While they were at Clockenflap in Hong Kong on Friday night, I sat down with Justin Hayward-Young and Árni Árnason of English group The Vaccines, who made waves and received accolades with their records What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? and Come of Age in 2011 and 2012 respectively. Yes, there was a while…
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The Wii U’s most hotly anticipated title is finally here. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U has been a very long time coming indeed and for fans of the series keen to beat their friends up all over again, it’s everything you ever wanted from a Smash Bros title and much, much more.
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San Cisco headlined a massive show at the Metro Theatre in Sydney earlier this week, joined by Gunns and Montaigne. Gwendolyn Lee was there and brings us these photos from the night:
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It will be a sad goodbye to a very long-running Australian program as At the Movies with beloved film critics Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton bring their 28-year show to a close. From SBS to ABC, they have been the most trusted and most respected of film critics and so their final episode is guaranteed…
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Director J.J Abrams has allowed us a small peek into the upcoming Star Wars: Episode XII – The Force Awakens, giving us a nice little trip of nostalgia as well as giving us the impression that next year’s latest installment in the iconic film series will be bigger and more epic than ever before. For…
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Brooklyn-based band, Chumped are a band full of feelings. With their 12-track debut, they deliver an album full of punk-esque tunes with lyrics that summon the emotions felt when you’re trying to get over somebody or when you just need to put your music really loud while driving, annoucing to the world that you’re pissed off at…
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Have Mercy are a band responsible for sending people’s emotions into turmoil. It’s quite exquisite and almost empowering to know that a band’s music can mess with someone’s feelings from the first track to the last. Last year they brought heartaches and unwritten love letters with The Earth Pushed Back and this year they amplify this with their…
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We sit on the set of Once: The Musical at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre to talk to the “Guy” and “Girl” of the show, Tom Parsons and Madeleine Jones, about how they came to be in the production, their Glen Hansard and Swell Season experiences, their musical histories and more. Filmed in Melbourne in November 2014….
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In part two of our video chat with Adelaide brothers The Kin, Larry chats to the boys about some new songs, crafting their set lists, their future recording plans, and more. Stay up to date with The Kin on their official website HERE
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The second of three Telltale Games releases this holiday season, the first episode of Tales from the Borderlands is a step in a different direction for the developer. Usually preferring slower-paced story-telling with a focus on dialogue, “Zer0 Sum” smashes theatrically through the walls of Telltale’s comfort zone and takes you on a pacey, action-oriented…
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Sad news today, Mindy fans – Adam Pally will be leaving the series in early 2015 (although apparently he will be making guest appearances as time permits). I can’t tell you how sad this makes me, as even if he’s only in the episode for a couple of minutes – as in this week’s offering…
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Serena is an adaptation of a Ron Rash novel that at times is considered even too strange to be fiction. This period drama starts off as a sumptuous, romantic tale set in North Carolina during the Depression. It is a slow burn to begin with but in the final act it turns into a bizarre…
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I’m kind of a comic book nut. When Telltale Games announced that they were releasing a noir point-and-click adventure based on Bill Willingham’s FABLES series of graphic novels, I was pretty excited. Though The Wolf Among Us released earlier this year in it’s entirety on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC, the game has just seen…
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SBS 2’s The Feed has aired the full version of “Broadcast Battleground” as part of their final episode of 2014. Capping off a year of news done a bit differently, the increasingly impressive program has managed to convince the country’s top news broadcasters from rival channels to, well, kill each other. In a totally real…
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Click the PLAY Button to listen to the stream! If the pop-up doesn’t work, try this direct link HERE CURRENT SCHEDULE: HELLO ASIA! RADIO: Tuesday 2PM, Friday 9PM, Sunday 1PM ALL AU: Monday 8AM, Tuesday 5PM, Friday 5PM BANANA ROCKET RADIO: Wednesday 10AM, Friday 12PM, Sunday 9PM BEATSRADIO: Tuesday 10AM, Thursday 5PM, Saturday 11AM BRANKO’S…
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In the last decade society has experienced an enormous upheaval with technology and the effect of that on people and their social relationships has also changed drastically. In Men, Women & Children we take a stark look at the interactions between parents and their kids and how the digital age is both a help and…
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The inaugural Brisbane Asia Pacific Film Festival (BAPFF) is a 16 day event screening more than 80 films from across the region. The new program includes multi-award winning features and documentaries, highlights from the festival circuit, and a curated showcase of the best films from the Asia Pacific region. The festival’s program champions the big…
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Museum of Sydney, as part of Sydney Living Museums (which looks after a group of 12 of the most important historic houses, gardens and museums), will showcase a number of film events which will kick off before the end of this year, focusing on documentaries both old and new. The concept has been curated by…
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Thursday Muriel’s Wedding, GEM, 9:10 pm AEST From the horrendous fashion to Muriel’s laughable obsession with ABBA, Muriel’s Wedding offers a hilarious yet equally bleak perspective on life in Australia in the 90s. Whilst Muriel herself may be “terrible” (according to her sister), this movie certainly is not. Stacey Dooley in the USA, SBS 2, 9:30 pm…
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A couple of decades ago, equality was an issue that many people struggled to achieve in society. Imagine people of today fighting over racial differences? Sadly, this still happens but nothing compared to before. With the recent release of Studiocanal’s trailer of American drama film, Selma (directed by Ava DuVernay), viewers will find a sense of empathy towards…
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In our new series “Stumbled Upon”, we get to know a new band we’ve stumbled across. In our 4th instalment, we meet Portland’s indie pop sensation Pink Feathers, and chat about her love of pop music and get a sneak peak at her latest track. Band Name: Pink Feathers Website & Social Media: pinkfeathers.co Twitter…
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A huge benefit to raise funds and awareness for the important anti-fracking cause was held in Sydney, with the likes of Pete Murray, Nahko and more coming together for the brilliant ‘Rock the Gate’ event. Gwendolyn Lee was there for the AU and brings us these photos!
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The ARIA Awards return to Channel Ten tonight at 7.30pm and we’ll be live from the event all day, bringing you all the action from red carpet and backstage on Twitter. Stay tuned to the hashtag #AUxARIAs for all the updates. So what can you expect from the awards tonight? Here’s a few of the…
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As the Australian Music Industry gets ready for its “night of nights” at the 2014 ARIA Awards, New Zealand’s own industry had their own reason to celebrate last week with the 49th Annual Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards taking over the Vector Arena in Auckland with a phenomenally well run event. Naturally, Lorde was the…
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I’ve been running the AU review for over 6 years now. During that time we’ve had over a hundred photographers come through our doors around the country – probably more… and though I’ve been behind plenty of video cameras, I’ve never dabbled much in photography myself. It can’t be that hard can it? Well, the…
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It’s a full blown, technologically advanced dinosaur theme park that is to serve as our island setting for the fourth installment in the iconic Jurassic Park series. Jurassic World, due for release June 12th next year, has itself an official trailer now, giving us a nice scope of just how chaotic this film is going…
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Sony Pictures has unveiled all the things that will go bump in the night in their upcoming Goosebumps movie. The cavalcade of characters look fantastic, most notable of which is Slappy, the ventriloquist doll from Night of the Living Dummy. Jack Black plays R.L Stine, author of the Goosebumps books who is forced to hide…
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What may ostensibly be another cash in of a classic children’s cartoon in the vein of Alvin & The Chipmunks and Yogi Bear, Paddington has received the ultimate thumbs up. London’s Leicester Square was the home of the Paddington premier last night and the venue had a very special guest in attendance. Michael Bond -the creator of the…
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Despite Interstellar’s stellar reviews and impressive opening week, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 did as expected and knocked it back down to earth. The Hunger Games is a box office magnet. It is commonplace for the franchise and this week was no different as the the newest iteration pulled in over $11.8 million. Interstellar didn’t…
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