Year: 2015

The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) in Melbourne has announced their Summer Film Program, and are set to host screenings of a selection of biographies, documentaries, punk classics and foreign language movies. The program begins December 2015 and runs until February 2016. Here’s a look at what has been revealed: WATTSTAX R18+ Seven years…

“Well that was different” I exclaimed as Woodstock-esque music accompanied the credits of this weeks episode of Ash vs Evil Dead. Four episodes in and the horror/comedy series has decided to wreak havoc on its tried and true formula and just dive head long into crazy town. I know, for a review of an episode of an…

Next year’s Valentine’s Day will be a time to express your undying love whether it to be for another person, another food, of just some damn good Australian music. In Sydney, you’ll be able to do all three at the same time as the inaugural Meatstock Festival pops-up for two days – 13th and 14th…

Tuesday December 1st will officially move Sydney from spring to summer, and one of Bondi’s most famous venues are using that as a reason to throw a lavish free party. Icebergs Dining Room & Bar will be bringing back their annual “Icebergs First Day of Summer Party” for the 13th year, inviting the public to…

They say too many options can easily overwhelm, and this truism is no more evident than when Christmas rolls around each year, and almost every business on and offline tries to convince you that they have the perfect gift. Unless you know exactly what those around you want or need, it’s hard to surprise them…

It’s a given that any decent pub needs to check the following boxes to attract a crowd over the summer months: comfortable beer garden, nice selection of local and imported bevvys and tasty pub grub. Thankfully we inner-west suburbanites are spoilt for choice when it comes to places that qualify, to which the ranks can…

Just a few months ago, the artsy Harbour Rocks Hotel replaced their attached antique souvenir shop with a nice and simple French creperie, working with the title Creperie Suzette. Modeled with a vintage, raw aesthetic in mind, remaining consistent with the area’s historic past, the venue has been a daytime hit for the hotel, attracting…

Renowned beer champs Little Creatures have recently re-released their underrated Original Pilsner, re-thinking it with a new recipe designed towards a Northern German (Friesland) style. Up until now, the pilsner has never quite reached the same inescapable popularity as The Pale, Single Batches, and LC’s awesome seasonal series, so re-visiting their the pilsner continues the…

Less than a week out from Fairgrounds Festival in the South Coast NSW town of Berry and the promoters have unveiled an impressive list of food and drink on offer for the day. Come Saturday 5th December, that impressive line-up of live music which includes C.W Stoneking, Meg Mac, and Father John Misty, will be…

Come December, Australian fans will be welcoming Hopsin to our shores along with a solid line up of rap artists in Jarren Benton, DJ Hoppa and Dizzy Wright. The Funk Volume Tour is a surefire hit of a concept; having these artists come together for a tour that only takes place once every few years…

Sydney band Gang of Youths have been unstoppable this year, releasing a commanding debut LP with The Positions and touring relentlessly throughout the year. With all their success, it was only right that they stop and reminisce about the higher power that got them this position: Lee Lin Chin, and where better to do it…

Sydney duo The Meeting Tree – one of several projects part of music collective One Day – were nominated for Best “Urban” Album at the ARIAs this year, and while the “Godfathers of Australian Dance Music” did the rounds on the red carpet, the AU thought it best to catch up with them to talk…

From The Meeting Tree talking about police presence at the One Day Only Festival to  Passenger looking ahead to his shows with Ed Sheeran and Gang of Youths devoting themselves to Lee Lin Chin – the one true God – we’re uploading all our ARIA Red Carpet interviews through the weekend into our YouTube account. You can view them…

It seems Disney aren’t done releasing footage for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, teasing fans with yet another TV spot but this time one that’s much darker than the others. Released for Thanksgiving, our new look at the forthcoming film. Said to be the final trailer, this one brings the previews into a full circle,…

The PS4 version of the ill-fated Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 has seen a massive 7.8GB patch drop overnight that adds a raft of new content including levels, character campaigns and tweaks to gameplay. There’s a wrinkle though: the patch notes don’t say anything about fixes for the game’s numerous, experience-ruining bugs.

One of the The Rock’s newest and most exciting cafe openings this year has been Kansas City Shuffle, a venue that occupies the space formerly home to the Cadbury Chocolate factory, and is just a stone’s throw from Wynyard station. The very conveniently located cafe has already racked up a solid fan-base, thanks to those…

They already have renowned Japanese, French, and German restaurants up and down the east coast of Australia, and now Urban Purveyor Group are seeking to add Italian to the list of cuisines spread across their award-winning restaurants. By mid-2016, the hospitality group that boasts Sake, Ananas Bar & Brasserie, the Bavarian Bier Cafes, and the…

Having a look at the last year and a bit for Irish songwriter SOAK, it’s a fair understatement that she’s just been trucking along. Off the back of her acclaimed debut release Before We Forgot To Dream, SOAK has become more than a buzz name, but more of a enigmatic performer whose potential just keeps…

The supreme Erykah Badu has released yet another song about telephones, this time calling upon the free-flowing Andre 3000 to lace the sparkling neo-soul number with both an opening rap and a melodic harmony. “Hello”, which samples “Hello It’s Me” by the great The Isley Brothers, features the former lovers crooning over a breezy production…

Of Monsters and Men are going to be coming back our way for a quick visit next year, with a short east coast tour today being announced for April and May! The group of Icelandic darlin’s did it up right when they played Splendour this year and continued to build on what’s become a strong…

Do Luca Brasi ever friggin’ stop? The answer would be a strong ‘no’. The Tassie punks have had a brilliant 2015, continuously building upon a solid impact they made early on with a confident and unabashed rock sound. Having taken their live shows all around the country through this year, reaping the acclaim along the…

Adelaide’s Horror My Friend are one of our favourites, has to be said. Having watched the band develop their sound and stage presence over the last year and a half has been great, just from a music fan’s perspective. In between wrapping up uni degrees, spending time crushing stages with West Thebarton Brothel Party and…

Backing up a well-received appearance at the ARIA Awards last night, Vance Joy will be heading out on the road for an east coast headline tour next year, joined by Holy Holy! Back home on tour with Taylor Swift, Vance announced ‘The Fire and The Flood Tour’, a quick run down through venues in Sydney,…

Summer is knocking on our doorstep and as the temperatures begin to climb around the country and the holidays are getting closer and closer, now is the perfect time to start compiling your party/road trip/summer vibe playlists. We’ve got a must-add tune for you today, coming out of California thanks to Wild & Free. Their…

The ARIA Awards went down at the Star Event Centre in Sydney last night, with the movers and shakers of the industry got dolled up and hopped an Uber Black to the venue, whereupon they braved 38 degree heat and attempted not to melt into the red carpet. As predicted, the night belonged to Tame…

Ahead of their first ever Australian tour, Danish three piece Mew have released the music video for their latest track “Making Friends”. Shot in places from Tromsø in Norway, to Incheon in South Korea, to the Mojave Desert in California, this video has the locations warped seemingly into one in a surreal way. Check out the…

The resurgence of psychedelic rock in recent years has resulted in a spectrum of works, ranging from the successful, to the catchy, to the downright forgettable. Thankfully, Nick Allbrook of Pond (and formerly, Tame Impala) has managed to fall onto the better side of that spectrum with his new EP, Walrus. The five tracks on…

Steven Stelfox (Nicholas Hoult) is an A&R agent for a top record label. Those who live and breathe music would kill for that job. He lives and breathes cocaine. When one of his colleagues outperforms him, he copes by listing the different names for it – blow, bugar-sugar, lump etc – like counting to ten….

This week sees several reality television shows – and shows with as much drama as a reality series – released just in time for Christmas. I AM CAIT, SEASON 1 We all knew when Caitlin Jenner revealed herself to the world in June that it would only be a matter of time before a reality…

Have you ever wondered what Josh Pyke would taste like if he was a beer? We know we haven’t, but we’re glad someone has. The team over at Newtown brewery Young Henry’s have spent months (or maybe even years) pondering the question, analysing the famous Australian singer-songwriter’s personality to concentrate into their latest brew, which…