Its been a big year for Marcus Azon and Pepa Knight, the brain children behind NSW’s next big thing, Jinja Safari. The boys hit up the East Brunswick Club for the final show of their Forest Eyes Tour, bring Fishing and Alpine along with them for the ride. With Alpine cancelling due to illness, it was left up to Sydney…
Yes, Lykke Li. I would like to get some indeed. Wait, what? You’re a prostitute? Quite interesting lyrics – and this track is easily one of my favourite tracks of the year. Thankfully, the video does not disappoint and give us plenty of time to enjoy Lykke’s beauty. OK, this video is distracting me from other…
My Chemical Romance are back with a surprisingly cool video for new single “Sing”. Pretty epic. Who doesn’t love lasers? Is it just me though or does this totally feel out of place with the song itself? We’ll let you be the judge!
Dead Letter Chorus have returned with new single “Run, Wild”. Directed by Jefferton James, the track is from their second album, due out early 2011 on ABC Music. This is a wonderfully fun track (my personal favourite from the album), and a beautiful video. Check it out and enjoy! To celebrate the release of ‘Run,…
YouTube seem to be removing the video faster than you can say TWIN FLAMES! So quick! Check out the new video from Klaxons. It’s NSFW. It’s gross. But it’s pretty amazing all at the same time. Click HERE to search for the video clip online if it’s not working!
One of my all time favourite music video directors (and directors in general) is back, and he’s bringing with him the new one from Canada’s Arcade Fire. “The Suburbs” was one of the tracks off of the new album (of the same name) to drop pretty early on, and it gave us Arcade Fire a…
After a busy few months of touring the US and more to come, Ketil from Casiokids was kind enough to have a chat with James Hull about their upcoming tour in Australia over the festive season (most questions courtesy of Amanda Picman, held up by unstoppable forces at the last minute). Hi Ketil. How’s things?…
This (live-ish) music video has been floating around the interwebs for months, but Mumford and Son‘s “Roll Away Your Stone” is finally an official single down in Australia. What took them so long? Well, looks like they were waiting on the deluxe 3-disc edition of the album to be released… just in time for Christmas!…
Currently touring the country with Grinspoon are Port Macquarie’s The Foreign Objects. While on the road, we chatted with Luke Hall about life on that road, the new EP 321, working with Phil Jamieson and plenty more… read on! Let’s start by talking about the new EP 321 … you recorded in Byron Bay with…
4:30pm, ears firmly glued to the massive doors in the stinking alley beside Sydney’s Metro theatre. Inside, Manic Street Preachers are running a sound-check, and it seems vital to sit out here and take it all in, guessing each song as it’s played. It’s hard to distinguish the muffled vocals of James Dean Bradfield amongst the buzzing…
Blue Mountains-based rock-and-rollers Belles Will Ring are back with new single “Come North With Me Baby, Wow”. Check out the new music video! “Come North With Me Baby” is available as a digital EP via iTunes NOW. Recorded in the band’s familiar setting of the Blue Mountains with front-man Liam Judson once again at the…
One band who have made quite a few waves in 2010 is Los Angeles five-piece Local Natives. I spoke to bass guitarist and backup vocalist Andy Hamm while he was enjoying a day in West London, ahead of their show in Manchester and following a day and a half in France. Ah, the life of…
Filmed in The Hollywood Palace souvlaki shop in South Yarra on the way home from the Keith St video clip shoot, Alexander from Oh Mercy performs “The Good Life Never Ends”. This song was written by David McComb and performed by his last band, Costar. The Blackeyed Susans have also performed this song.
Welcome to the brand new weekly series on the AU review – the AU top 5 countdown – as we lead up to the end of year countdowns in late December. This week we take a look at the 5 bands we believe the whole industry is paying attention to. Are they they “next big…
With three successful singles already lifted from their platinum album “April Uprising”, it comes as little surprise that John Butler Trio have returned with a fourth. Here’s the brand new music video for “Don’t Wanna See Your Face”. Its shows the band having a bit of fun while (presumably) recording the track – as well as employing…
I can’t believe it’s been two years since I last reviewed the Newtown Festival – in fact it was one of the very first reviews published on the AU review (which was a very different can of worms back then…). But here we are, back again, sitting under the beautiful (though temporary) summer sun, watching some…
Next week, The Vines, Flight Facilities, Operator Please and many others will be taking to the stage at the Oxford Art Factory in Sydney as part of Billabong’s Design for Humanity UNICEF fundraising event. We got political with Chris from Operator Please and Hugo from Flight Facilities and chatted about the event, and what it…
The Factory Theatre was buzzing on Thursday night, full of young females eager to see the latest “it” girl – New York’s Ingrid Michaelson. Local solo artist Jack Carty was given support duties, and played through a set with songs off his brilliant EP Wine and Consequence, as well us some new tracks. Of particular…
Here’s the music video “Private Universe” by Artisan Guns Following on from the massive success of 2005’s She Will Have Her Way: The Songs of Tim & Neil Finn, now it’s the men’s turn to come out to play and pay homage to the glory of the brothers Finn. It was released in stores today!…
Knowing that Brooke Addamo is yet another pretty young Australian Idol reject, I was ready to write off her music as more over produced blasé pop nonsense without a second thought. And whilst she’s definitely not breaking any new ground with her sickly sweet 80’s synth pop, Addamo is set to make her mark on…
Ladies and Gentlemen: Cee Lo Green has returned with his third solo record, and first in six years – The Lady Killer. In between drinks, Cee Lo has dabbled in a number of projects – most notably Gnarls Barkley alongside Dangermouse. Together, they produced two killer records, and Cee Lo became a household name. So, after…
Halloween might be over but Tales In Space are keeping things spooky with the launch of their new EP ‘Ghost In The Room’ Electronic and sample-based post-rock darlings, Tales In Space announce the release of their sophomore EP ‘Ghost In The Room’, out through Other Tongues on 19 November 2010. Fronted by wunderkind indie producer,…
New York native and indie power popette, Ingrid Michaelson may not yet be a household name on Australian shores, but do your research and you’ll find her name and her tunes littered across publications, radio and television worldwide. This is no mean feat for the DIY darling, who has released everything independently on her own…
The bandroom at the Northcote had been transformed into a hippie paradise, complete with cardboard trees and sustainable screen printed tee-shirts to celebrate the launch of Tash Parker‘s debut record Waking Up. Supporting Tash on her night of nights was fellow band member Ben Abraham and his friends. Ben delivered a gorgeous set of laid…
The new self-titled EP from Brisbane based Tim Nelson & the Cub Scouts is a wonderfully delicious collection of songs best served cold, with a side order of fries and a nice summers day at the beach. Trying to label this group is an exercise in futility. Just when you think you have them pegged…
Tonight was yet another evening of quality music at Sydney’s Oxford Art Factory. Kicking off ARIA weekend, headlining the shindig were Melbourne’s The Basics, setting the event up as a duel album launch and farewell event. Thanks in part to Wally’s Gotye project, the band will be taking on a two-year-or-so hiatus after a short…
It’s been a big year for Melbourne’s finest purveyors of indie disco dance jams, and the boys of World’s End Press are showing no signs of slowing down as they raised the roof off the Northcote Social Club on the first show of their national Faithful EP launch tour. First on the billing was the…
The media hype machine has been in overdrive since New Zealand’s young hopefuls The Naked and Famous released their debut record Passive Me, Aggressive You last month. The band sold out two nights in a row at The Northcote Social Club, with a bevy of excited punters arriving early to catch a glimpse of their…
It’s been a while since their last release, but Goose is back… Bring it on! I remember stumbling onto Goose many years ago at Parklife 2007 and loving the European synth punching electro indie punk geeks. I wasn’t sure how big they were and no one seemed to know about them, but it didn’t take long…
ARIA is back for another year, and in a very new form. Gone is the arena spectaular at Acer Arena – replaced instead by a week of awards and music – all leading up to a gala event at the Opera House which looks to focus more on live music than it does on the…
