Music

Judas Priest have been kings of the Heavy Metal scene for around forty years and are one of the headlining acts at next year’s Soundwave Festival. Our reporter John Goodridge spoke to founding member Ian Hill about the tour and their latest album, Redeemer of Souls. Hey Ian, how’s it going? Great mate, how’s yourself?…

The Sydney Fringe Festival has officially kicked off its 5th annual edition with their first ever street party in Surry Hills. Fringe Ignite: Heat The Streets saw bars and shopfronts on Crown Street transform into free entry pop-up music venues, while street musicians roamed and people danced. No one needed to close down the street,…

Next up in our Getting To Know You series, we turn our attention to our Brisbane 6th Birthday Party, which takes over the Black Bear Lodge two weeks from today (Friday September 12th). First up, we get to know the amazing West Australian artist Kathryn Rollins who’ll bring her unique sound to the night: Who…

the AU review sits down with acclaimed Sydney based singer/songwriter Steve Smyth to talk about his sophomore record “Exits” – which is released on September 5th through Ivy League Records – his time in LA recording it and much, much more…

Introducing a new face on the Australian music scene, Elesia Iimura. Elesia releases her infectious debut single “Believe” on iTunes today, and we’re proud to be premiering her music video on the AU:.

In parts two and three of our In The Studio… video interview series with Sydney’s Katalyst, we delve deeper into his career, festivals, his past and future – plus, Katalyst reflects on the Quakers track “War Drums” with Guilty Simpson.

We get to know the bands playing our 6th Birthday Party in Melbourne next Tuesday night… next up are Fortunes, who’ll be bringing their unique electronic sound to the Workers Club. Who we are: Oh hey we’re Fortunes, a Melbourne R&B/Electronic duo made up of 2 handsome young men from NZ: Conor McCabe (vox), &…

Long standing and well loved punk outfit The Dwarves are returning to Australia after spending, frankly, too long away this October! Bringing with them a stack of new material, a killer live show as well as all the favourites from what has become an extensive career, Australian fans in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane are in…

the AU review sat down with Adam Lazzara and John Nolan from Taking Back Sunday while they were in Australia, on a co-headline tour with The Used. We talk about the tour – and one of their main Australian support acts, Corpus – plus reflect on their past experiences in Australia, being Dads and their…

the AU review sits down with Australian DJ and Producer Timmy Trumpet and New Zealand MC Savage to talk about their #1 hit “Freaks”. We also look ahead to their travels together, their adventures apart and get a taste of what’s coming next… For more on Timmy Trumpet: https://www.facebook.com/timmytrumpet For more on Savage: https://www.facebook.com/SavageDkonz/info

the AU review interviews Paul and Andy from Sunshine Coast rockers Drawcard. We talk about their new single “Kids”, their next record, their “Kids” East Coast tour and much more… The band are currently touring Australia with the following dates remaining: Thursday, 28 August: Bendigo – Musicman Megastore Friday, 29 August: Melbourne – Star Hotel…

DMA’s are coming for you New York. Are you ready? Yes, it’s that time already. The annual CMJ Music Marathon is coming to New York City in less than two months – and that means it’s time for us to get a first taste of the bands who’ll be gracing the event come October 21st….

It’s a weird feeling looking up interviews that were made over a decade ago. Back in 2001, Something For Kate were just ramping up their successful music career, with Beautiful Sharks already considered a huge achievement and their 2001 release Echolalia the album that confirmed them as one of our finest talents – here to stay, no less. Being their third…

Watch as Sydney soul songstress Ms Murphy covers Emeli Sandé‘s beautiful track “My Kind of Love” – LIVE and Exclusive for the AU sessions. Ms Murphy performs at Gingers in Sydney on 28th August with special guest DJ Trey and will also be appearing as part of Soulfest in October – Australia’s first annual neo…

We get to know the bands playing our 6th Birthday Party in Melbourne next Tuesday night… first up is Martin King, best known as one half of Oscar + Martin. He’ll be pumping out a live set on the night so let’s take a moment to learn a bit more about the man himself: Who…

Well, I get it now. Having missed the boat at SXSW but nonetheless seen his name dripping around the interwebs – including our own website – in the last few months, I had somehow managed to get away with not listening to Benjamin Booker on record until this past week. The debut, self-titled record, from…

Ruby My Dear are a New York based quintet who channel their roots in the jazz world, into a stunning indie, alternative sound that should get the attention of music lovers around the world – Australia no exception. It helps too, that the band is fronted by an Australian! “Balloons” is the first single off…

the AU review sits down with Sydney based soul songstress Ms Murphy ahead of her performance at Gingers in Sydney on the 28th of August and her appearance as part of Soulfest in October! For more details about Ms Murphy head to: https://www.facebook.com/msmurphymusic

John Goodridge chats to Craig Mabbitt, lead singer of Escape the Fate about life on the road, his side project, The Dead Rabbitts and joining the upcoming Soundwave Festival tour. Hey Craig, how’s it going? Great thanks, how are you? Yeah good. So I believe you’re in the middle of a tour in the US…

Loose, fuzzy rock and roll is the name of the game with Brisbane trio The Royal Artillery. Off their album Odds and Ends, they’ve just released a music video for the track “ACDC#” and we’re excited to premiere it for you today on the AU. Watch it now and catch the band on their single…

Best known as one half of Everything But The Girl, UK musician Ben Watt has had a busy year, releasing his new album Hendra – his second solo outing, and first in some 30 years – as well as publishing his second novel Romany and Tom, about his parents. While in Sydney this week, Ben…

Celebrating the long awaited release of their debut self-titled album, Brisbane monolith Velociraptor are currently touring the country with Sydney’s Bloods, and Friday night took them to Sydney’s Newtown Social Club (formerly The Sandringham Hotel, for those playing a home) for a show that happened to coincide with their Album Release Date (read our review…

Coldrain, the first band announced for Soundwave Festival earlier in the month left a lot of punters saying “WHO?”. But Masato Hayakawa of the Japanese rock group took the response in his stride, “it definitely exposed a lot more people to our music”. Indeed, in this case at least, there’s no such thing as bad…

Tonight, we celebrate the 6th birthday of our website with a free event in Sydney, with Service Bells and All Our Exes Live In Texas performing alongside DJ sets from Smiles Again (Mind Over Matter), Bhanglassi and more! We took a moment ahead of the party to get to know Service Bells, by way of…

Tonight, we celebrate the 6th birthday of our website with a free event in Sydney, with Service Bells and All Our Exes Live In Texas performing alongside DJ sets from Smiles Again (Mind Over Matter), Bhanglassi and more! We took a moment ahead of the party to get to know All Our Exes Live in…

the AU review talks to Neridah Wyatt-Spratt, Programs Manager at Australian National Maritime Museum, about their National Science Week activities, including “Dare, Danger, Destroy: a hunt onboard HMAS Vampire”, a unique after-hours event on the HMAS Vampire on Thursday 28 August from 6.00pm. Players will explore the ship finding clues, while completing tasks on their…

the AU review’s Larry Heath sits down with Yukimi Nagano of Sweden’s Little Dragon to talk about their return to Australia, playing Summersonic in Japan, their latest record Nabuma Rubberband, their latest epic music videos, collaborating with Big Boi and more… Nabuma Rubberband is available now. More on the band: http://little-dragon.net/

Danish singer and pianist Agnes Obel will be bringing her stunning Aventine record to Australia this November for three special gigs in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. The songstress will be taking some beautiful venues while she’s in the country, but it’s these gorgeous and – in some cases – left-of-centre settings that she’s no stranger…

Back in November 2012, I was lucky enough to be invited along on an trip around India with The Aussie BBQ and Australian bands Sheppard, Jinja Safari, The Aston Shuffle, Karnivool and Big Scary. Not a bad list, eh? As The Aussie BBQ – and the AU – prepares to return to India in November,…

Photographer Tom Ellwood captured Airling, The Jezabels and Gossling as they stopped by the McGrath Foundation’s “Curvey” Van at Splendour in the Grass. Part of the Curve Lurve initiative to help promote Breast Cancer Awareness in young women. Head to http://www.curvelurve.com.au/ for more details.