Fleet Foxes have had an amazing 2011. They’re on tour in Europe as we speak, continuing the ongoing celebration of their sophomore album Helplessness Blues, which was released to critical acclaim in May. They’ll be in Australia over New Years, too! But it doesn’t stop there. In anticipation of a new limited edition 12″, They’ve…
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Melbourne six piece Alpine will take all 12 of their hands across the country on a headline tour this coming January in celebration of their new single “Hands”. The track is the first cut from their forthcoming debut album due out on Ivy League in early 2012. You can view the video below and the…
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So, let’s learn a little bit about Winter People. They are a six-piece post-rock/folk band from Sydney with no less than five vocalists and two violinists. Epic. They are currently on a national tour with Busby Marou. And they have a debut album due for release in early 2012! Off that album comes this track,…
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While bands like R.E.M are splitting up, others are getting back together… Reuniting after an over 10 year hiatus, Irish alternative rock band, The Cranberries, announced the release of their new and sixth studio album Roses, available on Valentine’s Day, 2012. Furthermore, what comes out with this news is “Show Me The Way” a free…
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On their way back to Australia for Laneway, we have the latest video from the UK’s Wu Lyf. If you’re a fan of young people running and NOT being blown to pieces (M.I.A) or jumping off a cliff and going all Peter Pan on our arses (Sigur Ros), then then this is the clip for…
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To celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Wiggles, some of Australia’s best songwriters have reinterpreted 20 of their songs for Rewiggled: A Tribute To The Wiggles. In this recently released video, Bluejuice cover “Wake Up Jeff!”, which is pretty amazing. I feel like I should be wearing a Sombrero!
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Okay, so this song is absolutely beautiful and without a doubt my ‘personal find’ of the week. The composition is impressive, the lyrics are inspired and I feel that given Band of Horses are in the country at the moment, you folks will like this sort of thing. The London based band are called Dry…
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Released on Friday was the highly anticipated new live album and film from Iceland’s Sigur Ros, entitled Inni. We have the FULL album stream (first disc only) here for your listening pleasure. But go and pick yourself up a proper copy – it has two discs and a DVD with a concert film directed by…
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One of our favourite records of the year is The Jezabels’ enormous, ARIA #2 debut record, Prisoner. “Trycolour” is the second single from the album (following “Endless Summer”) and the impressive music video has just been released. Check it out here! On the track, Samuel Lockwood had this to say: “‘Trycolour is our 90’s song….
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It’s not long before the New Year hits (seriously!), and with it some highly anticipated shows from California’s Dum Dum Girls. And to get you even more excited, the band have just released a retro, sexy music video for their popular single “Bedroom Eyes”. Damn, so catchy cool. Check it! The track is off their…
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Cut Copy return with a truly wicked clip! Check it out here: Here’s what Vimeo has to say about the above video, the new one from Australia’s Cut Copy: “The Blink And You’ll Miss A Revolution video was found in a rusty chest in an ancient grotto in Saint-Maximin, France. From what archaeologists can ascertain…
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Theophilus London has hit out with his new single “Last Name London” off the album Timez are Weird These Days, available 19 July 2011. We sense a few similarities to a certain video by Bluejuice… but it’s fun all the same, and we’re really diggin’ the tunes. Check it!
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Josh Pyke returns with the new music video for “No One Wants A Lover”, from his new album Only Sparrows out 19 August. We’re really enjoying the track here at AU HQ… hope you do too!
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Brisbane-based duo DZ Deathrays have just released a film clip for their single “Rad Solar”. The video was filmed at the same house party which the band recorded their latest EP ‘Brutal Tapes’ at. It’s pretty damn rock and roll. The video was filmed by Noel Smyth and edited by Simon Ridley. The band are…
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“Wierd Al” Yankovic has just released his video for “Perform This Way” – a parody of “Born This Way” by Lady Gaga. The video sees Weird Al’s face CGI’d onto a female’s body, as they run through some of Lady Gaga’s stranger outfit choices, as well as making up a few strange ones of their…
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PNAU return with single #2, “Solid Ground”, from their eagerly anticipated album Soft Universe (out July 22, 2011). It sounds like the Empire of the Sun days really rubbed off on Mr. Nick Littlemore…
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Bon Iver‘s new album ‘Bon Iver’ is out tomorrow (Friday 17th June) on Jagjaguwar/Inertia. We’ve been listening to it on repeat in our offices all week and we can’t wait for you all to hear it! In the meantime, here’s the music video for single “Calgary”. It’s a stunningly beautiful track (we’d expect no less)…
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Liam Finn releases his new acclaimed album FOMO tomorrow, and to celebrate we’ve got the frosty music video for his brand new single “Cold Feet”. The title has been taken quite literally! Poor Liam… he looks so cold. In my humble opinion it’s the best single Liam has released to date – but we’ll let…
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The Grates (or at least two out of three of them…) are back! They have delivered a brilliant new music video for “Turn Me On”, taken from their new album Secret Rituals, out June 17. The clip was directed by Dimitri Basil, who has provided a little bit of extra info: “The main concept was…
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In an AU review exclusive, we’re proud to present the world premiere of “It’s a Beautiful Day” – a wonderful track and entrancing music video from NSW based producer, DJ, vocalist & multi-instrumentalist Karuna. It comes off his self-titled EP which is available now through Young Mine (who put out the brilliant Jinja Safari debut…
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We at the AU review are LOVING the new Battles record Gloss Drop and can’t wait for you all to hear it. The band have released a bit of a taste of what to expect in their new single “Ice Cream”. They have accompanied its release with a provocative music video from the same team…
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Happy Music Video Monday! We get quite a lot of music videos here at the AU review, so we thought we’d start putting together a weekly article to ensure that you see all the fun stuff we’re getting to watch! First up is PNAU. You may have heard their new single “The Truth” oscillating throughout…
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I think I just found my new favourite song. “The Slip” by Ghoul is a beautifully layered track that you can’t help but fall in love with. The Sydney-based experimental four piece have released a brilliant music video off the back of the new single.
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New York’s The Pains of Being Pure at Heart have returned! They’ll be releasing their sophomore album Belong on April 22nd. The first single for the album is ‘Heart in your Heartbreak’, and the catchy song has been given the music video treatment! Check it out here: The track was recorded with the production and…
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We can’t get enough of this new track from Sydney’s WIM – check out the beautiful new music video for their new single “See You Hurry”. Thanks, Modular Records! Do note this video contains nudity and may not be safe for work! The video was produced by Collider production studios, under the watchful eye of…
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We’re really digging these guys! They’re a four piece out of Melbourne pumping out some impressive indie rock. They’ll be launching the above single at the East Brunswick Hotel on Friday, April 15th. Make sure you check ’em out! MORE ABOUT THE BAND: Drawing inspiration from bands like Jimmy Eat World, Weezer and The Cars,…
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You’ll well know by now that we’re not defined by genre here at the AU review. So today we thought we’d throw together two very different bands in our new music video series. First up, UK electro pop darlings Metronomy are back with their scintillating third album, The English Riviera, out May 6th on renowned…
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Gareth Liddiard delivers the second film clip for the title track off his debut solo album Strange Tourist. Filmed at the singers homestead in Havilah, produced and directed by Jasmin Tarasin (Pure Pictures) who has also created clips for Gareth before as well as The Drones, Augie March, Little Red, Mia Dyson and more. The…
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Last year, The Walkmen brought out a wonderful record in the form of Lisbon. The latest single from the acclaimed album is “While I Shovel The Snow” and they just released a music video for the track. Directed by Jake Davis (who has made videos for Snoop Dogg and My Chemical Romance), it’s a beautifully…
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We’re loving this track and this new video from Dan Kelly. From the AMP and ARIA nominated album Dan Kelly’s Dream comes the new single ‘Gap Year Blues’. A retro futuristic ballad that ruminates on the futility of long distance love. Sweet pastoral tones build to a Faces-esque middle eight jam before a gorgeous fadeout….
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