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the AU [audio] interview at Parklife: Digitalism (Germany)

Backstage at Parklife, Larry Heath catches up with German electronic duo Digitalism to chat about touring Australia, the world, their new album – and releasing a greatest hits record!?

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Free New Music: The Trews "One by One"

Download the track ‘One By One’ from the album ‘Hope & Ruin’, which was released in Australia earlier this year. http://tinyurl.com/422s2n6

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the AU [audio] interview: Tom Kazas of The Moffs (Sydney)

Loveable ex-moptops The Moffs will be performing at the Sydney Fringe as part on the On The Street series, reuniting to perform the hits of 1985. The original line-up of Tom, Smiley, Alan and Nick will present an evening of psychedelic and British blues influenced classics from the indie-chart topping Another Day in the Sun…

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Music Video Monday feat. The Jezabels, Howling Bells, Drawn From Bees, The Adults, Cosmo Jarvis, Times New Viking, Harmless, Spookyland and more.

And here we go for another week! First up as always is our video of the week, this week belonging to The Jezabels‘ “Endless Summer” – the first single off their highly anticipated debut album Prisoner (due in store 16 September). It’s a stunning track – we already knew that – which now has an…

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the AU [audio] interview: Glenn Richards (Australia)

Larry Heath catches up with Glenn Richards of Augie March to talk about his material with The Drones’ Dan Luscombe, Glimjack. as we anticipate the duo’s upcoming tour with Mike Noga. We find out what to expect from the tour, what’s next for the singer/songwriter and we learn a bit more about how Glimjack came…

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Music Stream // A Belated Discovery: Mr Little Jeans – The Suburbs (Cover)

A bit late to the game much!? We only heard this amazing cover of Arcade Fire‘s “The Suburbs” by Mr Little Jeans earlier today (thanks Triple J!) and it’s truly extraordinary. One of the best covers I’ve personally heard in recent memory.

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Music Video Monday feat. Bon Iver, Jebediah, Witch Hats, The Vasco Era, Dead Letter Chorus, Damn Terran, Sietta, Ben Salter, The Dead Leaves, Lady Gaga and FreeSol

…and we’re off! A massive Music Video Monday for you today – once again published minutes before the day is over… but this is so jam packed you’ll understand why! First up is our music video of the week: Bon Iver and “Holocene”. Maintaining the snow/ice theme of our winner last week, the video –…

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Music Video Monday feat. Portugal. The Man, Adalita, The Earth is a Man, Laura Marling, Leader Cheetah, The Drones, Ball Park Music and more!

And we’re back! The video of the week was a bit of a no brainer. It belongs to Portland based Portugal. The Man, and their epic 13 minute music video “Sleep Forever / Got It All”. It opens with the stunningly beautiful track “Sleep Forever”, before leading into the current single “Got is All (This…

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New Music: Pluto Jonze "Plastic Bag in a Hurricane"

Sydney artist Pluto Jonze recently released a new single in the form of “Plastic Bag in a Hurricane”. To put it bluntly: it’s fucking fantastic. The next big thing in Sydney? You better believe it.

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Music Video Monday feat. Boy & Bear, John Butler, Reckless Vagina, Dead Letter Circus, Beastie Boys, Little Barrie, Gay Paris, The Death Set and more!

Since we missed last Monday due to our slow return from Splendour in the Grass, we’re making up for it this week with a MASSIVE Music Video Monday. Plenty of Australian love alongside artists from around the world. So who’s got the coveted music video of the week spot? Well it’s none other than Boy…

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New Tour Video: Foo Fighters playing Garages of their Fans!

We’ve been looking forward to this one! Recently, Foo Fighters embarked on a tour of garages of their biggest fans. Imagine the Foo Fighters playing in your garage! That’s amazing! It resulted in this 40 minute video that’s very much worth a view… Also, in case you haven’t seen it yet, here’s the rad video…

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Music Video Monday feat. Deru, Oh Mercy, Skipping Girl Vinegar, Moonbell, Belles Will Ring, The Windy City, The Snowdroppers, Beaches and more!

Just barely making this online before the end of the day, but it still counts! We’re back once again with our weekly Music Video Monday! We kick things off with our video of the week, which goes to an electronic artist from Los Angeles who I only discovered over the weekend: Deru (Benjamin Wynn). The…

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Live Video: Chicks Who Love Guns cover Tyler, The Creator's "Yonkers"

Some great live video here of Sydney’s Chicks Who Love Guns covering Tyler, The Creator‘s “Yonkers”. Enjoy!

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Music Video Monday feat. The Panics, Faker, Ernest Ellis, Red Remedy, Jim Ward, Myles Mayo, Anna Calvi, Phrase and More!

We return this Monday with the largest selection of music videos yet! We have eleven music videos to share with your today – plenty of local love, and some other selections from around the world. We kick things off with our music video of the week: Perth band The Panics with “Majesty”. The video was…

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Music Video Monday feat. French Horn Rebellion, Papa Vs Pretty, Red Ink, Arctic Monkeys, Bag Raiders, Mardi Lumsden, Polar Nation and more!

We kick things off today, as we do every Monday, with our video of the week, French Horn Rebellion and “This Moment”. Can’t get enough of this track and the video! We’ll be talking with the band tomorrow morning, so stay tuned for that content… “This Moment” is also taken from the debut album The…

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Australians going GAGA for GAGA: The Photos!

Next week, Lady Gaga is coming to Sydney for a one-off intimate extravaganza that has had all of Australia talking. She’s essentially the biggest artist in the world at the moment, so it’s no surprise. She’s taking over the Sydney Town Hall… sorry, Sydney MONSTER Hall, on the 13th of July. You couldn’t buy tickets,…

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Music Video Monday feat. Split Seconds, The Vaccines, Memory Tapes, Gay Paris, Oh Minnows, I and I and more!

Today we’re bringing you EIGHT tracks! Nice one. Here we go with a ridiculously diverse mix of tracks. We kick things off with Gay Paris and “House Fire in the Origami District”. It’s been out for a while now, but we only just got around to watching it. It’s our video of the week! Next…

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Larry and Johnny's 36 hour blogging & tweeting adventure for Tourism NSW.

When I was approached by Tourism NSW to take on the duty of “Music and Culture Ambassador” for the blog-o-sphere, I don’t think I hesitated a second. Those that follow the website will probably notice that travelling for music is something I love to do. From heading to SXSW in Austin, CMW in Toronto and…

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Music Video Monday feat. Architecture in Helsinki, Dali's Angels, Bat For Lashes, The Bedroom Philosopher, OfeliaDorme and Brendan Mclean

We kick off this week’s Music Video Monday with the latest from Architecture in Helsinki, “Escapee”. The video was directed by Marcus Soderlund and is taken from their 2011 album Moment Bends. A great song and an expertly shot clip! It’s our video of the week. Next, we have Dali’s Angels video for the single…

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The Best of the Rest at Sydney Film Festival 2011: Cedar Rapids, Win Win, Shut Up Little Man, Elite Squad 2 and Hobo with a Shotgun

The 2011 Sydney Film Festival had plenty on offer that didn’t fit in within the constraints of our “Sounds of Screen” series. But, as part of our continued effort to bring you the most comprehensive coverage of every major event in Australia, I bring you a look at 5 other films I managed to catch…

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Music Video Monday feat. Friendly Fires, Balkans, Owl Eyes, Set Sail, Timothy Nelson and the Infidels & Ball Park Music

We’re back with another six videos for Music Video Monday. We kick things off with our video of the week. It’s Set Sail performing “Bittersweet Symphony” in their underwear at Desigual London. Here’s the back story from the band: Barcelona label Desigual’s “Come half-naked, Leave dressed” London promotion promising free outfits to the first 100…

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Sounds on Screen: Sydney Film Festival – Ain’t In it for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm (NR)

When the documentary Ain’t In it for My Health begins, we are rather abruptly thrown into the world of Levon Helm, the former drummer/vocalist of The Band. We find the chain-smoking singer from Arkansas in a very different period of his life than where we left him over 30 years ago in Scorsese’s iconic film…

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Top 5 Countdown: Best Backwards Videos

In celebration of the new clip from Guineafowl – the ridiculously catchy “Little Fingers” (an early contender for Australian song of the year – seriously loving it!) which you can view at the end of the article – we’re going to look back at five of our favourite backwards video clips. This was a surprisingly…

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Song Riff Offs: Duck Sauce (2010) and Boney M (1979)

When I first heard the following track, my initial thought was “as lazy as the lyrics are, the music is pretty damn fantastic”. While I could have guessed it was a sample, the extent to which Duck Sauce utilised the original actually quite surprised me. Here’e the original, which I’m sure you know well. And…

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The AU Crew Poll: What's your favourite venue in Australia?

Welcome back to our monthly feature article, the AU crew poll! When I put the call out to our contributors about their favourite venue in Australia, I was struck by the diversity of the responses. Almost every answer was a different location, provided with a different reason. Unfortunately none of our contributors in Brisbane added…

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Music Video Monday feat. The Preachers, Evil Eddie, Jebediah, Boy in a Box, Dead Letter Chorus and Jeff The Brotherhood

We’re back with another Music Video Monday – this week falling on a long weekend! So we’re hoping you’re having an amazing day off. We’ll kick things off with Brisbane’s Evil Eddie and his catchy track “(Somebody Say) Evil”. Sydney band The Preachers, are next, who have brought us their new video for “Pale Rider”…

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Sounds on Screen: Sydney Film Festival – The Guard (NR)

One of the early highlights of the Sydney Film Festival has been The Guard. Directed by John Michael McDonagh and starring Brendan Gleeson (above) and Don Cheadle, this unassuming Irish film is in many respects a modern day western. With McDonagh keeping the audience guessing as to where the allegiances of our ‘hero’ (Gleeson) lies,…

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the AU [audio] interview: Jarrad Brown of Eagle and the Worm (Melbourne)

Earlier this month, Melbourne’s Eagle and the Worm impressed a packed out Oxford Art Factory in Sydney, celebrating the release of their debut record Good Times (in stores now). Larry Heath sat down with the band’s enigmatic front man Mr. Jarrad Brown a couple of days after that performance to talk about the road that’s…

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Song Riff Offs: Reese & Santonio (1987) and Supernova

Back in February, I received the following e-mail. While many “riff offs” are a mutual, cordial affair – just as many have completely ripped off the original. For this installment of Song Riff Offs, I’ll leave it in the capable hands of Kevin Saunderson, to explain why the following is such a perfect example of…

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