Day: 25 September 2015

Stumbled Upon #081 – Jesse Witney (Gympie)

In our 81st instalment of “Stumbled Upon”, we meet Jesse Witney from Gympie, Queensland, and chat about his one man tour across Australia, growing up in a musical family and his brand new release, Be It. Musician: Jesse Witney Website / Social Media: jessewitney.com Facebook / Soundcloud Genre: Roots Members & their roles: Jesse Witney…

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Music Video of the Day: RÜFÜS "Like An Animal" (2015)

RÜFÜS (or RÜFÜS DU SOL as they are known in North America) continually deliver fantastic music. And their latest single – the second to be taken from their upcoming record Bloom – “Like An Animal” is no exception. Directed by Katzki, featuring animation by Jack Vanzet & Katzki, is also a pretty damn fine clip…

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Weekend Highlight: We get a taste of Lotus Dining’s $49 Degustation Menu running during The Galeries’ Spring Social (Sydney CBD)

Photo Credit: Chloe Paul Lotus Dining – Chris Yan’s modern take on Chinese – has been bringing customers their second location in The Galeries for less than two months, but they’ve already become one of the most popular destinations in the building, which is celebrating their “Spring Social” this weekend. And Lotus are joining in…

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Five songs from five artists you can't miss at Listen Out 2015

Childish Gambino. Photo Credit: Perri Cassie. Listen Out is kicking off tomorrow in Melbourne, before it hits Perth and then Sydney and Melbourne next weekend. In anticipation, we’ve narrowed down the list to the five songs from five acts we reckon you can’t miss at any of the event. An in no particular order they…

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Exclusive Music Video Premiere: Transvaal Diamond Syndicate speak out on violence against women in "The River" (2015)

Australian Blues Rock band Transvaal Diamond Syndicate have released a video for their latest single “The River” – for which they head out on tour today – sure to cause controversy and engineered to precede important discussion. The confronting 6­ minute, black and white filmclip speaks out on violence against women, coming complete with a…

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the AU interview: John Butler (WA) talks The Seed Fund Fundraiser Concert and Pozible Campaign!

Eleven years in, John Butler and Danielle Caruana’s Seed Fund is giving incredible opportunities to musicians all over Australia. And now they’re asking for the support of Australians to help them keep giving back, launching their first ever fundraising campaign through Pozible and announcing an incredible fundraising concert happening in Melbourne next month. To talk…

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St Jerome's Laneway Festival reveals its 2016 lineup for Singapore

So, now that the Australian shows have been announced, it’s time to get excited at who’ll be kicking off the run of shows at the 6th annual Laneway Festival Singapore. As usual, it’s a batch of the best bands coming to Australia, mixed in with a few exclusive and locals! There’s everything from left-field electronica…

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Sydney Underground Film Festival Review: Dude Bro Party Massacre III (USA, 2015)

When the red band trailer for Dude Bro Party Massacre III was first released it struck me, and it struck me extremely hard; I hadn’t laughed that loudly since my eighteenth re-watch of Tommy Wiseau’s The Room. Perhaps it isn’t a coincidence then, that Mark from the classic 2003 “disasterpiece” (AKA Greg Sestero) is in…

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Exclusive Interview: Vikings‘ Clive Standen talks about playing Rollo, Season Four and Travis Fimmel

In part one of our interview with Vikings actor Clive Standen, we talk about his first ever trip to Australia for Oz Comic-Con. We find out what Aussie actor Travis Fimmel (also from Vikings) recommended he do while in the country.

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Sydney Underground Film Festival: Reality (France, 2014)

If Quentin Dupieux can make Rubber, a film about a tyre work, then I figured that this one that is about a person was bound to be gold. People are way more interesting than tyres! He really did make a film about a tyre (I’m not being weird… he is) and I’ve been told it’s great. But…

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The Week’s DVD Release Picks: Best of the Box (25th September 2015)

It’s time to grab a box set and catch up on some of the best shows on the box with this week’s DVD releases.

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Sydney Underground Film Festival: One on One (South Korea, 2015)

Oh you like Korean cinema? Me too! You like violent Korean cinema? Yes please, me too! Have you seen any of Kim Ki-Duk‘s films? Me neither. When I read that he had directed 20 features and had received the Cannes Lion a couple of years back, I felt like I might be missing out on…

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Netflix studies reveal when we get “hooked” to popular TV series

Netflix has analysed its global streaming data across the debut seasons of some of their most popular programs, and have found some trends that help to answer one interesting statistical query: when do viewers go from casual watchers to binge/addicted/hooked fans of a new TV series. In effect, the studies pinpointed where at least 70%…

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New action vlog released from the set of the next 007, Spectre

The 24th James Bond adventure is on its way with Daniel Craig at the helm taking the franchise further with Spectre. On set footage has been released, with a great preview of Bond in the snowy mountains of Austria in what looks to be a staple action scene for the film.

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Steve Jobs has a new Australian Trailer

Following the critical success of the new film Steve Jobs at the Telluride Film Festival, giving Fassbender in particular a pile of Oscar buzz, a new trailer has been released for Australian audiences. Watch it here: https://youtu.be/nCd4UTDrMHw Steve Jobs will be released in Australian cinemas in January. ———- This content has recently been ported from its original…

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