Day: 21 July 2016

Watch Sydney legends Royal Headache smash out their US Television Debut with Seth Meyers

As they wrap up their US tour, which included an appearance at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago, Sydney rockers – and total legends in our books – Royal Headache have made their television debut on Late Night with Seth Meyers. Performing “Another World” from their record High, Shogun and the band used their two…

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Splendour in the Grass opens its gates for 2016; Smirnoff help start the party

Splendour in the Grass opened its gates for punters arriving ahead of the official first day of programming on Thursday, laying out the welcome mat and inviting us all to get the party started early. While the Tiny Dancer Stage hosted the likes of Fortunes, UV Boi, Charles Murdoch, Touch Sensitive and more, the multitude…

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Album Review: Emma Louise – Supercry (2016 LP)

Brisbane artist Emma Louise took the music world by storm at 19 years of age, producing a debut EP that earned her a nomination for the 2011 J Award Unearthed Artist of the Year. A beacon of raw musical talent she soon had a debut full-length album and an ARIA nomination under her belt. Sophomore…

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It’s Friday, I’m In Love: Our favourite videos from The Cure

The Cure are set to deliver some of their largest sets ever seen by Australian fans, kicking off with their appearance at Splendour in the Grass this weekend. The set lists have proven to be extensive, with recent shows on the band’s world tour extending out to four encores, with the song count exceeding 30. With such…

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Intimate performances from Jack Garratt and The Preatures help kick off a week of Splendour sideshows in Sydney

The end of July is always one of the most exciting times to be a music fan in Sydney, thanks to the onslaught of sideshows the city receives from the Splendour in the Grass Festival in Byron Bay. This year kicked off a little earlier than usual on Tuesday, with the festival officially starting tomorrow….

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Columbus announce national tour on the back of debut album Spring Forever

Fresh from supporting The Ataris on their Australian tour in June, Brisbane throwback punks Columbus have announced the release of their debut album Spring Forever. This twelve track promises to take fans on a ride through the best and worst bits of growing up, using the seasons as a metaphor. To follow up the release of Spring…

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sleepmakeswaves name support acts for national August tour, including Dumbsaint, Mowgli and more!

Not long now until sleepmakeswaves are back on the road and we cannot wait. The post-rockers have been continuing to make a well-regarded name for themselves overseas and with their August Australian tour set to bring them to all the major centres with the equally as talented Contortionist and Tangled Thoughts of Leaving, this tour has really turned into a…

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Single of the Day: Hypercolour ft. Che Ecru “Pretty” (2016)

How’s this for a Friday tune? Matthew Young and Grant Wheeler‘s new musical duo Hypercolour have come out strong with new tune “Pretty”, featuring Boston singer Che Ecru. Having that Weeknd-like R&B vocal over a lush beat composition harking back to Manners-era Passion Pit and Machinedrum makes “Pretty” an instantly infectious listen, perfect to look ahead to the summer…

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Music Video of the Day: Nakatomi “Alive” (2016)

Adelaide electro-pop duo Nakatomi have served up another slice of lush synth-driven goodness with their latest tune, “Alive”, and as its music video also indicates, their love of fusing old and new is producing some excellent and indeed colourful results. Directed by Capital Waste‘s Liam Somerville, the music video for “Alive” throws back to VHS tapes of old except now,…

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US Pokémon Go player becomes the first to catch ’em all.

While we’d all like to think we’re Pokémon masters in our own right, one player in the US can now officially claim that title after apparently completing Pokémon Go‘s the current North American Pokédex.

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A sing-a-long screening of Priscilla Queen of the Desert is happening at Sydney’s Chauvel Cinema

As an audience member, do you like going to interactive events? Well, it’s time to get your ‘drag’ on as The Actors Benevolent Fund of NSW will be presenting its first ever sing-a-long of cherished musical film The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert. The event will be running on Thursday August 18 at Chauvel Cinema…

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ACMI to host exclusive limited season of political documentary Weiner

World politics is a joke right now considering what we see on television. It’s become a routine to roll our eyes on every Australian Politician and Donald Trump’s idiocy of banning immigrants to the U.S borders. Good news for those who love watching political documentaries as ACMI in Melbourne will be showcasing Weiner to the…

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Australian Box Office Report: Ghostbusters debuts on top despite negative press

Well, the people have spoken. The all female Ghostbusters reboot managed to weather all its bad press and come out on top. The film opened with US$46 million in the states and hit top spot in Australia, earning AU$4.7 million. Not a bad start at all and our own review certainly paints it in a…

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Tesla just updated their Master Plan and it’s a doozy

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has updated the renewable energy/car manufacturer’s project road map with a number of significant changes and forthcoming electric vehicle and home solar projects.

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Take a first look at The Girl On The Train‘s chilling trailer

Resonating some Gone Girl vibes here, The Girl On The Train (directed by Tate Taylor) is a must-see for anyone that thrives on seeing movies with a mysterious kick. Yesterday, Entertainment One launched the first trailer of the film based on the acclaimed book with the same name written by Paula Hawkins. The story centralises…

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Netflix announces new episodes for hit series Making A Murderer

Netflix announced Tuesday that Executive Producers / Directors, Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos, are in production for new episodes of the Emmy-nominated Making a Murderer.  The new instalments will take fans of the acclaimed documentary series back inside the story of convicted murderer Steven Avery, and his co-defendant, Brendan Dassey, as their respective investigative and legal teams…

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Louis Theroux’s My Scientology Movie gets Australian theatrical release

Following on from sell-out sessions at this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival,  Louis Theroux’s My Scientology Movie will be released for limited sessions in cinemas around Australia from September 8th ahead of his national live tour in late September. If there was ever someone perfectly qualified to take on the mysterious juggernaut that is Scientology, it’s…

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21 things you have to know before you sail Croatia

During Australian winter you will realise that almost all young people have vacated to Europe. And you will find that most of them – at some point – found themselves getting pissed on a boat in Croatia. If you currently are one of those people, or plan to be soon, then I have some quick…

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Aussies Abroad: The Jezabels plot massive North American tour through November & December

Sydney based quartet The Jezabels have just announced a massive North American tour taking them through the Fall. The dates come off the back of their latest LP Synthia, which was released independently back in February in the US market via Metropolitan Groove Merchants Distribution. The shows are positioned to make up for lost time,…

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What makes a good friendship? Robert Forster and Zan Rowe aim to find out this September in Sydney

September will see Robert Forster, of iconic Australian band The Go-Betweens, in conversation with Triple J’s Zan Rowe as part of a special in-conversation event for The School of Life Sydney; the topic of discussion? Friendship. On September 7th, Forster and Rowe will be attempting to get to the bottom of what makes a good…

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Sydney Theatre Company invites audiences into the forest of desire with a new staging of A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Sydney Theatre Company’s Resident Director Kip Williams will be diving back into the world of Shakespeare later this year, bringing what is  promised to be a bold new staging of the perennial favourite, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, to the Sydney Opera House stage. This new production will feature ABC’s Cleverman star Rob Collins as Lysander;…

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GPO Cheese and Wine Room and Prime Steak Restaurant launch gourmet cheeseburger collection (Sydney)

Down in the depths of glamorous basement haunt Crystal Bar, part of the GPO Grand precinct, Sydneysiders will now a find a gourmet “cheeseburger collection” which has been worked up in collaboration between GPO Cheese & Wine Room and Prime Steak Restaurant. With a range of artisan farmhouse cheeses and Prime’s daily made tartare-inspired beef…

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