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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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!…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Today marks the launch of The John Steel Singer’s (highly anticipated) record Tangalooma, which was produced by The Go-Betweens Robert Forster. Later this month we’ll be seeing the band embark on a national tour in support of the record – but a couple of weeks ago, while they were still on tour with Tame Impala,…
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For the last thirty-five years, Brian Eno has been an indisputably influential and iconic figure in a broad cross-section of musical genres. Small Craft on a Milk Sea is Eno’s 25th solo album; a collaboration with British electronica newcomer Jon Hopkins and guitarist Leo Abrahams, both of whom have previously worked with Eno. Throughout his…
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I, like many in the industry, today mourn the loss of The Model’s James Freud. Earlier this year I had the pleasure of meeting James Freud (and his sons) in a dingy pub in Los Angeles for a friends birthday, while I was in town covering the Aussie BBQ (and en route to SXSW). I’d heard…
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Dance stalwarts Faithless are set to touch down in Australia in the coming months, so it seems appropriate that they’re paving the way with the re-release of their album – The Dance (released in May) – in a special two disc effort called The Dance Never Ends . It’s a significant record for Sister Bliss,…
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Three years ago, young Perth based troubadour Justin Wonsley Snowball released his debut Rules of Nature EP to critical acclaim, and then disappeared off the radar. Fortunately for us, after engaging in a journey of self-discovery, taking in the sites of London, Berlin and New York, Snowball, who is better known as Wons Phreely is…
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Like the Bluesfest before it, someone has gone and leaked the Golden Plains lineup early. Although this time it wasn’t someone who broke embargo, it was up late internerds haxxoring the official website. You know who you are. So, like countless other music websites before us, here’s the lineup as we know it to now:…
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We had the bestest time earlier this year, and we can’t wait to return in 2011. Organisers of the 25th annual South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas have unveiled the first set of bands confirmed to perform at the event. This gets us pretty damn excited. We already know The Snowdroppers are playing (although…
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Earlier today, someone broke embargo and leaked the 2011 Byron Bay Bluesfest First Announcement. We don’t know who, we’ll leave that for Peter Noble and crew to work out. But it’s here, so we want to make sure you have it. It’s absolutely BREATHTAKING. Stay turned for more lineup announcements – there are three more to…
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