticipation for the release, she has released the video for her brand new single (the second for the album) “Where Do You Go”, featuring the wonderful talents of Molly The Dog, and a…

One of the latest bands to have a bit of triple j hype behind them are Sydney five piece The Griswolds. Aside from the fact that their band name is inspired by one of the greatest movie franchises in history (the Chevy Chase helmed Vacation series), the single “Mississippi” is catchy as all fuck. Well,…

In a track which is perhaps already a bit of an ode to the Beastie Boys, Brisbane it-kids DZ Deathrays are now citing Paul Simon as an influence in their new video for “No Sleep”. They’ve enlisted the help of the one and only Arj Barker to perform a bit of a parody of “You…

We’re big fans of Passenger here at the AU review, and with the release of his new video “The Wrong Direction”, we’ve been reminded why. The video features some great animation and plenty of running in the wrong direction. Enjoy!

Great video, or greatest video? Bluejuice pay homage to the great karaoke videos of living memory in a video of “On My Own”, directed by Samuel Bennetts. The track is taken from the album Company, out now. It’s tops. Enjoy. Check out tour dates for the band here: http://www.bluejuice.info/

I have to admit that Arcade Fire are without a doubt one of my favourite bands. So I jumped for joy when I heard about a new song being released online today, for the upcoming film The Hunger Games, which features an inspired soundtrack from artists like Kid Cudi, Taylor Swift and The Decemberists. A…

Townsville native Kate Martin will be releasing her sophomore album, Hand Me My Bow And Arrow, on March 23, 2012 through Shock Records. Today we bring you the exclusive video premiere of the fantastic second single for the album “Candle Burnin’, Wax Drippin’” Enjoy!

If you loved The Beta Band, you won’t be able to get enough of one of the most catchy tunes floating around at the moment: “Default” by Django Django – a band from Edinburgh that just so happens to be helmed by David Maclean, the younger brother of Beta Band’s John Maclean. Not so much…

The new music video from Zulu Winter – “We Should Be Swimming” – has recently dropped and we have it for you here on the AU! The UK group have been making huge waves of late, supporting Friendly Fires in the UK recently, and they will soon head to the States for a trip that…

Brooklyn band Here We Go Magic return with the single “Make Up Your Mind” taken from the forthcoming album A Different Ship, produced by Radiohead’s “sixth member” and producer Nigel Godrich who became ‘a big fan’ after watching their set at the 2010 Glastonbury Festival. Listen to it below and then our contributors will give…

In town for Laneway Festival and a few sideshows, Feist has returned to our screens with a music video for the wonderful track “The Bad In Each Other”. Shot in Mexico, it’s a great watch. Enjoy! Remaining Australian Tour Dates: 02-01 Melbourne, Australia – Palais Theatre 02-04 Melbourne, Australia – Laneway Festival 02-05 Sydney, Australia…

In December, The Mark of Cain returned with their anticipated single “Barkhammer”. It’s first single from their forthcoming LP Songs Of The Third and Fifth (due in store early 2012 via Feel Presents / FUSE) and is available on iTunes now. You can enjoy the track below and then listen to what our contributors have…

This is the brand new music video from Dew Process signees Electric Guest, an up-and-coming duo out of LA. The clip was directed by Jorma Ticcone of The Lonely Island and Saturday Night Live… oh and he’s also lead singer Asa’s brother. So you know you’re in for a good time. Electric Guest’s Danger Mouse-produced…

Sleigh Bells, who received one of the few perfect 10/10 scores on the AU review for their last record Treats, are ready to crank out a new one – Reign of Terror! We’re stupidly excited about it, aided even more so by the premiere on MTV of their new track “Comeback Kid”. Enjoy it! The…

You may remember that in our best of lists of 2010, we rated out favourite song of the year as “Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)”. Well, at the end of last year, Arcade Fire finally released a film clip for the amazing song. And they didn’t just release one… here’s the official clip first: The…

One of our favourite acts from the Peats Ridge Festival over the weekend was Brisbane ten-piece Inland Sea. They recently released their music video for “The Only One”, and we thought we should share it with you! Upcoming dates for Inland Sea: Sunday 22nd January, Big Day Out www.bigdayout.com Wednesday 25th January, The Soundlounge, Currumbin…

For your Monday evening enjoyment we have the new one from Clare Bowditch, and the track “Are You Ready Yet?”, which was co-written by Gotye. Clare has a few words to say about the track which you can read below… Last summer, I went to my friend Wally’ de GOTYE Backer’s house, to write some…

Below is the highly anticipated new music video from Emma Davis and her beautiful track “Feel a Thing”, off her self-titled debut record and directed by Byron Quandary. Enjoy the clip and then see below what our contributors think of the track and the clip (which launches in Sydney tomorrow night!) For more info visit…

You’re no strangers to The Living End, and now they’re no strangers of you! The band asked their fans to submit footage for this clip via Facebook and the footage of 19 fans made the cut. Check out the clip for “For Another Day”: The video was directed by Jeremy Santolin. The Living End are…

The Rapture are heading to Australia in March, and while we await their return they have debuted the music video for “Sail Away” off their latest LP In The Grace of Your Love. Funnily enough, it was directed by Australia’s own Kris Moyes. Enjoy!

Fleet Foxes have had an amazing 2011. They’re on tour in Europe as we speak, continuing the ongoing celebration of their sophomore album Helplessness Blues, which was released to critical acclaim in May. They’ll be in Australia over New Years, too! But it doesn’t stop there. In anticipation of a new limited edition 12″, They’ve…

Melbourne six piece Alpine will take all 12 of their hands across the country on a headline tour this coming January in celebration of their new single “Hands”. The track is the first cut from their forthcoming debut album due out on Ivy League in early 2012. You can view the video below and the…

So, let’s learn a little bit about Winter People. They are a six-piece post-rock/folk band from Sydney with no less than five vocalists and two violinists. Epic. They are currently on a national tour with Busby Marou. And they have a debut album due for release in early 2012! Off that album comes this track,…

While bands like R.E.M are splitting up, others are getting back together… Reuniting after an over 10 year hiatus, Irish alternative rock band, The Cranberries, announced the release of their new and sixth studio album Roses, available on Valentine’s Day, 2012. Furthermore, what comes out with this news is “Show Me The Way” a free…

On their way back to Australia for Laneway, we have the latest video from the UK’s Wu Lyf. If you’re a fan of young people running and NOT being blown to pieces (M.I.A) or jumping off a cliff and going all Peter Pan on our arses (Sigur Ros), then then this is the clip for…

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Wiggles, some of Australia’s best songwriters have reinterpreted 20 of their songs for Rewiggled: A Tribute To The Wiggles. In this recently released video, Bluejuice cover “Wake Up Jeff!”, which is pretty amazing. I feel like I should be wearing a Sombrero!

Okay, so this song is absolutely beautiful and without a doubt my ‘personal find’ of the week. The composition is impressive, the lyrics are inspired and I feel that given Band of Horses are in the country at the moment, you folks will like this sort of thing. The London based band are called Dry…