Make, Believe, Magic: The Worlds of The Jim Henson Company opens today in Brisbane, and we managed to score a sneak peek of the exclusive exhibition yesterday morning. Opening at QAGOMA from September 12th and running right through until April 18th 2027, this world-first exhibition is perfectly timed to celebrate 70 years of Henson magic,…

Sometimes horror really doesn’t need to be complicated. Give us a handful of characters we care about, isolate them somewhere they shouldn’t be, introduce something terrifying and let nature take its course. Joshua Giuliano understands this remarkably well with River, his feature directorial debut and a brutally efficient love letter to the kind of slasher…

For the last two decades, Interpol have been creating moody, dark songs that have worked their way into our consciousness. The 2002 album Turn on the Bright Lights was a slow burn, with songs such as “Obstacle 1” and “PDA” becoming fan favourites over time. Original members Paul Banks on vocals and guitar and Daniel…

Even if Jordan Firstman has never particularly been someone you’ve vibed with, Club Kid may completely rearrange your perception of him. Serving as writer, director and star of his feature filmmaking debut, Firstman initially seems determined to test that theory. His Peter Green is a New York club promoter whose existence is fuelled by late…

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…

There was something wonderfully incongruous about the fathers of British punk bringing their Final Damnation 50th Anniversary Tour to the Sydney Opera House while My Fair Lady was performing next door. But The Damned have never really been a band that concerned themselves with doing what was expected. From the opening notes of “Street of…

“In order for a dance to exist it requires an audience to witness it.” – Amrita Hepi Bringing together movement and storytelling, internationally renowned Bundjalung and Ngāpuhi artist Amrita Hepi presents Rinse at the Sydney Opera House. A collaboration with acclaimed theatre maker Mish Grigor, this solo work combines dance with theatre to create a…

After more than three decades, Sixpence None The Richer will finally make their long-awaited Australian debut in March 2027. Led by vocalist Leigh Nash, the US favourites behind the timeless global hit “Kiss Me” will bring their much-loved catalogue to audiences around the country, including favourites such as “There She Goes”, “Breathe Your Name” and…

This week we’ve added ten new tracks to our Discovery Playlist, including two premieres we were thrilled to bring you earlier in the week. Taking out our Track of the Week is Zach Stephenson with his debut solo single, “In N Out”. Best known as one half of the much-loved duo Hockey Dad, Stephenson is…

Insomniac Games did such a great job with Marvel’s Spider-Man over the course of three titles that I would personally trust them with any superhero game they wanted to tackle. With that being said, Wolverine is one of my absolute favourites, and I really can’t believe it’s here. In many ways, Marvel’s Wolverine absolutely nails…

Apple held its annual event overnight, showcasing the brand-new phones that will grace us by the end of 2026. While the usual suspects were shown off here, including a new Pro and Pro Max, Apple Watch and AirPods, there was a slightly larger, heavily rumoured device that’s sure to get everyone talking. So let’s dive…

Tove Lo is heading back to Australia, with the Swedish pop powerhouse announcing four headline shows for March 2027 as part of her global ESTRUS TOUR. Presented by Secret Sounds and Live Nation, the tour will take Tove Lo to Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Perth, with Australian rising pop artist SALTY joining her as special…

Nintendo kept us up till the wee hours delivering the first of its two Directs this week. The first one focused purely on The Legend of Zelda, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. With the recent announcement of the Ocarina of Time remake, I was excited to see some actual gameplay footage and…

It’s been seven years since we last heard new music from Pony Face, and the Melbourne indie-psych four-piece make up for lost time with the fabulously hypnotic “Expire”. We’re thrilled today to be premiering the video for “Expire”, the first taste of a forthcoming new album from Pony Face and a welcome reintroduction to a…

After two surprisingly addictive outings in the Hot Wheels Unleashed series, developer Milestone has taken that same arcade racing and put it into an open world spanning four massive islands in their latest game, Infinite Rush. The result is a game that handles brilliantly but loses some of the structure that made the last two…

Following extraordinary demand, global breakout star sombr has added a second and final show in Brisbane and third and final shows in both Melbourne and Sydney to the hugely anticipated You Are The Reason Tour. After selling out his Australian and New Zealand debut shows and making a major impression at Spilt Milk Festival in 2025,…

Generally around this time each year, people start asking about the new iPhones on the horizon, and if they should pull the trigger on the current range, or simply wait for the new ones to launch. Apple has confirmed their iPhone 18 event will take place in the early hours of Thursday, the 10th of…

As a die-hard Boston Celtics fan, I was hoping NBA 2K27 would be kinder to me than the offseason was. It’s a tradition that I jump straight into Play Now and whip up a quick match between the Celtics and whoever I believe will be the best in the East for the upcoming season. As…

Naarm retro-pop rockers Creature Fear have never been afraid to embrace the playful side of their music, and the new video for “Mission To Love You” might be one of their most gleefully unhinged creations yet. Today, we’re thrilled to premiere the clip, a gloriously DIY collision of horror tropes, possessed dancing, strobe lights, laser…

Radiohead are finally coming back to Australia. In what is easily one of the biggest tour announcements of the year, the legendary Oxford band will return in May and June 2027 for their first Australian shows in 15 years, playing a mammoth 16 arena dates across Perth, Melbourne and Sydney. And yes, we’re jumping out of skins…

The Jungle Giants have officially wrapped up their biggest Australian tour to date, but not without making one final stop along the way. This Thursday, 10th September, the band are taking over the Manly Fast Ferry, turning the average commute home into a live gig across Sydney Harbour. To celebrate the launch of Lipton’s new…

Fresh off PlayStation’s back-to-back State of Play showcases, it’s Nintendo’s time to wow us with two Nintendo Direct showcases, one of which is delivering a closer look at a game we admittedly all can’t wait to see. The first Nintendo Direct will take place on Wednesday, the 9th September at 12:00 am AEST for The…

Thirty-five years after Pills ‘N’ Thrills And Bellyaches first soundtracked dancefloors, festivals and questionable life choices around the globe, Happy Mondays rolled into Sydney’s Enmore Theatre on Saturday night with a simple mission: remind everyone why nobody ever did it quite like Madchester’s favourite troublemakers. Before the band even appeared, the mood was set perfectly….

Photo by Stephen Porter BIGSOUND Brisbane brought BIG energy to the streets of Fortitude Valley last week, and as an Adelaide girl, the city definitely lived up to its nickname, BrisVegas. BIGSOUND, self proclaimed as “the biggest week in Australian music”, is a huge music conference by day, with networking events and industry panels across…

Movements have always made music that feels incredibly easy to fall into. They can be heavy without losing melody, emotional without being too dramatic and somehow make even their quieter moments hit just as hard as the big ones. Happier Now is no different. In fact, it might be one of their strongest records yet….

DJI is best known for ruling the skies, but today it’s bringing its airborne expertise down to floor level with the launch of the DJI ROMO 2—a robot vacuum that borrows obstacle-avoidance smarts straight from the company’s flagship drones. The company released the first iteration in Australia last year, the well-reviewed DJI Roomo P; now the next generation…

Happy Mondays brought their gloriously messy blend of Madchester grooves, psychedelic rock and dancefloor chaos to Sydney’s Enmore Theatre celebrating the 35th anniversary of their seminal album, Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches plus the hits. Frontman Shaun Ryder remained the wonderfully unpredictable centre of it all, delivering the songs with his trademark swagger while the…

An absolutely massive showing hit us late last night, with two back-to-back PlayStation State of Play streams highlighting not only a bunch of titles from PlayStation Studios and third-party developers, but also a range of titles from Asia as well. Without further ado, let’s dive in! STATE OF PLAY A NEW RESIDENT EVIL MOVIE TRAILER…

With the seasons beginning to turn, there’s plenty of fresh music to soundtrack the change. This week we’ve added another ten new tracks to our Discovery Playlist on Spotify and Apple Music, including two premieres we were lucky enough to share earlier in the week. Taking out Track of the Week is Naarm/Melbourne folk quintet…

When Paris Paloma released her 2023 track ‘Labour’, it quickly sparked conversation online, becoming a powerful anthem for feminist advocacy and cementing Paloma as a key voice in the ongoing feminist movement. The track went viral online, amassing over 11 billion views across social media, and three years later, it still soundtracks so many ongoing…