Year: 2016

Recently announced, The May Dinner Series will be hosted by three of The Star’s signature restaurants: BLACK by ezard, Sokyo and Osteria Balla Manfredi over three evenings this month, featuring exclusive seasonal menus that have been designed to showcase the innovations of the restaurants’ top chefs. “We can’t wait to launch the May Dinner Series, and reveal the sensational…

The team at Woolloomoolo Manta Restaurant and Bar have announced they are collaborating with local sushi master Hideo Dekura to create a special six-course Japanese dinner matched with sake and wine that promises to take guests on a cultural and culinary journey on Wednesday 25th May. The handcrafted raw sashimi dishes showcased by Dekura will…

With Canadian Music Week now underway in Toronto, we’re keeping a keen eye on what musical discoveries are set to be uncovered over the next few days and nights of showcases. Continuing our spotlight series on the Australians flying the flag out at CMW, we meet Sydney’s Peasant Moon. Introduce yourself! We are Peasant Moon, an…

Broad City has, like many good shows. survived the three-season landmark. Many shows seem to leak creative juices until that Season 3 where characters get stale, plotlines become gimmicks and guest stars come in with no real map of where to go in the show. Broad City has thankfully not been one of those shows….

Stephen K Amos is no stranger to Australian audiences. The English comedian has been visiting our shores for ten years and has made us laugh with his funny anecdotes and observations. The author of the hilarious autobiography, “I Used to Say My Mother Was Shirley Bassey”, has just completed a run of shows for the…

Located on the North Island of New Zealand, Auckland is renowned as one of the major cities of the Oceania ecozone, an increasingly popular destination for those that use the city as a comfortable base for exploring the wider natural surrounds. The city is also a frequent stop for business travelers in the Southern Hemisphere,…

When most Australians think of Gold Coast attention jumps to the ostentatious area around Cavill Avenue where many teens form their first impressions of the notoriously wild, club-heavy area during Schoolies. That’s a pretty extreme first impression, and sadly it’s one many hold until they actually go back as adults and see Gold Coast for…

Farewell (for the next week), Overwatch. Our time with your closed beta has been memorable. You were exuberant fun as often as you were one-sided and rage-enducing. After spending a good few months in the game’s second closed beta, we come before you now to pass friendly judgement on what what we loved and where we think…

Who knew the old trope of the hard-boiled detective paired with eager up-and-coming youth set to solve crime and make safe the streets could be so smoothly re-imagined as a musical? An utterly hilarious musical at that! Ian Ferrington, writer of “The Detective’s Handbook” sure did. For hilarious it is. The audience could hardly save…

The ultra-slick Black by Ezard has been a staple for Sydney’s discerning diners for almost five years now, maintaining the high standards of celebrity chef and owner Teage Ezard with what is presented as a modern modern grill and steak house that feels premium and casual at the same time, an ambiance upheld by it’s…

Well, damn, this is sexy. George Maple has released the visuals for her tune with GoldLink in “Sticks and Horses” and it’s one hell of a decadent, smoky romp. The melody and production marry together flawlessly on this tune, as Maple harnesses some serious not-to-be-fucked-with vibes as the song’s narrative rolls out. The music video follows similar…

In this issue: A bunch of fresh debut album releases to check out this week, ranging from love songs to classic metal. Time to update the music library with these fresh of the plate albums! Boxer Rebellion Described as ‘an emotional sucker punch’, London quartet Boxer Rebellion are set to release their fifth record Waves…

This week in the music industry, AIR, Sounds Australia and PPCA have announced the 12 Australian independent record labels who will be attending the annual Indie Week conference in New York, applications for the National Indigenous Music Awards are open, Support Act to celebrate and honour Paul Kelly’s contributions to the industry and we bring you…

Sydney five-piece Borneo have announced an east coast tour, which will see them play locations in Byron Bay and Queensland. Describing their sound as “disco influenced rainbow Rock’n’Roll”, their laid back yet infectious sound is not one that you want to miss, especially in a live setting. Their latest single “Eating Animals” gained the band…

After selling out the first Melbourne show of his upcoming tour within minutes of tickets being available, Leon Bridges has added a second Melbourne show for July 20 to his east-coast tour. The new addition will now see him taking the stage for one Sydney at the Enmore Theatre, and two shows at The Forum…

Two artists you definitely need to have your radar switched on to, LUCIANBLOMKAMP  and Lower Spectrum, have linked up for this gem of a tune – an official remix of the former’s single “The Overman”. The original track, featured on LUCIANBLOMKAMP’s new album Bad Faith, is stunning on its own and the remix takes all those nuances and…

It’s been too long a wait for Drake fans everywhere but today, finally, the 6 God has granted us with his latest album, VIEWS. Premiered with a special edition of OVO Sound Radio, Drake is going through the album along with an interview and conversation with Beats 1’s Zane Lowe. Tune into it NOW to listen! During his interview with Lowe,…

Luca Brasi bass player and all round legend Tyler Richardson had just received news his band had scored the lucrative ‘Feature Album’ spot on triple j as we’re talking about touring and writing new material. “I busted my fingers up for this Community Cup training session for football,” he explains. “I’ve been a little down and…

ZHU returns to Australia this year for an exclusive Melbourne show at The Forum this June – not one to be missed! Of course, fans will be turning out for the club and radio hit “Faded”, but the enigmatic producer is going to be coming back to Oz no doubt with some special treats up…

I don’t care if Monday’s blue. Tuesday’s grey and Wednesday too. Thursday, I don’t care about you, it’s Friday – I’m in love. Perfect timing, really. Already confirmed for Splendour in the Grass, The Cure have now expanded upon the lone Australian date, announcing a full run of Australian stadium shows! With Adelaide and Perth dates…

Sydney duo Clint Ossington and Stevie Knight are soon to throttle Toronto with their straight up, no nonsense brand of fun grunge rock tunes, as The Dead Love prepares to make their Canadian Music Week debut! As part of our series, getting to know some more about the Australians headed out for the epic music festival and conference, Ossignton…

Following his breakthrough last year with singles “Holy Holy” and “Denny’s”, Melbourne-based producer, Owen Rabbit, returns with new single “Weeds” and has announced some national tour dates. His new track “Weeds”, has been beautifully crafted, with Owen being described as “one of the most exciting artists currently producing DIY experimental-electronica”. Owen Rabbit has received such…

The “hallowed ground” that is FPS, as Overwatch Lead Game Designer Jeff Kaplan puts it, is one of the final frontiers for the Blizzard to really explore. Being a diehard PC gamer, I generally give console games, particularly console FPS, a wide berth. I’ll admit that I’m guilty of scoffing when I heard about Overwatch‘s…

“Life for all its anguish is ours, Miss Ives. It belongs to no other.” – Lyle Prepare to travel the world in the season three premiere of Penny Dreadful as we catch up with our favourite characters, some now scattered across the globe. It is the year 1892, and it finds Ethan (Josh Hartnett) on…

Once named “the director of the decade” from the late, iconic film critic Roger Ebert (who, in turn, has this film dedicated to him), Ramin Bahrani’s new film 99 Homes is a self-described “humanist thriller”, which takes us into the realities of the American housing crisis, out of which tragedy and corruption has emerged. Set…

Netflix has announced that a follow-up to last year’s Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, titled Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later. Like the name suggests, the eight-episode series will be set ten years after the original Wet Hot American Summer film. Beyond that, details are scarce but expect Elizabeth Banks, Michael Ian…

Robotics is still a complicated and often overwhelming concept to some people, but turning it into a playful, accessible, and downright bizarre field is increasingly sweeping the globe in part thanks to world-renowned Youtube Simone Giertz, dubbed “The Queen of Shitty Robots”. The Swedish inventor has created robots to feed her cereal, robots to help…

Production of ABC comedy series Rosehaven has begun in Tasmania. The creators and stars of the show are well-known Tasmanian comedians Luke McGregor (Luke Warm Sex, Utopia) and Celia Pacquola (Utopia,The Beautiful Lie). Tasmanians also feature prominently among the cast, which includes Tasmanian-based Kris McQuade, Anthony Morgan, Katie Robertson, and Noela Foxcroft, alongside mainlanders David Quirk…

After a brief hiatus, the popular and loved Vintage Classics program will be returning to Palace Cinema Norton Street every Sunday afternoon at 3pm. The program will have carefully selected classic films which will definitely take audiences on a cinematic adventure from May 1st with Elvis: That’s The Way It Is through to Mel Brooks‘…

Delta Air Lines have today announced that they will be the US launch customer for Bombardier’s new C series aircraft, the CS100, with 75 of the aircraft already on order. The introduction of the new planes, due in 2018, will allow the company to reshape and upgrade its narrow-body fleet – 130 of which are being…