Year: 2016

Luisa Miller is a lesser known earlier opera of Verdi, it’s name perhaps less extravagant then his La Traviata, Don Carlos or Aida, but in its musical telling are far more applicable characters and a genuinely beautiful yet tragic tale of love. This production by Opera Australia is a co-production with Opera de Lausanne of…

Though Waterman’s Lobster Co. in Potts Point is the brand’s official location, Bondi Beach really does seem a natural fit for them, which is why they opened up a very well received pop-up at the start of summer, bringing their Maine and Connecticut lobster rolls to Hall Street. Since kicking off the three-month residency, locals…

Four Season’s Grain bar will welcome its fourth international Master Distiller in less than a year this week as they lock in Mike Miyamoto, the Global Ambassador for Suntory Whisky. Miyamoto will lead an exclusive Whisky masterclass this Wednesday 17th February as his only consumer event scheduled for Sydney. The intimate event will be a…

Four Seasons is one of the most recognised luxury accommodation properties in all of Sydney, and with them now housing Mark Best’s acclaimed Pei Modern, it makes sense for them to up their game when it comes to their Whisky-loving Grain. Situated off George Street and right near The Rocks, the warm, welcoming bar has…

Food lovers in Melbourne have seen super chef Heston Blumenthal leave his mark on the city’s dining scene before, with the acclaimed Fat Duck popping up last year. Now the culinary master is set to return with four pop-up restaurants scheduled to open from early March, all in Melbourne, and all offering free food. As…

The annual Canberra Craft Beer & Cider Festival is back for its 9th year on Saturday 19th March from 11am to 6pm in the the gardens of the heritage Mercure Canberra in Braddon, and will showcase Australian breweries as well as live bands, food and family entertainment.  The Festival will present more than 80 beers and ciders for tasting, and visitors…

In the country as a part of the touring St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival, Las Vegan Indie Dance Popper Shamir graced the stage of the Oxford Art Factory and rightly showed his Sydney fans a real good time. Opening up the balmy Thursday night was local artist Jess Kent. Having started the year with a debut…

A new trailer for Tina Fey’s WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT dropped over the weekend. In case you hadn’t heard of it, the Tina Fey-fronted comedy-war film sees Fey take on the role of a war correspondent in Pakistan and Afghanistan and is based on the book, The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Kim Barker….

The Deadpool movie only landed on Australian screens a few days ago but it’s already shattered Aussie box office records, accounting for 78% of gross box office numbers on opening day. According to Fox, the movie raked in AUD$2.94M – making it the the 3rd biggest opening day in 20th Century Fox history. The Iris’ Carina Nilma said that “from…

The return-date for Game of Thrones is creeping up on us but in the meantime HBO have released a slew of photos from the upcoming  sixth season of the show. Those particularly-wary of spoilers may want to give the photos a miss but for others, check them out below. Game of Thrones returns on the 24th of April….

Netflix have released the first full trailer for the upcoming fourth season of House of Cards. From the looks of it, the latest season will continue all the stylish intrigue and drama that the Kevin Spacey-fronted series has become known for. Check it out below: Season 4 of House of Cards launches on March 4th. ———- This…

Abbi and Ilana are back in the newest season of sometimes surreal, always on point TV series Broad City. And it’s just been confirmed by Comedy Central they’re green lighted for Season 4 and 5 as well. (Yass Gaga!) If the sneak peak of the first episode is anything to go by fans are in…

That Quentin Tarantino is quite the unique film maker no? With a filmography spanning more than two decades, the 52 year old continues to make entertaining films that are nothing like anything else being made. One of these reasons may very well be his unflinching penchant for violence and its ability not only to progress…

In our recent article looking at the Hawker centres of Singapore, we outlined a few of the places to get some of the best and cheapest food in the city. But to eat some of the best food in the city, you may have to venture away from these areas… still, none of the items…

Walking into The Peacock tent on the opening night of the Adelaide Fringe Festival season felt like a much needed escape from the chaos that was the rest of Gluttony and the Rundle St/East Tce intersection. I made a point of not looking up much information about LUMINOUS prior to the show tonight, though I…

Applejack Hospitality’s popular Neutral Bay small bar SoCal will spice things up in March when they team with Olmeca Altos Tequila to launch an outdoor ‘Cali Tequila Shack’, which will be showcasing a range of the brand’s Tequilas including Plata and Reposado Tequilas, and Avion Espresso throughout the month. The launch of this new feature…

Yesterday morning, many Australians in Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney woke up early to stream an unprecedented worldwide listening party-cum-fashion show by Chicago emcee Kanye West, debuting his new album, The Life of Pablo in full (or so we thought). So far, the album has been very well received if publications across the globe are anything…

Ali Robertson is a name you’re sure to be hearing more of through 2016 – the Scot is making some damn fine music and to enter the weekend, his new single “Something About Your Love” is a pearler. The tune, as an introduction to this exciting artist’s potential, is smooth and darkly enticing, similar to…

As we continue to hurtle through the opening months of 2016, Art vs Science have gone and reminded us this week that their tour is coming up just as quickly, with the release of a brand spanking new video for “Chosen One”! Shot and directed by the band, the music video for their new single…

Perched dangerously close to the edge of the stage, Battles‘ signature skyscraping cymbal lingered precariously over the crowd as the New York band’s fans eagerly awaited their long anticipated return to Sydney. Guitarist and bassist Dave Konopka emerged first, busy looping his effects on the ground, a guitar draped over his shoulder. There was a slow build as guitarist/keyboardist Ian Williams came on and then, finally,…

We should expect it by now, but the masters of the one-take music video have gone and done blown our minds once again. For their new single “Upside Down & Inside Out”, the US quartet have convinced a S7 Airlines to send them weightless. In an actual aircraft. For a perfectly time, free-floating, magnificent adventure. I…

After the shock announcement that Prince will be touring Australia and New Zealand at the end of this month with his concept live show, Piano & A Microphone, the Purple One has decided to up and spread the Aussie love outside of just Sydney and Melbourne. The legendary musician will now be heading the Perth…

Today, Adam Young celebrates the release of his debut solo record, Elementary Carnival Blues – an album that has seen the musician dive into some stellar alternative country sounds and work with some incredibly talented types along the way. While his work with seminal bands in Daisygrinders and Big Heavy Stuff perhaps would indicate a…

James Blake has just released a new single “Modern Soul” on his BBC 1 Radio show and it’s full of his incredible voice and instantly recognisable piano style. There’s no word of when his highly anticipated third album will come out or if this one’s a cut from it, but it certainly makes us excited…

In this week’s State of Affairs, we talk Sydney lock out laws, look at the growing music market in Germany, announce the Queensland Music Awards nominees and look at the AIR charts for the week! Lock-out Laws: Episode VI – Return of the Musician Over the last week, the boiling tension behind Sydney’s Lockout Laws…

Somehow I’ve managed to miss CHVRCHES every time they’ve come out to Australia, and as they tour with Laneway Festival, I finally found out what I’ve been missing out on. Selling out two weekday shows at The Forum in Melbourne is no mean feat, and if anyone were to deservingly do so, the Scottish trio…

Released mid last year, Vince Staples‘ double-album debut Summertime ‘06 was praised as a clever, vivid, and blunt entry into the long history of reality-rap coming out of L.A, fully delivering on the potential the 22 year old rapper had been showing across four mixtapes and one very well-received EP. That potential shifts well to…

There’s a new country supergroup in town – and they’re called the Outlaws. Well, Adam Brand and The Outlaws, to be correct. Made up of Brand, Travis Collins, Matt Cornell, Drew McAlister (of McAlister Kemp fame) and Mike Carr (the creative genius behind musical comedy character, Buddy Goode), they’ve been stirring up trouble all over…

Warner Bros have let loose the final trailer for the upcoming Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. The trailer spends a bit more time introducing us to Ben Afflecks‘ Bruce Wayne than previous trailers, with a little of Gal Godot‘s Wonder Woman and Jesse Eisenberg‘s Lex Luther thrown in for good measure. Check it out below:…

Tropfest has today announced that Maya Newell, Director of the 2015 landmark feature length documentary Gayby Baby, will join Tropfest’s judging panel for short film’s night of nights. Newell will judge Tropfest’s 16 finalists alongside actor/director Mel Gibson (Braveheart, The Passion of Christ, Apocalypto), The Mentalist star Simon Baker, Rebecca Gibney (Packed to the Rafters and Wanted),…