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.
the AU review sat down with Tasmanian Singer/Songwriter Dewayne Everettsmith before he performed in Sydney for his own shows and ahead of his performances as the special guest of Gurrumul at the Sydney Opera House (September 5th and 6th). We chat about talk about his album and single “Surrender”, future music plans and more…
the AU’s Larry Heath sits down with Jeff Martin of The Tea Party to talk about their new record The Ocean at the End – the first Tea Party LP in ten years – and the band’s upcoming Australian tour (their fourteenth of Australia) with The Superjesus. The Tea Party tour Australia through October. Grab…
While they were in Sydney, we caught up with US duo Twenty One Pilots who brought us up to date on their adventures since they were last in Australia – touring with Paramore back in January – we find out what the rest of the year is holding for them, about their crazy crowd surfing…
We’re always been big fans of Sydney “horror-surf rockers” Doc Holliday Takes The Shotgun, and it seems that their new single “King of the Moon” will be keeping that tradition alive. It’s the second track taken from their forthcoming album Odd/Even. Take a listen to the brand new track now: The band are playing on…
If you’ve been thinking that you haven’t seen The Griswolds play in capital city in a little while, you’d probably be right. The Sydney group are enjoying international success and traversing the USA as alternative and college radio has been all over our latest export. But that didn’t stop them from catching up with the…
Though Sydney’s Scott Spark is now two full length albums deep, it’s a rare occurrence to witness the man in action – even in his hometown. Marking the release of his sophomore LP Muscle Memory at the Vanguard, however, was a rare live performance from the talented singer/songwriter. Focusing on his latest, critically acclaimed release,…
Going by the moniker of Fractures, Mark Zito has released a stunning self titled debut with the Fractures EP. Full of subtle harmonies, gentle brooding and haunting vocals and lyricism, Zito has put together an enlightening experience. Immersing the listener in an ethereal orchestra of soulful sounds Fractures is an introspective compilation following the themes…
Released back in May, this brilliant black and white video for Canadian band July Talk‘s single “Summer Dress” has introduced us to one of the country’s best hidden treasures. The band will be making their Australian debut in September at BIGSOUND. Get a taste of them here: Keep tabs on the band at their official…
the AU review’s Larry Heath talks to Northern Beaches outfit Mammals about their new EP Animalia, which is out now, their upcoming tour, what’s coming next musically and much more…
Last month, we caught up with UK outfit Wolf Alice backstage at T in the Park in Scotland. Though we weren’t able to say it on camera at the time, we got them to talk about their “possible” trip to Australia (revealed today to be a part of Falls Festival), we talk about what they’ve…
Taken from their critically acclaimed new record Reflektor, Canadians Arcade Fire have released their fourth video taken from the release, “You Already Know” – which features, among other great moments, an audio introduction from UK talk show host Jonathan Ross. The typically trippy clip can be viewed here. Watch out for those pink eyes… For…
