Music

Warming the stage for lovely local lads The Smoke, were Tehachapi, an interesting choice of supports as these two bands are as musically compatible as oil and water. Tehachapi are a psychedelic post-rock group with heavy nineties indie and shoe gaze influences. Think Brian Jonestown and Radiohead with a heavy helping of Mogwai and illicit…

Yes, the time has come for you Paramore fans to enjoy the bands epic stadium tour of Australia! The tour kicks off tomorrow night in Perth before heading off to other major cities. The dates are below, and while we wait for the tour to hit your capital city, lets learn more about the support…

The first year of Melbourne Music has brought a vast array of Arts and Entertainment events to Melbournians, one of its most fascinating being Cinemix. Cinemix is the concept of giving a musician complete creative freedom in musically re-interpreting the score of a film. It is then played live simultaneously with the film for an…

As someone who has spent a bit of time in Canada – let me tell you – this was a special experience indeed. Playing on a rooftop to a crowd of no more than 50, Canadian sensations The Trews provided industry guests with a short but sweet acoustic showcase that gave us all a pretty…

Let’s get straight into it… first up, Brisbane’s much loved Charlie Mayfair brings us “If I Fell Down”. Next, we have New York’s Freelance Whales, with “Hannah”. I LOVE THIS SONG. And the video seems to have come out pretty nicely, too. Fingers crossed they come down here soon… Check out my recent interview with…

From 1997 to 1999, Lilith Fair was one of the most successful touring festivals in America. Founded and headlined by Sarah McLachlan, it was a showcase of some of the worlds finest female singer/songwriters. Sarah brought the festival back earlier this year, however it didn’t prove quite the success as its predecessor, with quite a…

2008 was the year of MGMT, followed by 2009 which saw the rise of Passion Pit and their glorious synthesiser driven fuzz-pop. Here in 2010 New Zealand’s next big thing The Naked and Famous are set to take their place and have indie kids the world over going spastic on the dance floors with the…

The very quaint and intimate Raval was the perfect venue for an evening of acoustic tunes.  Opening act, Sydney singer/songwriter Vanessa Jade (pictured below), looked right at home among the antique lounges and red curtained stage. Her folk and country-tinged music bore an honest, vintage pop quality and her sweet, pitch-perfect vocals were reminiscent of…

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…

British rock band Kids In Glass Houses opened the night up in front of a crowded venue, receiving an overwhelming response. This was the first I had heard of the band and wasn’t quite sure what to expect. I was immediately impressed by their stage presence and energetic performance. The only downside was that the sound wasn’t…

Two of our favourite Ivy League artists have just launched new music videos, and we’re quite excited about it. They’re both pretty damn slick. First up, is “Tonight”, the lead single off of Wons Phreely‘s sophomore EP of the same name.  And then we have the debut single off the debut EP (Zurich) of Melbourne’s…

We always love seeing some good music being played in the streets – and as part of the Melbourne Music 2010 Festival, some of our favourite local artists have been doing just that. First up, we’ve got Red Ink playing the steps of the State Library: And then we have two tracks of Michael Paynter playing by the…

Wednesday night has always been a tricky one to get right when it comes to a weekly live music event in Sydney, but if anyone can nail it, it’s Spectrum (34 Oxford St, Darlinghurst) – and tonight, from 8pm, they’re throwing their hat into the ring with “Happy Wednesdays”. LAUNCHING TONIGHT, OCTOBER 6th at 8pm, AND FEATURING:…

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…

Here is a batch of new music videos we’ve come across this week! First up, Modular bring us the new one from Perth wonders Tame Impala – “Lucidity” Bella Union, meanwhile, have been spreading the word of Abe Vigoda around the world. And that voice is just reaching Australia. The fantastic track “Throwing Shade” is…

Larry caught up with Adelaide band City Riots while they were at Coaster Festival in Gosford. They chat about their upcoming tour with The Smashing Pumpkins, playing Sydney, adventures in America, their newest member “The Edge”, getting held up at knife point, what’s coming up and much more…

Welcome to the brand new VIDEO section of the AU review! You may notice that we’ll be moving some articles from the free music section into this one… but this is the first official article for the new section 🙂 We’re launching with two awesome brand new videos from two of our favourite Australian bands:…

The moniker and brainchild of UK born Mike Rosenberg, Passenger has been often called a “truly impressive performer”. Tonight, in front of the intimate Raval crowd, with a few special guests, he proved why he was worthy of such a statement. Running on stage with a painful leg cramp, he opened the set with “Month…

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…

Hope Estate proudly presents Crowded House as their season opening concert on Saturday November 20. Crowded House, some of Australasia’s favourite sons and one of the most exceptional and enduringbands worldwide, will embark on a national tour this November, celebrating and enjoying the releaseof the new album ‘Intriguer’. The band are returning to Australia following…

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…

It’s with an ounce of hesitation that I venture outside a capital city to experience a music festival. The crowd attracted can be quite different to what I’m used to, and, as they say “kill the atmosphere, man!”. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing – Groovin’ The Moo (at least in Maitland) is a case…

With just weeks until the 2010 ARIA Awards take place at the iconic Sydney Opera House (Sunday, 7 November on Network Ten) the nominees across a record 31 categories were announced today at the ARIA Nominations event at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Also announced were the winners in the four ARIA Artisan Award categories,…

Unknown Pleasures pioneered late 70s post-punk, it was birthed from the ashes of the decaying musical scene at the time, and became the pinnacle of Joy Division‘s success. Forty years on, co-founder and bassist Peter Hook sought to revisit the melancholic atmosphere that is the Joy Division live experience, with a series of tribute shows…

Ah, that time has come once again. Ladies and Gentlemen, we present to you the 2011 Big Day Out 1st Announcement! With Tool headlining, we must admit it’s not the headliner we were hoping for (e.g. someone who HASN’T headlined BDO in the last 4 years), but the lineup is pretty damn amazing nonetheless. Motherfucking…

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…

Electrofringe is an Australian festival dedicated to (and obsessed with) electronic, experimental and emerging arts and culture. Now in its thirteenth year, the 2010 festival has attracted standout local and international artists to its line-up, as well as exclusive performances. Over a stimulating five days, visitors will experience a convergence of art and technology, ideas…

Imagine a night where you can see 3 amazing bands for just $7? Well this is the concept behind Stop Start’s $7 Social Club at Melt Bar in Sydney. They even give you a free CD on entry! Awesome much? Tonight saw Hungry Kids of Hungry from Brisbane headlining the night, and Pluto Jonze open…

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…

Melbourne’s Paris Wells has made quite a name for herself a skilled songstress, with talent well beyond her years and a collection of tracks with quality few can match. And now, with the Mushroom Music Publishing behind her, Paris has arrived in Sydney to preview her new album, the brilliant Various Small Fires. And tonight,…