Day: 9 January 2014

Photo Gallery: Vampire Weekend – Hordern Pavilion (08.01.14)

Vampire Weekend played the Hordern Pavilion on Wednesday night. Gwendolyn Lee was there and brings us these photos.

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the AU interview: Austin Jenkins and James Petralli of White Denim (Austin, TX)

Larry Heath sits down with Austin Jenkins and James Petralli of Austin Texas band White Denim during their first ever Australian tour in January 2014, not long before they hit the stage in Sydney, supporting Hanni El Khatib, in a Falls Festival sideshow.

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Win a double pass to join Curvey at the Melbourne Big Day Out!

the AU review is proud to support Curve Lurve, the McGrath Foundation’s education initiative, developed to help increase breast awareness in young Australians, with a particular emphasis on young women. To help promote Curve Lurve, the McGrath Foundation has commissioned a 1950s inspired caravan named Curvey that will attend the 2014 Big Day Out in…

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Sydney Festival Live Review: Ben Caplan and the Casual Smokers – The Spiegeltent, Festival Village (08.01.13)

In the now classic song* by Sydney band The Beards, it’s exclaimed “There’s Nothing Better Than Having a Beard”. What Canadian troubadour Ben Caplan proved in his Sydney Festival opening set, accompanied by his band The Casual Smokers, is that a) this is true and b) it’s even better when that beard can play some…

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Interview: Deez Nuts (Melbourne) talk Soundwave Festival 2014!

We’re weeks away from experiencing the wonder that is Soundwave Festival around Australia, and one of the local bands to be a part of the bill are Melbourne’s Deez Nuts. Philippe caught up with the band to talk about the festival, their latest album and more… There were a lot of guest spots that appeared…

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Box Office Report: Smaug still king under the mountain

It’s still very much holiday time at the Australian Box Office, with nine of the top ten films grossing over $1 million over the past weekend. Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug continues its dominance of the chart and shows that the public’s thirst for films set in Middle-Earth has not waned. In second place,…

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