Many of you will undoubtedly remember Wes Carr as the winner of Australian Idol a few years ago. Since then Carr has had a pretty eventful time. He was dropped by his label, turned a plane around, and done plenty of soul searching. Now he’s back with his debut release Blood & Bone under his…
While I’ll admit that the pun in the title convinced me to go as much as the idea of a night of female talent did, the abundance of the latter was the reason I stayed. Lily So & Co, Lucy B, Miss Little, and Rainbow Chan might have only played six song sets, but together…
The first time I speak to Tim Rogers on the phone, he’s delightful; the dream interviewee. Upbeat and charming, he calls me ma’am a lot and answers discursively; seguing smoothly from the book he’s reading about Russian poetry, to baseball and a conversation he recently had with his ex-wife about the Irish-Jewish tradition of mourning,…
Adelaide’s City Riots play their new single “Wait For You” for our new series “the AU sessions”. Recorded in Sydney. You can view the official video clip of the single HERE and you can check them out LIVE at the following shows: Saturday, September 15th | The Liberty Social, Melbourne Tickets: $10 at the door…
After they performed an acoustic version of their latest single “Wait For You”, we sat down with the Adelaide boys from City Riots to talk about the song, the upcoming album and what’s in store for the rest of 2012… Camera: Nathan Atkins Interviewer/Edit: Larry Heath
Being the first time that I’ve ever been there, I was surprised with Ding Dong Lounge being a little smaller than I expected. Lit like a sixties hippie club with a nice large bandroom which can be identified in a way as “out the back” felt cosy and inviting in a mysterious sort of way….
Tomorrow night, the winner of the 2012 She Can DJ competition will be crowned at a massive party at The Ivy in Sydney. All TEN finalists caught up with us to talk about their favourite songs and let us in on how they get into the DJ scene… stay tuned to find out the winner!…
Henry Wagons is just about to release his first ever solo record, Expecting Company?; on September 28th to be precise. To help celebrate the release, he’ll be going on a national tour in November, bringing along a bunch of “hotshot vagabonds” he’s calling The Unwelcome Company. This group includes the Wagons rhythm section, as well…
Heading to The Grace Emily on a chilly Thursday night to see Tim Hart of Sydney’s Boy & Bear, there were two words I definitely didn’t expect to hear that evening (or ever, really): “testy” and “pop”. Yes, “testy pop”. Uttered at least twice by the Sydney indie-folk singer, songwriter, guitarist and, well… amateur comedian….
Heading our way in January for the Big Day Out, punk outfit OFF!, headed by the legendary Keith Morris (Circle Jerks/Black Flag), have just released a 80s VHS inspired music video to accompany two tracks off their debut self-titled album, “Borrow and Bomb” and “I Got News For You”. The hilarious video features News Radio‘s…
Last year, popular video game chain EB Games launched a gaming expo in Australia, the EB Expo, targeted at both the general public and industry. Taking place on the Gold Coast, the event was a huge success. Over three days this October, the Expo returns for a bigger and better installment set to take over…
Heath Media – parent company of the AU review – continues supporting the local music scene by today proudly announcing the return of CAPTURED. In 2011, as part of the Sydney Fringe Festival, we sourced out 6 of Australia’s best emerging filmmakers and matched them up with 6 of the countries most exciting young acts…
Welcome to yet again, another feature! It came to me like a dream. The idea that it’s possible to have a multitude of tracks with the same title but have different contexts within them and I couldn’t be prouder of showing you two fine examples of what I’m on about. Just a word of warning…
Metric have always balanced the rock and synth-based pop sound impeccably, and no album showcases this better than their 2009 breakthrough Fantasies. And now that the band is enjoying more exposure and success (in part thanks to appearances on soundtracks like Scott Pilgrim vs the World and Twilight: Eclipse) the anticipation for their follow-up was…
While they were in Sydney last week, we caught up with Sam and Andrew of Brisbane’s The Jungle Giants to talk about spilling beers on Last Dinosaurs, touring, music, good fun times and much more…
Before I headed along to The Standard on Thursday night to see New Zealand’s Die! Die! Die!, who we have featured many times over the years on the AU review, it occurred to me that I’d never before witnessed the explosive trio. For shame, I told myself… for shame. So it was with little hesitation…
Guess what’s back, back again… Riff Off’s back, tell a friend… or fifty. Just when you thought it was done and dusted, the notion of sampling music is still thriving and in some cases, giving an extra edge or dimension to an otherwise well-versed track. That was the idea for New York-based rapper, Outasight, who…
There are only a handful of bands that people regularly talk about never getting the chance to see live. It burns in their soul and gnaws at them incessantly. Refused fit perfectly into the category as one of those legendary bands however on January 9, 2012 they announced to the world that they were indeed……
We catch up with Grant Redgan, singer and guitarist of Brisbane outfit The Oyster Murders to talk about their new record Winter of the Electric Sun, working with ‘Magoo’, their influences, CMJ and much more… Why did you decide to call yourselves The Oyster Murders and what does it mean? Do you find people expect…
One of the biggest music festivals in the world is the CMJ Music Marathon, which hosts 1,300 live performances across over 80 nightclubs and venues scattered around Manhattan and Brooklyn. Yesterday the festival unveiled its first lineup and as is usually the case, many Australian bands will be taking part, with The Presets topping the…
After prickling up a few ears with their debut single “Half of It” last year, Sydney based production duo YesYou – Jono Kirkham and Gav Parry – have released a new single and music video in “Frivolous Life”, which features Marcus Azon from Jinja Safari on vocal duties. The track is the first single off…
Fresh from her announcement high atop the CMJ lineup, Kimbra will be returning to NSW in December to headline the annual Festival of the Sun in Port Macquarie, alongside Dead Letter Circus, Hermitude, Husky, DZ Deathrays, the return of The Datsuns and much more… Here’s the full lineup: Kimbra, Dead Letter Circus, Hermitude, The Datsuns,…
Before speaking to Sam, a little birdie in the form of a helpful PR assistant mentioned jokingly that he was a “charmer”. Of course, I was immediately intrigued. But the image of a smooth John Mayer type character was quickly replaced by a chilled, down-to-earth 23-year-old who really loves what he does. That happens to…
Ahead of the release of their second album we caught up with Wil Wagner, vocalist of Melbourne’s Smith Street Band to find out more about their latest album Sunshine and Technology as well as what it’s like touring with the likes of Frank Turner and Fucked Up. Sunshine and Technology is released on 24th August…
New Zealand’s Die! Die! Die! have returned to Australia and kick off their national tour in Newcastle tomorrow, before hitting the major centres. All the tour dates are below. But first we wanted to revisit the fantastic music video for “Oblivious Oblivion”, which was released officially last month. I caught the flash-like animated clip on…
Hearing one lone voice sing of heartbreak and sorrow often seems more intensely honest than the sound of several. Perhaps that’s why the debut solo album from Boy & Bear’s Tim Hart is so beautifully melancholy and enthralling from one minute to the next. The drummer and vocalist has decided to step out from behind…
It has been five long years since we have heard anything new from Zach Smith and Rob Crow, namely Pinback. However, they are back with their rockin’ jam, “Proceed To Memory”, which is from their much-awaited full-length release, Information Retrieved, set to be out on October 16, 2012, across the globe.
We talk to Tin Can Radio in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley to talk about their EP project, upcoming tour, past tour “accidents” and much much more…
Some nights I think we all deserve to hear a bit of good music – especially given the amount of boring, soulless tripe that many radio stations subject us to. Last night at GoodGod Small Club was one such evening that allowed Sydneysiders that very priviledge, treating us to one of Sydney’s finest emerging talents,…
On the eve of their triple billing with Jinja Safari at the Metro Theatre, Larry caught up with Opossum from New Zealand and Los Angeles based White Arrows to talk about the shows, their albums and much more:
