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Video: Aussie artists tell us their New Years Resolutions for 2012…

Filmed at Peats Ridge Festival and at Festival of the Sun, we find out the New Years Resolutions of bands from around Australia for 2012. Including The Brothers Grim, The Medics, Pigeon, The Holidays, The Delta Riggs, Microwave Jenny, The Snowdroppers, Benjalu, Hungry Kids of Hungary, Minnie Marks, Thundamentals, Sietta and Richard Cuthbert. Camera: Yaya…

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12 Australian Bands to watch in 2012… and 5 from overseas…

Jumping on the bandwagon, here, in no particular order, are twelve Australian bands we’re looking out for in 2012… five bands from overseas we’re predicting big things for here in Australia… AND a couple of Australian bands the rest of the world should have their eye on! Madness! Read on… Deep Sea Arcade Why? The…

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Our 11 Favourite International Tours of 2011…

What an amazing year we had in 2011! We bring our 2011 “Best Of” retrospective coverage to an end with a look back now at our 11 favourite tours from the year, featuring the international artists we hope will keep coming back to Australia for more… 11. Future of the Left This is one crazy…

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the AU [audio] interview at Peats Ridge Festival: San Cisco (Perth)

Backstage at Peats Ridge Festival over New Years we caught up with up-and-coming Perth group San Cisco to find out more about their forthcoming EP Awkward, their thoughts on playing the Big Day Out and much more…

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Our 11 Favourite Local Tours of 2011…

What an amazing year we had in 2011! We’re taking a look back now at our 11 favourite tours from the year, featuring the local artists who dominated our live scene… 11. Jinja Safari Off the back of plenty of triple j lovin’, a fantastic EP and their debut LP Locked by Land, Jinja Safari…

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Our Favourite Festivals of 2011…

We asked our contributors to share with us their favourite festivals of 2011. We collected the votes and these were their TOP FIVE touring festivals of 2011… 5. Groovin’ The Moo A festival we love so much here at the AU review that it graced the cover of the 2010 edition of Australia’s Year in…

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the AU [audio] interview at Peats Ridge: Founds (Brisbane)

Backstage at the 2011 Peats Ridge Festival, Larry Heath catches up with up and coming Brisbane outfit Founds to talk about the festival, their forthcoming full length release Hadean and much more… check out their track “Holograms” below the interview, too! Holograms by Founds

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Ten songs we can't wait to hear at the 2012 Big Day Out.

In spite of lagging ticket sales, the 2012 Big Day Out boasts one of the strongest lineups in years. Sure, you’ve got a couple of frequent visitors, but from the top to the bottom, artists we’ve never seen in Australia litter the lineup, alongside the best in local talent. So we’ve put together 10 tracks…

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The 10 Shows we can't wait for at Sydney Festival 2012.

Sydney Festival is as ingrained in Sydney music culture as the Hottest 100 is to Australia Day, and every year it just gets better and better. This year the festival sticks with what’s worked so well over the last few years – from Festival First Night, to the Spiegeltent and the Keystone Festival Bar (Formerly…

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Best of 2011 Countdown: Top 40 Albums – Part 3: 20-11

We’re back with the top half of our top 20 countdown albums of 2011 list, and like all those before it, it’s an electic pile of music from around the world that our contributors have been loving over the last 12 months. Let’s get it started! Beastie Boys – Hot Sauce Committee II “The most…

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Best of 2011 Countdown: Top 11 Music Videos!

As voted by the AU review contributors, here are our favourite 11 music videos of 2011, which continues Gotye and Kimbra‘s sweep of our 2011 awards. Unlike the last countdowns, we’ll let the videos speak for themselves…. 11. Bluejuice – Act Yr Age 10. Liam Finn – Jump Your Bones 9. Big Scary – Gladiator…

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Best of 2011 Countdown: Top 40 Tracks – Part 3: 20-11

Let’s dive right into the next batch of favourite tracks of 2011, as voted by AU review contributors! 20. In 2011, this Melbourne based band became fast favourites of the live scene, with their catchy riffs, energetic stage presence and tracks like this one, which stick with you long after you turn it off… The…

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Best of 2011 Countdown: Top 40 Tracks – Part 2: 30 – 21

Let’s dive right into the next batch of favourite tracks of 2011, as voted by AU review contributors! 30. We kick off the second part of our countdown with what is easily one of the catchiest tracks of the year, by a band who will have made no less than three trips to Australia in…

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Best of 2011 Countdown: Top 40 Tracks – Part 1: 40 – 31

Can you believe it’s that time of year again? We can’t… but here we are bringing you the first part of our mammoth fortnight of eclectic “best of…” lists. First up we announce The AU Review’s Top 40 tracks of 2011, as voted by our fine contributors around the country. 40. We kick things off…

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the AU intreview: Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo aka The Bloody Beetroots (Italy)

On the final leg of the last Australian tour for a while, we caught up with Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo himself to discuss the new sound we should expect from The Bloody Beetroots and much more… How has the tour been so far? It’s been pretty fun. I couldn’t imagine such a big tour for…

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New Music Monday: The Hello Morning "Stone Cold Lover"

Tomorrow, up-and-coming Melbourne based sextet The Hello Morning will be releasing their new single “Stone Cold Lover”, and in advance they’ve been kind enough to send it over to the AU review for you to enjoy! The guys played 3 killer Sydney shows at The Annandale and Manly Boatshed last week. The band continue their…

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Rounding up the 25th ARIA Awards – ft. Red Carpet Interviews

So last night held many firsts for me. My first time working the ARIAs (or attending at all for that matter), my first time doing red carpet interviews and my first time meeting Kylie Minogue (assuming asking a question in the press centre is “meeting”). But more on all that later… Firstly, let it be…

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Exclusive Live Video: Damn Terran performing "Death of Me"

While we were working on the forthcoming DZ Deathrays documentary (you’ll be hearing more about that very soon), we captured a performance from up-and-coming Melbourne group Damn Terran performing “Death of Me”. The sound isn’t great but you defintiely get a good idea as to what this band is all about! Enjoy! The live footage…

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The Festival Diaries: Harvest in Brisbane and the 4ZZZ iPhone Experiment.

It may not have been one of my international excursions. It may not have even lasted 24 hours. But my trip to the Brisbane leg of the Harvest “gatherings” turned out to be one of my most memorable musical expeditions to date. For starters, I made things terribly difficult on myself. Used to cheap last…

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Feature: Bluejuice, The Vines and Didier Cohen chat about BBM Music.

With the dominance of Apple in the music marketplace, it’s proving more and more difficult for other companies to make their mark and get their slice of the action. But this hasn’t stopped plenty from doing just that. The latest is Blackberry, with their new service BBM Music. To get their take on the marketplace,…

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Free New Music: Kill City Creeps "I Got A Letter"

Like a savaged dog looking for revenge, Kill City Creeps are quickly leaving their mark on Sydney punters who are packing Upstairs at the Beresford for their November residency every Saturday this month. . If you haven’t had a chance to check them out yet, here’s the sort of sexy stuff you’re missing: ‘I Got…

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Opinion: An Open Letter to Harvest Festival Management

Dear AJ and the Harvest Team, You nailed it! Congratulations on a successful festival. Hugs and kisses, Larry and the AU review team. Open letters to management are usually negative affairs, where people complain about this and that, but you know what – credit should be given where credit is due, and in the case…

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Video Feature: Coaster Festival 2011 at Gosford Showgrounds

Produced by: Yael Stempler Filmed by: Yael Stempler and Aaron Hobbs Interviews by: Larry Heath Edited by: Amanda Smith

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Exclusive Video: Track & Field #2 Presents: Parkour, Brisbane Style

Another installment of Brisbane’s newest boutique music event – Track & Field – is looming just around the corner, set to fill the rooms of local venue The Arena on Friday, November 25th. Following the success of the its first chapter at The Old Museum in May 2011, Track & Field is set to reignite…

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Video: Parklife 2011 Afterparty with Diplo, Nero and Simian Mobile Disco

A great short clip here looking back at the Official 2011 Parklife Afterparty at Fakeclub in Sydney, featuring Diplo, Nero, Simian Mobile Disco and more… This video was put together by the good fellas at Negative Films.

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Video Premiere: Set Sail – The World Stage / Roadtrip USA – LA to NYC

From the streets of New York to LA, it’s cops, secos and a whole lot of bums as Set Sail makes their way from coast to coast. Follow them as they start their journey across America!

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The CMJ Diaries: Part One feat. Tony Mott, ODD FUTURE WOLF GANG KILL THEM ALL, The Grates and more – New York City (18 and 19.10.11)

So, you may be asking yourselves: what the hell is CMJ? Well it’s probably a fair question. And much like SXSW in Austin, Texas, it’s the sort of event that needs to be experienced to be fully understood – but let’s see what I can describe to you here. CMJ (or “College Music Journal”) is…

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Parklife Festival – Kippax Lake, Moore Park (02.10.11)

Wow. The weather gods do NOT like Parklife. Is it just me or does it rain on the first Sunday of every October? Though we avoided a torrential downpour, the rain did little to stop the punters from jumping in the mud – and the extreme cold did little to stop the rest from taking…

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the AU [audio] interview at Parklife: The Aston Shuffle (Canberra)

Larry Heath catches up with Canberra electronic duo The Aston Shuffle backstage at Parklife Sydney.

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the AU [audio] interview at Parklife: The Naked and Famous (NZ)

Larry Heath catches up with New Zealand group The Naked & Famous backstage at Parklife to chat about their rising popularity around the world, what’s next for the band, Lollapalooza and how the Parklife tour has been going…

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