Jordan Millar has long been a favourite with AU staff, the charismatic songwriter and performer always making an impact whenever we happen to catch him performing live. Regardless of the stage, Millar’s music presents itself as a great fusion of rhythm, lyricism and depth – his narratives are heartfelt and after releasing two albums and…
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Dan Sultan will be on the road with some new material through November and December, supporting new music platform OPENLive and the release of a limited edition physical CD of his recent National Theatre concert. OPENLive, priding itself on being able to produce mixed and mastered recordings of performances instantly after the event has joined…
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This month, the Philadelphia Grand Jury officially made their return, releasing their sophomore album, Summer of Doom. An album that almost wasn’t even made but spurred on following the overwhelmingly positive response to their small run of shows around Australia in 2014, the record arguably has the trio at their refreshed best. It would seem that time…
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From fairly humble beginnings, Naughty Dog’s Uncharted series became the must-have trilogy on the PS3, adventure games par excellence that revitalised climbing puzzles while remaining tense and cinematic. The entire series to date has now been given the PS4 remaster treatment courtesy of indie developer Bluepoint.
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Just like starting over. Danny Collins is a film about an aging rocker who is strongly influenced by John Lennon. This dramedy is a predictable and formulaic film but it is redeemed by some great performances and its pleasant foray into the world of music. The film marks the directorial debut of Crazy, Stupid, Love…
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A horde of 30,000 walkers all built up in a large quarry!? So this is the reason Alexandria has managed to get by without being overrun; a nice, clever explanation to illuminate the mysterious history of the gated community, weaved in skillfully without taking away from the balanced amounts of drama and action that “First…
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Photo Credit: Prudence Upton One of the most anticipated musical events at the Sydney Opera House this weekend arrived as part of the House’s GRAPHIC Festival, featuring acclaimed Icelandic pianist Ólafur Arnalds, accompanied by a 15 piece Orchestra and special graphics commissioned specifically for the event, produced by Máni M. Sigfússon. On hand to conduct the 15…
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Australian music legends AC/DC have announced Swedish garage rockers The Hives and Australia’s own Kingswood as special guests for the Australian leg of their ‘Rock Or Bust’ world tour. The 9 show tour will stop in Australia’s five major cities, before heading to New Zealand for two more shows to finish. AC/DC has already played…
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Brisbane duo Walken have recently dropped the music video for their grunge-soaked tune “Even if it Kills Me” – a single that positions the band alongside the likes of fellow Queenslanders Violent Soho, The Smith Street Band and others in the crop of Aussies who have been flying the flag for music that is good…
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The nominees for the 2015 SA Music Awards have today been announced, with successful Adelaide export Tkay Maidza leading the charge, nominated for seven awards across 14 categories! Music SA this morning revealed the results of what has been a months-long judging process for a panel of local industry minds, reflective of the amount of…
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Before the weekend, Le1f was the first name leaked/revealed for Melbourne’s Sugar Mountain festival, quickly indicating that the organisers had another vibrant and eclectic line up in store. This morning, they’ve gone and announced the full line up of artists, musicians and individuals set to take part in the event next January at the VCA…
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One of the most anticipated musical events at the Sydney Opera House this weekend arrived as part of the House’s GRAPHIC Festival, featuring acclaimed Icelandic pianist Ólafur Arnalds, accompanied by a 15 piece Orchestra and special graphics commissioned specifically for the event, produced by Máni M. Sigfússon. On hand to conduct the 15 piece Sydney Chamber Orchestra…
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The Rewrite is a film that should heed its own advice. It’s a derivative and forgettable rom-com that is in desperate need of a re-working or two. The film is redeemed in part by a strong and likeable cast of actors that will be familiar to audiences, but this is not enough to get it…
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Josh Brolin. George Clooney. Alden Ehrenreich. Ralph Fiennes. Jonah Hill. Scarlett Johansson. Frances McDormand. Tilda Swinton. Channing Tatum.
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While everyone else was busy road testing the new iPhone 6S, I spent the last two months travelling the world with the recently released LG G4 phone. I wanted to give the much talked about device a run through on different networks, in different counties and test out the ins and outs through two months…
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A bit of a chilled out track for today, with Twin Haus providing our single of the day with “I Used To Think”. Ambient and direct all at the same time, Twin Haus blur the lines between trippy and rocking in a seriously cool way that will probably have you playing this song on repeat…
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American psychedelic rockers The Flaming Lips are the first artist to be revealed for the Mofo Festival 2016! They’ll be taking to the outdoor stage at the Museum of Old and New Art in Hobart, Tasmania in January next year. Since the early 80s, The Flaming Lips have released more than 16 albums and have…
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As with every bit of music they’re putting out, Little May‘s music video for single “Seven Hours” is as gorgeous and flecked with an ethereal quality as you’d expect. The girls, currently on tour through Europe, release the visuals along with the release of their long-awaited and much anticipated debut record For the Company today….
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The largest publicly voted music awards in the country, The Age Music Victoria Awards, have announced the nominees for 2015, highlighting the best of contemporary, Victoria-based Australian music in the past 12 months and celebrating the enormous success of our very fine, very strong industry. As always, the awards will also shed light on the…
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Sydney artist Danny Yau performs an exclusive variation of his track “Courtney’s Moving To Newtown (To Start A Band)”, entitled “Courtney’s Moving To Newfarm (To Start A Band)”. It’s the Queensland version – just in time for his show in Brisbane! It’s happening on October 15th at The Junk Bar. The original track – about…
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Now in its sixth year, Melbourne Music Week has released its full 2015 program. From the 13th of November until the 20th, over 100 events will light up the city, including live music performances, workshops, panel discussions, exhibitions, film screenings and more. This year’s flagship venue is the basement of the former Royal Women’s Hospital,…
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With six episodes to weave a coherent first season, the team behind Fear the Walking Dead certainly took their time, carefully (and sometimes clumsily) building a bunch of everyday characters, spanning three different families, into a distinctive and likeable group of potential zombie apocalypse survivors. Some of this was successful but most was not, with…
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It seems like a bit of an unexplained mystery that The X-Files has never been released as a blu-ray boxset; that all changes this December. One of the greatest and most influential television series of all time will finally get that release fans across the world have been waiting for, right before the show is…
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With under a month to go before release, Bethesda have unveiled the minimum and recommended specs required for PC users to run Fallout 4. Hit the jump to see if your rig is ready to explore the Bostonian Wasteland.
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Adelaide film fans certainly have something to get excited about with more details about what will be on offer as part of FilmFest (https://www.filmfest.net.au/) later this month (Friday 16th, Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th October) at Palace Nova Cinema. The event is set to host three exclusive VIP Tour events including exclusive cocktail parties and red-carpet…
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It’s been 22 years since Jurassic Park, and long have us fans of that very first film waited for a sequel that was worthy and lo we finally have it in Jurassic World. We can now safely relegate those other two films into extinction and rest assured that this is now an honourable contender for…
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Wok on Inn is part of a formidable line up at East Village in Zetland (think The Village Crow, Lucio Pizzeria, and Taste Baguette) that’ll be competing for the chance to fill your bellies on a lazy day, of which there should be plenty this spring and summer. This Zetland branch marks Wok on Inn’s…
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Making their first ever trip to Australia for Soundwave 2016 will be the “super group” who prefer to be labelled an “experience”, Metal Allegiance. The group are the 11th to be announced as part of Soundwave’s drip feed reveal, and features Troy Sanders of Mastodon, Mark Osegueda of Death Angel, Alex Sklonick of Testament, Mike…
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If you’ve paid a visit to the official 1975 website lately, you’ll notice there is a countdown clock, set to reveal… something… in about 15 hours from the time of printing. Though it’s likely a new single, video, album or tour announcement, we thought we’d have a bit of fun with some other things the…
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Fresh from the announcement that Peking Duk were down for two ARIA nominations – Best Dance Release and Song of the Year for “Take Me Over” – I sat down with Reuben Styles from the Canberra duo to talk about the nominations, the brilliant video for “Say My Name” featuring Matt McGorry (as well as…
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