Author: Larry Heath

Founding Editor and Publisher of the AU review. Currently based in Toronto, Canada. You can follow him on Twitter @larry_heath or on Instagram @larryheath.

the AU [audio] interview at Coaster Festival: City Riots (Adelaide)

Larry caught up with Adelaide band City Riots while they were at Coaster Festival in Gosford. They chat about their upcoming tour with The Smashing Pumpkins, playing Sydney, adventures in America, their newest member “The Edge”, getting held up at knife point, what’s coming up and much more…

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New Music Videos by Chaingang and Hungry Kids of Hungary!

Welcome to the brand new VIDEO section of the AU review! You may notice that we’ll be moving some articles from the free music section into this one… but this is the first official article for the new section 🙂 We’re launching with two awesome brand new videos from two of our favourite Australian bands:…

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Passenger with Jess Chalker + Boy & Bear – Raval (28.09.10)

The moniker and brainchild of UK born Mike Rosenberg, Passenger has been often called a “truly impressive performer”. Tonight, in front of the intimate Raval crowd, with a few special guests, he proved why he was worthy of such a statement. Running on stage with a painful leg cramp, he opened the set with “Month…

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the AU interview: Johnson Peterson of Yolanda Be Cool (Sydney)

How you going Johnson? Yeah not too bad, where abouts are you at the moment? You’ve just got back from Europe? How was Europe, I know you are pretty much conquering that continent, how was the tour? I think I counted that you have had eleven Number One positions, all of which are in Europe…

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Crowded House announces Hunter Valley Show at Hope Estate

Hope Estate proudly presents Crowded House as their season opening concert on Saturday November 20. Crowded House, some of Australasia’s favourite sons and one of the most exceptional and enduringbands worldwide, will embark on a national tour this November, celebrating and enjoying the releaseof the new album ‘Intriguer’. The band are returning to Australia following…

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the AU interview: Matthew Vasquez of Delta Spirit (San Diego)

Ahead of their Australian tour with Ben Kweller, Larry Heath has a chat to the lead singer of San Diego’s Delta Spirit, Matthew Vasquez. L: Well thanks make for talking to us today. and we are here to talk about your tour upcoming to Australia, but we will get to that in a minute, but first…

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Coaster Festival 2010 – Gosford Showground (25.09.10)

It’s with an ounce of hesitation that I venture outside a capital city to experience a music festival. The crowd attracted can be quite different to what I’m used to, and, as they say “kill the atmosphere, man!”. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing – Groovin’ The Moo (at least in Maitland) is a case…

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2010 ARIA Awards Nominations & Artisan Award Winners Announced.

With just weeks until the 2010 ARIA Awards take place at the iconic Sydney Opera House (Sunday, 7 November on Network Ten) the nominees across a record 31 categories were announced today at the ARIA Nominations event at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Also announced were the winners in the four ARIA Artisan Award categories,…

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Big Day Out Unveils its 1st Announcement for 2011

Ah, that time has come once again. Ladies and Gentlemen, we present to you the 2011 Big Day Out 1st Announcement! With Tool headlining, we must admit it’s not the headliner we were hoping for (e.g. someone who HASN’T headlined BDO in the last 4 years), but the lineup is pretty damn amazing nonetheless. Motherfucking…

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the AU interview: Judah Dadone of Freelance Whales (New York)

So you’re back in New York for the first time in quite a while …. you’ve had a bit of a crazy whirlwind tour lately haven’t you?  Well yeah, actually the last five tours have melded into one Voltron-beast of a tour. We went on our first tour last November and we’ve had little week-long…

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Electrofringe Festival 2010 featuring Blip Showcase approaches this weekend in Newcastle!

Electrofringe is an Australian festival dedicated to (and obsessed with) electronic, experimental and emerging arts and culture. Now in its thirteenth year, the 2010 festival has attracted standout local and international artists to its line-up, as well as exclusive performances. Over a stimulating five days, visitors will experience a convergence of art and technology, ideas…

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Stop Start's $7 Social Club feat. Hungry Kids – Melt Bar (24.09.10)

Imagine a night where you can see 3 amazing bands for just $7? Well this is the concept behind Stop Start’s $7 Social Club at Melt Bar in Sydney. They even give you a free CD on entry! Awesome much? Tonight saw Hungry Kids of Hungry from Brisbane headlining the night, and Pluto Jonze open…

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Paris Wells – Raval at Macquarie Hotel (23.09.10)

Melbourne’s Paris Wells has made quite a name for herself a skilled songstress, with talent well beyond her years and a collection of tracks with quality few can match. And now, with the Mushroom Music Publishing behind her, Paris has arrived in Sydney to preview her new album, the brilliant Various Small Fires. And tonight,…

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David Guetta to headline Shore Thing 2010!

So, the answer to that burning question has been answered: who will be lighting up New Years Eve on Bondi Beach this year? We have the answer!  David Guetta, Armand Van Helden and Aston Shuffle (LIVE). Personally, I was hoping Justice would be doing a live set exclusively for Shore Thing… Oh well. I’m sure the following…

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Court Yard Hounds Postpone Australian Appearances + Lilith Fair Adelaide Show Cancelled.

It is with great regret that Chugg Entertainment, in conjunction with Nettwerk Music Group, today announces that sadly the Court Yard Hounds will be unable to participate as part of A Taste of Lilith this October.  Due to re-routing of the tour, the Court Yard Hounds regrettably have had to postpone all scheduled appearances in…

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Canada's Elliott BROOD set to unleash ‘Mountain Meadows’ on One Movement and all across the east coast!

Elliott BROOD are an explosive live trio out of Toronto Canada with a worldwide reputation from winning over legions of fans with their raw and energetic live shows and their atmospheric, richly crafted records.  Having recently supported Wilco, Broken Social Scene and the Black Crowes in Canada and Europe, Elliott BROOD will be saddling up…

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Little Red do it again! Midnight Remember debuts #5 on ARIA charts!

Melbourne’s Little Red have taken the ARIA charts by storm with an incredible Top 5 debut for their acclaimed new album  Midnight Remember. The band’s sophomore album has received widespread critical acclaim in recent weeks and punters have similarly given the album a massive thumps up. Midnight Remember  also holds the coveted #1 position on…

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The Church announce "An Intimate Space" acoustic 30th anniversary tour – this November and December!

Ready for yet another exciting announcement? the church have announced they’ll return to Australia in November – December 2010 for “An Intimate Space” 30th Anniversary Acoustic Tour. The band will be performing one song from each album over the last 30 years in reverse chronological order. Starting with a track from their critically acclaimed most recent album…

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Digitalism (DJ Set), Sneaky Sound System and more to play Harbour Party NYE 2010!

DIGITALISM [DJ SET], SNEAKY SOUND SYSTEM, DENNIS FERRER, RIVA STARR & GOODWILL PLAY HARBOUR PARTY 2010 Days are getting longer, sleeves are getting shorter and the signs of spring are all around with summer hot on its heels. Summer means treadmill queues longer than a nightclub toilet, and frantic planning for NYE. NYE means the…

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Parklife Set Times, Maps & iPhone App!

As tickets fly out the door for the Parklife tour, which kicks off this weekend in Brisbane, Fuzzy have finally given us the thing we’ve been waiting for most: the set times and maps! Now… start planning your days, and hopefully you don’t have too many clashes! Parklife Brisbane Parklife Perth Parklife Melbourne Parklife Sydney…

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Fozzy – feat. WWE Superstar Chris Jericho – Announces Australian Tour 2010

FOZZY, the band featuring WWE Wrestling Superstar CHRIS JERICHO and Stuck Mojo mastermind RICH ‘The Duke’ WARD have announced that due to overwhelming public demand they will return to Australia for the first time since 2005 in the “Let The Madness Begin Tour 2010”. FOZZY,who also feature SEAN DELSON and FRANK FONTSERE (Stuck Mojo) and…

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The Bohemian Masquerade Ball continues this Friday!

The Bohemian Masquerade Ball is the flamboyant vanguard for a whole sub-culture of junkyard hero’s, gentleman punks, flaneur’s and neo-vaudeville performers. For the first time ever, the Boho Ball has left the warm bosom of Melbourne, where it has become a must attend date on the social calendar, and gone on tour – a tour which…

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Canada's Final Flash hits up One Movement Festival and tours Australia this October!

Exploding into the continent this October, the Montreal-based psy-folksters will be treating the good folk at Perth’s One Movement Festival and indoctrinating the salivating masses with a string of special guest appearances alongside Jeff Martin, Elliott Brood and The Trews.  Already ingrained into psyche of key Canadian tastemakers Final Flash can mark among their achievements…

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Coaster Festival Map and Timetable!

If you’ve been living under a rock, you probably haven’t heard about the amazing festival hitting Gosford this Saturday. Limited tickets remain, and this is the lineup: CYPRESS HILL – BIRDS OF TOKYO – ART VS SCIENCE – BLUEJUICE – BASEMENT BIRDS – SILVERSUN PICKUPS – CLOUD CONTROL  – HUNGRY KIDS OF HUNGARY – BOY &…

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Catcall announces Swimming Pool 12" release parties in Sydney and Melbourne!

‘‘Swimming Pool’’ is the latest offering from Sydney’s Catherine Kelleher aka Catcall. It’s the 1st slice to be delivered since her critically lauded ‘Anniversary EP’ dropped in 2008.  The now 23 year old Popstress first cut her musical teeth in DIY Punk out-fit Kiosk before morphing into Catcall where she quickly gained the attention from…

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Fuzzy announces Harbourlife lineup for Sydney and Gold Coast!

  Harbourlife has quickly become one of the must have tickets of the year, and so it should come as little surprise that Fuzzy is extending the brand. And their first port of call? The Gold Coast. Headliner The Temper Trap had already been announced, with Metronomy, Knightlife and Yacht Club DJs now revealed to be…

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Changing Lanes Festival feat. Tame Impala and Bridezilla – Eliza St and Bank Hotel, Newtown (19.09.10)

When the St Jeromes Laneway festival premiered in Melbourne in 2004, it created headlines throughout the Australian music industry – an amazing mix of musicians playing to a crowded laneway (Caledonian lane); a day people would continue to talk about well beyond its 2nd incarnation. Years later, it’s not so much a laneway festival anymore,…

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N*E*R*D and CHROMEO announce shows in Sydney and Adelaide.

Summer 2011 is about to get even hotter for music loving Sydneysiders with Future Entertainment, today proudly announcing a one-off show that’s sure to be the talk of the town …  Boasting a mouth-watering line-up of heavyweight international superstars – N*E*R*D, Chromeo, Boys Noize and Tinie Tempah – this sizzling all-star gig is set to…

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Equinox Rocks Festival 2010: The Extreme Music & Skydiving Festival Announced!

This is quite possibly the coolest image I’ve ever seen. I hope the guitar made it to the ground OK. But it’s here to promote one of the most interesting festival I’ve heard about in recent years. On Saturday 16th October, 2010, at the Ramblers Drop Zone on Brisbane Valley Highway in Toogoolawah (near Esk, an hour and…

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Sydney Fringe Festival: Stories from the 428 extends season at the Sidetrack Theatre!

Just like a bus in peak hour traffic, Sidetrack Theatre’s Stories from the 428 has had audience members asking to fill the aisles so they catch the show!  Due to popular demand, the show has had its Sydney Fringe season extended – with Saturday 25 September, 2:00pm the very last chance to jump on board. …

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