While we were in New York for CMJ, we headed down to Coney Island just before it was ravaged by Hurricane Sandy and happened to bump into Brisbane boys Dune Rats wreaking their own havoc on the Island, which happened to be celebrating the Halloween season at the time. They managed to get a music…
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Currently on tour in Australia, I had the opportunity to catch Vancouver based outfit The River and the Road in Sydney last Thursday night and was truly blown away by their music and their strong performance. Last year the band released their debut album, and this track “I’m Broke” is one of its many fine…
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There was a period – let’s say between October 2010 and February 2011, from the time their record Gorilla Manor broke until they played Laneway in Australia – that everyone was talking about Local Natives. Naturally they haven’t so much been in hiding since then, but rather working on new material. Late last year we…
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Having just finished up a tour around the country supporting Gotye, the wonderful Bertie Blackman is definitely on our minds at the moment. She has just released a new music video for her track “Stella”, which was directed by Andrew Kavanagh, the 2012 Qantas Spirit of Youth Awards winner of the Film Category. It’s a…
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PVT are back with a new single in “Nightfall”, and for its music video they’ve teamed up with Jennifer Juniper Stratford. The result is a colourful, trippy, possibly Tron inspired journey. Enjoy it below! The track is currently available for download from PVT’s Soundcloud page: http://soundcloud.com/pvt/nightfall
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Fresh off winning Best Album for A is for Alpine (for which they also received an ARIA nomination) at the 2012 The Age EG Awards, Melbourne’s Alpine have released a new music video for the track “Seeing Red” which sees the band getting their spacesuit on…
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I think it’s fair to say most of the Australian music industry is battling a fierce hangover today – that’s if they’re even awake. So we thought we’d treat them – and all of you – to a new discovery. For fans of bands like Boards of Canada, we have a new outfit from Montreal…
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If there’s one thing Amanda Fucking Palmer can do, it’s create unique music. On her latest single, “Do It With A Rockstar”, Her Eccentric Excellency has perfectly merged sly humour with her typical raw passion, creating a song that sounds like nothing you expected, and everything you ever wanted.
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Out of the 20 bands that played at the recent Stamping Grounds Festival, She Rex were easily the most unique and talented group there, thus making them my favourite. They’ve just released their first single, “11th Hour”, meaning I get to listen to them, and use the phrase ‘sultry rap-rock.’ The girls have already been…
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I’ve always found it a little awkward when Tonight Alive tried to include plot in their videos because it always seemed like they tossed it in as an afterthought. Thankfully, the punk-rockers have forgone any elements of a storyline in their latest music video, with the focus one hundred percent on performance.
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Since his time as the frontman for The Academy Is… William Beckett has released two solo EPs (Walk the Talk and Winds Will Change) which are leagues ahead of his former bands music, in both quality and originality. With the third EP (What Will Be) about to drop, he’s now unveiled what could be the…
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I’ve always thought that electronic music has plenty of artistic potential, but it’s squandered on repetitive riffs and heavily distorted vocals, saying nothing of value. I’ve had this opinion for years. But now, allow me to present to you Pair of Arrows, a brand-new electronic duo (made up of Swan on vocals/lyrics and R/D on…
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Last month we raved about the new Big Village compilation, and now we’re proud to be premiering the new music video for the track “Get Ya Twisted” by Klue and Billy Rose, featuring P. Smuf. Here’s with Klue had to say about the track: “One of the focuses of the Big Things Volume Two project…
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Heading our way in January for the Big Day Out, punk outfit OFF!, headed by the legendary Keith Morris (Circle Jerks/Black Flag), have just released a 80s VHS inspired music video to accompany two tracks off their debut self-titled album, “Borrow and Bomb” and “I Got News For You”. The hilarious video features News Radio‘s…
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After prickling up a few ears with their debut single “Half of It” last year, Sydney based production duo YesYou – Jono Kirkham and Gav Parry – have released a new single and music video in “Frivolous Life”, which features Marcus Azon from Jinja Safari on vocal duties. The track is the first single off…
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New Zealand’s Die! Die! Die! have returned to Australia and kick off their national tour in Newcastle tomorrow, before hitting the major centres. All the tour dates are below. But first we wanted to revisit the fantastic music video for “Oblivious Oblivion”, which was released officially last month. I caught the flash-like animated clip on…
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We’ve known these guys for many years now and are proud to call them friends of the website. In fact you may have seen them take part in the Magical Mystery Tour tribute concert last Friday night! Anywho, the fine boys from Adelaide’s City Riots have just released a new, wonderfully produced single called “Wait…
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Aussie emcee Profecy made quite a few waves with his last release – 2010’s Let The Music Play. Two years on, Profecy is set to release a follow-up EP in late September, and he’s just dropped the first single from it – “Walk With Me” – for free download. Enjoy it below! For those unfamiliar…
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Today was a massive day in the world of Mumford and Sons. First, they announced their special Gentlemen of the Road Stopover Outdoor Camping Event in the New South Wales town of Dungog (details below), and now they’ve got a brand new single to back it up! The track, which will not disappoint Mumford fans,…
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Wow. That’s about all I can say after listening to the rock and roll wonderment that Sydney group Regular John have produced in “Slume”. The track has single handedly reminded my why rock and roll can be so fucking cool. Hands up if you’re excited for their long awaited sophomore record, Strange Flowers, due out…
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I just listened to this song for the first time today and instantly fell in love with it. A bit of a cross between Sydney bands Jinja Safari and FISHING – with a bit of Alabama Shakes thrown in for good measure, Bear Mountain are a Vancouver, British Columbia duo who released their new album…
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Set to release their new EP The Colour Age on August 10th, Adelaide’s Red Ink have unleashed a brand new single and music video from the record entitled “Euphoria”. The track and the EP have been produced by Craig Harnath and Jez Giddings (Wilco, Cut Copy, Oasis, Midnight Juggernauts, Franz Ferdinand) and created between a…
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Pope Innocent X, the fourth album by singer/songwriter Bertie Blackman, is the long-awaited follow-up to 2009’s acclaimed Secrets and Lies – a record which took out the 2009 ARIA for Best Independent Release, and the AIR Award for Breakthrough Independent Artist. The new record will be released on October 12th. The first music video for…
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Long time favourites of the AU review, Sydney punk rock outfit Chicks Who Love Guns continue doing their genre proud with their latest track “Shin-Okubo”, the first single from their forthcoming EP Moon Eater. This is their third EP release in three years and we’re expecting plenty of eyes and ears to turn to the…
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Yesterday we premiered the new music video for Pluto Jonze, which featured some stop motion animation, some of which took place in a forest. Coincidentally, Band of Horses have released a similar clip, created from thousands of stills in a forest somewhere. It’s a simple clip but a beautiful song. Our first taste of their…
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We’re big fans of Sydney based artist Pluto Jonze here at the AU review, so you can understand that we’re pretty excited to be presenting to you this morning his brand new clip “See What The Sun Sees”. The song will stay with you long after you listen to it and the stop motion animation…
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Sydney four piece Lime Cordiale have just released the video for their brand new single “Pretty Girl”, off their EP Faceless Cat, which was launched last week at The Standard in Sydney. The entertaining clip has been directed by the talented Matilda Brown. Enjoy! You’ll be able to check out the band in Melbourne on…
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Adelaide outfit The Shiny Brights have just released a new clip for their track “Tightrope”, comprised of 1,500 stills taken and then stop motioned into the clip itself. It’s basically like Inception, only with a different framerate. This may or may not be accurate, you’ll probably want to view yourself: For a free download: http://theshinybrights.bandcamp.com/track/tightrope…
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Grammy award winning band Blues Traveler released their new album Suzie Cracks The Whip on Friday 6 July, and along with it they sent across the interwebs a fantastic music video for the album’s first single “You Don’t Have To Love Me”. Enjoy it below! Suzie Cracks The Whip is in stores now.
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They’re coming to Australia in just two weeks and have just released a new music video! Who are we talking about? Why, The Shins of course, and their video for “It’s Only Life” is currently doing the rounds. The clip was directed by Hiro Murai and ‘features James Mercer trapped in an apocalyptic suburbia by…
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