Adelaide’s Nice Day To Go To The Club is one of those grassroots festivals that has grown organically over the past five years. Originally conceived by media personality Ryan “Fitzy” Fitzgerald (of Big Brother and radio fame) to raise funds for the Port Noarlunga Football Club, the festival has just announced DMA’S as its 2027…
For all the conversations surrounding the supposed decline of R&B, or the increasingly difficult task of breaking through as a female artist in a musical landscape dominated by streaming algorithms and fleeting social media trends, 2026 has quietly delivered some of the genre’s most rewarding work in years. And whilst the likes of FLO, Leigh-Anne…
For Marcello Hernández, comedy has always been about finding common ground in the most personal of experiences. In his debut Netflix stand-up special, American Boy, the Saturday Night Live favourite draws on his Latino upbringing, his wonderfully close relationship with his mother, and the cultural quirks and childhood memories that have shaped his comedic identity,…
Glen Powell may be playing a man living a lie in the second season of Chad Powers, but the actor believes there’s something surprisingly truthful about hiding behind a different identity. As the full season of the hit sports comedy streams, Powell reflects on the masks we wear, the cruelty of public judgement, and why…
We’re really speeding towards the end of the year now. But, the new music hasn’t stopped coming, and once again we’ve updated our Discovery playlist with some of the best new music from across Australia and the world. We’ve got another ten tracks for you this week, including two we had premieres for earlier in…
Melbourne artist Grace Robinson is ready to share her whole self, with the release of her debut solo album choppy. Introducing audiences to the person that’s been working behind the scenes for years, she’s leaving any pretence or facade at the door. She’s embracing the turbulence that comes with growing up, and hoping that listeners…
Rebecca Higgie‘s second novel, The Book of the After, is big. I don’t mean in terms of its size, although at 560 pages, it is definitely on the larger side. No, what I mean is The Book of the After is big in terms of concept. Spanning continents and thousands of years, this novel is…
SteelSeries is no stranger to some seriously premium gaming peripherals, and their new range of gaming mice certainly fits the bill. Their new Pro series, featuring the Sensei and Sensei Pro Mini, along with the Rival Pro and Rival Pro Mini, provides almost anything you could want from a mouse, including virtually unlimited battery life….
In a world where justice has become entertainment and the pursuit of ratings threatens to eclipse the pursuit of truth, Lance Oppenheim’s Primetime explores the increasingly blurred lines between performance and reality. Set in 2006, at the height of To Catch a Predator‘s cultural dominance, the A24 psychological thriller stars Robert Pattinson as a heightened…
Death Cab For Cutie brought their I Built You A Tower Tour tour to Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion tonight, with Ben Gibbard leading the band through set of much-loved classics and new material. Nearly three decades in, Death Cab For Cutie remain one of modern indie rock’s most enduring acts, built on Gibbard’s unmistakable voice and…
When Dave Grohl stands before you on stage and asks, “Do you love rock and roll?” that has to be rhetorical, right?! When he follows it with, “Do you want some rock ’n’ roll?” and the next sound heard above the roar of the crowd is the opening of “All My Life”, you know you’re…
Subtlety has never been particularly high on Boots Riley‘s list of priorities, and thank goodness for that. With I Love Boosters, the filmmaker behind the gloriously unhinged Sorry to Bother You returns with another unapologetically anarchic assault on capitalism, corporate greed and the increasingly absurd lengths people will go to in the pursuit of wealth….
Following a Best Picture winner is no enviable task, but Siân Heder has never seemed particularly interested in taking the easy route. With Being Heumann, her first feature since CODA, the writer-director turns her attention to disability rights activist Judy Heumann and a landmark moment in American civil rights history, delivering a film that is…
History has a habit of remembering its revolutionaries as larger-than-life figures, their imperfections smoothed over in favour of the extraordinary things they achieved. But for Ruth Madeley, portraying disability rights activist Judy Heumann in Being Heumann meant looking beyond the icon to find the complicated, funny, occasionally stubborn woman underneath. Directed by Academy Award winner…
Growing up doesn’t necessarily mean letting go of the things that once made us feel alive. For Australian filmmaker Daley Pearson, that delicate balance between childhood wonder and adult responsibility sits at the heart of Allen, Netflix’s nostalgic, wonderfully offbeat adventure about a man who never quite recovered from losing his extraterrestrial best friend. Co-directed…
The creative minds behind one of Australia’s most beloved television exports are turning their attention to a different kind of family adventure, as Netflix unveils the official trailer for Allen, a heartwarming new Australian feature from Brisbane-based Ludo Studio. Best known for bringing the Emmy and BAFTA Award-winning phenomenon Bluey to audiences around the world,…
From childhood nostalgia and the friendships that shape us to alien invasions and the enduring magic of a Friday night at Blockbuster, the cast of Allen reflected on their new Netflix adventure at a special Brisbane premiere. Queensland has long provided the backdrop for stories of adventure, but on Wednesday evening, November 11th, Brisbane played…
Sydney/Melbourne dream-pop quartet LUCIDBLOOM return this week with their second EP, COEXIST, and we’re premiering it in full ahead of its release this Friday via ASCENT Music. The EP was written and produced entirely by the band, with sessions taking place in drummer Astrid Holz’s converted-truck studio and guitarist Tom Haeusler’s home studio, before being…
The buzz phrase of the minute; AI, or artificial intelligence, is all anyone seems to talk about these days. It has infiltrated our workplaces, our personal lives, and all industries imaginable. Anna Goldsworthy enters the discourse with the publication of a thoughtful essay for Quarterly Essay on the current (past and future) state of its…
I first stumbled upon Grace Robinson while scrolling Instagram a few months back, when a clip of her debut solo single, “harder than you think”, landed in front of me. With the flood of content pushed onto our feeds, it would’ve been easy enough to scroll past, but something about the hooky indie-rock track made…
The annual SA Music Awards, presented by MusicSA, showcased the depth of talent within South Australia’s music community. Artists, industry leaders, and music fans packed the Adelaide Entertainment Centre Theatre, with industry and People’s Choice Awards. Emcees Troy Sincock and Sose Fuamoli kept the awards flowing smoothly. Up-and-coming local band Swapmeet took out four awards,…
Canadian indie rock favourites Metric, Broken Social Scene and Stars have announced their All The Feelings Tour, bringing three special shows to Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney in March 2027. The tour brings together three bands whose careers and friendships have been closely intertwined since the early days of Canada’s indie rock explosion. Metric, fronted by…
Grand Theft Auto 6 might be right around the corner, but that won’t stop Rockstar Games from revealing more about what we can expect at launch. Amid speculation, Rockstar has revealed via a post, that GTA 6 will run at 30fps on all consoles. This was generally expected, but given the recent hype about a…
Back in 2024 we premiered the video for “Lil Bo Weep”, and it’s great to have Sydney punk-rocker and DIY video maker Jovi Skyler back on the AU review. Today we’re premiering the clip for “Edie Sedgwick”, a track from his new album Unpopular. The song is about the Warhol “It Girl” of the 1960s,…
Amidst the enthusiasm for true crime podcasts and investigative thrillers, this new novel by Natalie Barelli provides an intriguing counterpoint. Though titled Missing Molly, the titular girl of this tale and the victim of a terrible crime is anything but missing. In a delightful twist on the genre, she’s the protagonist of our story –…
Truth is often stranger than fiction, but in Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim‘s extraordinary You Can See Everything, the distinction between the two becomes so increasingly slippery that even the people holding the cameras seem unsure of what they’re witnessing. What begins as an intimate portrait of disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes in the final…
Foo Fighters, the American rock heavyweight champions led by the charismatic Dave Grohl, delivered a full-throttle night of thunderous guitars, huge singalong anthems and rock ’n’ roll at Sydney’s Accor Stadium. It was a stadium-sized celebration of rock ’n’ roll with a catalogue packed with modern rock classics including “All My Life”, “My Hero”, “Learn To…
For Bron Lewis, the move from high-school teacher to stand-up comedian began with a few storytelling nights, some encouragement from fellow comedians and a growing realisation that making people laugh was something she wanted to pursue. A mother of three who started comedy at 32, Bron had close to a decade of teaching experience and…
Ashanti’s return to Australia starts tonight in Perth, and she’s bringing one of Sydney’s most exciting young R&B voices with her. RIAH has been confirmed as national support for all four Australian shows. The Grammy winner’s run takes in Perth’s Riverside Theatre tonight, Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall on Wednesday, Sydney’s TikTok Arena at the ICC…
Liverpool singer-songwriter Jamie Webster released his fourth studio album, Running Round the Sun, in September and returns to Australia for four shows this December. Known for his working-class storytelling and strong connection with his audience, Webster has built a career on songs that speak to everyday experiences, struggles and hopes. We caught up with him…
