Day: 17 August 2015

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Album Review: Miguel – Wildheart (2015 LP)

Miguel has been setting the bar high with his music. For someone that has a striking ability to apply himself, Wildheart is a sophisticated work of art. Since 2012’s Kaleidoscope Dream, his experimentation with rock music has glued together his songs quite nicely, and the music on this record is no exception. The transition from his slick and contemporary…

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Our seven favourite performances and discoveries from the 36th Annual Edmonton Folk Music Festival

Last week, we returned home following an incredible trip to Canada that ended with a weekend in Edmonton for the 36th Annual Edmonton Folk Music Festival. Surrounded by the beautiful scenery of the riverside city, and perched on natural ampitheatres against almost all of the festival’s seven stages, there was a comfort and beauty to…

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Exclusive Single Premiere: Leo Rose "Love?" (2015)

Today we’re excited to bring you the exclusive premiere from alt-pop singer, songwriter and dancer Leo Rose. The track is the artist’s third single, entitled “LOVE?”, the end of a trilogy of songs “about self-actualisation and self discovery”. The excitingly original track starts out trap-like, before returning to his roots a little over halfway through,…

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Here is what happens when you call 1-800 THIS-IS-LEGAL after watching Last Week Tonight

If you are in Australia and watch Last Week Tonight with John Oliver – HBO’s weekly hilarious news series – chances are you were told to call a number which, being in Australia, wasn’t possible to call. Well, thankfully, this is the internet and someone else has done that job for you. Here’s what happened when…

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Smite arrives on Xbox One August 20

Developer Hi-Rez Studios have announced that their free-to-play gods-and-mythology MOBA will have its official launch on Xbox One later this week.

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Disney’s D23 Expo: Watch Benedict Cumberbatch talk Doctor Strange and Chris Evans and Anthony Mackie talk Captain America: Civil War

One of the most talked about presentations at Disney’s D23 Expo over the weekend has been that from Marvel Studios, who helped introduce us to the two films that will kick off “Stage Three” of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) next year: Doctor Strange, preceded by the third Captain America film Civil War. 

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Disney’s D23 Expo: Artist Drew Struzan’s new The Force Awakens poster highlights Han Solo

For Star Wars fans, December could not come quickly enough – because that’s when the J. J. Abrams’ helmed The Force Awakens (aka Episode VII) will hit cinemas. Set 30 years after the events of Return of the Jedi, the film will focus on  a new set of characters, while bringing us some quality nostalgia with…

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Film Review: Irrational Man (USA, 2015)

Woody Allen is quite possibly the only living director who could make a dark comedy film about a perfect crime. Heck, he has kind of already done that with his previous film, Crimes & Misdemeanours. But in 2015 Irrational Man is a wry, tongue-in-cheek story about an older professor’s relationship with a younger woman. Sound…

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Theatre Review: All That Glitters – Blue Room Theatre, Perth (Performances through August 29th)

Refugees, asylum seekers and broader immigration have long dominated headlines and political slogans from all parties within Australia, and more recently abroad in Europe and the UK. For many people it is a polarising issue, for Perth theatre group The Last Great Hunt it provided the starting point for new work All That Glitters. A…

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