The live action adaptation of popular manga series Rurouni Kenshin (aka Samurai X) has proven itself a box office hit in Japan and it seems news travels fast, with original and encore sessions at the 16th Japanese Film Festival screenings selling out. A 45 minute delay caused by technical issues did little to deter an eager crowd, who lined…
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Sometimes it’s the smaller intimate gigs that are the more memorable. Brett Winterford’s show at Perth’s YaYas was one of those shows. Being a Thursday night, the audience was a lamentable one in terms of size. What would have been an already intimate show, became that much more intimate. There was none of the awkwardness…
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In the midst of a short trip up to Sydney, Jess Cornelius AKA Teeth & Tongue sat down with Larry to discuss her new music video, touring in the US for SXSW and CMJ, and when we can expect the next record.
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This morning was a strange one. After a Hurricane, a journey to India that seemed to go on for days and a first day more epic than most, last night was my first in a proper bed in a good week. With the very fact I was in India still failing to sink in, it…
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Larry catches up with Dancing Heals at the Aussie BBQ in New York city, where they talk about the city, pizza, tour, pizza, new music and much, much more…
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We continue with our Best of the 90’s series with a look at the ten Australian albums our contributors have voted as their favourite of the 1990s. With The Living End currently touring every album they’ve ever released around the country, perhaps it’s only appropriate that we kick off this countdown with their self-titled 1998…
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Larry catches up with goodbyemotel at The Aussie BBQ at CMJ in New York, where they talk about the upcoming album, their 3D show, tour and much more…
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So there you have it. I’m in India. Who would have thunk it? And now, after settling into my surroundings, it was time to get the music on, and head to the second day of the NH7 Weekender Festival in Pune. The sun had well and truly drifted into darkness as I entered the beautiful…
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Tom from The Trouble With Templeton continues his USA Tour Diaries as we travel to New York for the annual CMJ Music Marathon. Being a part of CMJ music marathon was a crazy and incredible experience. New York is one of my favorite cities in the world and having the chance to finally play there…
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If there’s one thing Amanda Fucking Palmer can do, it’s create unique music. On her latest single, “Do It With A Rockstar”, Her Eccentric Excellency has perfectly merged sly humour with her typical raw passion, creating a song that sounds like nothing you expected, and everything you ever wanted.
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Welcome to the pilot episode of the AU review Podcast! In this first issue we take you back to September’s BIGSOUND conference and the Fat As Butter event in Newcastle. Enjoy chats with The Trouble With Templeton and more… Podcast Producer and Host: Tiffany Britchford Industry News Segment: Phil Perez Interviews: Larry Heath
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The Japanese Film Festival turns sweet 16 this year, and is screening the latest and greatest Japanese films on offer to celebrate. Slotting into the program is the beautifully crafted anime adventure, Friends: Naki on the Monster Island directed by Takashi Yamazaki and Ryūichi Yagi. Takeichi a naïve boy from a poor village goes in search of an infamous Monster…
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After some 15 hours at JFK, I was lucky enough to make it on board the lone flight to Mumbai via Abu Dhabi with Etihad, thanks much in part to the GM of Airline Operations, who I have to thank for getting me on board. One piece of advice I have to offer all travellers…
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The following was written on November 1st, 2012. This is one story that begins not with a whimper, but a storm. A ‘Frankenstorm’ as they called it. Appropriate for Halloween, but a pretty fair description, too, of the clusterfuck of a weather pattern that blew through New York on October 29th, destroying houses, taking lives…
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Number 15 Parramatta Road Annandale has been demolished, and its days as a music space are over. But just a few days ago, at the Block Party in its honour, it was a bustle of crowds, market stalls, and of course, bands — all turning up for one last celebration on site. The setlist included…
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While travelling around India, Larry sat down with the five bands who were participating in OzFest’s Aussie BBQ series around the country. In the first part of this series, Larry sits down with Ian Kenny of Perth’s Karnivool, who have had considerable success already in the country, just before they hit the stage at Mumbai’s…
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While travelling around India, Larry sat down with the five bands who were participating in OzFest’s Aussie BBQ series around the country. In the second of this series, Larry’s sits down with Canberra electronic duo The Aston Shuffle who talk us through their experiences in India and much more, just before they hit the stage…
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I think by now there is little to say about Grizzly Bear that hasn’t already been said. This is a band who consistently push the boundaries of their music and have only gotten better with each and every album they have produced. Some may argue otherwise but no one can argue their consistency in achieving…
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The Big Scary Indian Tour Diaries continue today as the band travel from Pune to Mumbai, where they were able to spend a few days seeing the city ahead of a massive show at the Hard Rock Cafe. Above, the band spy on the local vehicles, noting the “awesome detail” that the cars and buses…
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It’s a casual sit-down affair at The Rails on Thursday evening, candle-lit, except for those dastardly flashing fairy lights. Support act Mark Gray is local singer-songwriter, who comes armed to face a sold out crowd with a handful of really decent songs and solid guitar technique. But in the face of an increasingly loud room,…
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Over the next few weeks, bands from around Australia will be sharing their adventures in India exclusively with the AU review. We’ll also be sharing stories of our own. To kick things off, Melbourne duo Big Scary will be walking through us their adventures in India for OzFest, the NH7 Weekender and The Aussie BBQ….
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Perth band The Stanleys recently galavanted around the USA for a tour leading up to a series of shows in New York for CMJ. The band have shared their tour diaries with us. The first, above, is from their first stop in LA and the first of many burgers and fries on the CMJ Tour……
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In this AU Review feature, Philippe Perez talks to a couple of Australian music teachers, Rosalind Chia and Tao Kahn (pictured above) and delves into what makes for a good student-teacher relationship musically. There’s normally a process of many years to plug through to become be a master of any instrument. Practice makes perfect, as…
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Melbourne four piece Dancing Heals recently returned to Australia after an expedition to the USA to play CMJ… among other things. The band have exclusively shared with the AU review their tour diaries detailing their adventures… The talk about drinking with Das Racist, seeing The Jezabels explode on the international stage, of course their own…
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You know those moments when your favourite band plays your favourite song and it’s everything you ever imagined it would be… and more? Tonight was one of those nights where this happened again and again and again. This was the night that Radiohead came and pleased their Sydney fans after an eight year absence. Let…
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Following the release of their debut self titled EP and the subsequent release tour, we caught up with Melbourne’s Texture Like Sun to find out a little more about them, their EP and the upcoming tour. The band will be playing a homecoming show at Melbourne’s Northcote Social Club on the 15th November. Who do…
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While he was in India, Larry had the chance to catch Jack and Ed from Bombay Bicycle Club perform a special acoustic set at the NH7 Weekender. One thing led to another and they ended up on a Tuk Tuk heading to the festival’s afterparty. Here’s what Larry and Ed Nash chatted about while driving…
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They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. If that’s the case, Macy Gray’s Talking Book– a full-length cover of one of Stevie Wonder’s most famous albums of the same name- is surely the highest form of praise. In fact, rather than imitating, Macy has aimed to put her own spin on the 70s…
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If dark, distinctly-Aussie rock sounds appealing, you need to know Bec and Ben. The first song crawls up on you. Twenty seconds in, there’s a change; an echoing riff, speeding up gradually until the one minute mark. Another change. This riff is shorter. Sharper. Then Bec starts to sing, and they’re not the words you…
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In what was the calm before the storm, perhaps it was appropriate for San Diego’s Little Hurricane to open up proceedings on Saturday night in New York City, just two nights before the full brunt of Hurricane Sandy devastated so much of the city and its surrounds. For my girlfriend and I, it has been…
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