Day: 3 April 2015

the AU interview: Elliott Hammond of The Delta Riggs talks Rock and Roll, Drugs, Foo Fighters and Kanye West

As part of our On The Rocks feature yesterday, the AU review’s, Alex Houle, recently caught up with Elliott Hammond, the opinionated singer of The Delta Riggs, to chat about their recent Foo Fighters tour, their latest album, Dipz Zebazios, and the current state of Rock and Roll. In this no holds barred interview, we…

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Photo Gallery: Switchfoot + Breakaway – The HiFi, Sydney (01.04.15)

Gwendolyn Lee brings us these fantastic photos from Switchfoot and Breakaway at The Hi-Fi in Sydney on Wednesday night. Check them out here:

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MICF Review: Corey White: The Cane Toad Effect (Performances Through April 19th)

“Don’t worry, you’ll get home in one piece” Corey White assures, as he delves into things he could have possibly said to put a woman’s mind at ease after he realized he had accidentally been following her for several kilometers late one night. Ultimately he knows there’s nothing he could have said, he knows even…

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the AU interview at SXSW: July Talk (Canada) discuss writing new songs and playing shows in Australia

the AU review caught up with Canadian bluesy garage rockers July Talk at SXSW in Austin to chat about writing songs for their second album, playing new material at SXSW and what they love about Australia’s music scene – all while holding our two balloons in the shape of an ‘A’ and ‘U’. We should frame that…

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the AU sessions at SXSW: Julio Tavarez of The Black and The White (Los Angeles) performs "Torn Up"

the AU review captures Julio Tavarez – the lead vocalist and guitarist of Los Angeles group The Black and The White – in the AU’s pop up venue at SXSW performing their latest single “Torn Up” as part of their SXSW AU Sessions series. Follow the band on Facebook to hear more: https://www.facebook.com/theblackandthewhitemusic

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Film Review: Furious 7 (USA, 2015)

After 7 of these things we kind of know what to expect from the Fast & Furious franchise, but the most inconsistently-titled movie franchise of all time still manages to rise from the ashes of cliche and reinvent itself time and time again. Furious 7 has been the most difficult for the successful brand and,…

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George RR Martin releases chapter from sixth A Song of Ice and Fire book The Winds of Winter

It’s been a long time since 2011’s A Dance with Dragons was released, serving as the fifth installment in George RR Martin’s incredibly involving A Song of Ice and Fire series – which you probably also know as the source material for Game of Thrones. Now the sixth installment is being prepared and as a…

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House of Cards Season 4 confirmed for Netflix in 2016 (Spoiler Free Post)

Thanks to a post today on the official House of Cards Twitter Feed, we now know for certain that the acclaimed, award winning series House of Cards will return for a fourth season in 2016. No further details are available at this time. Seasons 1 to 3 are currently streaming in full on Netflix Australia, which…

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BBC celebrates 10 years of Doctor Who by releasing it on BitTorrent

March 26th marked ten years that Doctor Who returned from it’s sixteen year hiatus under the stewardship of Russell T. Davies and the show began it’s meteoric transition from cult classic to international phenomenon. Though the BBC chose not to mark the occasion with a special episode, like last year’s 50th Anniversary special, it is…

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Did you spot the Spinal Tap hat in The Princess Bride at In The House?

In the film’s opening scenes, Peter Falk begins reading the Princess Bride to Fred Savage… You may have caught a glimpse of the boy’s baseball cap hanging near his bed. This cap was placed there by the movie’s director, Rob Reiner, to fulfill a request by Mark Knopfler, who composed the music for the movie….

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