San Cisco live at The Lexington, London
West Australian band San Cisco have stormed the stages of Australia over the past eighteen months, following the explosion of their hit single ‘Awkward’ in 2011 and their follow up LP of the same name...
View ArticleTaking flight with Sydney DJ duo Flight Facilities
THERE are songs out there that just stick with you. A track that ends up on repeat in your playlist, spinning round and round so often that it ends up becoming embedded in the soundtrack of your life....
View ArticleINXS announce Perth Arena their last show
ON the opening weekend of the brand new multi-million dollar Perth Arena, INXS drummer Jon Farriss announced to a 15,000+ crowd that INXS would no longer be touring live. 35 years after INXS first...
View ArticleDarren Hanlon: The Real Deal
I CAN clearly remember the first time I heard of Darren Hanlon, an Australian urban folk singer and songwriter. It was 2003, and a girl I worked with, with such incredible taste in music it could make...
View ArticleDarren Hanlon talks to Australian Times
AUSTRALIAN singer/songwriter has been part of the Australian music industry for over a decade, through thick, thin and fluctuating music tastes. Here he talks to GEORGE KATRALIS about the musical...
View ArticleRingo and All-Starr Band to tour Down Under
RINGO Starr says Australian audiences will see a lot more of him when he returns Down Under next year. The ex-Beatles drummer will tour Australia with his newest All-Starr Band in February. The...
View ArticleDarren Hanlon captures the magic at Surya, London
THE thing that I love about Darren Hanlon, more then anything else, is that he is well and truly an original – in both his song writing, and his performance. For one thing, you’re guaranteed not to...
View ArticleSarah Blasko to perform new album ‘I Awake’ at Barbican Hall
WITH an art installation accompanying the Sydney release, and an orchestral tour planned to showcase it to European audiences, fans of Sarah Blasko can be rest assured her new album I Awake will not...
View ArticleAustralian Times readers top ten stories for 2012
2012 was, for many Australians living in the UK, dominated by one thing – the London Olympics. Combined with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, as an adopted London resident it was definitely a year to...
View ArticleMusical chairs: In the Round at The Forge, Camden
Julia Johnson IN the Round first began life as Music in the Round back in 2009 – a live music event for upcoming singer/songwriters, held at The Forge Music Venue in Camden, London. It was the...
View ArticleOriginal Walkabout to close
THE original Walkabout pub in London is set to call last drinks. After quenching the thirst of generations of Australian expats in the capital, the classic Covent Garden Walkie will close its doors...
View ArticleWIN tickets to Bilbao BBK Live 2013
BILBAO BBK LIVE is Spain’s premier indie rock music festival. We have a pair of tickets to the 2013 instalment to give-away to a lucky reader. The eighth edition of the Bilbao BBK Live festival takes...
View ArticleCombine Bilbao BBK Live with Pamplona
BILBAO BBK LIVE is northern Spain’s premier music festival and an easy add-on for Pamplona Running of the Bulls travellers who also partial to a bit of rock with their sangria. Taking place this year...
View ArticleLONDON BOUND | Hungry Kids of Hungary, out of the shadows
AS A staunch New South Welshmen, I’m going to go right ahead and say it. Not much good comes out of Queensland. And anything that does has been stolen from NSW anyway. Greg Inglis anyone? Like most...
View ArticleWin tickets to Super Bock Super Rock 2013
SUPER BOCK SUPER ROCK - Superb! Catch a few perfect waves on Portugal’s golden Atlantic coast before catching the awesome riffs from what is easily one of the best line-ups this festie season: Arctic...
View ArticleWIN tickets to Camden Rocks 2013
CAMDEN ROCKS - Why, yes it does. And so does this gem of a multi-venue shindig. Over 100 bands in a day packed in to 12 sweaty, boozy N1 venues. If you want to see them in London before they are big,...
View ArticleFestival Season 2013 | Living large in London
See Kicking it in the Kingdom for our list of UK festivals See Electrifying Europe for our list of the European festivals Camden Rocks Festival A one day jam-packed special London festival, featuring...
View ArticleFestival Season 2013 | Line-ups, free tickets, how-to guides and more!
Image: Glastonbury by Jason Bryant FESTIVAL SEASON is upon us! The days are getting longer, if not warmer, and the cider is flowing. Soon it will be time to dust off that cowboy hat, pull out those...
View ArticleThe five biggest Australian songs you have missed so far in 2013
During my travels around Europe over the last few months, I’ve lost count of the amount of times that I have heard Daft Punk’s Get Lucky, Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines or tracks from Macklemore &...
View ArticleSinger-songwriter Carus Thompson to play Half Moon in London
THE HUMAN experience of life, love, hope, disappointment and guilt can be incredibly confusing. Yet, once in a while a song comes along that encapsulates that universal feeling, and for three and a...
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