Ariana Grande has officially entered a new era, unveiling her eighth studio album Petal, set for release on 31st July via Republic Records and Universal Music in Australia. The announcement, shared via Instagram, arrived alongside the album’s artwork and pre-order details. Fans can secure Petal across multiple formats, including LP, CD, cassette, and a limited…
If you’ve ever wished your group chat could come to life – with all the chaos, shade, and unforgettable one-liners – Hayu is about to make that happen. For the first time ever in Australia, Hayu FanFest is landing in Sydney on Saturday, 15th August 2026, transforming The Hordern Pavilion into a full-blown reality TV…
At the Queensland premiere of Wolfram during the Gold Coast Film Festival, the conversation around Warwick Thornton’s latest felt as expansive and layered as the film itself. Set against the colonial frontier of the 1930s, Wolfram follows a fragile outback community upended by the arrival of two violent outsiders, triggering a chain of events that…
Few filmmakers working in Australia today understand the land the way Warwick Thornton does. With Wolfram, he once again turns the Central Australian desert into something more than a backdrop – it becomes a living, breathing force that shapes every character, every decision, and every moment of survival. Wolfram unfolds as a loose companion to…
There is a very specific kind of horror reserved for the moment your ex’s mum accidentally likes a two-year-old photo of you on Instagram. Maybe it’s not a big deal – but there’s a fair chance it will hit hard — unless, like Rosalie Chilvers, you decide to weaponise it instead. Today, the AU review…
Sydney’s indie kings DMA’S have announced an exclusive tour kicking off this spring in Brisbane before rolling through Melbourne and Sydney, the tour promises a setlist that spans the band’s anthemic catalogue including an anniversary set of their classic album Hills End. Announcing DMA’S new self-titled album set for release on August 7 plus new…
Adapted from the best-selling novel by Colleen Hoover, Verity marks a sharp pivot from the author’s signature romance into darker, more psychologically charged territory. The first trailer leans into that shift, teasing a story where desire and danger are tightly intertwined. Academy Award winner Anne Hathaway stars as Verity Crawford, a celebrated author whose life…
Love in the Moonlight is a romantic ghost story that drifts between modern-day Australia and the golden glow of 1950s Hollywood, drawing inspiration from classic cinema such as The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. In the newly released 3-minute proof-of-concept, the film introduces Samantha, a driven event manager who inherits a long-abandoned estate – only to…
Pressure settles in early and never lets up. What begins as a quiet, isolated life on a remote Australian farm quickly tightens into something far more dangerous in the lean, nerve-wracking thriller Seven Snipers. At the centre is Kris “Voodoo Child” Hendricks (Radha Mitchell), a former elite sniper who has spent years trying to outrun…
There’s no point pretending Seven Snipers is aiming for prestige – it knows exactly what it is, and to its credit, it rarely misfires because of that. Director Sandra Sciberras leans into the film’s B-grade action-thriller DNA with confidence, delivering something tight, tense, and just self-aware enough to stay engaging without tipping into parody. The…
Over the last couple of months, I’ve been fortunate enough to try keyboards from a range of different companies. While I still consider myself a novice in this world of tech, I’ve begun to get my head around some of the functionality and stylistic choices that give mechanical keyboards an upper hand to any regular…
The Sheep Detectives is exactly that kind of oddball triumph of a film that feels like it shouldn’t work on paper – until it absolutely does: A murder mystery where the sleuths are a flock of sheep, the victim is their beloved shepherd, and the emotional through-line quietly sneaks up on you when you’re least…
Illuminate Adelaide is a beacon of light and energy in the midst of the city’s chilly winter. Expect the City of Churches to transform between July 1st and 19th into a vibrant winter playground of light, art, music, technology, and culinary discoveries. With world premieres, Adelaide exclusives and over 100 experiences and performances, this year…
Katy Steele, solo artist and lead singer of Perth band Little Birdy, has been busy preparing to tour for her latest album Undressed. Undressed features stripped back versions of well-known Little Birdy songs including “Relapse” and “Beautiful to Me”; Steele’s solo songs “Rescue Boat” and “Signal to You”; one new song “Honest With Me”, and includes…
Grief, faith, and folklore collide in The Wolf and the Lamb, a haunting hybrid of western grit and supernatural horror from director Michael Schilf. At its centre is Jo Beckett, a schoolteacher pushed to the brink when her son vanishes, sending her spiralling into a world where belief and paranoia blur. But beneath the film’s…
In the last few months, I’ve been fortunate enough to trial a few keyboards, particularly Epomaker keyboards. The ones I’ve been able to test out have had the higher keys, which is something I had to get used to after only using my laptop keyboard or really flat keyboards for years. So when the opportunity…
On Friday, the Foo Fighters released their 12th full length LP, and first in almost three years, Your Favorite Toy. Early reviews indicated this is the best the iconic American rockers have sounded in more than a decade. And as a fan of the band for almost 30 years, I’m here to tell you that…
The first night of a tour always carries a bit of chaos and curiosity, and for Mumford and Sons kicking off the Prizefighter world tour in Melbourne, you could feel that buzz in the room before anyone even walked on stage. Hudson Freeman opened things solo with just a guitar and a voice that did…
Mumford & Sons Prizefighter Australian tour kicked off in Melbourne on Friday. Folk Bitch Trio opened with three-part harmonies that filled the arena with a gorgeous warmth, definitely a proud local moment. Mumford & Sons did what they do best, shifting seamlessly from hushed, reverent moments to full-throttle sing-alongs, with the new Prizefighter material slotting comfortably…
Helmet shredded at The Gov on Wednesday, treating us Adelaide fans to a mid-week gig, for their 2026 Australia tour. Smashing out 9 shows around the country in 10 days, the 90’s heavy alt-rock pioneers flew in from New York for the first time since their Best of Helmet tour in 2023. Opening the show…
If, like me, you’re a long-term Muse fan, there’s usually mixed emotions when they drop a new track, primarily because so many of us yearn for the meaty, powerful songs that they’ve delivered in the past, like ‘Dead Star’, ‘Hyper Music’, and ‘Stockholm Syndrome’. Given that, it was with some trepidation that I first opened…
Fresh off a sold-out run that lit up Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney, and riding the momentum of his acclaimed debut record SOULSTAR, BOY SODA isn’t slowing down. The ARIA-winning artist has announced SOULSTAR Deluxe, landing June 19, with five brand new tracks set to expand the world he’s been building. First taste? The hypnotic new…
Kehlani marks her birthday with the release of her fifth studio album, KEHLANI, a project that feels deliberately stripped back to the essence of who she is as an artist. Self-titled albums often carry that weight of identity, and here it comes through in the emotional clarity of the songwriting – intimate, reflective, and unafraid…
Grief sits at the centre of Apex, but it’s not the kind that asks for quiet reflection. It’s restless, disorienting, and constantly pushing forward – much like the film itself. What begins as a solitary escape into the wilderness gradually tightens into something far more dangerous, until it snaps into a lean, nerve-rattling game of…
Few novels arrive with the sense of destiny that surrounds The House of the Spirits. For Isabel Allende, it began not as a grand literary ambition, but as something far more intimate: a letter written on January 8th to her dying grandfather. More than four decades later, that deeply personal act of remembrance has evolved…
Spanning generations, heartbreak, and political upheaval, The House of the Spirits has long stood as one of the great literary portraits of love and legacy under pressure. Now, in its latest screen adaptation, that sweeping saga is reimagined with an intimate focus – anchoring its revolution not just in history, but within the fragile, shifting…
Violent Soho announced their return to music this week, with a tour to commemorate 10 years of their hit album WACO. The announcement comes weeks after members James Tidswell and Luke Boerdam reunited to join Blink 182’s Mark Hoppus for a cover of “Dammit” on his An Evening Of Storytelling tour in Sydney. After the…
When Nintendo first revealed Yoshi and the Mysterious Book for the Nintendo Switch 2, it was easy to write it off as just another breezy, laid-back romp for the younger crowd. But after getting some hands-on time with the game ahead of its release on the 21st of May, it’s clear that Nintendo has entirely…
We’ve added ten new tracks to our Discovery Playlist this week, including two premieres from earlier in the week, with our Track of the Week going to Ruel and his striking new single “Hate Myself”. Fresh from a surprise Record Store Day pop-up in Sydney, the track marks a sharp left turn ahead of Kicking…
Terrifyingly ancient as I am, as well as being an almost-lifelong Duranie, there’s not much on this planet that gets my instant attention more than a John Taylor bass line. He was my first-ever Bass God, and the reason I picked up my first bass guitar when I was a teenager. Happily, the opening moment…
