We sat down with American singer/songwriter Jason Mraz to discuss working with Korean guitar virtuoso Sungha Jung (정성하) and collaborating with artists over the years during his travels through Asia and Australia in this very special clip: Catch the talented Sungha Jung live in Australia: Naga Guitars Concert Series presents: Sungha Jung 2015 Live in…
Watch as Sydney’s Goons of Doom serenade a campsite (their “competition winners”) with their sweet tunes while at the Festival of the Sun in Port Macquarie. It’s highly unlikely anyone was sober during the making of this video.
the AU review interviews Vaughan Dead and Ozzie Wrong of Sydney rockers Goons of Doom backstage at the Festival of the Sun in Port Macquarie, NSW. We talk about their plans for 2015 – including four new albums and a limousine… plus we try to get out of them what their favourite music of 2014…
the AU review interviews Adelaide’s Timberwolf backstage at Festival of the Sun in Port Macquarie. We talk about his past experience at the festival, playing guitar for another artist, his experiences so far this year with his own band, his latest single “It Burns”, the debut EP and more…
The Stiffys get deep, personal and intimate with the AU review backstage at Festival of the Sun in Port Macquarie. Once you see this video, you can’t unsee it. Don’t say we didn’t warn you…
Watch Canada’s Tim Chaisson perform “Under the Cajun Moon” on the acoustic guitar, accompanied by the banjo, at the first annual AU Awards in Sydney, Australia on 9th December 2014, in this exclusive video: Head to our YouTube channel for more exclusive live content: http://bit.ly/1wLM64S
While we were backstage with Byron Bay quintet Tora last month, we asked them to talk about the unexpected popularity of their track “Jaigantic”. We find out about the origins of the song and learn how it almost didn’t make it onto their album in the first place… Listen on and then listen to the…
Hailing from Glasgow is the new electronic artist Tongues., who has dropped this excellent track on Soundcloud – “Colours in the Dark” – which fosters comparisons to the experimentation of Hot Chip and the electronic energy of someone like Robyn. If either of those artists take your fancy, this is a track you have to…
George Ezra lit up the Metro Theatre in Sydney on Monday night, supported by Eves The Behaviour (formerly just Eves). Gwendolyn Lee was there and brings us these photos from the night:
The Lazys reflect on their massive 2014 by naming their highlights of the year – from their new music to their trips to Canada – and they pay tribute to their favourite music of the year…
the AU review talked to Jason Mraz while he was in Australia on the “YES” tour. We talk about Raining Jane, how the new songs are going down live and how the tour has gone around the world! We go on to find out what 2015 will hold for him, we ask if he keeps…
Photo Credit: Joanne Bacic In our first premiere of 2015, we’re proud to bring you the new music video from Sydney based artist Taryn La Fauci, “All Of Me”. The track is the first single from her debut EP Unveil, which will be out next month. The video was directed by Sam Brumby and filmed…
In our tenth instalment of “Stumbled Upon”, we meet former Melbourne native now Montreal based, Mike O’Dowd, otherwise known as The Singer, and chat about recording his debut EP. Musician: The Singer Website / Social Media: Facebook / Soundcloud / Bandcamp Genre: Folk, Indie, Roots. Members & their roles: Mike O’Dowd- Acoustic and Vocals. What…
Big Freedia performed his New Orleans “Bounce Music” in Sydney supported by some amazing dancers and DJ Sveta. Pete Dovgan brings you the photos…
Adelaide’s Timberwolf sat down with Larry Heath at Festival of the Sun earlier this month to talk about what’s coming next for him musically and name his favourite album and song of 2014! To find out what he chose, watch the short clip below:
At the end of his Australian tour earlier this month, South Carolina musician Trevor Hall stopped by AU HQ in Sydney to chat about the tour, his latest album and his 2015 return to Australia for Bluesfest, touring as part of the Music & Yoga “Soulshine” tour with Michael Franti. Watch the chat here: For…
While backstage at Festival of the Sun earlier this month, Bryon Bay outfit Tora named their favourite music of 2014 and looked ahead to their performances at Falls Festival – which is happening as we speak!
The AU Awards may have come an gone earlier this month, we’re excited to be ending the year by bringing you some footage from the intimate Sydney event, in case you couldn’t make it yourself! In the first highlights clip, watch Steve Smyth accept his award for NSW Voice of the Year as well as…
Belle & Sebastian are not only making their long awaited return to Australia in the new year, but they have a new album to boot – the much anticipated Girls in Peacetime Want To Dance, their first in five years. Ahead of its release and the tour, I spoke to drummer Richard Colburn about it,…
Ahead of our return to the amazing surrounds of the Woodford Folk Festival this weekend, we’re counting down the 7 artists we reckon you can’t miss at the iconic event. But with hundreds of performances, talks and events that run through the mammoth event, this barely scratches the surface… 7. Olivia Chaney Described as a…
And we have arrived at the top ten! What an incredible year for music it’s been, especially on the album front. We’re excited to have so many Australians make the top ten, including our number one! But we won’t spoil it for you… head through the top ten after the jump! And if you missed…
At Festival of the Sun in Port Macquarie earlier this month, we sat down with two parts of Goons of Doom to chat about their brand new Christmas record, Scary Xmas, which they reckon is pretty much the greatest Christmas record ever produced. Just don’t let your kids listen to it…
Residing from the beautiful horizons of the Sunshine Coast, Australian rockers DrawCard have released an EP that resonates influences from the badasses of A Day To Remember with a clever fusion of empowering alternative UK rockers, Young Guns. With the recent release of Goons LTD, who’s to say they won’t rule the world one day? From start to finish, you may…
Yesterday we kicked off our best albums of 2014 countdown, and today we continue, starting things off with Michael Gira’s iconic group at number 30… Leonardo Silvestrini: The 30 year old band followed up their late career, post-reformation 2 disc masterpiece The Seer with another late career, post-reformation 2 disc masterpiece in To Be Kind,…
We waste no time and continue our top 40 list, looking back at what our contributors have voted as the best albums of 2014. We start off with a little known band from the UK… In case you missed it, look back at our choices for 30-21 and 40-31. Tanya Ali: I don’t know why…
the AU review’s Larry Heath sits backstage at Festival of the Sun in Port Macquarie, NSW, to talk to Byron Bay group Tora about their latest EP Eat The Sun and much more… Listen to the chat here: Photo by Paula May Photography.
the AU review’s Larry Heath sits backstage at Festival of the Sun in Port Macquarie, NSW, with Sydney based hip hop duo Jackie Onassis to talk about their brand new mixtape SUSHI and we get the latest on their next full length album, due out in 2015. We also look back at the band’s experiences…
the AU review’s Larry Heath sits down with Karl S Williams backstage at Festival of the Sun in Port Macquarie, NSW, to find out his highlights of 2014 and his favourite record of the year, Sharon Van Etten’s Are We There.
Now that we’ve brought our best songs of 2014 countdown to an end, it’s time to get to the albums. And what an incredible year it’s been for the album – this was definitely the harder of the two lists to put together. Both at home and across the globe, 2014 was an amazing year…
We’re wrapping up our year by bringing you backstage coverage from Festival of the Sun in Port Macquarie, talking to some of Australia’s finest artists about the festival and getting them the reflect on 2014. First up, we bring you our full chat with Adelaide based rapper Allday: See what Allday thought of Aussie Hip…
