POND have become one of Australia’s most popular exports, particularly when it’s come to the international festival circuit. Of course, being cut from the same cloth as Tame Impala has long driven much of the press surrounding the WA band but in recent years and over their last few albums, the Nick Allbrook led group has really stepped…
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While out in the decidedly colder climates of Toronto recently, we managed to link up with Tasmanian group, Heart Beach. One of the local Aussie highlights of this year’s Canadian Music Week, the band filled us in on their time in the city and what their plans are for moving the band forward in 2017. Welcome to…
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As we enter yet another month – we’re looking ahead to showing you some of our favourite new music discoveries. Weekly, you’ll be able to sink your teeth in and revisit what our writers and editors have been listening to, simply hit up our Spotify account to follow along! To kick off, we give you…
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We spent some time catching up with Thomas Oliver recently ahead of his national tour dates in support of new album Floating in the Darkness. The New Zealander takes us through the process and his inspirations. Tell us about your latest single, “Losin’”. Is there a story behind it? It’s a song of feeling someone I love slip…
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Some new music out of Alice Springs today, courtesy of electro-folk artist Soorkia. We first became aware of this artist back when she was nominated in last year’s NT Song of the Year awards and since, we’ve been impressed to see she’s continued to thrive off the back of that positive momentum. The result we have…
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Adelaide four piece SIAMESE have been a new band we’ve been harping on about for a few months now and with good reason too. Emerging out of SA’s flourishing alt-rock scene, the young guns are coming through with some promising musical gems on their forthcoming EP. While we wait for more new music from the “Computer…
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Groovin The Moo kicked off in Adelaide on Friday, with the sold-out festival returning hard and fast with another stellar line-up of national and international acts, plus a very controversial petting zoo and an even more scandalous venue change. The day promised drizzling showers and some of the coldest temperatures Adelaide had experienced all year,…
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Everyone’s favourite son Bernard Fanning is back with yet another single, from yet another album, and honestly the man can do no wrong. His latest offering, “Isn’t It a Pity,” taken from Brutal Dawn set to be released on May 26, is catchy, nostalgic and will make you long for the release. The accompanying clip, created by Lucy Dyson pays homage…
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The guy breaking all the hearts is back with yet another single set to reignite every single hopeless romantic bone in your body. Dean Lewis has just dropped his latest single, “Need You Now,” and now we have an incredible video to feast out eyes on too. But unlike his debut single “Waves”, it’s a different…
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Against Me! are currently back in Australia, touring for the Groovin the Moo festival and with this in mind, we were stoked to catch up with guitarist, James Bowman. It seems you’ve gone through a few line up changes over the years, though you’ve been a fairly consistent presence since 2001, is it? Pretty close; I…
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Now available on Amazon Prime Video, the very first episode of Bryan Fuller’s new show American Gods an adaptation of the critically acclaimed Neil Gaiman novel. Both Fuller and Gaiman come with their own pedigrees to justify the hype that has been circling this show. The former, cutting his teeth on Star Trek: Voyager and…
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Blizzard’s wildly popular team shooter Overwatch has reached yet another community milestone — the game has now played host to 30 million players around the world.
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The original version of Nintendo’s 2DS console was designed to be a viable and cheaper alternative to their pricier and, at the time, more headache-inducing 3DS console. Through a combination of unattractive design and percieved inferiority to the 3DS, it never set the world on fire in the way its cousin and numerous forebears had….
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My Entire High School Sinking Into The Sea is a psychedelic trip through four storeys of a floating high school. About as bad of a place as someone would want to take a transcendental journey, but for the main characters it’s an edifying one, filled with colour, strange visuals and awkward relationships. Dash (Jason Schwartzman)…
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In ninety-five minutes, The Osiris Child recreates the past twenty years of sci-fi. It’s a fast blend of genre styles new and old, reaching screens in the format of a graphic novel and touching bases with every ‘humanity in crisis’ story ever told. While never profound, The Osiris Child achieves its vision, but the lack of…
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Paramount Pictures Australia has announced that Zac Efron & Alexandra Daddario are headed to Sydney for the Australian Premiere of Baywatch. Fans will get the chance to see the two walk the red carpet from 6:30pm on Thursday May 18 at Hoyts Entertainment Quarter. Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide & Perth will host Premiere events at their local…
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Directed by Jill Bauer and Ronna Gradus, and also a passion project for actress Rashida Jones, the 2015 documentary Hot Girls Wanted was a stark, confronting look at the exploitative and predatory nature of the adult film industry. In its follow up, Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On, the trio reunite for a six-part series that focuses on the advent…
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Yet again, it’s time to go through a bunch of events not to miss for the month of May. Here are seven of the events we think that’d be well worth going to see and check out, and despite it getting into the colder months of the year, there are many great things to get around to and…
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Through May and June, Sydney’s The Lyric Theatre will serve as the first Australian venue to host The Bodyguard, a production which is as much a tribute to the life and music of Whitney Houston as her iconic 1992 feature-film debut of the same name. I write “iconic” because the film is fondly remembered for…
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The words ‘Opera Australia’ and ‘piano ditty’ are not normally things you would typically associate with one another. But in the latest Sydney Opera House production Two Weddings, One Bride, the pair look set to become a marriage made in heaven. This operetta is a fun and accessible romp through comedy and farce in the…
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Having made their debut in 2016, IGNITE: Symphonic Dance Anthems returns for two nights only as part of VIVID Sydney. Internationally renowned DJ Dan Murphy joins forces with a full symphony orchestra to present classic tracks which have graced dance floors the world over, such as Sandstorm, Strings of Life and Finally. During the fifteen…
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If you don’t know the name Martin Sharp it’s still likely you’ll be familiar with his artworks. The Australian artist was responsible for designing the covers of Cream’s two studio albums, was the co-founder and principal cartoonist at Oz magazine and produced famous posters of Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix and more. Martin Sharp – His…
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Funky new contemporary Japanese restaurant Tokyo Laundry has just opened down at Gateway Sydney precinct of Circular Quay, adding to a diverse lineup of restaurants and cafes with an inventive menu by Michelin Star chef Masahiko Yomoda (ex-Restaurant Vivraishe), widely known for his training in both Japanese and French cuisine, worked to suit the new…
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As Chippendale’s Kensington Street precinct continues to grow, Sydney welcomes a fresh new café by the name of Concrete Jungle, an apt name for a space that has been brought to life with touches of vibrant greenery, shaped as a “serene oasis” in the midst of one of the city’s busiest areas. Though a large…
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