Japanese rockers Boris will be returning to Australia next week to perform their seminal record Flood in full. Drummer and vocalist from the group, Atsuo, took some time out to talk to us via e-mail and here’s what he had to say about he upcoming tour: What prompted the idea to tour Flood specifically? It…
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Dark Mofo is a brilliantly named winter festival which is debuting TODAY in and around Hobart in Tasmania, and running until June 23rd. It features concerts and performances; MONA’s first large-scale public art project and exhibition, ‘Beam In Thine Own Eye’; the Hobart City Council Dark Mofo ‘Winter Feast’; a family-friendly festivus to enliven the…
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I’ve always found David Gordon Green to be a surprising director. Who would have predicted the auteur of the acclaimed George Washington (released back in 2001 in limited theatres and given wider life on DVD thanks to the Criterion Collection) would end up collaborating with comedian Danny McBride on a series of films (Your Highness…
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Welcome to the world of Lola Bensky, born in Germany to parents who survived the Auschwitz death camp. Lola grows up with her parents dodging questions about their past, a dysfunctional family due to the war with a language barrier with unhappy yet loved times. After leaving school Lola found herself travelling to America and…
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San Cisco played to a sold out crowd at the Metro Theatre on Sunday night with support from Millions and Chaos Chaos. Gwendolyn Lee was there and brings us these photos from the pit.
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Sydney based rapper Rapaport has just dropped a new music video for his track “Anaconda Remix” (Produced by Untold) which was released on the 2012 Patterns Mixtape on Big Village Records. We’re proud to premiere the music video today exclusively on the AU review! Come and do the drunk boogie… The video was directed by…
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After seeing the film at the Australian premiere in Sydney on Sunday night, yesterday morning I sat down with a group of bloggers and Marc Forster, the director of the upcoming Zombie-focused thriller World War Z, being released in 2D and 3D in Australia on June 20th. We spoke about the film’s lengthy production, working…
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Come Together Festival 2013 saw Drapht headline The Big Top Luna Park on Saturday with a full line-up of Aussie hip-hop acts including Illy, The Herd, Spit Syndicate and plenty more. Gwendolyn Lee was there and brings us these photos from the pit.
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Lovelace is a film in two halves. The first is the story of Linda Lovelace – the iconic actress from the 70s porn film sensation Deep Throat – that everyone else had told, including Lovelace herself in her early cash-ins such as Inside Linda Lovelace. The second is the story that Linda revealed when she…
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Premiering earlier this week on triple j, some of our favourite Sydney/Blue Mountains kids are finally back with new material after relocating to London. “Dojo Rising” is the first taste of the forthcoming Cloud Control record, Dream Cave, which is due out on August 9th, the follow up to their AMP winning debut Bliss Release….
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The Way, Way Back was written and directed by Jim Rash and Nat Faxon, who are best known as the co-writers for the Alexander Payne helmed The Descendants, as well as playing the Dean in Community and Ben in the TV series Ben & Kate, respectively. The Way, Way Back, which premiered last Thursday night…
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A smoky room with damp blue lighting and black leather sofas doesn’t seem the ideal spot for a dance gig where the stickiest floor on Oxford St was home to the Willow Beats EP launch. But the venue was strangely cosy and, despite their niche work, it was a sold out show for Sydney. Stoney…
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Andrew Stockdale played the Lair on Friday night with support from The Bob Harrow Band. Gwendolyn Lee was there and brings us these photos from the pit.
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The location for this review has moved. You can read it HERE.
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Yesterday morning I sat down with Matt Ravier, the program manager and curator of The Hub. Sitting at Sydney’s Town Hall and premiering at the 2012 Sydney Film Festival, The Hub has become the heart of the Sydney Film Festival, with daily events and most importantly: drinks with other film fans and the film community….
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I’ll See You Again is a book that will resonate with any person, male or female, with or without kids. A family is pulled into darkness at the awful and sudden loss of their three daughters in a car accident and the parents Jackie and Warren have to come to terms with a house filled…
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The touch-screen supported Izakaya has become a more recent addition to the Sydney food scene, with Wagaya and Mizuya both proving popular destinations for both Japanese locals and westerners with Karaoke rooms, booths for almost all guests and a wide and varied selection of food and drinks on hand. Yebisu Izakaya in Regent Place (next…
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Destroy Music 2013 was headlined by The Ghost Inside with support from Emmure, Antagonist A.D and Hand Of Mercy, where they played at the Metro Theatre on Thursday night. Gwendolyn Lee was there and brings us these photos from the pit.
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The Holiday Inn hotel chain has undergone a staggering amount of changes over the last decade, taking it from a budget hotel/motel chain that most people associated with overnight stops along highways or airport layovers, into an upmarket full service – though reasonably priced – group of hotels that focus on comfort and quality of…
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Every major city has its premiere viewing platform. New York has the Empire State Building. Sydney has the Centrepoint Tower. Auckland has the Sky Tower. And never a city to be outdone, Melbourne has the Eureka Tower, which has its viewing point – the “SkyDeck” – on the 88th floor of the building. At 285…
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