Day: 30 July 2014

New Music Video: Jack Carty "The Joneses" (2014)

A few weeks back, Sydney based singer/songwriter Jack Carty emerged with his brand new single “The Joneses”, the lead track from his upcoming third long player, co-written with the one and only Josh Pyke and set for release in late September this year. Following the single’s release, Carty and his housemates have created and released…

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New Music Video: Chicks Who Love Guns "The Deep End" (2014)

Sydney’s Chicks Who Love Guns have returned – following the success of “Pencil Neck” – with their latest single “The Deep End”, which is being released as a 7″ alongside a slew of East Coast shows – kicking off in Sydney this Saturday at Q Bar. Until then, enjoy the brand new video clip here:

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The 1975's Matthew Healy responds to Bastille's Dan Smith: "I wouldn't be surprised if they headlined festivals first!"

In an interview with Gigwise published yesterday, Bastille’s frontman Dan Smith was quoted as saying “I reckon The 1975 will be headlining festivals in a year or so”. In our interview with The 1975 today in Sydney, we asked Matthew Healy he they thought about the opinion. Calling the bands “mates” and humbled by the…

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Gettin' to know the Glaswegians #02: We Came From Wolves

Following on from our feature on DEATHCATS yesterday, today we bring you the next band in our series highlighting Glasgow based bands – We Came From Wolves. We sat down with the band while at T in the Park in Scotland, and we’ll leave it to them to let you know what they’re all about,…

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VICE’s Motherboard releases Island of the Apes documentary and three short Dawn of the Planet of the Apes prequels

To celebrate the release of 20th Century Fox’s masterpiece Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, VICE’s Motherboard has partnered with Fox to produce Island of the Apes – a documentary that travels to Liberia to visit an isolated island that is home to former lab-tested chimpanzees. Here is a synopsis for the documentary: Our crew traveled to…

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Win a DVD copy of N.A.S.A – Spirit of Apollo!

Los Angeles based producer Squeak E. Clean and the Brazilian DJ Zegon formed North America/South America (N.A.S.A.) born out their friendship, shared inspiration and love of music from both continents. This documentary looks at the making of their world renowned debut album Spirit Of Apollo with unlikely but brilliant collaborations such as Chuck D +…

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Film Review: A Most Wanted Man (UK, USA & Germany, 2014)

A Most Wanted Man is an espionage thriller about terrorists. But despite this genre, the film contains no explosions, gun battles or high-tech special effects. Instead, it has more in common with The Ides Of March, in that it is a tense and dramatic labyrinth of power plays where rivals with competing agendas use political…

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11 Films not to miss at the 2014 Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF)

  Kicking off in Melbourne tomorrow is the annual Melbourne International Film Festival. The Iris will be bringing you tonnes of coverage from the event throughout its two-and-a-bit week run, but before it starts, on the off chance you’re still not sure what you want to see, we bring you our picks of the festival…

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