A few hours before they were to play the Hordern Pavilion in support of Birds of Tokyo, I sat down with Brian and Nikki of Silversun Pickups. Hailing from Los Angeles, we spoke about the tour, the weather, Melbourne, Muse,, Guitar Hero and Asian cuisine… read on! Welcome back to Australia! I was going to…
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Ahead of their Australian tour, while he was at home in Toronto, we had a chat to Jay Malinowski of Bedouin Soundclash. You’re at home having a relaxing couple of days? [Laughs] Not really, it’s been like twenty four hours of press [laughter] But, yeah, our records coming out here this week, or it just…
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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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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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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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Getting set to play Listen Out – which kicks off in Perth and Sydney this weekend (limited tickets remain in Sydney, Perth is Sold Out) – Simon Clark caught up with Scottish outfit Young Fathers to talk about winning the Scottish Album of the Year, the history of the band, the anticipation of their first…
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The Brow Horn Orchestra are one of the most exciting bands coming out of Perth right now. They play a pretty eclectic blend of music with everything from Ska to Hip Hop, with a whole host of other genres chucked in for good measure. They are a band becoming fast renown for the intensity and…
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While he was on tour around the country, I spoke to a tired Jim Finn, the man on the keys, bass guitar and backing vocals from Sydney’s explosive electro-rock crew Art Vs Science. Like The Presets before them, Art Vs Science are growing in popularity with each song they release – and they don’t even…
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Laura Imbruglia. The enigmatic Sydney solo artist has recently announced that she’s moving to Melbourne, and will be undertaking a residency there in November. So while we’ll all miss her in Sydney, we thought what better time to get the hype rolling that now! To do this, we look back to a few weeks ago, when she…
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You’re now two shows into the Boho Ball tour – how did the first two go? They were smoke-filled, silk-draped and sensational! It’s a crazy troupe of cats in a rainbow coloured bus traveling the road and creating mayhem and art so the shows are always fun, and so far the audience have joined the…
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Just after Klaxons touched down in Sydney earlier this month, I received an unexpected phone call from guitarist Simon Taylor. Good thing I’m a fan! We had a little chat about the new album, Surfing the Void, their then upcoming shows in Sydney and Melbourne – and of course their appearances at Falls Festival and…
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They’re the headlining Australian presence at next weekend’s Coaster Festival in Gosford, so we felt it only necessary to have a chat with Birds of Tokyo before they set off on their next grand adventure. So a week or so ago, as he was sitting at home in Perth, Larry Heath chatted with drummer Adam…
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Today sees the release of Little Red‘s highly anticipated sophomore album, Midnight Remember. A few days ago, as he was at home in Melbourne, I chatted with one of the bands two guitar/vocalists, Adrian Beltrame. We chat about the new album, the upcoming tour and plenty more! It’s nice to see you relaxing at home Adrian, because I…
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With a spot at the top, alongside Klaxons, Justice and Sleigh Bells, New York’s The Rapture will be just one of many highlights at next year’s incredible Field Day lineup in Sydney… as well as the other New Years festivals they’re hitting up – Falls Festival. But the big question we’re all asking is: What…
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When it comes to buzz bands in Australia, you don’t get much buzzier than Sydney-based Cloud Control. The band have recently released the highly acclaimed Bliss Release, which they celebrated with a sell out tour, a massive Splendour set and that’s just the beginning… Drummer Ulrich Lenffer took some time out to chat with Larry…
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In anticipation of the launch of their third album, Long Time Gone, Larry Heath had a chat to Fleur McMenamin of The McMenamins – who are celebrating the launch with a show at the Vanguard, as part of the 2010 Sydney Fringe Festival. Thanks for speaking to us today! First of all, congratulations on the…
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After the common courtesy of weather-related chat, we got down to the business end of things with DZ before they headed off to the US of A. I hear you guys headed up to Splendour in the Grass last month? Yeah, we just went as punters. It’s the fifth year I’ve been now. It’s always…
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As they tour around Australia supporting Slash and playing their own shows, celebrating the launch of their new album, we chatted to the lead singer of Australia’s own Juke Kartel. Now based in Los Angeles, Toby Rand talks about Slash, living in the USA and their new album! Hi Toby! Thanks for taking the time…
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When it comes to visits from iconic hip hop artists, for once I’m happy to say we’ve been spoilt down here in Australia. In the last year alone, we’ve had a veritable wet dream lineup of America’s finest artists on our shores: Wu-Tang, Method Man and Redman, A Tribe Called Quest, Big Boi (Outkast), Busta…
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As New Zealand’s Artisan Guns travel around Australia with The Holidays and Hungry Kids of Hungary, supporting their new EP “Hearts”, I chatted with guitarist Jonathan Pearce about their East Coast tour, the new EP and more! Hey Guys! Thanks for taking the time to talk to us! My pleasure! It’s Jonathan here, I’m the…
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I understand it was your birthday yesterday! Indeed, yes! So how hungover are you? Pretty hungover! *laughs* I read on your Twitter account that you had about 20 interviews to do in Australia today! That’s one kind of birthday present I suppose… It’s always nice to have so much love coming from Australia. At least…
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Tomorrow we head up to Splendour in the Grass, but before we make the voyage, we thought we’d touch base with one of our favourite bands, Frightened Rabbit, who are playing at the Festival on Sunday, alongside a few sideshows around the country! Kindly taking up the interview with us was Grant Hutchinson, the drummer…
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Having just released his unexpectedly brilliant debut album ((un)), and touring Australia for the first time this September with Parklife, we had a chat to the maestro of “wonky pop”, Dan Black… while he was sitting on a street corner in Paris – where he just so happens to live! Ah, the life of the…
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Returning to Australia for a short tour this September, including a stop off at the Sydney Fringe Festival, we chat with Toronto’s Buck 65. We chat about the tour, his upcoming EP, working with Sufjan Stevens, Marie-Pierre Arthur and Hawksley Workman and living in France! Hi Buck! Thank for taking the time to speak with…
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Melbourne duo Fabulous Diamonds have finally dropped their second LP, aptly titled Fabulous Diamonds II! As they tour the album around the country with a series of album launches, we had a quick chat with one half of the band, Nisa Venerosa. First of all, congratulations on the new album Fabulous Diamonds II! You launched…
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Last Friday, Darren Hanlon’s anticipated new album I Will Love You At All was released nationwide. Ahead of the release, I got a phone call from the man himself, and we chatted about the new album, songwriting, SXSW (who wasn’t there in 2010, seriously!?), signing to a US label, and why playing in Tippaburra was…
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UK buzz band Fanfarlo recently made an appearance on the Twilight soundtrack with “Atlas”, and now they’re 2009 album Reservoir has finally been released in Australia, too! I spoke to bassist Justin Finch during one of his brief breaks at home in London, about touring, baseball, music videos and plenty more… read on! Not long…
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Lone Wolf is the alter-ego of singer-songwriter Paul Marshall; though don’t call him a singer-songwriter to his face. Hailing from Leeds, UK he has just released his first album The Devil And I under the new name, and has even more recently been seen opening for Broken Bells at the Meltdown festival in London. The…
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A week before they launched their mini-Australian tour alongside the 2010 Splendour in the Grass Festival, I sat down in Sydney with Luke B and James of Brisbane’s Violent Soho. Signed to Thurston Moore’s Ecstatic Peace label, the band has been setting North America alight with an extensive tour over the last year or so….
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Ahead of the release of their new album Church With No Magic on July 19th through Warp Records, Larry Heath chats to Laurence Pike, the man you’ll often find behind the drums of Sydney’s PVT (formerly Pivot). We chat about the upcoming album, the name change, Bill Murray, playing at SXSW and more! Hi Laurence,…
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