Olly goes to Live Band Karaoke
Oliver Heath clears his throat, pumps his fists and gets ready to rock out: Once a modest night in the seedy basement of the old Mandarin Club in Sydney, now at Marrickville’s Factory… Read More
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Jay Stringer interview
Jay Stringer is a Black Country native and Wolverhampton Wanderers fan currently living in Glasgow and an exciting new voice in British crime fiction. Jay’s debut novel, Old Gold, is a cracking piece… Read More
Boy – Mutual Friends
Boy – Mutual Friends A quick history lesson. Swiss-born singer Valeska Steiner moved to Germany, where in 2005 she met Sonja Glass, who grew up there playing the cello in classical orchestras as… Read More
Berlin Festival Day 2
Jemma concludes her Berlin Festival experience by discovering her new favourite band: As day two rolled in, I had the customary brain mush functionality and was preoccupied with trying to remember how and when… Read More
Looper review
Time-travel movies are faced with an inherent problem. Due to their nature, they are susceptible to gaping plot holes. It’s hard not to sit through them thinking things like, “HOLD ON. If he’s doing… Read More
The Hobbit trailer
To celebrate the worldwide Tolkien Week, Warner Bros has debuted the highly-anticipated theatrical trailer for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. The first in a trilogy of films adapted from J.R.R. Tolkien’s popular masterpiece… Read More
The new video from Harts is All Too Real
Harts is a multi-instrumentalist who, with a push and a nudge in the right direction from Lars Stalfors of the Mars Volta, was able to achieve poppy synth sounds and catchy hooks that… Read More
Does the Pussy Riot protest taste bad?
Oliver Heath gets his protest on and is left with a bad taste in his mouth: The arrest of masked Russian punk band Pussy Riot for staging a protest in an orthodox Cathedral… Read More
The AU Review’s 4th Birthday Party: photos
Our good buddies, The AU Review, are now four years old. In those years, they have become one of the most vital music sites in their home nation, offering news, reviews, interviews, comps and… Read More
Chet Faker – Thinking In Textures review
Victoria Gottschalk casts her ears upon Chet Faker’s EP and feels a bit sexy: Upon listening to Chet Faker’s Thinking In Textures, I felt a mixture of love, loss and sexual frustation. I… Read More
Jim Bob and his missing musical mojo
“I don’t know how to deal with new music anymore. I will no doubt change my mind but at the moment I have no desire to make, or rather sell, any new music.”In… Read More
Adam Green talks sweaty balls
“I like it when my balls get all sweaty. I like it when it makes this special smell. I rub it on my neck like cologne. It’s quite attractive.”Adam Green is not your… Read More