Ramona Gonzalez, aka Nite Jewel, recently dropped a new single in “Had To Let Me Go” and as a taste of what’s to come from her new album Real High (out on Friday), it’s a smoking hit of late-night club R&B. The song itself ‘explores a relationship that one enters into as a naive youngster with someone older…
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Brisbane’s Shanon Watkins has been steadily gaining positive momentum surrounding his music which, put plainly but no less enthusiastically, blends folk, rock, blues and more on that end of the rich musical spectrum. His new single, “Sunnyside Up”, is representative of his songwriting talent that continues to display blossoming potential and today, we’re stoked to share the…
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Charismatic, multi-award winning, singer/songwriter, Adam Harvey, alongside poster girl Beccy Cole, have recently released The Great Country Songbook Volume II album, with a tour soon to follow. Following the success of the original 2013 release of The Great Country Songbook and tour with Troy Cassar-Daley; the 2017 release pays homage to some of the greatest male/female…
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A leaked listing posted to Amazon has revealed the existence, long-rumoured but never confirmed, of Darksiders 3.
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The opening moments of Out Of The Shadows are among its best. The first scene, a tracking shot through a murder scene with grievously damaged bodies, an upset detective and an unsettling atmosphere set by the colour grade and sound, promises a clever indie horror that for the most part, the film fails to deliver….
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I pulled the 360Fly Action Camera from its curiously pill-shaped packaging, lifting the hefty little camera in my hand. It didn’t look like what I’d expected. I’d expected something boxy like a GoPro. This was like golf ball with a camera eye built into the top. It looked like something I’d use to roll for…
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The first thing I thought after pulling the Netgear Nighthawk X10 R9000 WiFi Router from its packaging was “where in the hell am I going to bench space big enough for you?” The second thing I thought was “… is that an intake fan?”
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It’s no surprise that the highly anticipated Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 performed so well. The first film, which opened in 2014, became the 6th best grossing film of its year. The sequel took in $8.61m in this week, but advance screenings went way back to the Anzac Day opening last week, so its actual total…
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Films based on true events are often met with a mixed response; audience left to question the validity of the liberties its filmmakers have taken. Though it can render some films as potentially predictable or even unbelievable, others can be inspiring and heart-wrenching. In the case of The Innocents, we find cinema that belongs to the latter camp; quietly powerful,…
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Garage Barbershop, a new exhibition at the Blacktown Arts Centre, is a celebration of the craft and culture of barbering, and the important role the humble barbershop can play within the community. The focus of the exhibition is youth worker and self-taught barber Charles Lomu, and his five apprentice barbers, who have set up on…
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The show must go on, and that is exactly what happened after director Gale Edwards stopped the show right before Sally Bowles‘ iconic number, “Cabaret”. Of all night’s for there to be serious mic/audio issues of course it had to be opening night, right?! That’s the beauty of live theatre. In what was a marvellous show of team…
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Following the success of the past three years, Watsons Bay Boutique Hotel has again partnered with Brand Orange to celebrate Aussie Wine Month. The Taste Orange Food & Wine Festival kicks off May 7th and goes for the entire month, with punters invited to indulge in an array of palate pleasing produce and mouth-watering wines…
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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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