It’s that time of the year again! “Summer” has hit the Northern Hemisphere and the UK’s largest and most famous music festival is back for another year. Anyone expecting a repeat of last year’s scorching sunny weather,had such hopes dashed immediately on arrival; though the rain failed to dampen the spirits of the thousands of…
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One could be forgiven for assuming there are music enhancing steroids in the Brisbane water supply, as the quality of talent coming out of that city is truly staggering. The latest on the list of ex-pats is the now Melbourne based duo Udays Tiger who are set to dirty up the local scene with their…
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There was a touch of trepidation going to The Heart of St Kilda concert at The Palais. Many of the acts weren’t really musicians that I would go out of my way to see a full concert over. It was a slightly odd feeling in all honesty, in that we were supporting a good cause…
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When I was approached by Tourism NSW to take on the duty of “Music and Culture Ambassador” for the blog-o-sphere, I don’t think I hesitated a second. Those that follow the website will probably notice that travelling for music is something I love to do. From heading to SXSW in Austin, CMW in Toronto and…
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There was a sold out crowd at the Northcote ready and waiting for N.S.W young guns Papa Vs Pretty to launch their debut LP United In Isolation. First on the billing were locals Buchanan who have been gathering momentum since winning the coveted Triple J Unearthed spot to play at Melbourne’s Laneway Festival earlier this…
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We kick off this week’s Music Video Monday with the latest from Architecture in Helsinki, “Escapee”. The video was directed by Marcus Soderlund and is taken from their 2011 album Moment Bends. A great song and an expertly shot clip! It’s our video of the week. Next, we have Dali’s Angels video for the single…
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New Jersey based producer Davye Hawke has moved on from the chillwave vibes of his 2009 debut Seek Magic to a more poptastic sound that is firmly entrenched in the forlorn sentiments of romance gone awry. Memory Tapes latest release Player Piano is a glorious mix of upbeat electronic pop and scathing lyrical quips that…
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Suede emerged in the early nineties wearing leather jackets and lacy ladies shirts, and reeking of an attitude that led them to dominate the British pop music charts for nearly a decade. The band’s music was catchy but complex, and debut single “The Drowners” established Suede as “the best new band in Britain” on the…
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In just a few short days, Belles Will Ring will kick off their national tour in support of their acclaimed album Crystal Theatre. I caught up with lead singer Liam Judson to talk about the tour, the new album, Cloud Control and plenty more… while he was awaiting a phone call about a car loan….
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In anticipation of his show tomorrow night in Fitzroy (The Empress Hotel) and on the 2nd of July at the Oxford Art Factory in Sydney, we catch up with up-and-coming Sydney hip hop artist Phatchance. Your debut album Inkstains was a critical success and has seen you do quite well on the live circuit –…
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Brooklyn based trio The Antlers took the world by storm with their glorious LP Hospice back in 2009 and are continuing to win hearts across the globe with the recent release of their follow up record Burst Apart. The AU review caught up with front man Pete Silberman to find out what it’s all about….
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The Telstra Road to Discovery launched nationally last night with a huge night of live music at The Basement in Sydney. Playing the event were Tim Rogers (You Am I), Ella Hooper (Killing Heidi/The Verses), Mick Thomas (Weddings, Parties, Anything), Charles Jenkins (Ice-cream Hands) and Karl Broadie. Plus, former winners >Tenielle (WA), Luke Webb (NSW),…
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Tomorrow night, Steve Kilbey is joining Peter Koppes and Tim Powles from The Church for a one-off intimate performance at the Red Rattler in Sydney, to raise money and awareness for Autism Spectrum Australia. I had the honour of catching up with Steve last week to chat about the initiative, his work with Ricky Maymi…
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Born in Brooklyn, schooled in Boston and currently based in Los Angeles, independent singer, songwriter and Producer Jim Bianco has been waiting a long time to come to Australia. And earlier tonight he played his first ever show on Australian shores – supporting good friend Joshua Radin at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney. Ahead of…
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“Wierd Al” Yankovic has just released his video for “Perform This Way” – a parody of “Born This Way” by Lady Gaga. The video sees Weird Al’s face CGI’d onto a female’s body, as they run through some of Lady Gaga’s stranger outfit choices, as well as making up a few strange ones of their…
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The 2011 Sydney Film Festival had plenty on offer that didn’t fit in within the constraints of our “Sounds of Screen” series. But, as part of our continued effort to bring you the most comprehensive coverage of every major event in Australia, I bring you a look at 5 other films I managed to catch…
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For some reason the advertised Lehmann B. Smith did not perform… or did he? From what I could gather, Kes Band played instead (although I might be totally confused here – a quick search saw that Lehmann is part of Kes Band, but I’m pretty sure a couple songs were played from the last Kes…
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We’re back with another six videos for Music Video Monday. We kick things off with our video of the week. It’s Set Sail performing “Bittersweet Symphony” in their underwear at Desigual London. Here’s the back story from the band: Barcelona label Desigual’s “Come half-naked, Leave dressed” London promotion promising free outfits to the first 100…
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When the documentary Ain’t In it for My Health begins, we are rather abruptly thrown into the world of Levon Helm, the former drummer/vocalist of The Band. We find the chain-smoking singer from Arkansas in a very different period of his life than where we left him over 30 years ago in Scorsese’s iconic film…
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I was expecting a night of surprises and nuttiness with this night of some odd sounds at The Tote (well, when isn’t there nuttiness at The Tote?), and I got more of the latter than the former. However those surprises and nuttiness at the end of the night were not something to take really in…
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You may not have heard of Kordan, but something tells me they will soon be topping ‘next big thing’ lists. After all, this is the band who were handpicked by Australia’s Cut Copy in 2008 as opening act for their North American tour on the strength of their debut EP. Emerging from Puerto Rico’s burgeoning…
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You might be wondering why you’re seeing film reviews suddenly pop up on the AU review… well, ultimately it’s because of this film. When Hanna was announced as the opening night gala of the 2011 Sydney Film Festival, a film which The Chemical Brothers scored, it dawned on me that there was a whole world…
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PNAU return with single #2, “Solid Ground”, from their eagerly anticipated album Soft Universe (out July 22, 2011). It sounds like the Empire of the Sun days really rubbed off on Mr. Nick Littlemore…
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In celebration of the new clip from Guineafowl – the ridiculously catchy “Little Fingers” (an early contender for Australian song of the year – seriously loving it!) which you can view at the end of the article – we’re going to look back at five of our favourite backwards video clips. This was a surprisingly…
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Liam Finn releases his new acclaimed album FOMO tomorrow, and to celebrate we’ve got the frosty music video for his brand new single “Cold Feet”. The title has been taken quite literally! Poor Liam… he looks so cold. In my humble opinion it’s the best single Liam has released to date – but we’ll let…
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Bon Iver‘s new album ‘Bon Iver’ is out tomorrow (Friday 17th June) on Jagjaguwar/Inertia. We’ve been listening to it on repeat in our offices all week and we can’t wait for you all to hear it! In the meantime, here’s the music video for single “Calgary”. It’s a stunningly beautiful track (we’d expect no less)…
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Hailing from Ethiopia, Dereb The Ambassador has been one of the most talked about Sydney based artists in quite some time. He’s going to be playing at GoodGod Small Club next Friday night, July 1st – so we thought we’d have a brief catch up with Dereb himself in anticipation of the show… Thanks for…
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This was the second of the Women Of Soul nights featured at The Toff, the first night last week was a stellar showcase of voices and I was hoping that we’d be stepping up the uber-fun soul and funk vibe of last week. I walked into the gig misjudging the start and missed a few…
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Melbourne based indie act Goodnight Owl have gained a new member and shed their name to embrace new beginnings as Love Migrate. The AUreview caught up with front man Eddie Alexander to find out what it’s all about. Hi Eddie how’s your long weekend going? It’s been good thanks. I’m in Alice Springs at the…
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Local five piece Fever Artiste are set to explode with the release of their debut EP Miami Girls. The selection of tracks featured on the record display a sense of fun and adventure that have all been neatly packaged into three minute pop ditties that are sure to get you up and grooving on the…
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