Year: 2015

In our 59th installment of “Stumbled Upon”, we meet Perth’s Verge Collection, and chat about their latest album Feel Bad Songs. Musician/Band Name:  Verge Collection Website / Social Media: Facebook Genre: Alternative Members & their roles: Ben – Vox/rhythm Andy – Bass/backing vox Bryn – Lead Guitar/backing vox Barry – Drums What music or artists…

It’s been a year since Bethesda released the PC version of their massively multiplayer online role player <i>The Elder Scrolls Online</i>. After promising a console version would materialise, and then suffering a number of delays, <i>The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited</i> has finally arrived on current-gen consoles. It’s often pretty hard to gauge the success…

The newest episode of Telltale’s Tales from the Borderlands might be it’s funniest one yet. “Catch a Ride” picks up moments after the conclusion of Episode 2 and sees Rhys and Fiona’s long con becoming more and more perilous with every new hostile encounter, while adding something entirely new to the Borderlands universe – genuine…

This year’s E3 Expo was one of the most impactful and exciting in years, managing to surprise even the most jaded, cynical gaming enthusiasts with it’s many announcements and trailers. Now that the expo has drawn to a close for another year, we thought we’d round up the ten announcements, demos and trailers that took…

The newest episode of Telltale’s Tales from the Borderlands might be it’s funniest one yet. “Catch a Ride” picks up moments after the conclusion of Episode 2 and sees Rhys and Fiona’s long con becoming more and more perilous with every new hostile encounter, while adding something entirely new to the Borderlands universe – genuine…

Monster Fest, Australia’s premier cult film festival is proud to announce a national theatrical tour of the third and final installment of The Human Centipede franchise: The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence), launching its new weekly cinema event “Monster Fest Presents” and celebrating the film’s June 17 release on DVD, Blu-Ray and VOD. Fans will…

Jurassic World sees your war for #1 spot and scoffs. In its second week, one of cinema’s biggest franchises just keeps on trucking as Jurassic World cleaned up another $9.8 million in the Australian box office over the weekend, an impressive feat indeed after a stellar opening last week ($16 million). Those irresistible Minions and…

Though far from outright awful, Orphan Black’s second season failed to escape the shadow cast by its debut. It frequently found itself bogged down and tangled up in its own mythology – losing a grip on the masterfully-paced escalation that made the show’s first season such a thrill. Season 3, however, hits a bit closer…

It’s been a year since Bethesda released the PC version of their massively multiplayer online role-player The Elder Scrolls Online. After promising a console version was forthcoming, and then suffering a number of delays, The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited has finally arrived on current-gen consoles. It’s often pretty hard to gauge the success of…

Liam Neeson’s fluid fighting scenes in high definition? Yes please. The home release for Taken 3 is now available in retail stores and online, giving you the chance to complete that collection of high-impact thriller that has made this franchise such a bankable brand for Neeson and co. By all indications, this trilogy will likely…

In light of the release of Australian film Paper Planes on DVD and Blu-Ray, Rachel Sibley spoke to Dylan Parker of the Paper Pilots about their job, their role in the film, and the art of perfecting the paper plane. How did you each get into Paper Plane throwing? I threw paper planes as a young boy after Mum…

Take the title character from Dexter, throw him into a world where instead of killing the bad guys, he’s destroying their lives through digital espionage, and you start to get the vibe of the new USA Network series Mr. Robot, which had a special episode one premiere at SXSW earlier this year, ahead of its official…

He’s not the Messiah, he’s a very naughty boy! Or rather more accurately in this case, he’s a neurotic actor, with just the right sized nose and a slight drinking problem; tasked by the Ancient Israeli equivalent of Don Draper, with spreading the word of this new fangled religion – Christianity. If you haven’t already…

Josh Groban has already proven himself as a capable theatre performer, playing Anatoly Sergievsky in Chess at the legendary Royal Albert Hall along with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the West End Chorus. So perhaps it’s of little surprise that Stages, his seventh album, is full of songs from the world of musical theatre. It’s…

Melodic hardcore quintet, Being As An Ocean represent a band that releases music that stings the heart. The emotions that overcome you as soon as you press play on some of their songs, leaves you with a gutted feeling of intense emotion, looking at tracks like “This Loneliness Won’t Be The Death of Me” and “The Sea…

Winter time is the season where you’re prone to feeling down and uninspired. There’s only so much gloomy weather you can handle and this affects the way you work and your mood. It becomes a groveling chore to even get out of bed because of the unforgiving cold that is felt through your skin. Suffice…

Much like Melbourne, for a city with one of the best public transport systems in the world, the airport seems to have been neglected over the years in Toronto, Canada. In the past, to get downtown from the airport it took a bus, a couple of trains and roughly over an hour to get to…

In our new regular series on AU Abroad, we take you around the world and deliver you our culinary picks for the things you just have to eat when you head to some of our favourite cities. We continue this series in one of the best cities to eat in the world: New York. You…

Nintendo are taking a bit of a different tack with <i>Splatoon</i>. The venerable video game publisher’s first new IP since <i>Pikmin</i> and <i>Animal Crossing</i> debuted back in 2001, <i>Splatoon</i> sees Nintendo create the sort of game no-one ever expected to see from them – a multiplayer shooter.   <i>Splatoon</i> revolves around Inklings, childlike hybrids who…

Stop what you’re doing, for here’s the first look at the official Episode VII (2015) toys. For any other movie that would mean a whole lot of nothing, but because this is Star Wars, the grand-daddy of toy collectibles among grown men, it matters a great deal. That’s why photos of little plastic Stormtroopers, six…

Start stocking up on your supply of tissues now, as the first trailer for new documentary He Named Me Malala has been released online and it looks like a real tearjerker. Directed by acclaimed documentarian David Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth, Waiting for Superman), He Named Me Malala is an intimate portrait of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai, who…

We watched the first episode of the second season of True Detective yesterday, and here are five of our first impressions from the initial watching: 1. The opening credits are much more slick and smooth, as is the aesthetic in True Detective so far, comparatively speaking. There’s that harshness of Louisiana from season 1 that’s sorely…

Grantchester is a quintessentially English crime drama set in an idyllic, small town. You’d be forgiven for thinking that with a description like that it must have a lot in common with Broadchurch. But while the latter is a gripping, dramatic success, the former is a painfully slow period piece that covers too much ground…

Our favourite boutique bar and cinema, Golden Age, is going to be holding exclusive Sydney screenings of the film Eden, charting the rise of “French Touch” house music, a genre that heralded the likes of Daft Punk and Cassius. There have been five screenings announced, which kick off this Thursday. Accompanying the Friday screening will also be Paul…

With a handful of impressive LPs and EPs to their name, London duo The KVB have just released their first full length instrumental album Mirror Being on Invada Records. I remember that they first piqued my interest back in 2013 when they toured Australia with the Brian Jonestown Massacre and was so blown away by…

In our 58th instalment of “Stumbled Upon”, we meet Eaves from Leeds, and chat about Glastonbury and their upcoming shows around Europe with Mumford and Sons. Band Name:  Eaves Website / Social Media: Facebook / Soundcloud Genre: Folk Members & their roles: Joseph Lyons – Singer/guitarist Daniel Catherall – Lead guitar Josh Pamplin – Bass…

In the venue’s biggest update since it opened its doors in August 2013, the Bridge St Garage Bar and Diner in Sydney’s CBD has just launched a brand new, fully equipped second bar and deli at the back of the diner. Opening up to the public earlier this month on June 9th, the new Bridge…

Australia’s rock and roll history will be explored in the upcoming two part documentary, Blood and Thunder: The Sound of Alberts. The documentary surrounds the Australian rock and roll industry in the 1960s and 70s, and the two families that dominated the rock scene: the Alberts and the Youngs. Part one, Blood, explores music producer…

The Smoking Panda is one of those blink and you’ll miss it places, a nameless sign stamped with a cute furry panda is the only clue that this hidden gem of a bar even exists. Which is just the sort of thing to be expected from its cheeky collaborators barman/mad scientist Grant Collins (White Hart, The Powder…

Adding to the massive list of sequels and reboots that are hitting our cinemas this year, is a sequel to Sony Pictures Animation’s Hotel Transylvania, which will be released in Australian cinemas on November 26th. Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky (who also directed the original film), the film stars the voices of Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin…