the AU review presents Mat McHugh performing his new single “More Money” as part of the AU sessions. Filmed live and acoustic out the back of AU HQ in Sydney, Australia on the 29th of January, 2014. Don’t miss Mat on the remaining dates of his current tour: Friday 7 February – Torquay Hotel, Torquay…
They’re currently skyrocketing in popularity, and those who weren’t over at the QANTAS Credit Union Arena (formerly Sydney Entertainment Centre) checking out Arcade Fire were those who snapped up tickets to a sold out show at the Enmore Theatre to see The Lumineers.
As he tours Australia and anticipates the release of his new album The Whole Twelve Inches next month, Larry catches up with Jesse Rose to talk about the album and look to the year ahead… The number 12 seems to have hijacked your creative decisions over the last year or so! 12 songs, 12 months,…
Larry sits down with Sam Hales and Cesira Aitken from The Jungle Giants to talk touring with the Big Day Out, their last record, the year ahead and much more…
The lineup for this year’s Governor’s Ball Festival has been announced, and boy is it something else. The New York City festival held on Randall’s island includes a slew of mouth-watering names for the June event. A freshly reunited Outkast headline the event alongside Jack White, Vampire Weekend and New York City’s very own darlings,…
As the Sydney Festival has come to an end, we look back at photos of some of the highlights from the final week of the festival with Visitors at the Sydney Opera house, Othello: The Remix and the one and only Kurt Vile. Photos by Jamie Williams and Prudence Upton.
As the Sydney Entertainment Centre sees its name officially change to the Qantas Credit Union Arena (doesn’t really have the same ring to it, does it?), the venue welcomes one of this year’s Big Day Out headliners into the fairly esteemed company of bands who have played the venue. It marks the first time the…
After releasing two albums Liam Gallagher finally brings his band Beady Eye to Australia as part of the 2014 Big Day Out tour for the first time since Oasis disbanded. For the faithful Oasis fans and for the British ex-pats it was an opportunity to finally get to see the notorious frontman and his bandmates in action again.
the AU review sits down with two parts of UK group The 1975 to talk about touring with the Big Day Out, the successes of their debut record, the year ahead and much more…
Visitors is the latest film from the acclaimed director of the Qatsi trilogy, Godfrey Reggio; a film, in collaboration with filmmaker Jon Kane, which also sees Reggio reunite with composer Philip Glass for the first time since the trilogy came to an end in 2002. While Koyaanisqatsi and its following two films are an artistic…
Snoop Dogg AKA Snoop Lion played the Enmore Theatre on Saturday night with support from Mac Miller. Photographed by Gwendolyn Lee.
As The Reverence Hotel in Footscray prepares to host one hell of an Australia Day party this weekend, we bring you another interview with one of the many artists set to perform! Jim Duggan of Initials tells us a bit about the band and what an audience at The Rev can be expecting from them…
the AU review, in collaboration with Curve Lurve – the McGrath Foundation’s initiative to get more young people to be breast aware – sits down with Neyla Pekarek from Colorado’s The Lumineers to talk about the successes of their debut record, their plans for the year ahead and their next record, experiences in Australia and…
Ahead of this weekend’s Australia Day fundraiser at the Reverence Hotel in Footscray, Melbourne, supporting Oxfam and The Refugee Council, we’re catching up with a bunch of the bands playing at the event! Next up is Tom Lanyon, the guitarist from Melbourne’s CERES. Tell us who you are, what band you’re from and where your…
Ahead of this weekend’s Australia Day fundraiser at the Reverence Hotel in Footscray, Melbourne, supporting Oxfam and The Refugee Council, we’re catching up with a bunch of the bands playing at the event! Next up is Luke Shields, the guitarist and vocalist from Melbourne’s Have/Hold. Tell us who you are, what band you’re from and…
Ahead of this weekend’s Australia Day fundraiser at the Reverence Hotel in Footscray, Melbourne, supporting Oxfam and The Refugee Council, we’re catching up with a bunch of the bands playing at the event! Next up is Tom Lanyon, the vocalist and guitarist from Adelaide’s Grenadiers. Tell us who you are, what band you’re from and…
the AU review is proud to present this special guest post from Andrew Smith, Destination NSW’s Chief Funster. In this piece, Andrew reports exclusively for the AU from the annual Country Music Festival in Tamworth, NSW, which takes place from the 17th until the 26th of January… I’ve just spent a few days discovering why…
Larry Heath sits down with acclaimed UK singer/songwriter/guitarist Ryan Keen to talk about his tour around Australia with Busby Marou, the journey of his debut album Room For Light, his subsequent journeys around the world as well as what’s planned for the rest of 2014. We find out if he writes music on the road…
Larry Heath sits down in a Sydney park with Sarah McLeod to talk about upcoming shows with The Superjesus and the anticipated collaborative tour with the one and only Jeff Martin (The Tea Party). Plus, we find out the latest on her solo material and new music with The Superjesus! Don’t miss The Superjesus when…
Ahead of this weekend’s Australia Day fundraiser at the Reverence Hotel in Footscray, Melbourne, supporting Oxfam and The Refugee Council, we’re catching up with a bunch of the bands playing at the event! First up is Chris from Melbourne’s own punk rockers Anchors. Tell us who you are, what band you’re from and where your…
Ahead of this weekend’s Australia Day fundraiser at the Reverence Hotel in Footscray, Melbourne, supporting Oxfam and The Refugee Council, we’re catching up with a bunch of the bands playing at the event! Next up is Brad, the guitarist from Melbourne’s punk/metal outfit Outright. Tell us who you are, what band you’re from and where…
Last month we revealed our top 40 albums of 2013, which included 13 albums from Australia. Since then, we’ve received a few e-mails, asking for more recommendations from the world of Australian music in 2013, from readers both at home and abroad. So, we’ve gone back to our list of votes from AU’s fine contributors…
Larry Heath sits down with Michael Lira from Sydney group Darth Vegas to talk about their upcoming “last show in Australia”, taking place at The Jam Gallery in Bondi Junction on the 8th of February. We find out what we can expect from the show, talk about the debut of Neill Duncan’s one-handed Saxophone and…
Earlier today on Twitter and Facebook, the internationally renowned EDM event Ultra Music Festival opened up accounts that indicated they’ll be heading to Australia very soon. For those not in the know, Ultra occurs every March, just after SXSW, in Miami, Florida. In 2013 alone, 330,000 people headed to Bayfront Park for the mammoth event….
There’s so much incredible music on the horizon this year, it’s hard to know where to begin. But these 14 records – in alphabetical order – from Australia and around the world are a good place to start. Let’s get excited for another amazing year of music… kicking off with a local group who have…
As we approach SXSW for another year, things start to take shape for some of the country’s younger bands, and we start to get some indication of the band’s we should all be keeping an eye on. As we did last year and the year before, here now, in no particular order, are 14 Australian…
the AU review and Hello Asia!’s Larry Heath sits down with Japanese instrumental funk band Mountain Mocha Kilimanjaro in January 2014, while touring in Australia. We talk about their new album Perfect Times, their writing process, plans for the rest of 2014 and more!
Ahead of the Soundwave tour in March 2014, Greg Puciatio, lead singer of The Dillinger Escape Plan talks to AU review reporter John Goodridge about life on the road and behind the scenes of the making of their latest album. Hey Greg how’s it going? John! What’s up man? How are you? Yeah good thanks….
