Music

Premiering earlier this week on triple j, some of our favourite Sydney/Blue Mountains kids are finally back with new material after relocating to London. “Dojo Rising” is the first taste of the forthcoming Cloud Control record, Dream Cave, which is due out on August 9th, the follow up to their AMP winning debut Bliss Release….

Lovelace is a film in two halves. The first is the story of Linda Lovelace – the iconic actress from the 70s porn film sensation Deep Throat – that everyone else had told, including Lovelace herself in her early cash-ins such as Inside Linda Lovelace. The second is the story that Linda revealed when she…

Come Together Festival 2013 saw Drapht headline The Big Top Luna Park on Saturday with a full line-up of Aussie hip-hop acts including Illy, The Herd, Spit Syndicate and plenty more. Gwendolyn Lee was there and brings us these photos from the pit.

The location for this review has moved. You can read it HERE.

Andrew Stockdale played the Lair on Friday night with support from The Bob Harrow Band. Gwendolyn Lee was there and brings us these photos from the pit.

Yesterday morning I sat down with Matt Ravier, the program manager and curator of The Hub. Sitting at Sydney’s Town Hall and premiering at the 2012 Sydney Film Festival, The Hub has become the heart of the Sydney Film Festival, with daily events and most importantly: drinks with other film fans and the film community….

Destroy Music 2013 was headlined by The Ghost Inside with support from Emmure, Antagonist A.D and Hand Of Mercy, where they played at the Metro Theatre on Thursday night. Gwendolyn Lee was there and brings us these photos from the pit.

In my last article looking back on Digital & Music Matters in Singapore (there’s a pile of interviews still to come!), I’m going to take you back to the Beer Garden, the concept bar where we also spent our Wednesday evening for the annual Aussie BBQ. On Friday, the venue a showcase of bands from…

Well we are entering our 6th and final week. We are laying down guitar solos, vocals and a few final touches. New York has really been a mind blowing experience! And the record is coming together just right. It’s sounding massive… Here are a few photos from our most recent experiences: The Lazys meet the…

Melbourne based musician Laura Imbruglia stopped by the AU review offices in Sydney last night and performed the track “If I Ever” for an AU session. It’s the first song she wrote for her forthcoming third record “What A Treat”, due out next Friday, June 7th. Filmed at the AU HQ on 24th April 2013….

When triple j took their annual regional, free, all ages, drug and alcohol free One Night Stand event to Dubbo earlier this year, they attracted over 18,000 punters, making it the largest One Night Stand ever. To celebrate the night, and ensure no one ever forgets their experience – whether they were watching/listening to it…

As drummer and frontman for Staying At Home, Animal Shapes and Lights Out, Nick Van Breda has been an active member of the Australian music industry for the last decade. Over the past two years, Nick has been workign with Sydney producer Dylan Adams (Sticky Fingers, Sailmaker) on his own solo material, which has resulted…

Short Films are a massive draw card of the annual SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas, and the woman who helps put that program together goes by the name of Claudette Godfrey. She’s currently in the country to present a collection of the best 2013 Short Films at the St Kilda Film Festival, and she…

Ever since Queens of the Stone Age released their acclaimed record Songs For The Deaf in 2002, which took the underground band to the attention of the world, it would be fair to say the band have struggled to reach similar levels of acclaim. Lullabies to Paralyze, released in 2005, showed that the band were…

Baz Luhrmann has always been hit and miss for me. Though I can understand why his filmic style is detested by some, and loved by others, for me the success of his style comes down to the content. Sometimes it works, other times it doesn’t. Australia – average story equals an average film, though admittedly…

Local Singapore group These Brittle Bones kicked things off at the Crazy Elephant on the last night of Music Matters, with a British lead singer on the keys, who just so happens to be fourteen! I don’t know about you, but I certainly wasn’t performing at an international industry event at that age. The music…

When I arrived at the HP Showcase at the New Zealand themed bar Fern & Kiwi, as part of the 2013 Music Matters LIVE event in Singapore, I was greeted to a band from India called Indus Creed (pictured above), members of whom I saw take part in the Bombay Metal Project at the NH7…

The New Zealand themed bar Fern and Kiwi was one of the many places to be on the final night of Music Matters Live in Singapore on Friday night, though if you wanted to see some local music, there was none better. The Made in Singapore showcased displayed some of the finest local talent in…

It was Japanese rock mania when I arrived at Clarke Quay for the second night of Music Matters LIVE. The free, public, outdoor stage would be home to two massive J-Rock acts: flumpool and SID, which saw fans waiting in the heat for hours. They would then move indoors into the Beer Market, where the…

the AU review sits down in the Holiday Inn in Melbourne with Gustaf and Tom from the aptly named goodbyemotel. We talk about what they’ve been up to since we last spoke at CMJ, their People EP (available now), their upcoming album, touring, heading back to the USA and much more… Filmed at the Holiday…

he AU review chatted to Richard Boucher and Pat Lundy from Welsh Post-Hardcore Funeral for a Friend while they were on tour in Australia about their latest album “Conduit”, playing more intimate shows, their experiences in Australia and much, much more… Filmed at Manning Bar in Sydney on May 11th, 2013. Camera: Johnny Au Interview/Edit:…

Man Like Me are a British two-piece, who’ve recently released a new album in Pillow Talk. With the iconic Mike Skinner from The Streets involved in the creation of the record, we figured there’d definitely be some interesting stories for the band to tell, and so we sent them some questions to answer and flick…

In anticipation of the release of his new album Bright Sunny South, we caught up with folk singer and multi instrumentalist Sam Amidon to discover a bit more about the album’s background, and Amidon’s own musical background and inspirations. Hi, how are you? Good, how’s it going? Good thank you, I’ve had a day off…

Born Of Osiris played the Hi-Fi on Saturday night with support from Upon A Burning Body, Feed Her To The Sharks, A Breach Of Silence, Stories and Polaris. Gwendolyn Lee was there and brings us these photos from the pit.

“It’s my first time in Australia and I think I like it.” A few sweet words and she had us hooked. The crowd, that is… and it’s Lorde we loved. I first realised I had a girl crush on this underage, quirky, New Zealand beauty named Ella Yelich O’Connor (aka Lorde) when her catchy tune…