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…
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…
