Music

Last weekend the AU review had the opportunity to chat to J and T from UK’s Jungle at Laneway Festival in Singapore. The boys talk about their love of touring Australia – “The Happy England”. They discuss how it’s the most amazing feeling to have people connecting to their music and let us in on…

This past weekend the AU review had the opportunity to sit in a media conference with Australia’s folk brother and sister duo Angus and Julia Stone at Laneway Festival in Singapore. In the first part, Julia discusses the idea of ‘making it’ and how it is driven on the love of making music; not keeping…

In our 17th instalment of “Stumbled Upon”, we meet Adelaide’s latest synth pop minstrel World Wild , and chat about being in a band full of his friends and his latest release, ‘Coast to Coast’. Musician/Band Name: Jarrad Lee Jackson // World Wild Website / Social Media: www.worldwild.com.au Facebook / Soundcloud / Genre: Indie, Funk,…

This weekend the AU review sat down amongst other media with Melbourne’s singer/songwriter Courtney Barnett (accompanied by drummer Dave Mundie) at St Jerome’s Laneway Festival in Singapore. Together we find out which city Barnett refers to as ‘the best place in the world.’ They discuss the origin of Barnett’s witty lyrics and she reveals how…

the AU review sits down with Wiki and Sporting Life from New York’s Ratking to chat about their Australian tour with Laneway Festival, the New York Hip Hop Scene, their upcoming album release – which will be dropping for free next month (February 2015). Find out all the details here: Ratking are currently touring Australia…

This past weekend the AU review had the opportunity to sit in a media conference with UK’s Jon Hopkins at Laneway Festival in Singapore. He talks about his definition of ‘indie’ music as being more “independently spirited music” and “music that’s a little more messier and free”. He discusses musicians he would like to collaborate…

Sydney melodic post-rock band sleepmakeswaves are set to perform their biggest headline tour yet, in support of their new album ‘Love of Cartography.’ After a successful year of the album charting at #31 on the ARIA Chart and a number of award nominations (including 3 AU review awards!), the ‘Great Northern’ tour is set to be a celebration of the band’s latest single and everything they’ve accomplished so far.

This past weekend, the AU review’s Larry Heath had a chance to sit down and interview UK rock duo Royal Blood at Laneway Festival in Singapore. We talk to them about their crazy past 12 months and how much they are enjoying touring and playing. The duo talk about how their live show hasn’t changed…

In our 16th instalment of “Stumbled Upon”, we meet Nashiville’s Jake McMullen , and chat about his latest single ‘Always’. Musician: Jake McMullen Website / Social Media: jakemcmullenmusic.com Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Souncloud Genre: Indie, Folk Members & their roles: Jake McMullen-singer/songwriter/guitar What music or artists inspired you? There is so much music…

More Australian music followed Courtney (read about her in part one) with Angus and Julia Stone taking the stage to play tracks from their latest self-titled album and old favourites like “Big Jet Plane” and “For You”. The duo played well, accompanied by a four piece band. But their down tempo tracks didn’t quite match…

Ahead of tomorrow’s Hottest 100 countdown, we ask The Preatures, Ball Park Music and Tkay Maidza to talk about the first time they heard themselves or their band on triple j. We also talk to KLP about the first time she hosted House Party… Filmed during the radio station’s 40th anniversary celebrations in Sydney: Beat…

Tomorrow is Australia Day, which means the winner of the Hottest 100 will be revealed – and finally we’ll never have to hear about the whole Taylor Swift “controversy” again. Assuming she isn’t eligible, there are two favourites looking to take out the top spot: Australia’s Chet Faker and Peking Duk. Either could walk away…

“This country is becoming one of the cultural epicentres of the world!” – Festival co-founder Danny Rogers said yesterday, as he thanked punters at the end of St Jerome’s Laneway Festival 2015. The country he was talking about was Singapore, which served as the opening date of the festival run for the fifth consecutive year,…

With 13,000 punters from Singapore and around the Asian region descending on the iconic Gardens By The Bay, yesterday saw St Jerome’s Laneway Festival take place for the fifth consecutive time in the city, with organisers selling out tickets for the first time ever. On arrival, punters are handed a bottle of water sponsored by…

Last week we exclusively premiered the new album Her Dawn Wardrobe from Brooklyn psych-rockers Sky Picnic. Today we catch up with the band to talk about the record, their music, the origins of their band and much more. Read on:

Bo Ningen, one of Japan’s finest exports, played a special Sugar Mountain Festival sideshow at Oxford Art Factory on Friday night. Pete Dovgan was there and brings you the photos:

The Vamps played a massive show at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion last night, supported by Short Stack. Gwendolyn Lee was there to see the bands in action and brings us these photos from the pit:

the AU review sits down with Josef Salvat to talk about his time in London, his upcoming move to Paris, his past EP, the future LP, other plans for 2015 and he discusses how he loves writing music in the bush of Australia… Follow Josef on Facebook to find out where he’s touring in UK…

In our 15th instalment of “Stumbled Upon”, we meet Auckland’s Anthonie Tonnon, and chat about his full length release, Successor out later this year. Musician: Anthonie Tonnon Website / Social Media: Facebook / Soundcloud / Tumblr Genre: Rock Members & their roles: Anthonie Tonnon – (often performing solo) songwriter, piano and guitar. Jonathan Pearce –…

It’s all too rare to see an artist genuinely doing something that seems to run against what is “popular”, or deemed “sellable” for either commercial or “indie cred” success. Underneath the demeanour of any artist is the drive for success, and though one would assume Canada’s Jaron Freeman-Fox is no different, when it comes to…

the AU review asks The Preatures, Ball Park Music and KLP to talk about their earliest memories of listening to triple j. Do they remember the first time the listened to the station? Filmed last week during the radio station’s 40th anniversary celebrations in Sydney: Beat The Drum.

the AU review sat down with Raf Rundell of UK electronic duo The 2 Bears while he was in Sydney, Australia in January 2015 to discuss their latest record, a Bears in Space project, upcoming performance at the Australian festival Sugar Mountain, being a family man and much more! They’re touring Australia right about now……

With soft entrancing vocals and a 90’s edge, LA artists Meghan Toohey and Nicole Fiorentino of The Cold and Lovely are back with a serious punch. Their latest single “Lost All Control” captures the perfect blend of hazy rock with deep basslines and light touches of pop splattered throughout. Lucky for us, “Lost All Control” is out now on the duo’s latest eight track album What Will I Become, available from their Bandcamp page.

It was Catfish and the Bottlemen‘s first ever Sydney show on Monday night – in the country acting as a support act to The Kooks. The support act for Catfish, however, were Sydney group Food Court, who proved themselves a tight outfit, bringing forth some surfy vibes – think Wavves and you’re on the right…

It’s that time of the year again that we get ourselves revved up for the massive Laneway Festival tour of Australia, New Zealand and Sinagpore – the first date of which kicks off this weekend in the Asian city. Now the only question is: who do we see? We’ve gone through the lineup and chosen…

We’ve been deliberately trying to avoid taking part in the whole “Taylor Swift for Hottest 100” debate because, frankly, too many people were talking about it and it was a bandwagon we didn’t want to be a part of. We’re glad people are talking about Australian music though (as a byproduct) and ultimately, we just…

British musician, producer and DJ Simon Green aka Bonobo will be returning to Australia and New Zealand for a run of special DJ sets this March. These special solo shows promise to include “spectacular visuals” and provide us with some hypnotic and hugely entertaining sets. Bonobo’s last record, The North Borders, was released back in…

the AU review was backstage at triple j’s Beat The Drum concert, held in the Domain in Sydney on Friday, January 16th. Celebrating the iconic youth broadcaster’s 40th Birthday. While there, we spoke to The Preatures, KLP, Tkay Maidza and Ball Park Music about their performances at the event – who they were going to…

Today we’re very excited to announce that following the first ever AU Sessions last month in Sydney, from February onwards we will be putting on a monthly event at The Hive Bar in Erskineville – on the last Tuesday of every month! Stay tuned for more details on the lineups! But until then, come and…

Leon and Matty from The Lazys talk to Larry from the AU review at Festival of the Sun in Port Macquarie. We talk about what they’ve been up to since we last caught up in Canada during Canadian Music Week earlier in 2014. They reflect on their multiple trips and successes to Canada, their latest…