When Leonard Cohen launched his revival concerts earlier in the decade, his stature ensured he would tour the world with the finest musicians in the industry; the sort who have instruments named after them. But he’s far from the only legend to accumulate such talent. Since the mid-90s, The Beatles’ drummer Ringo Starr has been…
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You know that moment when you find your new favourite song? This is one of those moments. Big Black Delta is the project of Los Angeles’ Jonathan Bates, who has toured with M83 and is now ready to deliver his own taste of electronic bliss. “Side of the Road” is your favourite song you haven’t…
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The brand new video from The Weeknd is for the single “twenty eight”, which was one of three new recordings featured on his Trilogy release (out now through Universal). Directed by Nabil Elderkin (who has worked with Kanye, Bon Iver and Frank Ocean), the beautiful song is accompanied by a NSFW video. In other words,…
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Upstairs at the recently renovated and reopened, ever-so-popular Newtown Hotel – the latest to join the Keystone Group’s run of venues around Sydney – are two exciting additions to the Newtown nightlife. First, a rooftop cinema, and secondly, a brand new restaurant called The Animal, featuring a fusion of Australian and Greek cuisines. Unlike many…
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Ringleader of the dark realms Travjamjar returns with his second and last exhibition in Australia, as he gears up to pursue a career in the U.S. On display at Wedge Gallery in Kinokuniya (The Galleries, Sydney) and finishing up at the Foresight Gallery in Newcastle, the macabrely titled “Infanticide”, is the latest batch of creations…
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The legendary Joan Armatrading is returning to Australia for Bluesfest, and she took some time out of her busy schedule to talk to Larry Heath about the upcoming trip, supporting younger talent and much more. I admire performers who come to Australia because it’s the worse jet lag. You know, I actually don’t get that….
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The St Kilda Festival is a relevant piece of history as well as merriment and pleasure. Each year sparkles newsworthy debates that it will end but these scares disappear in a blink of an eye and any wonder, the festival attracted 400,000 revelers in 2013 alone. Bottle shops no doubt do a roaring trade (although…
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From one brief look at its poster, you very much know what to expect from Safe Haven, the latest film from Dear John director Lasse Hallström, based on a novel from the author of The Notebook, Nicholas Sparks. Even that sentence will tell you all you need to know, let alone the loving embrace of…
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Well that’s it. The last Laneway Festival of the year has come and gone. The festivals run of shows came to a sweltering sold-out climax at Perth’s Cultural precinct. Looking at the line-up (Of Monsters and Men & The Reubens in particular) it’s hardly surprising that Perth along with a number of the other dates…
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Even though I spent quite a bit of time growing up in the US, American Country music was never something I was raised with. In fact, with the more generic of the genre being all I was exposed to, I did my best to avoid it entirely. It’s only been in recent years through events…
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Larry chats to Torquil Campbell and Pat McGee from Canadian band Stars while on their third trip to Australia. Recorded yesterday at the Factory Theatre just before they hit the stage on their first of four Australian shows! REMAINING TOUR DATES: The Corner Hotel, Melbourne, VIC February 10, 2013 The Zoo, Brisbane, QLD February 11,…
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We’re proud to premiere the brand new track from QLD’s Wax Watches – the solo project of Alex Wall from Bleeding Knees Club. If you’re a fan of BKC, you’ll feel right at home here with the single “Nightmares”, which was recorded in Wall’s bedroom, and features Wall on all instruments. This is the case…
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Larry Heath talks to Scott Hamilton, newly appointed General Manager of Guvera, an online music and streaming service, about competition, growth and constant challenges faced in the mobile music market. You’ve come into this position as GM of Guvera quite recently, What’s your background? I’ve been in this position a week, I came in last…
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Far from the laneways it originated in, the boutique St Jerome’s Laneway Festival is now a three country, seven city touring juggernaut, with huge crowds and unthinkable logistics. And though it still attracts the fringe acts that gave it its idealic indie reputation in its early days, it also attracts (or, rather, predicts) bands who…
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This past week in the US marked the end of yet another fantastic series, 30 Rock, which finished up its 7th season with a fantastic series finale – ahead of the premiere of Community next week for its final season! Ah, it’s the end of an era. We thought we’d take a moment and commemorate…
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Michael Badger (Vocals/Guitar) and Troy Ramaekers (Drums) of Melbourne’s psychedelic group The Demon Parade talk about the current tour for their latest EP Chameleon with the AU review. VIDEO CREDITS: Interview: Larry Heath Camera/Edit: Nathan Atkins This interview was recorded at the Brighton Up Bar in Sydney. More Interviews! Subscribe here: http://www.youtube.com/user/theaureview
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The ritual performances that The Necks perform at The Corner Hotel around about this time of year has always been something intriguing, considering the venue hardly ever gets people to sit down for a performance for any of the shows it puts on. It just seems as if there is this ‘block’ where an exception…
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It’s all fun and games until you enrage a pair of witch hunters.
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Sound City is a feature length documentary, directed by Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters), about the human element of music, the lost art of analogue recording, and the history of America’s greatest unsung recording studio, Sound City. It will screen at select cinemas in Australia tomorrow night (Thursday 31st January), with additional cinemas and times…
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Nuns are a bunch of curly haired party boys from Wollongong who have decided to release some music. Their summer heartbreak anthem “Shotgun Girl” is the first taste off their upcoming debut EP. The track premieres today on the AU review and is available for download now off Bandcamp! Shotgun Girl by NUNS LINKS: http://www.facebook.com/nunsmusic…
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Australia Day at The Vic took place in The Vic’s empty car park otherwise known as The Projects. This year it featured the local kings of mega hectic psychedelic reggae Sticky Fingers and inner west’s hip hop heroes Daily Meds.
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In the country to play St Jerome’s Laneway Festival next weekend, Seattle based Mike Hadreas aka Perfume Genius first snuck in two intimate showcases, including one on the closing night of the 2013 Sydney Festival, at The Famous Spiegeltent. The tour comes almost a year after the artist released his acclaimed sophomore LP Put Your…
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Archie Roach has suffered than his fair share of hardships over the last three years. Following the passing of his partner and soul mate Ruby Hunter in 2010, Roach suffered a stroke and went on to lose a lung to cancer not long after that; both times seeing the beloved Aboriginal artist head into rehabilitation….
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Every now and then a romantic film comes along that avoids a vast amount of the clichés that plague the majority of the genre (especially from the US). It’s usually a refreshing, entertaining, well produced take on the concept. The latest film to tick these boxes and save us from the romantic tripe that the…
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American noise pop duo Sleigh Bells are in the country to play The Big Day Out and tour their album Reign of Terror. Larry Heath sat down to talk with them about on-stage stuff ups and their next album. Welcome back to Australia. It’s been a long time. Derek: Yes, we’re psyched to be here….
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Adelaide got some loving from the Sugar Mountain Festival sideshows with New Yorkers Woods putting on a grand performance at the hipster art space; Format. I descended the stairs into the pungent, sweltering basement midway through the Wild Oats set and was immediately put at ease by their beguiling tunes. The three-piece know their way…
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I don’t think I’ve ever reviewed an explicitly classical music production before. Years ago I spoke about Run Lola Run‘s live presentation at Sydney Festival with The Bays, and at this year’s event I’ve already talked about a Jazz Orchestra, but in either case I’m very much out of my comfort zone here. At least…
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As seems to be the trend of many bands playing Big Day Out this year (The Killers, Foals etc.), we’re getting a unique opportunity to catch some pretty big names in relatively intimate settings. Take last night’s Yeah Yeah Yeahs gig as a perfect example of this; the band played the 1200-or-so capacity Metro Theatre,…
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