Day: 5 December 2013

the AU interview: Kilter (Sydney)

the AU review talks to one of Sydney’s finest emerging electronic artists, Kilter, ahead of his appearance at Stereosonic. We talk about how he turns his music into a live experience, what we can expect from his 2014 EP, his dislike of the term “EDM”, how Flume has helped open to the door for artists…

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the AU interview: Ben Caplan (Canada) talks 2014 Tour!

Larry recently caught up with good friend of the AU – and winner of Canada’s best beard – Ben Caplan to find out what he’s been up to since he was last in Australia for Bluesfest, and to get a taste of what we can expect when returns over New Years, performing with his full…

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the AU interview: Roger Ballen talks Asylum of the Birds and MONA Exhibition

Well known and highly regarded photographer Roger Ballen (Born in New York City, lives and works in Johannesburg, South Africa) is coming to Australia to exhibit a series of works at the MONA Gallery in Hobart, Tasmania. We caught up with Roger to talk about this exhibition, his latest book Asylum of the Birds and…

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TV Review: American Horror Story: Coven – Episodes 5 and 6 (USA, 2013)

The zombie sub-genre can produce gory fun and easy thrills but the incorporation of the undead in Episode 5 of American Horror Story: Coven is nowhere near the standard of a George A. Romero picture. The zombie encounter is the highest point of the episode and it concludes half way through. Following on from the…

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TV Review: New Girl – Season 3 Episode 10 “Thanksgiving III” (USA, 2013)

Sad to say I was a little disappointed when this week’s episode of New Girl began. It was worrying to see it turn down a cliché Thanksgiving/camping ‘everything goes wrong’ path that most sitcoms seem to have gone down at one time or another. New Girl is usually quite consistent in its originality, and while…

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Iris Interview: AACTA Nominees Ewan Leslie, Tasma Walton and Catherine Knapman.

Following their nomination announcements earlier this week, we caught up with three of the AACTA nominees to discuss what this recognition meant to them, learn a little bit more about their films and find out what they thought about the broader nominations. With thanks to Chris Singh for taking on these interviews: CATHERINE KNAPMAN: PRODUCER,…

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