To celebrate the bands return to Australia for the first time in 17 years – which kicks off in Brisbane tonight – Superchunk are offering a free download of a live recording from their last visit – a performance at Melbourne’s Iconic Corner Hotel! The release is called: Clambakes Vol 7: Shut the F*ck Up!…….
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There have been mixed reviews for Italian director Giuseppe Tornatore’s latest masterpiece. His name is perhaps not extensively known in Australia, but some may remember his film Baarìa, a beautiful piece from 2009. The Best Offer may just be his best to date, showcasing his talents as both a director and a writer, casting insight to the mind…
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We talk to guitarist Jim Wilbur from iconic American group Superchunk who come to Australia this week to perform shows with M. Ward and Neutral Milk Hotel – the band you never thought you’d get to see but finally are getting the chance to. According to Jim, “they’re a rock band from the middle ages!”…
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Red Beard are currently on tour with Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, hitting up a huge amount of venues around the nation through until November 23rd. The Gympie act who are beginning to make waves themselves, have guitarist Michael McKiernan answer some questions the AU had for them about touring, plans for 2014 and how releasing their…
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With their anticiapted tour kicking off TOMORROW, we caught up with JC Carroll from legendary UK group The Members to talk about their 34 year absence from our country, what we can expect from the shows, playing Glastonbury, reuniting with Rudi Thompson for the Australian show, working with Rat Scabies and more… Having Rudi on…
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Forget the Big Brother finale or the latest instalment of Underbelly, Australia’s television event of 2013 comes with the return of everyone’s favourite (or least favourite) polarising comedian. Chris Lilley’s Ja’mie: Private School Girl essentially picks up where we left off after Summer Heights High – it’s Ja’mie’s last year of high school, she’s the ‘quichest’ girl…
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Poor Camille Claudel. The famous artist would create a lasting legacy of sculptures and drawings that are still important and relevant today. But she was also one tortured artist. Camille Claudel 1915 attempts to capture all of these emotions and feelings. It’s also a French biopic that is a claustrophobic chronicle of three days in her sad life. Claudel…
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This week’s episode brought the whole gang back together with the arrival of Coach (Damon Wayans Jr), and, let’s be honest, was anyone really expecting that plot? Strip clubs, crying, getting drunk (we probably expected those last two), and Taye Diggs saying ‘rubber baby buggy bumpers’. All signs of a great episode. It was nice…
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The Supanova Pop Culture Expo has recently wrapped up its Brisbane leg, bringing some awesome talent from the fields of TV, film, graphic novels, comics and more to Australian fans. One such member of the guest lineup is Stanislav Ianevski, also known to many Harry Potter fans as the Durmstrang Champion, Viktor Krum. The actor, who played the role in Harry Potter…
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Available from 5pm on the 11th of November UK time, Yahoo! Movies will take you live to The Hunger Games: Catching Fire global red carpet premiere in the UK. Find the stream available below, which will go live at about 4am Sydney time. The film is released in Australia on 21st November 2013. ———- This content…
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the AU review sits down with Canada’s Andy Brown to talk about what he’s been up to since he last toured Australia, his latest single off the record Tinman and we look ahead to his massive Australian tour with Damien Leith, which runs through December 2013. In the videos below we also talk influences and…
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Abbe May has revealed her new clip for “Perth Girls”, a homage to the clip for Robert Palmer’s “Simply Irresistible” clip. The track comes off her celebrated (and ARIA award nominated) album Kiss My Apocalypse, and is being released with a new track in “Total Control” as a double A-Side. Check out the clip here:…
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Out today on Warp through Inertia is Shields: Expanded and Shields: B-Sides, Grizzly Bear‘s special follow up their acclaimed 2012 album Shields. The track listings are below. And so is a new track being released as part of both collections: “Listen and Wait”. Enjoy! Shields Expanded Tracklist: DISC 1: 01. Sleeping Ute 02. Speak In…
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Currently on tour to celebrate her new single “The Good Life” we talk to Sydney producer Elizabeth Rose about the track, the tour, her recent trip to the USA for CMJ and more… Welcome back to Australia! You played your first local show in a while at Alhambra over the weekend, how did the show…
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the AU review talks to actress Michele Williams talks about playing Betty in Neil LaBute’s In A Forest Dark And Deep, which is currently in an encore season at Northcote’s Winterfall at The Theatre Husk, until November 23rd. You’ve kicked off the season… how have the show(s) gone so far? So far we have only…
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Dew Process’ latest signee goes by the name MT – fronted by Michael Tomlinson of Yves Klein Blue – and they’ve released a debut single in the form of “Alpha Romeo”, which you can enjoy below! MT was born in the UK, so there’s already been a great deal of love from the likes of…
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Directed by Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind), February 2014 will see the international release of Winter’s Tale, an adaptation of Mark Helprin’s celebrated novel of the same name. The story is simultaneously set in 19th Century and present-day Manhattan, revolving around a thief, a dying girl and a flying white horse. We’re thinking of this…
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Homeland is back for another year. I will be chronicling the journeys of Carrie, Saul and Brody throughout the third season of the best show currently on television. Spoilers within so don’t read before viewing the episodes! Previously on Homeland… So the whole ‘Saul betraying Carrie and having her put in a mental institution’ scenario…
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The fruits of plot and character seeds are beginning to flourish. Episode 4 illuminates character history and sets the foundation for war between the witches of Salem and the voodoo witches. Although a step up from the state the series began with, it is still unsubtle in conveying information. If you haven’t seen the last…
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the AU review talks to Steve Kilbey (The Church) about his brief Australian tour as Steve Kilbey & The Hoffmenn with Strings and Western Australia’s The Morning Night. We also find out the next album from The Church, how he feels moving forward creatively and much more… Tour Dates: Wed Nov 6 The Vanguard Newtown…
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the AU review talks to Swedish DJ and producer Adrian Lux about his new single “Wild Child”, we get some hints as to what may be on his next album, and we talk about his current Australian tour. Interview/Edit/Camera: Larry Heath Filmed on 6th November 2013 in Sydney, Australia REMAINING AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES: NEWCASTLE: King…
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Directed by Dimitri Basil, Snakadaktal‘s new music video for their single “Fall Underneath” – off their acclaimed album Sleep in the Water – has been released. The video features plenty of retro filters and a lot of motion. Check it out now! Song Lyrics: Fall Underneath. Stop your clock, fall underneath To hear the steps,…
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Fresh from their first tour in support of the debut album Leisure Coast, Austinmer six piece Shining Bird are set to play a run of festival and one off performances during November to showcase their new single, “Keep Warm”. Following a series of self-made video clips, the band teamed up with Byron Bay production team…
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We’re excited to present “Northern Lights”, the first single from DZ Deathrays forthcoming sophomore LP, which we are expecting to be released in the first half of 2014. The track was produced and mixed by Andy Savours, and it’s a bit of a change from what we’re used to from the Brisbane duo. We don’t…
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Playing the WAM Festival Saturday Spectacular this weekend in Perth are past WA Music Award nominees Anton Franc. I had the chance to speak to Josh Bowyer & Jamie Kuzich from the group on the day their new EP All This Talk was released… Congratulations on the release of your new EP! Yeah! It’s pretty…
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As an adaptation of Lloyd Jones’ award winning novel of the same name, Andrew Adamson has taken this story and breathed a visually rich and emotionally moving story to life on the big screen. On the island of Bougainville it’s idyllic, with white sandy beaches and crystal blue water, palm trees that are as tall…
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The horror genre has always been filled with a lot of rubbish. Audiences will pay to see anything if they think it will scare them, regardless of the quality. This has led to the success of many sub-par horror films in recent years. However, there has been one director quietly championing the return of proper,…
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As he raced up the West Coast of the USA for a series of intimate shows celebrating the release of their new record Burials, I caught up with Soundwave festival bound Jade Puget of AFI to talk about their return to the festival, their new album and much, much more! I understand you’re in Portland…
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Currently celebrating “drug week”, Larry Heath caught up with Jeannette Francis from SBS2’s current affairs series The Feed to talk about the week, a taste of what’s to come before this series comes to an end – and we celebrate the fact SBS has commissioned the series to return in 2014, doubling its length from…
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For anybody struggling — whether it’s with sickness, relationships, or finishing that last task for your boss — phrases like “but it’s not that bad” and “you’ll be fiiiiiiine” are sometimes more harmful than helpful. Guardian journalist Oliver Burkeman seeks to challenge these frustrating fragments of advice with what he calls “the negative path to…
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