Day: 20 January 2016

New Music Video: Grimes “Kill V. Maim” (2016)

Laneway Festival-bound goddess Grimes has released a new music video, this time for her tune “Kill V. Maim”, just in time for us to be getting proper hyped for her upcoming festival sets! The single, taken from her forthcoming album Art Angels had its music video show over in Toronto, directed by her brother and…

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Conan O’Brien announces the 2016 Bonnaroo line up to be headlined by Pearl Jam, LCD Soundsystem and Dead and Company!

The artist announcement for this year’s Bonnaroo festival has been dropped in memorable style, with Conan O’Brien delivering the news on Tuesday night’s (US) edition of Conan. Headlined by Pearl Jam, LCD Soundsystem and new project Dead and Company (featuring John Mayer and members of the Grateful Dead), Bonnaroo returns to Manchester, Tennessee this June!…

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Album News Weekly: 20th January 2016

In This Issue: Some strange strange vibes coming out to you this week, from the away from home strangeness of RÜFÜS’s latest release to the return of Yoko Ono right over to a debut inspired by UFO’s. It’s time to expand your tastes, check it out! RÜFÜS The new album from RÜFÜS is due out…

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At The Drive In tease new music coming this week!

Oh, Facebook. An avenue through which many a rumour can start, many hopes can be raised and much excitement can be generated. At the very least, that’s what At The Drive In have used it for today. The band posted a short snippet to their social media page with nothing but a link to their…

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Jordan Rakei prepares for homecoming Australian tour this February!

Jordan Rakei has been whipping up quite the reputation for himself around the globe recently as a must-see artist, with live shows going down incredibly well and off the back of his recent collaboration with Disclosure, the now London-based Australian has cultivated a strong fanbase that has only continued to grow in size and enthusiasm….

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Album Review: Hiatus Kaiyote – Choose Your Weapon (2015 LP)

They’re contenders for the APRA Song of the Year and they recently dropped into Falls Festival for a set or two. Let’s take a look back at Hiatus Kaiyote‘s sophomore album that propelled them further than they thought they could go. That’s right, we’re talking about future-soul, funk time travellers Hiatus Kaiyote and Choose Your…

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New Suicide Squad Trailer Injects Fun Into DC’s Darkest Superhero Movie Yet

The newest trailer for David Ayer’s Suicide Squad debuted earlier today and it breaks away from the more self-serious tone of the first teaser towards something more comedic. Set to Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, the trailer runs through the film’s cast of ‘worst-heroes-ever’ including Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman and Viola Davis. Robbie’s…

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Seth Rogen’s Suburban Nightmare Continues In Bad Neighbours 2: Sorority Rising Trailer

Fans of 2014’s Bad Neighbours will be excited to see the trailer for the sequel to the newlyweds-versus-fraternities comedy released earlier today. Titled Bad Neighbours 2: Sorority Rising, it seems like a fun, if obvious, escalation of the first film with returning cast members Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne and Dave Franco teaming up…

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Australian Box Office Report: The Revenant‘s award praise helps it beat out Star Wars

While Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ time in the sun isn’t exactly over, it has been relegated to second spot this week as awards season pushes The Revenant over the line. Earning a cool AU$3.6 million in its second week here, The Revenant was able to take advantage of Star Wars’ earlier opening as the…

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2016 Heroes of the Storm Global Championship Circuit pre-season to kick off here in Oz

Blizzard’s Heroes of the Storm Global Championship Circuit is set to kick off here in Australia beginning with a pair of online open qualifiers  in late January and early February.

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Jack Irish to return to the ABC in a new six-part miniseries on February 11th

Following on from three highly praised telemovies, Jack Irish is set to return in an expanded six-part series on February 11th that will lead the charge on ABC TV’s season of Aussie drama. The all-star cast is led by Emmy Award-winner Guy Pearce and includes Jack Irish regulars Marta Dusseldorp, Aaron Pedersen, Roy Billing, Shane Jacobson…

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Kevin Hart’s newest comedy film What Now? gets a trailer

US comedian Kevin Hart is undeniably on top of the world right now and it looks like he has no sign of slowing down. The trailer for the film of mammoth, sell out show What Now? has dropped and this thing his huge. The show they’ve filmed was the first comedy show ever to sell out a…

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Win a double pass to the Australian Premiere of Noma: My Perfect Storm in Sydney

The Ritz Cinema in Randwick – who recently received a surprise visit from Quentin Tarantino and Samuel L Jackson – is hosting the Australian premiere of the anticipated film Noma: My Perfect Storm next month (Monday 8th February), featuring a special Q&A with world renowned chef René Redzepi – the subject of the film. And we…

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Review: The Golden Age – Wharf 1 Theatre, Sydney Theatre Company (Performances until February 20th)

Two young men explore the Tasmanian wilderness in their youth. Francis, a young engineer and his friend Peter, a geologist, have bright futures ahead of them. But when they stumble upon a tribe of outcasts deep in the bush, they enjoy a moment of curious joy before despair. The tribe are a group of misfits,…

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Performer Trevor Ashley talks about his latest Cabaret Liza’s Back (Is Broken) in Melbourne

The ever so colourful Trevor Ashley is at it again. The man seriously does not stop. Having just ended a two-year national tour with Les Miserables and directing the Hayes Theatre Co’s latest show Heathers, Ashley has now focused and channelled his energies into the leading woman in his life; Liza Minnelli. First off, we…

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Melbourne is getting a Larry David inspired Cafe

Following the recent opening of a George Costanza themed bar in Fitzroy – George’s Bar – it is now being reported that the Melbourne suburb of Thornbury will become home to a Larry David inspired cafe, named Larry David’s, in a few weeks time. This is not a hoax. The neurotic mastermind behind Seinfeld and…

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