Sydney songwriter Iluka will be touring her debut EP Glory Days across the country this August. Having worked with noted producer Pip Norman for some of the sessions, Iluka’s upcoming EP showcases some pretty tight and excellently executed moments of music. The singer has released her EP track “Sweet Marianne” for free download (http://official.fm/tracks/o12j). Tour…
Back by popular demand, The Drones will be performing their second national tour of the year off the back of their album I Sea Seaweed. Having already done awesome things around the country with their last national tour, it seems that The Drones are getting ready to do it all again, this time, taking the…
Yelawolf played the Metro Theatre on Tuesday night. (Gwendolyn Lee was there and brings us these photos from the pit.
Having now self-published three books, I know first hand the challenges at perfecting a hard cover, coffee table book. Clocking in at 450 pages – more than double anything we’ve put together here – I can only begin to imagine the task Kane Hibberd had in front of him when he was putting together his…
There are many words one could use to describe an artist as compelling as Kirin J Callinan. The terms ‘controversial’ and ‘confronting’ seem to get thrown around a lot and after watching his show at Jive on Friday night I’m going to go with chameleon. Last time I saw Callinan he was playing to a…
There’s a lot riding on the shoulders of Dublin band Kodaline. With their soft-alternative-indie-rock tendencies their debut EP The Kodaline EP released in September 2012 garnered them a nomination in the BBC Sound of 2013 poll. It’s now about 10 months on since then and the four piece are ready to show the world their long player In A…
The jazzy, once instrumental, sounds of Adelaide producer Oisima has evolved into an explosion of smooth chilled out beats and other worldly sounds. He’s on tour to currently celebrate the release of the track ‘Everything About Her’ featuring the vocals of Annabel Weston, who normally lends her vocals to Brisbane band, Archie. Philippe Perez caught…
Pop rock connoisseurs Lime Cordiale took over The Standard Friday night for the launch of their single ‘Bullshit Aside’ off pending EP Falling up the Stairs. The Sydney based quartet led by brothers Oli and Louis Leimbach are gaining some well-deserved attention, with their latest release picked up by the good folks over at Triple J. They’ve put out an…
Larry Heath interviews Sydney based, Byron Bay bred quartet Glass Towers, who reflect on recording their new album Halcyon Days (the new triple j feature album – in stores now!), what triple j support has meant to them, touring Europe/UK with The Kooks, Japan and look towards their upcoming Australian album launch tour, supported by…
Sydney based singer/songwriter Josh Pyke stops by the AU review offices to talk about his brand new album “The Beginning and the End of Everything”, which was released in Australia on Friday. We also look ahead to his upcoming live shows, talk about life on the road, his punk rock days and find out which…
Held in a Chain Factory on Friday night, Converse brought their national run of “GET LOUD” shows to Brisbane, featuring explosive performances from The Laurels, The Murlocs and Tiny Migrants. Here are a few photos from the night and if you’re in Auckland on the 18th of July you can heads along to the last…
One of our favourite Perth bands, The Novocaines are just about to release a 7″ complete with two new singles, “Freedom Please” and “‘Til Death”. We have the former available for your listening pleasure. It’s easily the heaviest track we’ve heard from the rocking and rolling five piece, and if this doesn’t get your blood…
WORDLIFE. A promise. I swear to you on my life that I tell you what is true. Whatever comes out of your mouth is true to yourself and you ain’t lying about and people can’t change what you just said. Typically, that’s what the throwaway slang term stands for and for this Sydney duo, it…
With a new music video “Tiff” just released, featuring Justin Vernon, the lead singer of Minnesota based band Polica – Channy Leaneagh – took some time out of her busy schedule to talk to us about the video, playing Laneway, the next record and more… What does the song and the video mean to you?…
Forget Gosling; forget Julia Stone! In fact, forget everything you think you know about female singer songwriters. There’s a new lass on the block and her name is Molly Contogeorge. Molly first grabbed my attention when I went along to see Stone Monks on a somewhat inconvenient, hung-over Sunday night. From memory it was rather…
Directors LAMAR+NIK, who we caught up with at SXSW earlier this year, have just released their music video for the first Pixies track to be released since “Bam Thwok” in 2004. The single, entitled “Bagboy” has been released a couple of weeks after Kim Deal quit the band, though the song seems to retain her…
Little larrikin Lawrence Greenwood AKA Whitley has been MIA from the Australian music scene for a while on an indefinite hiatus. For those not familiar with Whitley he was basically Australia’s answer to Scott Walker or Nick Drake, a troubadour with impeccably crafted heartachingly sweet songs. His hiatus resulted in a lot of travelling to some intriguing…
Michel Gondry has always been one of my favourite directors. His ability to take dreamlike concepts and turn them into something visually tangible has always been his strength, and a unifying quality between all his productions – be they feature length, short or music video format. Though perhaps we won’t consider The Green Hornet in…
After 10 days of live music, art installations and plenty of wine and gourmet dining it was time to say goodbye to Dark MOFO with a massive free party along the waterfront which the entire city of Hobart could enjoy. The Winter Feast was a definite highlight with a vast array of local produce on…
Ash Grunwald featuring Scott Owen and Andy Strachan (The Living End) played the Metro Theatre on Friday night with support from Benjalu and Cats Are Black. Gwendolyn Lee was there and brings us these photos from the pit.
Less than a month after taking over The Vanguard, the Femme Locale showcase made its return for round four on Friday night. This time, the crowd gathered in the cozy second floor of The Hive Bar to watch Christine Jane, Imogen Bel, and Rosie Catalano perform an intimate concert.
