Day: 28 February 2014

the AU interview: Falling Stacks (Bristol)

We’ve been impressed lately by a band from Bristol called Falling Stacks. We wanted to get to know them a bit better, so caught up with them at the end of last year as they looked towards the release of their new EP Vizsla, out next month. Here’s what went down: Let us in on…

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the AU interview: Stellar Green (Brisbane) talk "Refuge" tour!

the AU review’s Larry Heath sits down with two parts of Brisbane group Stellar Green to talk about their new single “Refuge” and the accompanying tour! They’re playing the Bald faced Stag in Sydney tonight (28th February) ahead of shows in other states (see below!)… TOUR DATES Friday February 28 – Sydney Bald Faced Stag…

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Get Vance Joy, Arctic Monkeys and more: triple j's Hottest 100 of 2013 (Volume 21) released on CD today.

Celebrating its 21st year, triple j spent Australia Day counting down the best songs of 2013 in another massive Hottest 100. A huge 1,492,619 votes were cast by 173,658 music fans, and over 5,700 Hottest 100 parties were held around the world, making triple j’s Hottest 100 the world’s biggest musical democracy. And now you…

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Alex and Larry from The Iris predicts The Oscars 2014!

Well, it’s that time of the year again. The biggest awards show of the season, The 86th Academy Awards, screens Monday afternoon in Australia live on Channel Nine from 12.30pm AEDT, with Ellen Degeneres as our host. In anticipation, myself and Iris writer Alex King thought we’d take you through the list of nominees and…

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TV Review: Rake – Season 3, Episode 3 (Australia, 2014)

At last! Cleaver Greene is back in the legal saddle with a case we can all get excited about. Scarlet has been promoted to Senior Counsel and now has an enormous workload, so at Barney’s suggestion, she agrees to take Cleaver on as one of her juniors. It seems like a pretty illogical decision for…

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