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Friday on my Mind is a murder mystery set in contemporary London, penned by Nicci French. The story begins as a man is pulled from the Thames, his throat cut. He is wearing a hospital wristband marked F. Klein, which seems to make identification simple. Only Freida Klein is still very much alive and is…

Gwendolyn Lee captures the majesty of Sleeping With Sirens at the UNSW Roundhouse.

In our 80th instalment of “Stumbled Upon”, we meet Sydney bred, now London locals, Netsuke, and chat about their latest single, ‘Mute’. Band Name: Netsuke Website / Social Media: ilovenetsuke.com Facebook / Soundcloud / Instagram Genre: Alternative Electronic Members & their roles: Freya: vocals + electronics, Elias: vocals + electronics, Danny: guitar and programming (and…

Perth Concert Hall, normally home to the likes of Schubert and Beethoven, was transformed into Perth’s largest and grandest folk club on Tuesday night for the return of hometown favourites The Waifs as they continued the West Coast leg of their national tour in support of new record Beautiful You. There was wolf whistling, mass…

Ahead of their performance tomorrow at Small World Festival in Sydney – presented by the fine folks at Young Henry’s – we caught up with Katie Wighton from Sydney’s All Our Exes Live In Texas to talk about the festival, the best music in Australia right now and we ask the all important question: what…

Pictured: Aldous Harding Earlier this month, I headed over to Auckland, New Zealand, to talk at the Going Global music conference. Coinciding with the event was Flying Out’s inaugural festival The Others Way (Friday 4th September), which showcased the best music from New Zealand across seven stages over six hours, with some 32 bands selling…

Photo Credit: Pete Dovgan Tomorrow marks the second annual Small World Festival in Sydney, presented by Young Henry’s. The incredible lineup will see the likes of The Church, DZ Deathrays, Jack Ladder and many more hit up Sydney Park with the promise of amazing food to accompany the fantastic music. To ensure you can prepare…

It has been a big year for Adelaide’s Ghyti as they’ve promoted their 2014 release Fluorescent Lights, taking it as far as Toronto for the Canadian Music Week festival in May 2015. Since then, they’ve returned home to work on new tracks, out of which a brilliant new single has emerged, “Give Us Your Money”,…

They say you often to need to go back to where you started to find out how far you’ve come. And in the case of Sydney band Falls – now based in Los Angeles – they spent much of this week doing just that. The folk duo, then known as The Falls, got their start…

In our 79th instalment of “Stumbled Upon”, we meet Swedish rockers Small Feet, and chat about the Stockholm music scene, their upcoming US tour, and the Aussie links to the debut record From Far Enough Away Everything Sounds Like The Ocean. Musician/Band Name: Small Feet Website / Social Media: smallfeetmakesmusic.com Facebook / Soundcloud / Twitter…

I’ve always had a soft spot for Lifehouse. Having grown up with the band during my teenage years and listening to records such as No Name No Face, Stanley Climbfall, Who We Are and Smoke & Mirrors, I loved how intimate and honest the songs they created back then and it created a wonderful space of comfort whenever I needed something…

Officially confirmed as seventh act for next year’s Soundwave Festival, much hype has surrounded UK metalcore giants, Bring Me The Horizon, with the announcement taking place on release day of their latest LP, That’s The Spirit. It’s interesting to see how the band have developed over time, looking at their past roots of deathcore in Count Your Blessings and Suicide…

Performing at BIGSOUND last week, Tim and Oscar from Holy Holy sat down with the AU’s editor-in-chief Larry to chat about their national tour, the reception for their album When The Storms Would Come and what the future holds for the rock group… Following a string of sold-out shows and festivals, the last couple of…

Following the release of new record Beautiful You and as they kick off their national tour in support of that record, we caught up with Vikki Thorn; one third of folk-rock band The Waifs. With the west coast leg of the tour now well and truly under way we found a little bit more about…

Sometimes bands need to catch a break and Californian metalcore quintet, Atreyu did exactly that four years ago. Since their reunion last year, the band have had great things come by them with a new LP, Long Live releasing this Friday, as well as gracing the stages of this year’s Soundwave Festival. Before the band’s new release, we had…

Pictured: WAAX The Brisbane based music festival and BIGSOUND has come and gone for another year, but the amazing performances we saw have stuck with us for the days since. We’ve spend the weekend reflecting on all the incredible showcases we saw, and now we’re bringing you our list of the 15 best… in no…

Led by what is described in their bio as the “fanciful charm” of Tim Karmouche, Melbourne-via-Ballarat five piece Crepes are making some truly great music right now, with the sort of music that you can’t quite stop listening too. We love their debut EP Cold Summers here at the AU and so their latest single…

Photo: David Edwards. Alex Kapranos of Scotland’s Franz Ferdinand, together with his band of Franz brothers, recently formed what can only be described as a ‘supergroup’, in FFS. Having teamed up with rock legends Sparks, they’ve created an exciting, unpredictable album, titled FFS. Talking at this year’s Lollapalooza Berlin festival with Sosefina Fuamoli, Kapranos shares…

Soulfest has just announced the stage schedule for its 2015 festival dates in Sydney and Melbourne. This year welcomes the best in soul featuring the one and only Mary J. Blige, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Miguel, De La Soul and many more, for performances on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th of October in Sydney and Melbourne,…

Last week, BIGSOUND broughtsome of the best young talent to the massive. This definitely included singer JOY. who sat down with the AU to about her new EP Ode and her passion for producing music. Click through to read more… “You wouldn’t think may people go out on a Wednesday night but it was pretty…

Taking three years to record, mix and produce, alternative rock/pop outfit, Atomic Tom bring a whopper of a release with their latest offering, ERA. Creating a record themselves surely wasn’t easy, however the passion and optimistic tunes that are on this record are sterling. With the band residing from Brooklyn, New York, it’s safe to say they were…

Walk The Moon were joined by Canada’s Yukon Blonde at Sydney’s Oxford Art Factory last night. Gwendolyn Lee was there and brings us these photos from the night:

In our 78th instalment of “Stumbled Upon”, we meet dub rockers Mar Haze from Sydney, and chat about their latest self-titled release, their RNB vibes and check out their track, ‘Tinder’. Band Name: Mar Haze Website / Social Media: marhaze.com.au Facebook / Soundcloud / Instagram Twitter Genre: Dub Rock Members & their roles: Dean Mitchell…

“Do you guys want an album?” Safia’s loved vocalist Ben Woolner screamed out to a sold out Factory Theatre. In reverse career mode, the Canberra three-piece is now a household name in Australian music with just five official singles. They brought stadium level dynamics to a medium-sized venue (read: strobe lights and moving visuals) and…

Duran Duran have been part of the pop music scene for thirty years. Recently they recorded their latest album Paper Gods in London with producers Nile Rodgers, Mark Ronson, Josh Blair, and Mr Hudson. Visceral and daring, the album mixes hard-edged, contemporary pop with the band’s darker more experimental side to create a body of…

In our 77th instalment of “Stumbled Upon”, we meet Diane Coffee (aka Shaun Fleming) and chat about recording his brand new release, Everybody’s A Good Dog and his Motown influences. Band Name: Diane Coffee Website / Social Media: www.dianecoffee.com Facebook / Soundcloud / Instagram Genre: Psychedelic Motown Members & their roles: Shaun Fleming: writer/instrumentalist Live…

It’s been a big year for American rock band, Sleeping With Sirens after the release of their fourth studio record, Madness. Ahead of their Australian Tour, rhythm guitarist Nick Martin had a chat to us about the live reception of Madness, his work in the business side of the music industry and working in experimental rock supergroup, Isles & Glaciers. With his…

AWME has grown in artist number this year, with the announcement of more performers to the 2015 live music program. Joining the likes of Emma Donovan & The Putbacks, NGAIIRE, Kingfisha and OKA are the following names: SKIPPING GIRL VINEGAR CASH SAVAGE & THE LAST DRINKS HOWQUA THE AUDREYS PIRRA JOHN BENNETT LATINAOTEAROA YIRRMAL THE…

Today we’re excited to bring you brand new single from Glasgow electronic artist Tongues., who we’ve been a fan of for some time here at the AU! The track “You Never Knew Me”, is the second to be released from their new EP, due out next month. The first, “Religion”, has been doing the rounds…

The Soundwave Festival lineup is fast coming together, and now after Northlane were revealed earlier this week, today the festival continues their drip feed of the festival lineup with the addition of Finland’s Metal warriors LORDI, in what is their first ever visit to Australian soil. The band – who came to prominence when they…