Once again the Australian Music Industry’s “night of nights” has come and gone, seeing the venerable Gotye retain his crown of “Best Male” as well as taking out two other awards including the big one – “Album of the Year”. London based, Melbourne bred The Temper Trap were the only other multi-winners of the night,…
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After we discovered we were placed in rooms next door to one and other, the night that followed the final day of the NH7 Weekender Festival took a turn for adventure with Ed, Jack and Jack’s lovely girlfriend. Keeping it simple, we ended up drinking a few too many Kingfishers as we ran around Pune…
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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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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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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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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 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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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 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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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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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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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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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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The guy who always appears on stage to check the mic and gets everyone’s hopes up. The guy who makes sure the band is in tune, the peacemaker and the go to guy for, well, everything. Or to my mind, the mysterious strangers who usually fascinate me more than the musicians themselves, with their lanyards…
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As we look back on our week of festivities in New York City for CMJ, a few international artists stick out for us. So, in the hopes to promote our favourite artists as much as possible (and also for those who don’t have time to read through our comprehensive festival diaries series), here now are…
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Just before flying off to New York for CMJ a week or so ago, Larry sat down with Australian brother/sister duo Kim and Pete Kicks aka Satellite Sky while enjoying an In N Out Burger in Los Angeles – the city they now call home. They talk about their massive Olympic Games sync deal, life…
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Larry catches up with acclaimed Brooklyn outfit Oberhofer at the Austin City Limits Music Festival.
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While waiting in line to ride the “Tower of Terror” at Disneyland’s California Adventure theme park in California, I caught up with The Trouble With Templeton‘s Thomas Calder to discover where the Templeton name and project was born: on this very Twilight Zone inspired theme park ride. Listen below to learn more, find out more…
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Larry catches up with Chuck Criss from New York’s Freelance Whales to talk about their sophomore album Diluvia, their performance at Austin City Limits just moments before, future plans, James Dean, Planetariums, Australia, Big Day Out, Sufjan Stevens and much more… Audio edit by Tiffany Britchford
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While at Culture Collide in Los Angeles, I sat down with Ben and Alejandra of New York’s School of Seven Bells to talk about Australia, their current tour and much more… Audio edit by Tiffany Britchford.
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New Orleans’ Royal Teeth took some time out while at Los Angeles’ Culture Collide Festival to talk to Larry Heath about touring and much more… Audio edit by Tiffany Britchford.
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While at Culture Collide in Los Angeles, Larry sat down with experimental Icelandic rock outfit Sudden Weather Change to find out what they’re all about, their upcoming plans and much more… Audio edit by Tiffany Britchford.
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While I was at Culture Collide in Los Angeles, I caught up with up-and-coming Canadian trio The Balconies to talk about their music and much more… Audio edit by Tiffany Britchford.
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While at Culture Collide in Los Angeles, I caught up with Dan Haggis, the drummer from Liverpool’s The Wombats to talk about the difficulties trying to break the US market, the success they’ve had in Australia, Gongs, Tambourines, Austin City Limits and much more…
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Brisbane band Cub Scouts have just released a new music video for their single “Told You So”, off their debut EP, which you can view HERE. Always ones to keep things interested, the band have also released a hilarious tour diary outlining their time on the road with Loon Lake last month. From chasing sheep…
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Sydney rockers The Art will be joining Steel Panther on their first ever headline tour of Australia after opening for them earlier this year at the House Of Blues in LA. Having supported the likes of The Pixies, Them Crooked Vultures, Marilyn Manson, amongst others, The Art will be playing tracks from their latest album…
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While backstage at Stamping Grounds Festival in Sydney over the weekend, Larry Heath caught up with frontman Pete Williamson of Melbourne’s Black Devil Yard Boss to talk about their crowdfunded record, selling soiled underwear to their fans and much more!
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With sell out tours from bands like Hanson and S Club, not to mention the tours of bands like Wheatus and Eiffel 65 thanks to Fat as Butter festival, plus the forthcoming reunion album from Soundgarden, reminiscing about the 90s seems to be all the rage at the moment. So, in the spirit of keeping…
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A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of joining Jake and Stav of Bluejuice as they took to the skies with the wonderful guys at Red Baron at Sydney’s Bankstown airport in their flagship Red Bull Stunt Plane. There are only two ways to describe it: exhilarating and nauseating. Both myself and Jake didn’t…
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While at BIGSOUND, Larry Heath caught up with Canadian band The Darcys to talk about their all-too-brief Australian tour, their Steely Dan cover record, their upcoming plans and much, much more…
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