Music

the AU review sits down with New Zealand artist Tiny Ruins to talk her American tour – CMJ and Culture Collide – her experiences in Australia, including playing the Sydney Opera House while touring with Calexico – her music and more…

Larry Heath talks to a few legends of the Texas music scene: the recently reunited True Believers, featuring Alejandro Escovedo. We talk about their original time together, how things are sitting now, their latest EP, crowdfunding, playing Austin City Limits Festival and much, much more… and a plug for Bluesfest in Australia! They want to…

Meet Holly Williams. The incredibly talented singer/songwriter who has music in her blood! She’s the granddaughter of Hank Williams, Sr., the daughter of Hank Williams, Jr. and half-sister of country singer Hank Williams III. Larry sits down with her at Austin City Limits in Texas.

Let’s get to the serious stuff first though. The conference part of the CMJ conference starts us off – a cavalcade of talking heads and absorbing insight talking about a wide array of issues plaguing the music industry today. The first of these panels was “Music Journalism in the New World”. We at The AU…

Considering that your dear writer was up until 1:25am last night, it would be good to assume that grogginess would take over on day two. But never fear! There is a feeling of invincibility in me at the moment. But it should be noted that there should be emphasis on the words ‘at the moment’….

Staying up until 3am last night broke the record of staying up until 1am on the 16th October for me. The range of places that I went to varied insanely – too much probably. Going from living-room sized tiled rooms underneath restaurants to larger rooms that could fill hundreds of people was an experience and…

Having enjoyed the five bands making themselves known on the outdoor World Stage, it was time to head indoors. First up, I caught Perth’s The Novocaines at the festival’s newest venue addition, the Lot 1 Cafe. The band are proving themselves louder and harder than ever, focusing on strengthening their sound in a big way…

Larry Heath interviews Erik Mattiasson aka Melpo Mene – a Swedish singer/songwriter – while in Los Angeles to talk about his music, his upcoming music, what it means to be “cool” and “social” as a musician, playing GTA V and much, much more… Filmed in Los Angeles at Taix during Culture Collide, October 2013. Interview/Edit/Camera:…

It’s not the first time Nick Cave has lent his music as a score, but it’s not every day an artist of his calibre supplies it for a commercial. Check out the classy campaign above for a new campaign for Bulleit Whiskey. This isn’t an original track however – it’s called “Martha’s Dream” and was…

the AU review sits down in Los Angeles with Santa Cruz based group Wooster to talk about playing Culture Collide, their music, Australia and much more… Filmed at Taix in Los Angeles during Culture Collide – October 2013.

Jasmine Safaeian brings us photos from the second day of Culture Collide Festival in Los Angeles, featuring Bombay Show Pig, Bleached (pictured), New Zealand’s Ghost Wave, The Deer Tracks, Adi Ulmansky, a celebrity spot of Jack Black and much more from the world of music!

Jasmine Safaeian brings us photos from the third and final day of the Filter Magazine industry event Culture Collide, which takes place every year in Silverlake, Los Angeles. Pictured above is King Khan and the Shrines and also check out photos of New Zealand’s Ghost Wave, france’s Chateau Marmont, US group NO and more from…

The second night of festivities at Culture Collide proved to be a massive one, with the event introducing an outdoor stage as part of the weekend showcases. This in turn replaced what used to be a free all-day “block party” for the general public. The result is something more intimate, though capturing the great vibes…

Following another day of insightful panels – covering everything from aligning brands with bands to the spirits of the world – the music of day two of Filter Magazine’s Cuture Collide festival kicked off with a couple of regional focused parties. First up were the Swedes, who brought with them some traditional Swedish herring and…

As Filter Magazine’s Culture Collide has drawn to a close, we wanted to take a look back at some of the bands we discovered over the weekend, and bring you a list of the five bands we experienced for the first time, loved, and think you should spend some time getting to know too. The…

Larry sits down with Ben from Miami Horror to talk about their upcoming album, latest single, performing at Homebake Festival 2013 – as well as other Summer events in Australia such as The Plot – and much more!

We chat to MS MR about playing Austin City Limits Festival (ACL), their two visits to Australia this year for St Jerome’s Laneway Festival and Splendour in the Grass, covering LCD Soundsystem for triple j, working with Australian artists like Gotye and Strange talk and much, much more…

Larry sits down at Austin City Limits Music Festival 2013 with Vancouver group Bear Mountain to talk about touring, the festival, defying boundaries of genre, their debut album XO, Australian plans and much more…

The Jungle Giants played the Metro Theatre on Saturday night with support from Northeast Party House and The Creases. Gwendolyn Lee was there and brings us these photos from the pit.

Tonight would be a night of indie-folk music galore, but it would also be a night of thousands of screaming teenage fangirls. I was bracing myself to work out which of the two would be more overwhelming.

Following on from the late afternoon parties, the rest of the day saw me jump from venue to venue trying to catch as much music as possible. First up, I caught the end of Wooster, a solid rock band from Santa Cruz, California. That’s about six hours North of LA for those playing at home….

Larry sat down with Australian artist Mark Wilkinson while he was in Los Angeles as part of his first ever North American tour. We talk about performing at the Hotel Cafe, busking, heading along to CMJ, his latest album, working with Ollie McGill from The Cat Empire and much more…

Them Swoops are about to head to New York city to play CMJ. We caught up briefly with the band to chat about their trip, and find out how their recent Northcote Social Club residency went! You recently finished up a residency at the Northcote Social Club – how did those shows go? It was…

And in the blink of an eye, Austin City Limits came to an end for yours truly for another year. But not before one more day of some incredible music, with Atoms for Peace (pictured) and Lionel Richie closing out the festival. Things kicked off with Vancouver based four piece Bear Mountain. They’re a band…

For those unfamiliar with Filter Magazine’s Culture Collide Festival, now in its fourth year (and third year of exclusive Australian coverage on the AU) the best way to describe it is as a smaller version of BIGSOUND. Two days of talks as part of the Creative Summit, introduced last year, and three days of live…

Jasmine Safaeian brings us photos from the first day of Culture Collide Festival in Los Angeles, featuring Denmark’s Iceage (pictured), a DJ Set from Australia’s own Miami Horror, Costa Rica’s The Great Wilderness, a panel featuring Moby, Dhani Harrison and many more from the world of music!

he AU review sits down with New Orleans artist Colin Lake to talk about his debut record, his forthcoming sophomore release, his experiences at Austin City Limits Festival 2013 and more…

Having moved past the jetlag that delayed my first day of the annual Austin City Limits event, I kicked into the festival grounds early to catch Parquet Courts opening the second day, well ahead of the anticipated headline performances from The Cure and Kings of Leon. Parquet Courts deliver interesting fast paced, high energy, punk…