the AU review caught up with Devin Townsend, one of the most industrious and odd (in a good way) multi-genre musicians, especially on the progressive metal/rock scene, to talk about his latest album Epicloud, the return of vengeful coffee loving alien Ziltoid and how having warm pee in bag sloshing against your leg could be distracting. How are you?…
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As we celebrate our fifth birthday, one band who go back almost to the beginning of the website (check out my first review of the band playing QBAR in Sydney in early 2010 HERE) are local-boys-done-good Boy and Bear, who today have released their eagerly anticipated sophomore album Harlequin Dream, available in stores and on…
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the AU review turned five years old last week, and to celebrate, throughout the month of August we’re asking many of our musician friends to help us look back on the last five years of music! Next up, Benjamin Hannam from indie rock band, Glass Towers tells us his top five Australian albums from the…
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the AU review turned five years old last week, and to celebrate, throughout the month of August we’re asking many of our musician friends to help us look back on the last five years of music! To continue, we asked Sydney goth rock band, As Angels Bleed about their top five musical moments and albums…
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Grinspoon played the Enmore Theatre on Saturday night with The Snowdroppers & Dave Larkin Darwin Theory. Gwendolyn Lee was there and brings us these photos from the pit.
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The surprisingly provocative nature of fruit is explored in The Fruit Hunters adapted from Adam Gollner’s book of the same title. This tantalising documentary delves into the history and cultivation of nature’s candy and the passionate characters that search the globe for the most elusive varieties. Through a combination of CGI effects, historical re-enactments and cultivator/preservationist narratives, director Yung…
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A collection of home movies that tell the story of Israel from 1930 to the 1970s, and screening at the 2013 AICE Israeli Film Festival, Israel: A Home Movie is an intricate and kaleidoscopic retelling of history via as-it-happened style footage, reframing the historical through the personal. The footage itself is dazzling. An archival treasure…
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Scottish Brit-pop rock band Travis are back after five years with a new album Where You Stand. Shaping out a successful career over the past few decades, the band are back on the road with new material. Larry Heath sat down with band’s drummer, Neil Primrose, to discuss the album and their hiatus from music….
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Logan (Hugh Jackman) is back in a decidedly darker take on the iconic X-Men character, marking Jackman’s sixth appearance as the steel-clawed “mutant”. The film takes place primarily in Japan and sees Logan reconnect with a man he saved during WWII, Yashida. The plot from there, for the most part, focuses on Logan protecting Mariko…
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We chat to Benedict Hardie, the writer and director of the play Delectable Shelter, a hilarious production which has its Sydney premiere tomorrow night at the Seymour Centre. We take some time to get to know the origins of the production and get a taste of what to expect… How is preparation going for the…
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Logan (Hugh Jackman) is back in a decidedly darker take on the iconic X-Men character, marking Jackman’s sixth appearance as the steel-clawed “mutant”. The film takes place primarily in Japan and sees Logan reconnect with a man he saved during WWII, Yashida. The plot from there, for the most part, focuses on Logan protecting Mariko (Tao Okamoto)…
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The classic Tom Stoppard play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead has long existed as part of the Hamlet curriculum in the later years of high school, both in Australia and around the world. For me, and many, year 11 was where I first discovered the play, Stoppard and the beauty of the absurd. It’s a…
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Wax Witches is the solo project of Alex Wall, one half of garage poppers Bleeding Knees Club. It’s got a similar sound to BKC but with even grittier guitar work and bratty lyrics. Wax Witches has an online stream of weird and wacky mash-ups linked to pop culture and 90s high life but in the…
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Femme Locale’s momentum has been increasing at a rapid rate. Not only have there been three showcases in the last four months, but the crowds and artists have both been getting bigger. The most recent touchdown was at The Camelot Lounge, featuring the talent of Rachael Zella and the Blackbirds, Inês and Brotherfunk. As an…
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Michael Bay suffers a heavy stigma from the backlash against his grandiose, CGI-fests; yet despite nit-picking critics, he remains a highly skilled director who artfully plays with gorgeous shots of Miami to liven up what is essentially a very dark story in his latest blockbuster. The film – based on a true story – is simply…
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In October 2012, Time Out Magazine Sydney turned five years old – half a million readers later we sat down with Joint-CEOs Justin Etheridge and Michael Rodrigues to look back at the five years of Time Out in Australia, we which bring to you now as we celebrate our own five year anniversary. Since Time…
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The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, in connection with GiggedIn will be coming back to Australia to play a headline tour. Just officially announced today, the band has decided which cities they will play based on the amount of pledges from each city they received via GiggedIn. The band will also be showcasing their recently released EP,…
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Some of you have seen it. Heck, some of you may have even been in a similar situation. You Make Me Feel So Young is centred on a deteriorating relationship between two American twenty-somethings. The film is the work of writer/director, Zach Weintraub who also doubles as the film’s star. He is the boyfriend of Justine (Justine Eister). After…
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“It’s really fun to speak to some real people in Australia before we get there, because obviously we won’t know anyone!” With her sweet-as-pie, distinctly British voice, genuine girl-next-door vibe and serious fashion cred… I have a feeling Aluna Francis will have no trouble making new friends. AlunaGeorge have been touring Europe and the UK,…
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Last week we had the opportunity to head along to the Sydney based rehearsals of the upcoming, multi-million dollar revival of Grease: The Musical, which will be touring Australia from later in the month. Pictured below, courtesy of Nathan Atkins, are some photos from the cast rehearsing one of the musical’s most iconic tracks “Grease…
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Surely everyone gets excited about Christmas, right? Well Suzanne Bennington does! White Reindeer, written, directed and edited by Zach Clark, follows a period of where Suzanne (Anna Margaret Hollyman), a real-estate agent, deals with the sudden death of her husband Jeff (Nathan Williams), the local TV weatherman. This so happens during her favourite holiday season…
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the AU review is turning FIVE years old this week, and to celebrate, throughout the month of August we’re asking many of our musician friends to help us look back on the last five years of music! We continue with acclaimed slide guitarist Owen Campbell giving us his top five moments of the last five…
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the AU review is turning FIVE years old this week, and to celebrate, throughout the month of August we’re asking many of our musician friends to help us look back on the last five years of music! We’re kicking things off with a band who are kicking arse both locally and overseas: sleepmakeswaves. Kid from…
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After revealing it to the industry live on stage at the Helpmann Awards last week, this morning Baz Luhrmann, alongside the creative team from Global Creatures (responsible for the recent Melbourne premiere of King Kong, his wife Catherine Martin, Premier Barry O’Farrell and some sequined dancers, held the official media announcement for the April 2014…
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Country rockers The Wild Feathers are topping off a massive year in 2013 with the release of their debut self-titled album in Australia today. Since signing to Warner Bros Records, the band have toured with Paul Simon and are set to begin another tour with Willie Nelson – not to mention the festivals they have…
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Ego played the UNSW Roundhouse on Thursday night. Gwendolyn was there and brings us these photos.
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So? Did we get it right? Well, we were pretty convinced on The Cure playing, so were a bit off the ball there. In fact the band who was booked as a headliner who had previously played a festival in Australia before was the band who played Big Day Out back in 2008, Arcade Fire!…
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