Since forming in 2000 in Queens, Punk Rockers Bayside have proven to be one of the hardest working bands in the genre. They’ve survived tragedy and each other, releasing five records along the way and embarking on countless domestic tours, the hard work has paid off for the group, with a dedicated fan base both…
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Australia’s longest running all-ages festival, Push Over, has announced that it has cancelled its 2014 event, scheduled for Monday March 10th at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl. The event was scheduled to include Pez, Chance Waters, Deez Nuts, The Smith Street Band, All Day, Remi and many more… Over its 21 years, it has provided…
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The Feed kicked off the second week of its second season with what seemed like a cruel tease of Back to the Future technology only to lead us into decidedly heavier news. The riots and breakouts on the Manus Island detention centre are troubling and depressing realities to our current asylum seeker policy are always…
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For those of you who haven’t yet hopped on board with Sleepy Hollow I’m here to once again regale you with a recap of episodes to give you a chance to check the series out now that it’s completed all 13 episodes. Episodes 1-5 of Season One introduced us to Ichabod Crane (Tom Mison) and…
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Heroes and tyrants, Gods and Mortals, and ancient armies all clashed on stage on Sunday night. All of them brought to vivid life by one man, actor and co-writer Denis O’Hare, for the Australian premiere of the An Iliad. A captivating and engaging adaptation and reinterpretation of Homer’s Iliad by US collective Homer’s Coat, that…
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Gold Coast four piece Stellar Green return from a brief hiatus with a fresh lineup and a new single in the form of “Refuge”. The AU is proud to present the exclusive music video premiere of the track, which is officially released on February 21st. The band then embark on a tour through March, with…
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The Iris’ Larry Heath meets Cuban Fury star Nick Frost at the Sydney, Australia premiere on Valentine’s Day, 2014. They talk about Nick’s return to Australia, the film (a dancing romantic comedy!), writing drunk e-mails and potential future films that may or may not involve drinking beer in pools and wrestling… Cuban Fury is released…
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What was probably the heaviest (and last) episode of the week saw the crew from The Feed tackling pig hunting, sexual abuse, Olympic hanky panky and nudist churches. Just another evening on SBS2! The lead headlines are always the least fascinating part of the show, yet Marc Fennell manages to get the show cooking with…
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Lynyrd Skynyrd played the Qantas Credit Union Arena on Thursday night with support from My Dynamite. the AU brings you these photos by Gwendolyn Lee.
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After a while away from any recorded material since 2008 (although everyone in the band has their own band outing in the quiet piece), I Killed The Prom Queen have recently found themselves with a different approach to constructing songs on their new album, titled Beloved. Guitarist Kevin Cameron from the band chatted with Philippe…
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The first official trailer for the 2014 USA Comedy Tammy starring Melissa McCarthy has been released and we have it for you on The Iris. The trailer is likely to be a clip they’ve made specifically for a sneak preview like this, and sees McCarthy’s character attempt to rob a fast food outlet with pretty…
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the AU review captures Australian artist Dewayne Everettsmith performing his single “It’s Like Love” for Valentine’s Day 2014. Off his soon to be released debut album Surrender, out March 14th through Skinnyfish. Filmed near Central Station, in Sydney.
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Larry Heath sits down with Canadian trio Austra to talk about their second Australian tour, which kicks off tonight in Adelaide! We talk about the that, their last tour as part of Laneway Festival… their most recent record and much more… The dates are here: ADELAIDE: THU 13 FEB 2014, ADELAIDE UNIBAR SYDNEY: FRI 14…
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Larry Heath sits down with Eamon Flack, the director of Once in Royal David’s City – Michael Gow’s new play which just premiered at the Belvoir Street Theatre in Sydney, Australia. Performances run until 23rd March. We talk about the play, working with the amazing cast and more. More details: http://belvoir.com.au/productions/once-in-royal-davids-city/
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When Cleaver Greene was sent to prison at the end of Season 2 of Rake, I have to admit that I was pretty dubious about how the next season would play out. Surely they’d have to think of some legal fandangle that would have Cleaver waking up to find it was all a bad dream— a…
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If you’re making a film “based on a true story”, what responsibilities do you have to your true story? It’s a question that’s been raised several times over the past year – with several major details of The Butler proving to be fabricated, and the truths of 12 Years A Slave called into question, it bears discussion as to…
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Ed Kowalcyzk played the Enmore Theatre on Tuesday night with support from Lester The Fierce. Photos by Gwendolyn Lee.
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At a time where speakers are getting smaller, more powerful, and more connective, companies across the board are focusing just as much on aesthetics as anything else to help them stick out from the pack. Logitech’s latest entry into the reasonably flooded wireless speaker market are their Z600 speakers, a pair of beautiful towers perfect…
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Cole Escola and Jeffery Self, aka the VGL Boys, are soon to be on their way to Australia for some shows! Conjuring up a cult following through their YouTube videos, the Jeffery & Cole Casserole and various solo ventures, the duo are going to be presenting Desperate Houseboys at the Seymour Centre in Sydney as…
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Date movies are a given every Valentine’s Day. Usually doomed romances or wildly unrealistic melodramas, they serve their purpose for that one day of the year and are more often than not instantly forgotten. Despite what its When Harry Met Sally inspired poster suggests, Are We Officially Dating? (aka. That Awkward Moment) is a welcome alternative to the normal Valentine’s…
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The remake of 1987’s RoboCop has narrowly won the Australian box office battle over the weekend. Despite its #1 placing, the film has opened to average reviews, and is likely to go down the route of 2012’s Total Recall; another remake that no-one really wanted and therefore did not perform very well. The Wolf of Wall Street continued its successful…
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Piano prodigy Eli Bloom is on his way to the most important audition of his life, but first he has to drop his mother Penny off at drug rehab. Since she has to test positive to be admitted, mother and son end up at the door of her dealer Sprinkles in search of one last…
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It’s A Disaster is the black comedy feature film written and directed by Todd Berger. It starts at another Sunday “couples brunch” amongst a group of friends. Not only do the relationships of these couples and the friendships amongst them seem to fall apart, but also a mysterious world disaster occurs outside the home. A…
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Every year, it seems there is a film that deals with more than its fair share of controversy, and Blue is the Warmest Colour was that film in 2013. A film that needs no introduction if you’ve heard any of the stories; since its Palme d’Or win back in May, it seems Blue has barely…
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Laneway Festival returned to Western Australia for the 5th year on Saturday, moving from its home in the Cultural Precinct, to the leafy surrounds of Fremantle’s Esplanade park. In a period of uncertainty for festival organisers Laneway seems to be going from strength to strength consistently selling out across the country, even in Perth! But…
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Some gigs are really hard to put into words. It’s that “look, I don’t know how to tell you this, but you weren’t there and you really missed out” sort of feeling. You don’t want to come off a dick, but at the same time, you know it’s true. And nothing you can say in…
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As if it needed anything to prove at all, The Feed easily showed that its success and ease in the half hour format was no flash in the pan with its second 2014 episode. The Feed has clearly got its format down-pat with an opening few minutes dedicated to what’s gone down in the day’s…
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Last season The Walking Dead kicked off their second half of season 3 by introducing Tyreese, a character which hasn’t yet made the impact he does in the comics, and hasn’t yet been developed properly. Despite this, it was still a big moment in the series and kicked the mid-season off with a finale-quality feel….
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Any episode entitled “Birthday” is probably going to have an aspect of significance to it, particularly when the birthday in question is that of Jess. Within the very first minute it was established that Jess has unrealistically high expectations for her birthday, evidenced by a flashback of Cece gifting her a sweater made in China,…
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This Easter weekend, Los Angeles group Ozomatli will be bringing their some twenty years of experience back to the Byron Bay Bluesfest. They’re a band who are always a favourite of the festival and this year should be no different. Just before they come down under though, they are releasing their eighth studio album, Place…
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