The Latest from the AU

Tim Rogers

Interview: Tim Rogers on Tines of Stars Unfurled, inspirational songwriters and what not to drink on tour

March 21, 2023

  Last month Tim Rogers and his band The Twin Set, released Tines of Stars Unfurled, the follow-up to his much loved 1999 debut solo album, What Rhymes with Cars and Girls. In recording the follow-up, Tim gathered together as many of the original Twin Sets as possible, including Jen Anderson, Davey Lane and Mark […]

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Interview: Melbourne’s Nat Vazer talks touring the U.S., her new single, and an upcoming album release

March 20, 2023

2020 was a banner year for singer-songwriter Nat Vazer. She had just released her debut album Is This Offensive and Loud?, earning her an Australian Music Prize nomination. Three years and one pandemic later, she’s on the road touring the U.S. with a fresh new single ‘Addicted to Misery’, and a second album release on […]

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UNIFY Gathering will be hitting the road for UNIFY Off The Record 2023

March 20, 2023

After teasing something exciting on their socials last week, the team behind UNIFY Gathering (endearingly known as Emo Christmas) have today announced a new incarnation of the local heavy music festival: UNIFY Off The Record 2023. The touring festival will be bringing some of the biggest names in the Australian metal and punk scene to […]

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Five highlights from The New Colossus Festival (2023)

March 20, 2023

From 8-12 March, New York City hosted the fifth annual (fourth edition, thanks pandemic), The New Colossus Festival. With so many great artists and venues to explore and only five days to do so, I thought I’d condense my experience into a list of my top five highlights, showcasing why this is a must-attend festival […]

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Didier Theron Company

WOMADelaide through the eyes of a festival first-timer

March 20, 2023

You’ve got to wing it with WOMAD – how this writer learned to fly. As the saying goes, first impressions are very important – WOMADelaide’s impression was everything. With over 700 performers, WOMADelaide 2023 kicked off on Friday 10 March in the surroundings of Adelaide’s flourishing Botanic Park / Tainmuntilla. The four-day festival was an […]

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Herb & Chilli Festival heats up the Yarra Valley

March 19, 2023

This weekend in the Yarra Valley, hot heads and green thumbs alike swarmed to the aptly named Lovely Nursery for the 11th Herb & Chilli Festival. Featuring over 80 stalls, live cooking shows, hot wings, fresh chillies and chilli chocolate chip cookie eating contests, and a whole host of fresh herb and chilli plants to […]

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Sydney Writers’ Festival 2023 looks to the future & tackles the hard questions

March 19, 2023

The Sydney Writers’ Festival is one of the top five literary festivals in the world. In its 26th year, the Festival aims to appeal to many different audiences, with topics ranging from AI and climate change to politics and food. We cannot escape the sense that our country, if not the world, is in a […]

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Mary’s & Southern Comfort are throwing a massive glow-in-the-dark party in Bondi this month

March 18, 2023

When was the last time you played glow-in-the-dark golf? Never? Me too. Yet that’s exactly the type of niche Southern Comfort and Birds of Condor are getting at with a huge event in Bondi this month. With Mary’s Burgers along for the ride, there’s a glow-in-the-dark party being planned for Thursday 30th March at the […]

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Film Review: Boston Strangler is a fascinating, yet familiar, true crime drama anchored by Keira Knightley

March 18, 2023

There’s a formula adhered to and a lack of mould breaking throughout Matt Ruskin‘s Boston Strangler, but that doesn’t mean it still isn’t an effective take on an establish genre, with his script executing compelling narrative arcs and supplying the always-watchable Keira Knightley a role with sense and purpose. She stars as Loretta McLaughlin, a […]

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Adelaide Fringe Review: Starwheels – Full Dome Immersive Experience at Adelaide Planetarium

March 18, 2023

The Adelaide Planetarium is a thirty seat dome in the Mawson Lakes campus of the Adelaide University. Normally used for demonstrating the movements of our celestial system, tonight the idea is to be fully immersed in a sound and light experience. The team behind the show, Sacred Resonance have been presenting sound and light experiences […]

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Soul II Soul

WOMADelaide Day 4 closes on a high note

March 18, 2023

The holiday Monday closed day four of WOMADelaide to a smaller crowd, which made traversing the site much easier than the previous three sold-out days. Not to say that there was any less energy or talent on display. Mdou Moctar took to the Foundation stage early in the afternoon. Hailing from a desert village in […]

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Film Review: Melissa Barrera is hauntingly captivating in All the World Is Sleeping, a harrowing drama on addiction and generational abuse

March 18, 2023

A harrowing tale of addiction, psychological instability, and the humanising of substance abuse, All the World Is Sleeping is a generational drama that provides no easy answers within.  Inspired by the true stories of Carly Hicks, Patricia Marez, Jade Sanchez, Myra Salazar, Kayleigh Smith, Malissa Trujillo, and Doralee Urban, a collective of New Mexico women […]

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Theatre Review: American Idiot – Can you hear the sound of hysteria?

March 17, 2023

Debuting on Broadway in 2010, American Idiot (based on the Green Day album of the same name that defined a generation) has become a beloved production that went on to win two Tony awards. It was developed by bandmates Michael Mayer and Billie Joe Armstrong and has finally come to Melbourne’s Chapel off Chapel thanks […]

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Film Review: Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves is a journey of fantastical and comedic riches

March 17, 2023

23 years after Hollywood first attempted to adapt the Dungeons & Dragons phenomenon with an entirely forgettable fantasy that starred Jimmy Olsen from TV’s Lois & Clark, and had Marlon Wayans setting back racial stereotypes by a good few decades, the (studio) powers that be have opted to re-polish the IP, rolling the dice on […]

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Close up view of a woman applying makeup into the lens of a camera. Her face is illuminated by a spotlight.

Theatre Review: COLLAPSIBLE is for anyone who has ever felt like a stranger in their own skin

March 17, 2023

Described as a “coming-of-age comedy-drama”, COLLAPSIBLE, at the Old Fitz Theatre in Sydney’s Woolloomooloo, explores identity and that all too familiar feeling of being completely lost. Written by Margaret Perry and directed By Zoë Hollyoak and Morgan Moroney, this one woman play centres on Essie (Janet Anderson). She’s lost her job, her girlfriend and, as […]

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Eloise

New Music Discoveries 17th March: Eloise, The Vanns, Everything But The Girl & more

March 17, 2023

This week we’ve added another ten tracks to our Discovery playlist on Spotify and Apple Music. Our track of the week belongs to UK neo-soul, pop artist and rising star Eloise, with “Therapist”. if you’ve got a partner who needs to take their attitude elsewhere, then this is for you. With lyrics such as “you’re acting like […]

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Adelaide Fringe Review: Michael Shafar is definitely well worth the chemo

March 17, 2023

Michael Shafar is a testicular cancer survivor, hence the chemo joke. It was what his oncologist told him after he had seen the show; “You were well worth the chemo, Michael.” Which is a pretty good recommendation. On a Tuesday night after a long weekend, the house is full. Even if the stage is an […]

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Interview: Director Kirk DeMicco and producer Kelly Cooney on their animated creation Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken

March 17, 2023

Sometimes the hero you are meant to be lies just beneath the surface. This year, DreamWorks Animation dives into the turbulent waters of high school with a hilarious, heartfelt action comedy about a shy teenager, Ruby Gillman (voiced by Lana Condor), who discovers that she’s part of a legendary royal lineage of mythical sea krakens […]

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BABYMETAL announce debut headline Australia tour

March 17, 2023

Put on your black eyeshadow and grab your wolf masks because Japanese pop-metal favourites BABYMETAL are coming! Last Wednesday the band announced that they will be heading to Australia this June for their debut headline run as part of their World Tour 2023. Performing at Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane, Hordern Pavilion in Sydney and […]

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Film Review: Living is an understated piece of beauty about the importance of existence

March 17, 2023

Based on Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 Japanese film Ikiru, which in itself was inspired by the 1886 Russian novella The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy, Oliver Hermanus’s Living is an understated take on one of life’s most complicated musings: What does it mean to truly live? It’s a big question, but in the hands […]

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Film review: Of an Age is a beautifully crafted film, powered by a magnetic romance

March 16, 2023

When we spend so much time consuming global entertainment, it feels extra special to watch a beautifully told Australian story—a film that’s rich with nostalgia yet doesn’t shy away from truth. Of an Age is a stirring, gorgeously filmed queer romance, set in Melbourne during 1999. The movie follows 18-year-old amateur ballroom dancer Kol (Elias […]

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Film Review: Shazam! Fury of the Gods is a crowd-pleasing continuation of DC’s most enthusiastic superhero

March 16, 2023

Similar to how Henry Cavill’s (re)appearance as Superman was all but confirmed prior to the release of Black Adam (and then, you know, leaked in its entirety through supposed bootleg footage), which in itself was viewed as a desperate ploy to drum up interest for the Dwayne Johnson-led superhero flick, there’s a similar air of […]

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Game Preview: Hands on with Dead Island 2

March 16, 2023

The team at Plaion ANZ were nice enough to provide us with a hands-on look at the highly anticipated Dead Island 2 from Dambuster Studios and Deep Silver. The sequel is finally releasing later this month after the first game in 2011, which garnered rave reviews and a cult following. This time around the island […]

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Live Review: Florence + The Machine + King Princess – Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney (13.03.23)

March 15, 2023

I’ve been fortunate to see Florence + The Machine five times, and every time it’s been one of the best two-hour experiences of my year. This time was no different. Returning to the country for the first time in more than four years, Florence Welch and co greeted the Sydney crowd like old friends and […]

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Adelaide Fringe Review: Ari Arari is a spectacular Korean folk musical

March 15, 2023

Ari Arari is a musical based on a 600-year-old Korean folk song. “Arirang” is surmised to mean “my beautiful one,” and the story is set in the Gangwon Province of Korea. Symbolic of the enduring bond between North and South Korea, it is a sweeping epic story of a daughter’s search for her carpenter father […]

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Adelaide Fringe Review: Black and White Tea Room – Counsellor is a carefully crafted psychological drama

March 15, 2023

A man sits reading in a room, surrounded by artefacts of a past era; a record player, an unfinished abstract oil painting; a rotary telephone. He’s a counsellor (Cha Hyun-suk, who also wrote and directed the play) and he is expecting a patient. His patient (Taesik Shim) is to be his last before he retires […]

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5 things to know before playing the Resident Evil 4 Remake

March 15, 2023

With a brand-spanking new version of Resident Evil 4 right around the corner, we simply can’t wait to see what the remake holds in store for new and existing fans alike. With new gameplay details and a free demo available to download as you’re reading this, we thought we would dive in and highlight 5 […]

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Sitting Down

Exclusive Video Premiere: Sitting Down “You Don’t Want To Be Alone Anymore” (2023)

March 15, 2023

Sitting Down is a 4-piece psych-pop band from Newcastle, and they’ve been building their fan base since the release of their debut EP, Pilot, in 2022. They are about to release their new track, the dreamy “You Dont Want To Be Alone Anymore”. The track is infused with beach-vibes, featuring some sweet guitar hooks and […]

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Interview: Against the Current talk tours, Aus bands and video games

March 15, 2023

New York pop-punk trio Against the Current have been simmering away as ones to watch and it’s about time the rest of the world gets a taste. After rising to fame with their Riot Games collaboration “Legends Never Die” (the League of Legends World Championship theme) in 2017, the band have since amassed hundreds of […]

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Bloody Hell is a queer-laced, coming-of-age dramedy that transforms personal trauma into relatable storytelling: SXSW Film Festival Review

March 14, 2023

Described as a “traumedy” and navigating a narrative I have no personal connection to – or even a right to comment on in all honesty – Molly McGlynn‘s Bloody Hell has the same footprints as a coming-of-age comedy, but laces such with a queer mentality and the potential dehumanising reality of when your body “rejects” […]

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