Ahead of their Warped Tour shows next month, and as a massive storm ravaged Europe, the AU review caught up with Iain Mahanty, guitarist for Kids in Glass Houses to see what the band has been up to since their last trip to our shores a year ago. Hi Iain, how are you? How are…
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Gossling‘s brand new album Harvest of Gold is finally released tomorrow, and to celebrate (and anticipate), Helen has shared with us some exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of the making of the record, plus a brief interview about the process. Enjoy it below and make sure to grab the album when it’s released in stores tomorrow, November…
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Ahead of his Australian tour next year as part of the Future Music Festival, we caught up with Martin Garrix to talk about the success of “Animals”, the impending tour, being a seventeen year old on the road, his favourite tunes of 2013, looking ahead to 2014 and much more… Congratulations on reaching #1 on…
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Fresh off playing the Melbourne AU review 5th Birthday Party in September (pictured in performance above), we’re proud to premiere the brand new single from Melbourne outfit House of Laurence, with the explosive track “Just Don’t Move Me”. It was recorded at Sky Taylor Studios and you can enjoy it below! You can leave a…
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I had the opportunity to catch up with The Delta Riggs a few times on their journey around the USA. They started in LA (see part one of the gallery for more from LA), before heading to CMJ and New York City, which part two of this special gallery covers – alongside some more of…
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The stylistic approach of Wes Anderson is one that you either love or you hate – but either way you have to admire his consistency. The team at the weekly US program Saturday Night Live, who each week feature a Celebrity guest host (and musical guest) alongside a team of comedians performing live sketch comedy,…
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In this issue: [V] Island Parties set to scorch through summer, first Sydney International Film Festival in November, watch the trailer for Wolf Creek 2, Anchorman 2 cast staying classy and heading to Sydney, new series’ on ABC, Gravity breaks box office records, results are in from the Australian Drama Survey and the Hola Sol…
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the AU review’s Larry Heath sits down with Australia’s Kirin J Callinan at The Aussie BBQ at CMJ to talk about the surprise success of his debut solo record Embracism, VISA troubles, his experiences touring the US and Europe, what it means to come back to Australia and we look towards Laneway Festival 2014. Plus,…
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The Bluesfest Touring season is expanding by the minute as it delivers the incredibly diverse second installment in a series of sideshow announcements. Peter Noble, Director of Bluesfest describes the announcement as “an eclectic mix of trip-hop, hip-hop, funk and not to mention a little bit of free-jazz and psychedelia, an unmissable series of shows…
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Melbourne’s Love Migrate have enjoyed plenty of critical acclaim in their time together. Their last record, Plagued Are All My Thoughts, Like White Ants In The Fence was nominated for an Australian Music Prize (AMP) and they’ve enjoyed a slew of live performances in the time that followed. They’re now releasing a new EP, entitled…
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There’s an enormous amount of pressure riding on Joss Whedon’s new TV series ‘Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ not only is the series tied to the ever popular Marvel franchise but there’s an entire legion of comic fans who have high expectations of not only Whedon’s work but retaining the integrity of the Mavel Comic Universe….
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Welcome back, American Horror Story! Finally, after two weeks of wondering ‘who cares’ to the character’s problems and woes, the consequences of their actions are becoming more apparent and the stakes have been raised. Intrigue is created amongst the girls when a new family move in door, especially between Madison and their handsome son. Zoe…
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(MAJOR SPOILER ALERT!) Some 196 days since the The Walking Dead last graced our screens, be it our TV or Laptop screens, it has finally returned with season four; 30 days without an accident. The first episode delivers with AMC’s usual gritty exterior and gruff style but what was missing was the gripping and suspenseful…
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Three disconnected episodes make up this incredibly visceral short series, created by the incredibly talented and thought-provoking Charlie Brooker. The series has been described by some as a tragicomedy, and while it does have hints of sharp, witty humour throughout, the show is much more bone-chilling than anything else. A pervasive theme throughout the series…
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The AU Review reporter, John Goodridge chats with Millencolin guitarist Erik Ohlsson and finds out why he’s looking forward to the Vans Warped tour later this year. Hey Erik! How’s it going? It’s going good. I’m called Erik Millencolin [according to the operator]. I like that. Haha. I’m gonna change my last name. You can’t…
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the AU review catches up with Geoffrey O’Connor from Melbourne while he was at The Aussie BBQ during CMJ in New York City. We talk about his New York experience, find out what he’s up to at the moment and more.
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the AU review sits down with Denmark’s Nanna Øland Fabricius from Oh Land to talk about playing at the Sydney Opera House as part of their 40th anniversary celebrations, her latest album Wish Bone, look towards her UK and Europe tour over their winter and the special free show at Sydney’s Beresford tomorrow night!
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the AU review presents an acoustic performance from Canada’s Andy Brown, and the track “You Wear Me Out” off his new Tinman album. Andy is currently touring Australia, during which this was filmed, in a park in Sydney.
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We (Lowlakes) arrived in Berlin two days ago; we’re here for a handful of shows with Canadian band Half Moon Run. The first is in Hamburg tomorrow, so we’ve had a bit of time to kick around the city. It’s autumn here in Europe, so there are fallen leaves everywhere. We hired some bikes today…
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You’ve probably heard of the name ‘Sleepy Hollow’, you might be familiar with the original ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’ story by Washington Irving, or maybe the Tim Burton horror film that featured Johnny Depp rings a bell? It’s a fairly popular and remade work of fiction and this time it gets a modern twist…
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Well, what can we say about last week’s New Girl? First and foremost, it’s nice to see a lot of the usual humour is getting back on track, although I have to say that this season has already showcased some splendid jokes, if they really can be called that. The theme of episode five seemed to…
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Ravenswood, the new spin off series from the successful tween thriller Pretty Little Liars (PLL), jumps smack bang right into the middle of its own story line. In the latest series for young adults who like to find themselves questioning every single plot line in a television show, Ravenswood immediately slaps the audience with dark and awkward family secrets,…
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Homeland is back for another year. I will be chronicling the journeys of Carrie, Saul and Brody throughout the third season of the best show currently on television. Spoilers within so don’t read before viewing the episode! Previously on Homeland… Saul has betrayed Carrie by ratting her out to the government. After taking her story…
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the AU review sits down with Ghost Wave from New Zealand while at CMJ, to talk about CMJ, playing churches and more in LA during Culture Collide… and find out about their latest music and plans for the rest of the year…
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the AU review chats to Birmingham, Alabama based artist Maria Taylor to talk about the release of her new album “Something About Knowing” (out October 29th) and much more at CMJ 2013.
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the AU review chats to Chevonne and The Fuzz about playing CMJ – fitting the seven piece onto tiny stages – their new Fire At Will EP – how The Voice Season 3 fans have followed Chevonne to The Fuzz and much, much more…
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the AU review sits down at The Aussie BBQ in New York City, during CMJ, with Melbourne’s Them Swoops.
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the AU review chats to Austin, Texas based group Quiet Company at CMJ 2013 to find out what they’ve been up to since we last caught them at ACL 2013, about a year earlier. Turns out they’ve been quite busy – re-recording and re-releasing their debut album “Shine Honesty”, working on a new EP, touring…
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the AU review interviews Nashville based outfit SOL CAT to talk about their new EP “Welcome to Cowabunga” EP, playing CMJ and much more…
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the AU review talk to New Zealand indie-folk duo Streets of Laredo while in New York for CMJ 2013. The band talk about relocating to New York, recording their EPs at home and much more…
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