Back in 2024 we premiered the video for “Lil Bo Weep”, and it’s great to have Sydney punk-rocker and DIY video maker Jovi Skyler back on the AU review. Today we’re premiering the clip for “Edie Sedgwick”, a track from his new album Unpopular. The song is about the Warhol “It Girl” of the 1960s,…
Amidst the enthusiasm for true crime podcasts and investigative thrillers, this new novel by Natalie Barelli provides an intriguing counterpoint. Though titled Missing Molly, the titular girl of this tale and the victim of a terrible crime is anything but missing. In a delightful twist on the genre, she’s the protagonist of our story –…
Truth is often stranger than fiction, but in Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim‘s extraordinary You Can See Everything, the distinction between the two becomes so increasingly slippery that even the people holding the cameras seem unsure of what they’re witnessing. What begins as an intimate portrait of disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes in the final…
Foo Fighters, the American rock heavyweight champions led by the charismatic Dave Grohl, delivered a full-throttle night of thunderous guitars, huge singalong anthems and rock ’n’ roll at Sydney’s Accor Stadium. It was a stadium-sized celebration of rock ’n’ roll with a catalogue packed with modern rock classics including “All My Life”, “My Hero”, “Learn To…
For Bron Lewis, the move from high-school teacher to stand-up comedian began with a few storytelling nights, some encouragement from fellow comedians and a growing realisation that making people laugh was something she wanted to pursue. A mother of three who started comedy at 32, Bron had close to a decade of teaching experience and…
Ashanti’s return to Australia starts tonight in Perth, and she’s bringing one of Sydney’s most exciting young R&B voices with her. RIAH has been confirmed as national support for all four Australian shows. The Grammy winner’s run takes in Perth’s Riverside Theatre tonight, Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall on Wednesday, Sydney’s TikTok Arena at the ICC…
Liverpool singer-songwriter Jamie Webster released his fourth studio album, Running Round the Sun, in September and returns to Australia for four shows this December. Known for his working-class storytelling and strong connection with his audience, Webster has built a career on songs that speak to everyday experiences, struggles and hopes. We caught up with him…
Melbourne metalcore quintet Windwaker are one of the most exciting bands in the heavy space right now, as they proved at the final show of their national smile, you’re on camera tour at The Tivoli in Brisbane on Saturday night. What separates these boys from their peers is how they take the core elements of…
What happens when the only person who still loves you is someone you can’t stand? That’s the deliciously twisted question at the heart of Loves Company, writer/director Jason Laurits’ darkly comedic subversion of the obsessive-fan thriller. Jack Plotnick stars as Blake De Troy, a washed-up, flamboyant former game show personality whose fading celebrity has left…
Long before concert films became lavish, meticulously choreographed cinematic spectacles, George Michael needed little more than a microphone, a leather jacket and an audience willing to surrender to his considerable charisma. In George Michael: The Faith Tour, the long-unseen footage of the singer’s electrifying 1988 performances in Paris has been lovingly restored for the big…
There’s a particular kind of magic that happens when the car doors shut, the bags are wedged into the boot, and someone finally hits play. Australia is built for road trips. The distances are absurd, the scenery changes every few hundred kilometres, and the radio drops out right when the best song comes on. A…
THE ANIMALS were a major force in the British Invasion of the 1960s, blending blues, R&B, and rock into a sound that has inspired generations. Their music remains as relevant and powerful today as it was back then! On the eve of their Australian tour, we chatted to founding member John Steel about his illustrious…
In their first Australian tour since 2019, Atlanta hard rock veterans Sevendust are finally heading back to Australia, bringing three decades of heavy grooves, soaring vocals and some seriously enduring anthems to capital cities in February 2027. Joining them for the run will be Brisbane progressive metal favourites Caligula’s Horse, making this a particularly strong…
My cynicism about Parramatta’s worldly ambitions was torn to shreds the minute I saw Es Devlin’s extraordinary outdoor sculpture, Come Home Again. Gathered outside Powerhouse Parramatta for its official media preview on Friday morning, I watched as a small part of the team responsible for NSW’s most ambitious new cultural institution assembled around Devlin’s monumental…
For many of us, “Big Jet Plane” was the song that made us fall in love with Angus & Julia Stone. They’ve taken a few detours since, with solo records and Angus’s Dope Lemon project, but there’s still something about the music these siblings make together that keeps us coming back. Following the release of…
Welcome to this week’s Discovery Playlist, with ten new tracks added and ready to stream now on Spotify and Apple Music. Our Track of the Week is “For You” (feat. Jessica Mauboy & Jem Cassar-Daley), the captivating new single from Ruby Rodgers. Ruby wrote the song with Shane Nicholson in his Melbourne kitchen, and it’s…
Anyone who’s spent hours trying to find a Qantas Classic Reward seat to Europe or Japan will know how frustrating the process can be, especially when you’re hoping to fly Business Class. Qantas is now promising some relief, announcing a year-long program of dedicated Points Planes throughout 2027, with every available seat on selected flights…
If you grew up with rock music in the early 2000s, chances are you know exactly what happens when someone starts making that unmistakable “ooh-wah-ah-ah-ah” noise. Disturbed’s “Down With the Sickness” was one of those songs that needed very little introduction, and more than 25 years later, it still has the power to turn a…
Canadian singer-songwriter Patrick Watson will return to Australia for the first time in more than a decade, with three east coast shows announced for later this month. The Montreal-based musician will bring his latest album, UH OH, to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, performing at Metro Theatre on 26 November, Northcote Theatre on 28 November and…
After making her long-awaited return to the screen following more than a decade away from Hollywood in last year’s Back in Action, Cameron Diaz is continuing her relationship with Netflix, and judging by the first trailer for her latest film, Bad Day, things are about to get considerably more chaotic. Directed by Jake Szymanski (TV’s…
For some, Christmas is a season of joy, togetherness and cherished traditions. For others, it can be a painful reminder of everything they’ve lost, and the people who are no longer there to share it with them. It’s that quieter, often overlooked side of the festive season that sits at the heart of Merry Christmas…
Gold Coast band Jollee are back with “199”, and we’re premiering it here on the AU review ahead of its release on Friday, 6th November. It’s a powerful piece of indie rock, driven by big riffs and jagged guitars, but there’s a vulnerability running alongside all that force. The song is about giving your heart…
Friendship can be a strange thing, particularly when it’s forged through decades of deception, violence and the occasional disagreement over whether it’s appropriate to kill someone during a meal. In Martin McDonagh’s darkly comic Wild Horse Nine, the unlikely tenderness between two hardened CIA operatives becomes the emotional heartbeat of a story otherwise steeped in…
Martin McDonagh has long been fascinated by men who would sooner insult, maim or murder one another than admit they actually care. Friendship in his films is rarely expressed through anything resembling conventional affection; it arrives through arguments, threats, profanities and, occasionally, the reluctant acknowledgement that losing someone might hurt considerably more than expected. It…
Nintendo has seemingly done the impossible: to take a game that is so beloved by so many and remake it to complete perfection for modern consoles and even new audiences. Taking the universally loved and widely considered “best game of all time” and making it relevant for the current generation of gamers is not an…
Rockstar Games has announced that GTA 6 will begin pre-loading from the 10th of November, over a week before the game’s official release on the 19th of November. The pre-loading will begin at midnight, depending on your local time zone, which might be worth checking. While that’s great news, giving us a chance to have…
Bethesda has decided to pull the trigger on the name for the next Elder Scrolls game, now officially titled The Elder Scrolls VI: Sentinel. The 9-minute developer update was shown off in the midst of a 40th anniversary celebration for the publisher, but much like that initial reveal so many years ago, there’s not really…
Laneway Festival has announced its final round of sideshows for 2027, with Kim Petras, ADÉLA, Danny L Harle, Gurriers, Florence Road and more set to play headline dates across Sydney and Melbourne next February. Presented by Handsome Tours and Laneway Presents, the announcement follows the Adelaide and Perth shows revealed in September and gives fans…
Brisbane singer-songwriter Shumo AG is only 14, which makes his new single, “Young Boy Young Girl”, all the more impressive. He wrote, performed and produced it himself, and it tells the funny, awkward story of a first crush and a mum who thinks the girl is trouble. We’re delighted to bring you the exclusive premiere…
Fame has a peculiar way of turning visibility into vulnerability, and few understood that contradiction quite as painfully as Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy. Long before her marriage to John F. Kennedy Jr. made her one of the most photographed women in the world, Carolyn had built a career at Calvin Klein, working in an industry where image,…
