Back in 2005, then trio The Octopus Project released their second record One Ten Hundred Thousand Million to critical acclaim. It saw the Austin based group reach ears around the world, including my own, thanks in part to support from blogs like Pitchfork. Since then, the “indietronica” group have expanded to a four piece and…
After helping bring some of the world’s biggest artists to Austin during SXSW – from Coldplay to Soundgarden – alongside the hottest talents of moment – from London Grammar to ScHoolboy Q – the iTunes festival ended its inaugural five night run during the event with Australia’s biggest country star Keith Urban sharing the stage…
For the third night of SXSW music, it was pretty much business as usual after the tragic events of the prior night, though for yours truly it was difficult to get excited to line up for hours to get into any of the night’s biggest shows. Thankfully, one of my favourite bands of the moment…
the AU review talks to Jarvis Cocker and Steve Mackey from the now legendary Sheffield band Pulp to talk about the new Pulp documentary that premiered at SXSW 2014, directed by New Zealander Florian Habicht (Love Story). You can also view our interview with the director over on The Iris, HERE.
We caught up with singer-songwriter Simone Felice ahead of the March 14th release of his new album Strangers to find out a bit more about the new record, his thoughts on the state of radio, the Americana revival and more. Hi, how are you? Hi Simon, it’s nice to hear from you. Yeah, it’s great…
Just wrapping up a massive Australian tour, Richard Fortus – famed guitarist of Guns N Roses and now The Dead Daisies – takes some time to chat to the AU about how he approaches The Dead Daisies and their reputation as a supergroup; what’s in store for him both as a solo artist and as…
Ernest Ellis released his highly-anticipated new record, Cold Desire last week. We caught up with him to have a chat and find out more about the new album; how it all came about; and whether or not we’ll see him out on the road around the country in the coming months. What was the inspiration…
School night be damned, that wasn’t going to stop a bunch of punters to come along and check out some styled Aussie rock and roll tunes get cranked out. Both of the acts on the bill tonight have been critically recognised in the indigenous and mainstream music scene and both perform with an intensity and…
It’s been a rollercoaster year for Sharon Jones, the corrections officer turned soul queen. Her fifth album with the imitable Dap Kings, Give the People What They Want was shelved and touring halted so Jones could turn her attention to battling and ultimately beating cancer which threatened to bring her fairy-tale career to a halt….
Joan Wasser from Joan as Policewoman has just released her fourth album of original songs and AU review reporter John Goodridge chats about behind the scenes of making the album. Hey Joan, how’s it going? It’s going great thank you. How are you? Great! I’ve been listening to your new album “The Classic” and I…
Christchurch three-piece T54 are heading to Australia for their first ever series of concerts outside their native New Zealand. In anticipation of the tour, the AU is proud to present the exclusive premiere of the band’s new video “AC Parade”, off their debut record In Brush Park, out now. It’s dreamy, fuzz pop at its…
Before he jumps on a plane to play SXSW in Austin, Texas and some shows in Canada, we at the AU are proud to present the world premiere of Kid Mac‘s new music video for his track “Haters”, taken off his record Head Noise. The video was shot throughout 2013, documenting 100+ shows over 5…
The long awaited debut album, Arecibo from Brisbane’s rock quartet Forever the Optimist is out April 18, and they have a preview of the album to show off their massive sound. The preview video is premiering exclusively on the AU review. Forever The Optimist will tour the album in June 2014.
The co-headline gig is something we rarely see in Australia from international artists. But in America, it’s fairly common place, with tours like NINJA (Nine Inch Nails and Janes Addiction) becoming something of legend. Finally, Australia gets its turn, with NIN – returning for the first time since Soundwave in 2009 – joined by Queens…
Having just released the single “(Lady) Roll Back The Years”, we caught up with Stephen Kelly – lead vocalist and guitarist of Dublin band Raglans – to get to know them a little bit better, and look ahead to their debut album – due out later this month. Head to the end of the interview…
One year after his debut Ecstatic Yours Truly, the ordinary everyday guy from the future has returned. Future Love Hangover delivers his brand new single “Free Falling”, which we’re proud to premiere on the AU. Enjoy: Free Falling by Future Love Hangover Future Love Hangover performs at Free The Beats at 505 on Thursday the…
Much of the music being played at Soundwave was something that did not say “tepid”. It sure was hard, fast, strong, and at times, weird. Everything that happened at this festival was metaphorically going straight into the depths of the audience’s chests, whether they liked it or not. Not being too sure what to head…
the AU review presents Sydney trio Bloods performing in acoustic mode for the first time, with their single “Language” – live and exclusive for the AU sessions. The track comes off their EP Golden Fang, available now.
The Sydney group Yetis have been ones we’ve been keeping an eye on for a while now, previously featuring their track “Bright Red” at the end of 2012. And now they’re back with a new single, “Kind Eyes” that we’re proud to premiere below. Enjoy this stunning gem here: Grab the track on iTunes now!…
the AU review sits down with Eves, Jesse Davidson and Jordan Léser as they travel the country on the Triple Treat Tour. We find out what they’re up to at the moment, what they love of each other’s music and much more… They have one show left on the tour, on Thursday, 6th March at…
the AU review interviews two parts of Cut Copy backstage at the Future Music Festival in Brisbane to talk about the festival, their latest album Free Your Mind (out now), their American adventures, the fact that they’re fitting in both Golden Plains AND Future Music Festival in the days ahead and more…
the AU review interviews Tinie Tempah backstage at the Future Music Festival in Brisbane to talk about the festival, his time in Australia, his latest record and more…
the AU review interviews Chase & Status backstage at the Future Music Festival in Brisbane to talk about the festival, their return to Australia, their latest record and more…
the AU review sits down with Swedish electronic duo Dada Life backstage at Future Music Festival in Brisbane to talk about the festival, their music, touring Australia… we find out what makes the perfect festival crowd and much more!
the AU review sits backstage with Canadian electronic duo Adventure Club at the Future Music Festival in Brisbane to talk about “Wonder”, their collaboration with Australia’s own Danny Harley aka The Kite String Tangle (TKST) and the remix competition that came out of it… Then find part two below!
the AU review sits backstage with Naughty Boy at the Future Music Festival in Brisbane to talk about the festival, his music, time in Australia and much more…
the AU review interviews two parts of French outfit Phoenix backstage at the Future Music Festival in Brisbane ahead of their run of shows in Australia (including sideshows in Sydney and Melbourne, details below) to talk about “Bankrupt!”, the festival, their return to Australia, Mint Juleps and much more… Catch Phoenix at remaining dates of…
Celebrating its 21st year, triple j spent Australia Day counting down the best songs of 2013 in another massive Hottest 100. A huge 1,492,619 votes were cast by 173,658 music fans, and over 5,700 Hottest 100 parties were held around the world, making triple j’s Hottest 100 the world’s biggest musical democracy. And now you…
