Adelaide’s SKIES are gearing up to make their Brighton debut at The Great Escape this year, bringing their infectious brand of synthy, indie goodness to the Brits for the first time. Since playing their debut UK show at The Old Blue Last in London on Tuesday night, the band has now set their sights on larger audiences…
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Nearly Oratorio, the solo project of Simon Lam, has just brought out his new single “Tin”, a beautiful electronic slow burner. “Tin” sounds like it wouldn’t be out of place on a Thom Yorke solo record, with soothing, looping synths layering behind glitchy minimal percussion, with a restrained falsetto floating in and out. The unconventional video…
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The South Australian Screen Awards (SASAs) announced the winners of their 17th annual event last Friday. The gala event was presented by notable film critic and writer for The Guardian Australia, Luke Buckmaster. The SASAs aims to promote and support the talent found in the South Australian film industry. The winners shared prizes totalling up…
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Kristen Stewart‘s latest film, Personal Shopper, or better known as the film that was horrifically booed at the Cannes Film Festival this year, has an international trailer. While Personal Shopper was the boo-er’s choice for this year, to put things in perspective, Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette, Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver and Nicolas Winding Refn’s Only God Forgives were all…
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After its initial announcement last year, Tetris The Movie is finally beginning to take shape. The project is shaping up as an $80 million co-production between Chin and the U.S under Threshold Global Studios. The result of a joint venture between Larry Kasanoff’s Threshold Entertainment Group and Bruno Wu’s Seven Star Works, Threshold Global Studios…
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Following speculation last month, musician Sir Elton John has taken to Instagram to confirm his place in the upcoming Kingsman: The Golden Circle. While John gives nothing away regarding the specifics of his role, he captioned the image, a Kingsman poster featuring his signature sunglasses, with a reference to his last on-screen feature film role in…
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The DC Universe is growing, as Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment have announced that a Harley Quinn spinoff film is in development. Attached both as a lead and a producer, Margot Robbie will reprise her role from Suicide Squad alongside a team of other female DC characters including Batgirl and Birds of Prey. Currently the…
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The currently in production Sherlock season four will welcome Toby Jones to their next series, in a non-specified villain role. The former Harry Potter and Captain America star will first meet Sherlock in the second episode of the upcoming fourth season. Writer and executive producer Steven Moffat has expressed his optimism, saying “Delighted to have…
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Adult Swim has released its slate for its upcoming new pilots, the most interesting of which is a new live-action comedy from the team behind Rick & Morty. Titled Art Prison, the show sees talented convicts battle for supremacy inside a “prison for the performing arts.” Writers of Rick & Morty, Tom Kauffman and Paul Isakson co-created…
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X-Men: Apocalypse delivers the super fights, the superhero costumes, the supervillain and the super team. But was this latest X-Men film so special that, if it was a person, it would be enrolled at Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters? Yes and no. Mild spoilers ahead. Set in 1983, 10 years after the previous Days of…
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What an incredibly frustrating film Regression turned out to be. It’s competently made, well-acted, and contains interesting ideas that are suitably unnerving; ingredients that make it all the more disappointing when its ultimate culmination results in a resounding whimper rather than a wow. Director Alejandro Amenabar knows his way around dark material, and for a…
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Kara Bertoncini hit the 2016 Logies Red Carpet but before she did, Rahel Romahn shed some light on what excites him most about Australian TV. Find out what he has to say about how today’s Australian TV reflects the diversity of modern Australia below: You can check out the rest of our Logies coverage here….
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With the Season 6 kicking off a few weeks ago, all eyes are on HBO’s fantasy drama and all the talk by showrunners of the series 2018 end-date has reignited rumors that a spin-off might be in the works. Given it’s enormous success it’s almost hard to imagine a world where HBO lets Game of…
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Adelaide-based rock band, BAD//DREEMS share an exclusive tour diary with the AU review on their exciting international adventure at The Great Escape from last year. Taking us along for the ride from Leeds to Derbyshire and from Birmingham to London, the band give us the lowdown on their life on the road. Live at Leeds…
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When you’ve made a conscious decision to travel without a car, the idea of the “day trip” can be a fairly laborious task. But once you book the journey, it’s certainly worth the effort. The day before Jazz Fest began in New Orleans, my partner and I boarded a 10am Greyhound to Baton Rouge. It’s…
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Now that the very in-demand Burgers by Josh pop-up at The Annandale Hotel has come to an end, the inner-west institution is looking to further their string of temporary culinary expansions with a weekend food festival featuring beats, burgers, and booze. The inaugural event will be taking place this coming weekend on Saturday and Sunday…
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We all know Broadway in Sydney has needed to refresh it’s food lineup for a while now, and it seems 2016 is the year the central shopping centre will undertake some huge changes. Already, the famous Salts Meat Cheese has beefed up the food offerings in the area with a store opposite the centre, and…
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Tonight SBS premieres noma australia, documenting René Redzepi’s journey of relocating noma, one of the world’s best restaurants, from Copenhagen to Sydney. The series uncovers how the Australian landscape informed menu ideas, especially foraged native ingredients. We got in touch with René to find out more about his experiences with the celebrated pop-up, how indigenous produce influenced his approach, his future plans, and…
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Filmmaker Gareth Edwards (Monsters) has dropped out of directing the sequel to Godzilla 2014. Edwards who directed the first reboot was meant to return to Godzilla after completing his work on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which is in post- production. As to why, it remains unclear. Although reports say deadlines could have impinged the project….
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Bringing A Head Full of Dreams out down under for the first time, Coldplay fans can expect their boys performing this December! The band will be touring down the Australian east coast in early December following a show in Auckland at Mt. Smart Stadium – the band’s first tour since their Mylo Xyloto tour. Tickets for the band’s tour…
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Continuing to globe hop through the early months of 2016, a strong contingent of Australian bands have now found themselves in Brighton, UK for The Great Escape. Descending upon the beachside English town for the next three days and nights of live music showcases and conferences, the musicians flying the flag for our area of…
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We caught up with Wil Wagner lead singer of The Smith Street Band early last week to get a look into everything from what motivates their brutally honest song writing to what it takes to be a decent person. Gearing up for their mid year tour with the usual array of talent in tow, we…
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Let’s get this out of the way right now: A Moon Shaped Pool, Radiohead’s latest, is not the greatest album ever made. The fact that this will be seen as a crushing disappointment by many is a measure of the devotion of the band’s acolytes. Radiohead is often touted as the Only Rock Band That…
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Geelong indie pop quintet The Evening Cast retreated from view for a number of years to work away at their debut album Belong, released last week via Catch Release Records, and with the record have announced some live shows too. We asked about their time in the studio and newest single ‘Gangs Of Fools’. Belong…
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Melbourne’s Saint Henry are currently on the road touring their bombastic new track “Silverback”, a solid example of where they’re headed musically and the style of post-punk and grunge music they’ve been influenced by in the past. Taking some time out to take us through the making of their latest tune and how they’ve been developing as…
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When Deafheaven stepped out onto their Coachella stage this year, the amount of heads they turned with their music was beyond impressive. Blogs named the San Franciscans among the highlights of the huge festival, but for frontman George Clarke, the experience was initially hard to swallow. “It was weird,” he admits. “It was cool [though]. We’re sort of…
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Ziggy Marley will, on Friday, release his sixth studio album in Ziggy Marley – the first for the award winning artist in two years. Recorded in LA, Marley’s self-titled album follows on from the success of 2014’s Fly Rasta, which not only landed as a strong favourite, but also took home the 2015 Grammy for Best Reggae Album….
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English four-piece Metronomy have just dropped their new single ahead of the release of their fifth album, Summer ’08 due in July. The track “Old Skool” has the classic Metronomy sound; simple drums, strange synths and an absolutely killer bass line. Check out the video for the track below, which features Sharon Horgan from Catastrophe and Ben…
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Sydney based producer and singer Rainbow Chan is known for her left of centre pop, and her latest single “Last” is no exception. In this track her clean, stunning vocals are surrounded by warping synths and unusual, but captivating beats. It’s reminiscent of Grimes‘ newer work at points, but Rainbow Chan is really in a…
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Terry Gilliam’s long-troubled project, The Man Who Killed Quixote, will finally begin production later this year starring Star Wars’ Adam Driver alongside Monty Python’s Michael Palin. Palin is currently set to take up the role of Quixote, assuming the bad-luck that forced John Hurt, Jean Rochefort and others off the project doesn’t strike again. An…
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