To set the scene here, we’d just arrived on American soil at JFK airport, New York from Frankfurt, Germany after our first European tour as King Parrot. A couple of us have toured Europe before with other bands, but this was our first run as KP. We did a 10 show run across 7 countries…
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Today on the AU we’re excited to bring you the exclusive premiere of the brand new single from Northcote outfit Alma Kalorama. The band recorded the track, “Now And Then”, at home in Northcote and enlisted the amazing Liam Judson (Cloud Control, Bells Will Ring) to bring it all together in the mix. Be the…
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It was announced on Friday that Qantas Airlines would return service to its Perth to Singapore Route on June 26th, after shelving it in May 2014, as part of a run of improvements set to be instated for its West Australian services. Qantas will operate five return Boeing 737 Perth to Singapore services each week,…
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After the success of the single ‘Believer’ in late 2014, APRA New Songwriter Finalist Brad Butcher has just released his sophomore record Jamestown and is hitting the road this week to celebrate. In celebration of the release, we’re excited to bring you an exclusive full stream of the album as well as a track-by-track from…
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Eclectic and acclaimed, Ruby Boots surely needs little introduction. After popping by to perform her latest single “Wrap Me in a Fever” (watch that HERE), the Perth songstress sat down to talk about her brand new album Solitude and touring with Tony Joe White, Shakey Graves and Shovels & Rope! In the interview, we talk…
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We continue on with our SXSW interview series with Canadian group The Wet Secrets – surely the best dressed band at the festival. Filmed just after their set at the Canadian Blast BBQ, we chat about their set, their music and much more. Follow the band on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thewetsecrets. Photo by Max Telzerow (maxsnaps.com).
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There’s nothing better than discovering a band before they break into the market. You get to see them earn their chops while you stand front and centre, learning every song and becoming one of their first fans. But sometimes it helps to have an idea about where to look! This week on the AU we’ll…
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With Mortal Kombat 9 receiving such universal acclaim, heralded as a major revitalisation for the long-running and controversial series, and deemed ‘the best MK so far’, it’s only right that Mortal Kombat X completely top it’s predecessor. With the NetherRealm team jogging in the right direction, they have managed to take make their first foray…
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June 11th couldn’t feel further away now that a new trailer has been released for the highly anticipated, long overdue fourth installment in the iconic Jurassic Park film franchise, Jurassic World. The explosive trailer gives us a comprehensive look at what we’ll be witnessing when Colin Trevorrow’s film is finally released later this year. From…
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Gourmet Cinema is back this year, spread across three days from 9th to 11th June, to once again deliver the perfect pairing of food and film to the Sydney Film Festival. The concept is quite simple really, you sit back with a group of fellow cinephiles to enjoy a fine foodie film and then, following…
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The 68th Cannes Film Festival is fast approaching and Entertainment One is on board, screening 3 films at the prestigious event. First up is a moving and deeply personal journey into the life and times of late singer Amy Winehouse entitled Amy. The team behind Senna have ascertained interviews with close friends and family and…
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The previous episode of Marvel’s Daredevil ended with perhaps the biggest cliffhanger of the series to date, with Matt’s best friend and partner Foggy Nelson discovering the truth about his secret identity. As the title “Nelson v Murdock” suggests, this episode is largely occupied by the repercussions of this discovery, and the consequences it may have on both their…
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An Invisible Sign paints with numbers in the worst possible way. This quirky film could have been an engaging look at a young woman who grapples with her father’s illness. But instead it has an unlikeable lead character and is an unrealistic and confused movie that meanders and plods along. The film marks the feature…
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Baz Luhrman’s venture into the humble beginnings of Hip-Hop culture is in full swing, with The Get Down casting its first female lead. Marking her acting debut, singer/songwriter Herizen F. Guardiola has been selected to play Mylene Cruz, a motivated young woman with a spectacular voice and aspirations to become a disco star – an ambition her deeply religious…
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Written by Chris Issacs, Old Love is the latest play from Perth’s theatrical super-group The Last Great Hunt. Fans of the emerging collectives work so far will not be disappointed; Old Love is full of humour, wit and captivating characters, from the sophisticated and sultry older woman Florence (Nicola Bartlett) to the younger vitriolic foot-in-mouth…
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Already topping the Australian charts since its release, Gang of Youths present a warmth and fiery-edge to the indie scene of music with their debut album, The Positions. Full of raw emotion, an atmosphere of storytelling is played out in each track, with intricate and striking lyrics that you don’t need to relate to to understand. In the…
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If you’re looking for a good variety of Australian comedy during this year’s MICF look no further than 3 States of Comedy/i>, a triple headliner of very promising comics representing Victoria, New South Wales, and Western Australia. Opening the show on this particular evening was Geoff Setty, whose punchy one-liners got the crowd going early…
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“Speak Of The Devil” is an hour of television that really had it all. It dug deep into the vaults of Daredevil lore to spin a narrative that would make diehard fans more than happy, whilst also setting up major repercussions for the remainder of Marvel’s Daredevil’s first season. There were two major highlights to this episode, with…
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“Shadows In The Glass” is most definitely the Wilson Fisk show, and it may just be the best episode of Marvel’s Daredevil so far. The show has spent a great deal of time flashing back to Matt Murdock’s past, but this episode is all about taking a trip back in time to meet young ‘Willie’…
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Following the big leak yesterday, in which we saw the trailer for the upcoming mega-superhero film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice through the lens of a handheld camera, Warner Bros. has caved into pressure and have released the trailer early. Since we’re now able to watch the trailer properly we get a much better…
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There’s a good chance Kevin Sorbo was the object your 90s dreams back in the day or, at the very least, you knew someone who found something so incredibly appealing about the long haired, always tanned demi-God as portrayed by Sorbo in the popular TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. With the show’s end in…
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In our 39th installment of “Stumbled Upon”, we meet Sydney’s CRANKY Alice, and chat about their latest release, ‘What’s It Like’, find out who and what inspired them, learn how they got started and get the word on what shows they’ve got coming up… Band Name: CRANKY Alice Website / Social Media: www.crankyalice.com.au Facebook /…
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We’re excited to bring you the exclusive premiere of the single “Wasted” from Melbourne indie rockers The Deloraines, which seeps of the oh-so-cool vibes of bands like Arctic Monkey and Queens of the Stone Age. The track was recorded and mixed in the Master Bedroom by Brad Dadson and mastered by Rob Grant at Poons…
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In celebration of Record Store Day, which is happening around the world tomorrow, we bring you this special video of Perth band The Love Junkies at Waterloo Records in Austin, Texas, as they spend an afternoon record shopping after their crazy week at SXSW. While there they share with us some of their favourite music…
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There was once upon a time where it wasn’t too hard to get a $5 steak in Sydney – it wasn’t the best steak in the world, but it was $5. Nowadays, finding a good steak under $10 isn’t even the easiest things in the world – but if you know where to look, it’s…
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As part of our pop up sessions series at SXSW, Brooklyn’s Animal Years popped by to play a version of their track “Rapture”, taken from their latest album Sun Will Rise. Watch the performance in full now on the AU: Follow the band on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AnimalYears
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Indie horror It Follows is simple in it’s execution but a bit complicated in it’s innovative idea, combining the sexual angst of teens with a ridiculous premise and somehow making it work through director David Robert-Mitchell’s atmospheric and effectively creepy style. Shifting the focus to the viewers’ imaginations and curiosity, using our own minds to…
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If you attended Blade Runner tonight at Event Cinemas on George Street in Sydney, you may have spotted our question pop up on the screen! It was: What year did Philip K Dick set his original novel and how did that change that in the film? The answer was: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? was…
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As one of the beloved cast members of Peter Jackson‘s first venture into J.R.R Tolkein‘s fantasy universe of The Lord of the Rings, Scottish actor Billy Boyd was lucky enough to be able to return through to Middle Earth and The Hobbit, albeit not onscreen as Pippin, as many fans will know. Boyd, also a seasoned musician, added an extra…
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You mention the name Robert Englund and people might find it familiar. You mention Freddy Kreuger, however and instantly, the image of the severely burned, striped jumper favouring serial killer pops into your head. In town for Oz Comic Con, the legendary horror actor sits down to talk about his popular appearance at fan conventions around the globe and…
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