Day: 20 December 2016

Single of the Day: Millington “Spark in the Dust” (2016)

Millington – remember the name. While 2016 is beginning to wind down, this songwriter is only getting started. Today, we share his latest single “Spark in the Dust”, taken from his debut EP Being, due out on January 21st. The introduction leads into a vibrant and enveloping body of feel good folk; Millington wraps the listener up…

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Music Video of the Day: Alex The Astronaut “Already Home” (2016)

“Already Home” has become a recent favourite of ours, we’re pitting Alex The Astronaut to have a promising year now 2017 is coming knocking. The single, recorded in Melbourne earlier this year, now also has a music video – the landscape has been swapped for that of upstate New York, directed by Roland Ellis. Following Alex and…

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Lazertits reveal first shows for 2017, including debut Sydney dates in January

Lazertits, possibly one of the best band names we’ve heard, are going to be wasting no time once January gets underway, revealing their first dates for 2017. Kicking off with a date at The Old Bar in Melbourne, the band heads to Sydney for the first time ever in Jan, hitting Vic On The Park…

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Barry Gibb cancels 2017 Australian tour dates, including Bluesfest headline spot

Bluesfest takes another hit with Barry Gibb becoming the latest artist to cancel his trip to Australia for the festival. Following on after Neil Young‘s cancellation, the iconic Bee Gee has today announced that due to ‘international commitments’, he has had to cancel his entire Australian and New Zealand tour. Rescheduling of the tour isn’t possible at the moment, so…

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Krewella (Northbrook) talk 2016 and new music ahead of their big New Year’s Eve party at Marquee Sydney

Dominant sister duo Krewella have been making their mark on the EDM scene for years now, pumping out hit after hit while stil maintaining a distinctive enough style to keep them in high demand for festivals and headline shows across the globe. Coming off one of their busiest years yet, and a completely sold out…

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Conspiracy theories, paranoia and Craig David: Marty Smiley on new podcast It’s All Connected

Conspiracy theories. The fuel behind many a late-night Wikipedia trawls. We’ve all been caught up by the mystery and the oftentimes unexplainable; whether it’s the Illuminati, the existence of aliens, various assassinations or the incredibly far-fetched (Avril Lavigne is actually dead and a doppelgänger is in her place, Beyonce was never actually pregnant…), we love a…

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Zach Braff puts Freeman, Arkin and Caine to work in new Going in Style trailer

Scrubs star Zach Braff newest film on the other side of the camera is a humorous heist romp starring some veterans in the acting game. When friends Willy (Morgan Freeman), Joe (Michael Caine) and Albert (Alan Arkin) have their pensions cut, the trio put in motion a plan to rob a bank. The film is a…

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Christmas comes early as Blade Runner 2049 releases its first teaser trailer

Just in time for the holidays, the announcement trailer for the sequel of the 1982 classic Blade Runner has been released. Titled Blade Runner 2049, the next installment is set 30 years after the original film and will see Harrison Ford reprise one of his defying roles as Rick Decard, with Ryan Gosling join the series as a police officer…

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Travelling Film Festival announces February 2017 programs in Alice Springs, Darwin and Katherine

The Travelling Film Festival (the longest one of its kind) showcases Australian and international features, documentaries and short films which screen in areas that have limited theatrical screening opportunities. With a number of destinations already confirmed, TFF have now added Darwin, Alice Springs and Katherine to their list of stops in February. First up Darwin…

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How TV Culture Got Big: Breaking Down The Golden Age Of TV With Christopher Borelli

Going into Sydney’s inaugural Bingefest, Christopher Borelli wasn’t exactly the fan-favorite. He’s not attached to a hugely-popular TV series, podcast or website. “My thing is to not have a thing. I’ve never really had a beat,” he says. Still, a lot of people came out of his talk, “When TV Got High“, pretty excited. At the ‘When TV…

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Roald Dahl’s daughter Lucy Dahl on dreams becoming reality in The BFG (EXCLUSIVE)

Watching Steven Spielberg’s magical little masterpiece The BFG was something, I admit, I tried to avoid for longer than I should have. I had so many fond memories of reading Roald Dahl’s The BFG growing up as well as Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, Matilda, James & The Giant Peach and so many more. I…

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Film Review: Disney’s newest heroine Moana (2016, USA) is destined to be a classic

Moana (Auli’i Cravalho) is the spirited daughter of a Polynesian chief, Chief Tui (Temuera Morrison). She’s loveable and affable and Chief Tui is pretty much training her up to be the next big kahuna in her village. Her father has warned her that their village and island paradise is the only safe place for her,…

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