Day: 14 October 2014

Live Review: The Script + Taylor Henderson – The Metro Theatre, Sydney (14.10.14)

It doesn’t happen very often that when a band drops a new album we’re graced with a live show to go along with the promotion train that follows it. Sydney fans were fortunate to not only have Irish rockers The Script play for them, but it was at The Metro too, a considerably smaller venue than the…

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Ian Casselman of Marianas Trench (Canada) on “Pop 101” and his journey as the drummer

Canadian pop rock band Marianas Trench are full of creativity and it’s safe to say that their songs can be quite entertaining. But for a band who focus heavily on the lyrical aspect of their songs as well, they’ve achieved so much more as musicians. Having released three studio albums and bouncing between genres of punk rock…

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Photo Gallery: The Script – Metro Theatre, Sydney (14.10.14)

Gwendolyn Lee brings us this photo gallery from The Script‘s intimate show at the Metro in Sydney tonight.

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the AU interview: Thelma Plum (Brisbane) talks "Monsters" EP and Tour!

While she was at BIGSOUND last month, we sat down with the beautiful Thelma Plum to talk about her latest EP Monsters, where she wears her heart on her sleeve to say the least. We look ahead to her massive national tour – which kicks off on October 30th – and talk about how things…

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the AU sessions: Angie Hart, Katie Noonan, Sam Buckingham and Maples cover Prince's "When You Were Mine"

the AU review captures artists Angie Hart, Katie Noonan, Sam Buckingham and Maples performing the Prince track “When You Were Mine” off the collaborative album Songs That Made Me. 100% of the album’s profits go to Cancer Council and it is released Friday, October 17th ahead of a November/December tour in celebration of the record….

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the AU interview: Head of Music and Live Performances, Craig Nyman talks Las Vegas' Life is Beautiful Festival

One lineup we keep seeing pop up around the internets at the moment is the Las Vegas based Life is Beautiful, which will see OutKast play their final scheduled performance, Foo Fighters return to the festival stage and Kanye West treat Kanye West to headlining a festival once again. And let’s not forget the Australians…

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Live Review: Sheppard + Microwave Jenny – Enmore Theatre, Sydney (12.10.14)

I was fortunate enough to travel around India with Sheppard back in 2012 (you can look back at the interview I conducted with them HERE) and by the end of that trip, having seen them live a good 5 or 6 times, I never wanted to hear their catchy single “Let Me Down Easy” again….

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The Twelve Best Nintendo 64 Games of all time… Part Two

Yesterday we brought you the first six games in our feature on the best Nintendo 64 games of all time – just in time for Nintendo’s 125th Anniversary (yep, that’s not a typo). Today, we bring you the top six… counting us down to number one! 6. Donkey Kong 64 Another Rare gem. Taking all…

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TV Review: The Walking Dead Season 5 Episode 1 “No Sanctuary” (USA, 2014)

In the world of The Walking Dead you are “either the butcher, or the cattle” according to the once-benevolent folk of Terminus, and so we continue exploring the rewritten rules of humanity in this horribly bleak, post-apocalyptic landscape. In “No Sanctuary”, the epic premiere of the fifth season, there was a perfect balance of this…

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Win a double pass to see The Crow on the big screen in Sydney!

Some of cinemas most celebrated titles are set to return to the big screen at Event Cinemas George Street, with the recent launch of the In The House Cinema Series. Featuring landmark films at their finest, the series will herald the return to the big screen of some of the greatest movie titles of the…

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Win a Blu-ray copy of War Story!

Lee (Keener) is a photographer who documents the plights of refugees in war torn countries. Her most recent assignment brings her to Libya where she is detained for brutal questioning. The plot commences with her release and soon-to-be isolation in a Sicilian hotel where she is content to hide out immersed in darkness and painkillers….

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The Iris Interview: Peter Hambleton (NZ) on the end of The Hobbit ahead of Armageddon Melbourne!

Armageddon Melbourne is coming up this weekend, giving fans of sci-fi, pop culture, anime and more the chance to meet some amazing actors, animators, illustrators and more. Taking place at the Melbourne Showgrounds on October 18th and 19th, you can bet that there are going to be some killer cosplays, hilarious panels and more coming…

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Box Office Report: Audiences flock back to David Fincher’s Gone Girl

David Fincher’s Gone Girl has proven itself to be the must-see movie of the moment by smashing the competition to take the top spot at the Australian box office for the second weekend in a row. The film made an incredible $4.1 million over the weekend, only dropping around $0.6 million from last weekend, which is an incredibly…

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TV Review: Doctor Who – Season 8 Episode 8 “Mummy on the Orient Express” (UK, 2014)

So here we are at the midway point of the eighth season of revived Who. And what a ride it’s been. I’m not sure about anyone else but I feel like Capaldi’s first season as The Doctor has flown by and Jenna? Who’d have thought Clara would have developed into the character we’ve seen her become, especially in the last…

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Antenna Documentary Film Festival Review: Grey Gardens (USA, 1975)

When all you’ve known is wealth and privilege, it’s a long fall from the top of the social ladder. But some do fall, and that’s exactly what happened to Jackie O’s aunt and cousin, Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale (Edie) and her daughter Edith Bouvier Beale (Little Edie). The demise of two eccentric yet ultimately enigmatic…

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