Before their last show of their most recent Australian tour with Paramore, the AU Review caught up with Max Helyer, guitarist for You Me At Six to see what the band has been up to since their last trip to our shores and what fans can expect from their new release, Cavalier Youth. Hi Max…
One of the most intriguing additions to the Sydney Festival’s “About an Hour” series for 2014 is Bullet Catch. Part theatre, part magic show, part interactive experience, the production is Rob Drummond’s one man show as magician William Wonder, who tells the story of a magician who died 100 years ago performing the infamous “Bullet…
Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo returned to Australia last week to perform his new composition Hurricane Transcriptions at the Sydney Festival. Jamie Williams from the Festival brings us these photos from the one off concert at the City Recital Hall.
Karnivool played their 2nd show at the UNSW Roundhouse on Saturday night with support from Dead Letter Circus and Sleepmakeswaves. Photos by Gwendolyn Lee.
One of the unique advantages of playing a successful and respected annual event like Sydney Festival is that artists who may otherwise perform to half full rooms around the country are given the chance to sit in front of large, (usually) packed venues. This is thanks to the mix of fans and the curious who…
After seeing Limbo, I felt it would be hard to witness another acrobatic circus so soon. Surely it couldn’t top all the wonderful array of party tricks they had up their sleeves. Indeed, Limbo is a high-tech, over-the-top masterpiece of the circus. So I went into Scotch and Soda, Sydney festival’s other house circus, with…
Renowned for her boundless visual imagination, Berlin choreographer Sasha Waltz has come together with celebrated baroque orchestra Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin to present her first opera: a majestic reimagining of one of the world’s great romantic tragedies, Dido & Aeneas, with performances at Sydney Festival until the 21st of January. Find out more HERE…
Larry Heath sits down with Columbus, Ohio duo twenty | one | pilots, currently in Australia touring with Paramore and You Me at Six. We talk about the tour, coming down under for the first time, what 2014 has in store for them, their live show aspirations and more!
the AU review presents the AU sessions with The Superjesus’ Sarah McLeod performing the classic track “Second Sun” LIVE, solo and acoustic in a Sydney park! Don’t miss The Superjesus when they perform three very special shows over the Australia Day long weekend: Waves in Wollongong on the 24th of January, Bateau Bay Hotel on…
Ahead of Gwar‘s return to (and potential annihilation of) Australia for Soundwave, AU review reporter John Goodridge chat’s to lead singer Dave Brockie about the evolution of Gwar and heavy metal. Warning – bad language within… but we think you’ll like it. Hello. I’m looking for Oderus Ungerus from Antarctica. Well you found him. You…
You often hear an AU contributor rate a gig as a highlight of the year, but by the time the year is over, what still sits on that top 5 list? Well, we asked our contributors just that and from all those responses we bring you the AU’s top thirteen local touring artists of 2013!…
Over the weekend, Fairfax Media published an article entitled “Calling The Tune” (read it here), which captured this moment in the Australian music industry. A moment that sees the government funded radio station triple j as the leading national voice (musically) for 18-24 year olds. With essentially no competition, no one else has the ability…
If you could mix together a blend of emo, pop punk, fast paced alternative rock and a dash of rap you would be pretty close to summarising the different genres and sounds you’d hear at tonight’s concert. All of this would be delivered in large high energy doses courtesy of all three acts.
The 2014 Sydney Festival has well and truly set the standard for high quality gatherings of artistic types once again! The opening weekend saw many stellar performers, from Ben Caplan to Amanda Palmer, there was something for everyone. Jamie Williams brings you some highlights in this gallery.
Sometimes on very rare occasions an artist is so mesmerising and captivating, that all you can hear is their performance and nothing else. It’s not often that I get to be a part of shows like that, but tonight was one of those nights.
the AU review presents Canadian artist Mo Kenney performing the unreleased track “Wind Will Blow” (Working Title) LIVE, exclusive and acoustic on the AU sessions. Filmed in Sydney, Australia at AU HQ on 8th January 2014. Mo Kenney is currently touring Australia with the following dates remaining: Friday 10th January at Caravan Music Club, Melbourne
Make the most of everyday – Summer is more than just a reason, it’s the feeling that something awesome could happen at any moment. Summertime has well and truly begun, being right in the midst of the festival season, summer and music go hand in hand. Guvera has created a Summertime playlist featuring international artists…
Ever since they were announced on the Big Day Out lineup, fans have been waiting for announcements on their sideshows. And now that time has arrived. Playing Sydney are the Deftones, Melbourne will get a The Hives sideshow while Ghost will play both Sydney and Melbourne. Check out the dates and details here: DEFTONES +…
Larry Heath meets Canadian artist Mo Kenney while in Australia to talk about her time down under, which included a performance at Woodford Folk Festival… we learn a bit more about what’s coming next for Mo on her long awaited second album – working with Joel Plaskett – and also find out the artists, like…
The house show of Sydney Festival this year is an incredible production going by the name of LIMBO. The full review will be online shortly, but in the meantime enjoy these photos from opening night at The Spiegeltent. Performances continue nightly (except Mondays) until the close of the festival. Photos by Prudence Upton.
the AU review sits down with two parts of Born Ruffians just before they hit the stage at the Oxford Art Factory in Sydney, on their Falls Festival sideshow. PART ONE: PART TWO:
You often hear an AU contributor rate a gig as a highlight of the year, but by the time the year is over, what still sits on that top 5 list? Well, we asked our contributors just that and from all those responses we bring you the AU’s top thirteen international tours of 2013! Read…
New Years Day 2014, Sydneysiders were treated to an incredible display of rock and roll at The Vic in Enmore. You Am I turned the venue’s car park into a mini-festival to show their appreciation for the local locals. The lo-fi gig lived in the band’s pub rock tradition and saw The Mountains, The Love…
Following years of successful cabaret “house shows” at the Sydney Festival’s Famous Spiegeltent, it should come of little surprise that this year’s production LIMBO is set to follow in the footsteps of critical and box office smashes like Cantina and Smoke & Mirrors. Well, we certainly can’t predict a sell out season, but we can…
We’re weeks away from experiencing the wonder that is Soundwave Festival around Australia, and one of the local bands to be a part of the bill are Melbourne’s Deez Nuts. Philippe caught up with the band to talk about the festival, their latest album and more… There were a lot of guest spots that appeared…
In the now classic song* by Sydney band The Beards, it’s exclaimed “There’s Nothing Better Than Having a Beard”. What Canadian troubadour Ben Caplan proved in his Sydney Festival opening set, accompanied by his band The Casual Smokers, is that a) this is true and b) it’s even better when that beard can play some…
Larry Heath sits down with Austin Jenkins and James Petralli of Austin Texas band White Denim during their first ever Australian tour in January 2014, not long before they hit the stage in Sydney, supporting Hanni El Khatib, in a Falls Festival sideshow.
Vampire Weekend played the Hordern Pavilion on Wednesday night. Gwendolyn Lee was there and brings us these photos.
With the main summer festival season just kicking off around the country once again, we are bringing you our top 5 favourite Australian festivals of the last year, as voted for by our contributors. Though the list is dominated by the larger national touring festivals, a number of the local state specific festivals racked up…
the AU review presents Canadian artist Mo Kenney performing the track “The Happy Song” LIVE, exclusive and acoustic on the AU sessions. Filmed in Sydney, Australia at AU HQ on 8th January 2014. Mo Kenney is currently touring Australia with the following dates remaining: Thursday 9th January at The Basement, Sydney Friday 10th January at…
