We catch up with Sydney’s Faker backstage at the Big Day Out to talk about the festival itself and find out what led them to put their latest record online for free at the end of last year… CREDITS: Interview and Edit: Larry Heath Camera: Yaya Stempler
In our final Peats Ridge Interview from the New Years 2011 event, we caught up with Sydney based electronic artist Oliver Tank, to chat about the year past and the year ahead…
We caught up with Kina Grannis to talk about touring, some new material, and much more! How are you going there Kina? I’m doing really well! Where about’s an I speaking to you from? I’m in Dublin right now. Have you been to Dublin before? This is the second time actually. I played here last…
We caught up with the drummer of My Morning Jacket to talk to them about touring, recording, the muppets and much more! How are you going, Patrick? Yeah, I’m doing alright! Are you home at the moment? Yeah, I am. I’m in Kentucky. How is the weather there at the moment? It’s suppose to be…
Last night media were treated to an epic 15 course degustation at Sydney’s newest restaurant hot spot, Bruno’s, downstairs at Hunky Dory on Oxford St. The restaurant first opened a year or so ago, though last night was the celebration of the restaurant’s relaunch with Chef Daniele Trimarchi (Icebergs / Fratelli Paradiso) in command. Our…
If you were wondering why our previous installment of ‘Most Anticipated Album Releases of 2012’ didn’t feature any local acts… there was a reason for that. We have debated, deliberated and pulled many strands of hair in wishing that more could be included in the list. However, the following native heroes made the cut… in…
In town for Laneway Festival and a few sideshows, Feist has returned to our screens with a music video for the wonderful track “The Bad In Each Other”. Shot in Mexico, it’s a great watch. Enjoy! Remaining Australian Tour Dates: 02-01 Melbourne, Australia – Palais Theatre 02-04 Melbourne, Australia – Laneway Festival 02-05 Sydney, Australia…
Backstage at Big Day Out in Sydney, Larry Heath catches up with Luke and Rob from Melbourne outfit King Cannons. CREDITS: http://www.kingcannons.com/ Camera: Yaya Stempler Editors: Shasha Gong and Larry Heath Interviewer: Larry Heath
In December, The Mark of Cain returned with their anticipated single “Barkhammer”. It’s first single from their forthcoming LP Songs Of The Third and Fifth (due in store early 2012 via Feel Presents / FUSE) and is available on iTunes now. You can enjoy the track below and then listen to what our contributors have…
We caught up with upcoming band Toucan at Peats Ridge Festival to talk about the festival, their EP Brave New World, and much more! How is it going? Did you guys just wake up? Nah, we didn’t just wake up. We just went to check out sound bands. To be honest none of us have…
Big props to locals Loon Lake who took on the massive crowd of revellers with all the bravado of a headlining act and managed to keep them engaged and dancing for the duration of their set. There are so many guitar bands floating around at the moment that I personally find it difficult to distinguish…
There was a thing at this gig that became curiously weird; Battles, a mainly instrumental band using new styles of music composition were playing in a venue with old concrete walls. Walking into particular areas of The Forum and then smelling an odour of dampness was peculiar for a place that looked hugely grandiose from…
As Big Day Out and its many official sideshows wrapped up in Sydney (there are still a few more special appearances to be made… such as Das Racist at the Rdio launch on Saturday), it’s now time to officially welcome the sideshows of the 2012 Laneway Festival, with Active Child ringing in the period with…
A lot can happen in nine years. For folk troubadour Carus Thompson, plenty has changed in the nine years since the recording of the first Acoustic at the Norfolk album. In that time he has gotten married, become a father, put out three acclaimed records, and played countless shows across two continents. Now, nine years…
Claire Knight catches up with Perth artist Abbe May backstage at the 2012 Sydney Big Day Out, to chat about her 2011 release Design Desire, being featured in Entourage, what 2012 will bring and more. CREDITS: Camera: Yaya Stempler Interviewer: Claire Knight Editor: Larry Heath
As I entered the Spiegeltent, LA based outfit Vintage Trouble had already begun chanting “Welcome To Our Party” to the enthusiastic crowd. Indeed, they brought the party to Sydney at an early 7pm show – always an impressive feat – with the crowd on their feet and dancing from start to finish. The band –…
Shortly after their lead singer, Haydn, was knocked out in the crowd at the 2012 Sydney Big Day Out, Larry Heath caught up with the two other members of Calling All Cars – Adam and James – to talk about the incident, their latest record Dancing with a Dead Man, performing with the Foo Fighters…
the AU review’s Claire Knight catches up with Jake Stone and Stavros Yiannoukas of Bluejuice to backstage at Big Day Out in Sydney to discuss the infamous clip for “Act Yr Age”, performing at the festival and much more… CREDITS: Camera: Yaya Stempler Editors: Shasha Gong and Larry Heath Interviewer: Claire Knight
Being a pretentious wank, I’m used to attending gigs in tiny rooms with a handful of other conceited punters who spent half their night looking disinterested while composing a smarmy Facebook status update on their smart phones to show the rest of the world how cool they are. So it was a grand experience to…
If it wasn’t for the surprising amount of attention Big Day Out has received for not selling out as in previous years, you wouldn’t have known that the Sydney Big Day Out wasn’t a sell out. Lines were still long (but reasonable), stages were still packed, more people arrived before noon than we had seen…
We have a pile of new live show announcements for you on this Friday, and we kick things off with three hotly anticipated Soundwave sideshows… for more details about these shows, head to the Soundwave Official Website. Cobra Starship + Forever The Sickest Kids + These Kids Wear Crowns -+ Kill Hannah MONDAY 27TH FEBRUARY…
There are some genres that will never die. They are the genres that paved the way for “Rock and Roll” as we know it today: Blues, Swing, Rockabilly, Jazz, Country and so on… and the reason we know it will never die is because not only do bands like Kitty, Daisy and Lewis – siblings…
There were only a handful of punters present to witness Jimmy Hawk & The Endless Party warming the stage, which was probably for the best as the disappointing work from the sound desk made their set much worse then it otherwise would have been. The band opened with “A Fever” and the sound mix that…
We sit down with Mexican guitar maestro Rodrigo Sanchez, one half of the acclaimed duo Rodrigo Y Gabriela to discuss the story behind their latest record Area 52, a potential Australian tour and what it’s like working with acclaimed soundtrack composers. Hi, how are you? Good thank you Simon, and you? Good thanks, now before…
This is the brand new music video from Dew Process signees Electric Guest, an up-and-coming duo out of LA. The clip was directed by Jorma Ticcone of The Lonely Island and Saturday Night Live… oh and he’s also lead singer Asa’s brother. So you know you’re in for a good time. Electric Guest’s Danger Mouse-produced…
Sleigh Bells, who received one of the few perfect 10/10 scores on the AU review for their last record Treats, are ready to crank out a new one – Reign of Terror! We’re stupidly excited about it, aided even more so by the premiere on MTV of their new track “Comeback Kid”. Enjoy it! The…
Fresh from winning the FBi SMAC ‘Remix the City’ Award for 2011, Jurassic Lounge is back in 2012 with another summer season of after-hours events at the Australian Museum in Sydney. Dinosaurs and dragons will unite on 31st January 2012 when Jurassic Lounge launches its third season with an official City of Sydney Chinese New…
Sydney’s newest venue is a small 40-capacity room in Marrickville, a short walk from the Factory Theatre on Enmore Road. It’s an intimate space which has already had artists like Lanie Lane grace its stage, and embraces you with free pizza on arrival. Brilliant! Tonight Lachy Doley took his turn to perform, performing tracks off…
It was a balmy summer night that saw me heading into the city to the Amplifier Bar for a night of great local music. Relative new comers Our Man in Berlin opened proceedings in front of a reasonable early doors crowd. From the outset they played with both confidence and poise. Playing a set of…
One of our favourite bands in the world right about now, Bombay Bicycle Club, are finally making a visit to Australia supporting Elbow in March. And now they’ve announced some headline shows of their own, too! Perth – Astor Theatre – Sunday March 18th (All Ages) Book through www.bocsticketing.com.au Melbourne – Corner Hotel – Tuesday…
