Locals New War had the difficult task of warming the stage for the latest hipster buzz band to explode across the blogosphere Teeth & Tongue. They were slow to warm up with their first track being a dull, long drone of monotonous bass and sketchy vocals that seemed to suffer from some bad sound mixing….
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One of the more unique events to hit the Australian touring circuit of late are the upcoming Storm in a Teacup shows. We chatted to one player of the event in advance of the tour, the lovely Jen Cloher. Head to the end of the article to find out more about what the event is…
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As part of Vivid Creative Sydney and in conjunction with the third day of the Sydney Film Festival, Friday night at the MCA celebrated the relationship between film and music with the Australian premiere screening of the Pop Art film LBF (Living Between Fucks), followed by the live stylings of Kids at Risk and Fergus…
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One of the early highlights of the Sydney Film Festival has been The Guard. Directed by John Michael McDonagh and starring Brendan Gleeson (above) and Don Cheadle, this unassuming Irish film is in many respects a modern day western. With McDonagh keeping the audience guessing as to where the allegiances of our ‘hero’ (Gleeson) lies,…
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We’re back with another Music Video Monday – this week falling on a long weekend! So we’re hoping you’re having an amazing day off. We’ll kick things off with Brisbane’s Evil Eddie and his catchy track “(Somebody Say) Evil”. Sydney band The Preachers, are next, who have brought us their new video for “Pale Rider”…
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Welcome back to our monthly feature article, the AU crew poll! When I put the call out to our contributors about their favourite venue in Australia, I was struck by the diversity of the responses. Almost every answer was a different location, provided with a different reason. Unfortunately none of our contributors in Brisbane added…
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When I first heard the following track, my initial thought was “as lazy as the lyrics are, the music is pretty damn fantastic”. While I could have guessed it was a sample, the extent to which Duck Sauce utilised the original actually quite surprised me. Here’e the original, which I’m sure you know well. And…
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While waiting for an interview at Canadian Music Week this past March, I was lucky enough to be introduced to an Ontarian duo who showed just how much is possible with two men, a guitar, a drum kit and a wall of beautiful distortion. The kids call it “rock and roll”. Brandyn James Aikins and…
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Earlier this month, Melbourne’s Eagle and the Worm impressed a packed out Oxford Art Factory in Sydney, celebrating the release of their debut record Good Times (in stores now). Larry Heath sat down with the band’s enigmatic front man Mr. Jarrad Brown a couple of days after that performance to talk about the road that’s…
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I entered the doors to the sounds of Melbourne via Munich trio Verdaine, who had deep dark tones and ploughed through their set like no-one’s business. I was standing there with drink in hand trying to think whether or not the band were giving off some sort of shoegaze vibe, but at the same time,…
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GB3 – the collaborative musical project from Underground Lovers’ Glenn Bennie – announce a new single ‘How Do You Glow?’ on June 4 from the acclaimed album Damaged/Controlled, and will launch the single at an exclusive June 10 live show at The East Brunswick Club in Melbourne. The digital single will also feature an alternate…
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NME has released its annual top 50 list of ‘Best New Bands’ for the year. No doubt collated from the last few months scouring the world’s music conferences – in particular SXSW in Texas and The Great Escape in the UK – this is a list of relative unknowns who NME reckons will hit the…
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As I was heading to this gig I started to think about weird existential issues about the Australian music scene: why isn’t soul and funk given the attention it well deserves? Hell, there are bands and singers who sweat and work to the bone to deliver great gigs each week in and around Australia, yet…
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Over the course of the next 12 days, I’ll be covering just about anything music related I can get my hands on at the 2011 Sydney Film Festival, in the new segment “Sounds on Screen”. From music docos to soundtracks featuring Calexico, Johnny Greenwood (Radiohead), The Chemical Brothers and more – if it heralds a…
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It’s always interesting when you get to see a performer for a second or third time. Tonight was my second chance to spend the evening in the company of Joan As Police Woman, the first having been on her last Australian tour: a gig that was standing room only at Jive, while she was touring…
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A few brave souls battled Melbourne’s icy weather to make it down to the Northcote early enough to catch local act Absolute Boys doing their thing. I was rather disappointed that I only arrived in time to catch their last two songs, as their sound was very good and left me craving more. Having been…
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With Dom finishing earlier than expected, I was able to make my next performance – Chicago’s Hypnotic Brass Ensemble at the Sydney Opera House Theatre – with plenty of time to kill. So, I grabbed a glass of wine, took my seat, and proceeded to enjoy an amazing hour and a half or so of…
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With a massive day of Vivid behind me, I moved onto FBi Social at Kings Cross Hotel to close out my night, catching an acclaimed Vivid artist who I unfortunately missed earlier in the week: Manchester’s Wu Lyf. Having sat down with Ellery and Tom of the group a few days prior (you’ll be able…
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I kicked off an epic day of Vivid early, catching Yo Gabba Gabba! ahead of some fascinating chats at Creative Sydney. Dubbed “Creative Futures”, today’s talks were streamed live online, so I hope you had a chance to catch it too! The segment “Building the Brand” was of particular mention, with intriguing insight into the…
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Just after their Sophomore album Puzzle was released in Austraila, I had the opportunity to talk with violist Edda Rún Ólafsdóttir of the Icelandic band Amiina, perhaps best known for their collaborations with Sigur Ros. We chat briefly about the new album, working on a soundtrack to Lotte Reiniger’s animations and what’s coming next for…
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The Grates (or at least two out of three of them…) are back! They have delivered a brilliant new music video for “Turn Me On”, taken from their new album Secret Rituals, out June 17. The clip was directed by Dimitri Basil, who has provided a little bit of extra info: “The main concept was…
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