We’ve been impressed lately by a band from Bristol called Falling Stacks. We wanted to get to know them a bit better, so caught up with them at the end of last year as they looked towards the release of their new EP Vizsla, out next month. Here’s what went down: Let us in on…
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the AU review’s Larry Heath sits down with two parts of Brisbane group Stellar Green to talk about their new single “Refuge” and the accompanying tour! They’re playing the Bald faced Stag in Sydney tonight (28th February) ahead of shows in other states (see below!)… TOUR DATES Friday February 28 – Sydney Bald Faced Stag…
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Celebrating its 21st year, triple j spent Australia Day counting down the best songs of 2013 in another massive Hottest 100. A huge 1,492,619 votes were cast by 173,658 music fans, and over 5,700 Hottest 100 parties were held around the world, making triple j’s Hottest 100 the world’s biggest musical democracy. And now you…
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Well, it’s that time of the year again. The biggest awards show of the season, The 86th Academy Awards, screens Monday afternoon in Australia live on Channel Nine from 12.30pm AEDT, with Ellen Degeneres as our host. In anticipation, myself and Iris writer Alex King thought we’d take you through the list of nominees and…
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At last! Cleaver Greene is back in the legal saddle with a case we can all get excited about. Scarlet has been promoted to Senior Counsel and now has an enormous workload, so at Barney’s suggestion, she agrees to take Cleaver on as one of her juniors. It seems like a pretty illogical decision for…
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AFI played their Sydney sidewave at the Factory Theatre on Tuesday night with Crosses as support. Photos by Gwendolyn Lee.
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the AU review and Sydney Festival presents Amanda Palmer performing “The Bed Song” during her residency in January 2014, in The Famous Spiegeltent. Enjoy the clip and see her performing the track “Runs in the Family”
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We ask the bands of Soundwave Festival 2014 if they can sum up the festival in one word. Here’s what they had to say. This video features, in order in part one: Mastodon, John 5 from Rob Zombie, DARKC3LL, GWAR, Chris from Five Finger Death Punch, Dir En Grey, AFI, Mutemath, Deez Nuts, Filter, Mutemath…
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After playing in Perth and en route to Melbourne, we caught up with The Impossible Girl aka Kim Boekbinder, her unique way of incorporating fans into her shows, crowdfunding her latest record and of course, we talk about her Australian experiences! How did your Perth show go and what have your experiences in Australia been…
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Elizabeth Rose is more than just a voice singing over beats. As per her conversation with Philippe Perez, she reveals a hidden former career in the dancing world, the notion of musicians being politically active, and much more. Oh, and she has a new self-titled EP out as well that contains some real throwbacks to…
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Were you aware of the centuries old space dust you breathe in daily? Or the billions of micro-organisms thriving on your body right now? Mysteries of the Unseen World 3D brings these little known facts to life, uncovering an invisible world, too fast, too slow and too small for the human eye. A feat of…
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Umbrella Entertainment has announced that the Australian film The Babadook will be released in Australian cinemas on the 22nd of May 2014. The film premiered to highly positive reviews at the Sundance Film Festival earlier in the year and has also been tipped for a European release this year. The buzz surrounding the film is…
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If you’re a Sons of Anarchy fan, especially an Australian based one, the next few months are set to be a mixture of emotions. Of course, the highly anticipated seventh and final season of the wildly popular FX show is premiering in September, which is exciting but sad at the same time. If you’re just…
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Too often film-lovers go to the cinema to see a film that they already know everything about before they even enter the theatre. However, if you prefer your cinematic experiences to be more spontaneous, you’re in luck! World Movies has announced the return of the World Movies Secret Cinema to Sydney from April 11 to…
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And so the arc that will take us through to the end of the season begins. The title “Sister”, predictably, means the introduction of Abby (Linda Cardellini), Jess’ younger sister. Imagine Jess, but hard-core and confident – oh, and needing picking up from jail. This, of course, means trouble, leading to sibling guilt, leading to…
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We have just days to go until Liverpool artist Mikhael Paskalev arrives in Australia for his debut tour: three intimate live dates in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne – plus shows at Perth Festival and at WOMADelaide! The dates were announced after Paskalev released his I Spy EP to critical acclaim last year – with the…
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Dan Webb is a maverick singer/songwriter/keyboardist/producer from Melbourne, as well as a favourite of the AU review, whose highly awaited debut album Sandstorm is due to be released May 9 via Misdemeanor Records/MGM Distribution. Today, the AU review is proud to world premiere the first single “Sleep”, featuring Ashleigh Cummings set for digital release on…
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Having just released Real Feel – their long awaited second LP – we sit down with Simon and Alex from Sydney band The Holidays to find out what took the band so long between their first two records, the journey they went on to make the record – and we were there the moment they…
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A brand new, epic three minute trailer has been released for the anticipated sequel, Spider-Man 2: Rise of Electro, released in Australian cinemas on April 17th. The film stars Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Dane DeHaan, Paul Giamatti and Sally Field. Watch the trailer here and get excited! Who doesn’t love Spider-Man? We’ve always…
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When I think about movies like Non-Stop, I like to imagine a bunch of guys in suits sitting around a table, somewhere in a Hollywood boardroom, with an elaborate multiple choice flowchart spread across the table. It’s littered with options, and the guys around the table work their way across and choose from the options. “So……
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Released internationally today was the brand new trailer for the 2014 American rebirth of Godzilla. The film is set to hit cinemas in Australia on May 15, 2014. You can watch the brand new trailer below, as well as a special sound wave clip that was released yesterday to show off Godzilla’s mighty roar. As…
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Certainly the most noteworthy of The Feed’s headlines for its February 25 episode was the proposed fatwa being put on a mission to Mars by the United Arab Emirates. Whilst this sounds like an Onion article or a bizarre pulpy science fiction plot, this is actually the situation many Muslims may find themselves in. Not…
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It’s always a joy when an Australian film debuts at the top of the box office, and this past weekend was such a time. Home-grown horror sequel Wolf Creek 2, starring John Jarratt and Ryan Corr, took the #1 spot at the Australian box office over the weekend, beating out Mark Wahlberg-led war film Lone Survivor. The film took…
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‘Claimed’ wasn’t all about our three new characters as most would have expected; instead, Rick’s plight was the highlight of this episode The Walking Dead. In continuing the bleak prospects that come with separation – and both the human and zombie threat that doesn’t allow for any sort of rest – we were split between…
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From the first book that kicked off the international best-selling series and has sold over 8 million copies in print across 35 countries, Vampire Academy the film is being released in cinemas nation wide on March 6. From the director of Mean Girls and starring Aussie Lucy Fry, Zoey Deutch (Beautiful Creatures) and Sarah Hyland…
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Biopics focusing on the lives of Australia’s music artists come few and far between. There tends to be a focus on criminals, which started with the string of Ned Kelly films (our first ever feature was The Story of the Kelly Gang), continuing over the last few years with the success of the Underbelly series…
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Enjoy all 19 of our backstage interviews at Soundwave Festival in Sydney over the weekend, featuring GWAR, Pennywise, Filter, Mastodon, Mutemath, Deez Nuts, AFI, Walking Papers, Richie Sambora, Jimmy Eat World, Dir En Grey, Eagles of Death Metal and many, many more… The Festival continues in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth this weekend! All the details…
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Ahead of his show at the Perth Festival, we caught up with Icelandic composer and musician Ólafur Arnalds to discuss his latest album, 2013’s For Now I Am Winter and get a glimpse into his creative process. How are you, how’s the jet lag? Not too bad, my head feels a little bit foggy, but…
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The Supanova Pop Culture Expo is soon to be kicking off for another year, hitting up the Gold Coast and Melbourne in April for two massive conventions. Featuring a great line-up of actors, voice artists, authors and more from all over the place, fans of sci-fi, fantasy, graphic novels, manga and everything else in between…
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Thursday night saw Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds brave the warm Perth weather and make his Perth Festival debut at the festival gardens, treating the attentive and patient crowd to a selection of songs from his latest album For Now I Am Winter and more. Sydney composer Sophie Hutchings opened proceedings with a brief, but lovely…
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