With horror films these days, it’s difficult to avoid either the “torture-porn” sort of films – Saw, Hostel etc. – or the “found footage” stylings of the surprisingly never-ending Paramormal Activity series. But for those who hold the genre close to their heart, it’s hard not to look back to films like The Excorcist or…
the AU review is proud to premiere the track “Complicate”, which is is the launch single for Sydney solo artist Christo Jones’ forthcoming debut EP, due in September. Jones uses a towering self-built rig overflowing with guitars, keyboards, samplers and pedals to write, record and perform his “beautifully twisted tunes”. The video has been put…
Indigenous musician Vic Simms took some time out to chat to Larry Heath about the re-release of his classic record The Loner through Sandman Records, the late Mandawuy Yunupingu our good friends The Medics and much more. You’ve just re-released The Loner. Can you tell us about the process of getting that back together? We’ve…
Experimental pop merchant, Eden Mulholland, is set to release his debut solo album Feed the Beast. Inspired by his compositions for theatre and dance, Feed the Beast is Mulholland’s follow up to the EP “Jesus You Don’t Get My Jokes.”You may have heard of him from his previous work as a singer and writer with…
Way back when in January, we peered into our crystal balls and sought to predict the top albums of 2013 with the help of our excellent contributors. Whilst some of the albums are yet to be released, it’s now exactly half way through the year and time to check out how well our predictions went…
One of our Reverb Nation winners, Nashville singer/songwriter Merry Ellen Kirk, presents the title track off her EP Feather and a Leaf. It’s a beautiful track that reminds us of local artists like Kate Miller-Heidke and Lisa Mitchell. Currently residing in Alaska, Merry spent much of her upbringing in Mongolia! Talk about a variety of…
Splendour, like many festivals around Australia and the world, is going to leave music lovers with some tough choices to make. Clashes are inevitable, and as much you as you say you’ll flit between both, it never quite works out as planned. Plus with some many high profile international and national artists on the bill,…
In the midst of preparations for local shows ahead of their debut album Leisure Coast due out in September, including an appearance at the At First Sight event at Carriageworks this weekend, Antigone Anagnostellis talked to Shining Bird’s Russel Webster about their single “Distant Dreaming” on Rage, living on the coast and song-writing from scratch….
With the dates for Big Day Out now set in stone – and two shows in Sydney (and a venue upgrade in Adelaide) proving they have something MASSIVE up their sleeves – the rumour mill is now in full swing for the 2014 Big Day Out Festival. Based on trends of past years, and the…
While on the Vans Warped tour in the USA, Larry Heath caught up with Trenton Woodley from Canberra band Hands Like Houses to talk about their upcoming record, their successes overseas, life on the road and much more… You’re currently on the ‘Vans Warped’ tour in the USA. How has it been going? It’s been…
Five girls plus three guitars does not equal “all-girl psych-rock” band. According to Antonia, guitarist and co-vocalist of Beaches, there are more elements at work. In looking back at the creation of their latest album, Antonia (who also has art projects) finds a crossover in the creative worlds of music and art. “I looked at…
Frenzal Rhomb played the Manning Bar on Friday night with support from Bloods and Batfoot!. Gwendolyn Lee was there and brings us these photos from the pit.
Good friends of the AU review, Melbourne’s Metals, recently packed their bags and headed to the UK to perform at the legendary Glastonbury festival. They compiled a tour diarty exclusively for the AU review, which you can enjoy here… Above: Ehsan and Chris picking up our stage set from our friend, artist Holly-Anne Buck. She’s…
American rock band, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, are coming to Australia thanks to an entirely crowd sourced tour. The tour will follow a ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ concept, meaning that the band will play six Australian cities and it is up to the fans to decide exactly which cities they play. Pledging opened on the…
The Aussie hip hop due Jackie Onassis have announced their first headline tour in the “Smoke Trails Tour”! The pair, Kai Tan and Rapheal Dixon, will kick off on the Gold Coast and will be playing all major cities across the country. Having gained a strong reputation overseas and having made a killer impact on…
Musicians Making a Difference and the Salvation Army have teamed up to create a charity dance party. On July 26, the two organisations are putting the call out for Australians to get involved in the country’s biggest dance party – all you have to do is dance for one hour. It can be anywhere you…
Seja,Ginger and the Ghost and Jenny Broke the Window will be teaming up with Fbi Radio to perform at the Desmond and Molly Jones Salon in Surry Hills. The space, a two level live music space, is set to be the next hottest thing, with the following live performances to be only the first of…
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…
