Month: June 2017

‘Dramatic pop’ is a label not often bandied about too lightly, but after taking a spin with Jessica O’Donoghue‘s material to be featured on her debut EP, Emerge? The shoe fits. Her latest single comes in the form of “Run Away” – strong in vocal and melodic quality, vulnerable and delicate in delivery. It’s another strong offering…

With the close of another week comes our round-up of all the best picks from The AU Review’s writers and editors that you might’ve missed, compiled into one Spotify playlist. We’ve included the wavy, dream-pop newie from Ariel Pink, a hot-fire collab between RL Grime and Miguel, plus an abrasive (and exciting) new addition from Sløtface. It’s definitely a…

Canberra duo Dopus & Roshambo have dropped their first single of 2017, “Paradise”, featuring the smooth vocals of Breana Marin, and we’re stoked to be able to give you the online premiere of the track. The pair have taken Aussie hip-hop and reinvented it, viewing it through a mature and modern lens. The end result is an…

Ubisoft have debuted a brand new cinematic trailer for the long in-development Beyond Good & Evil 2.

With Farcry 5 being announced not too long ago, a new gameplay trailer has been shown at Ubisoft’s 2017 E3 press conference. The trailers above shows us new locations and mechanics, with the town of Hope County, Montana proving to be a mad and scary place indeed. Being developed by Ubisoft Montreal, Farcry 5 is…

South Park Studios and Ubisoft have announced a brand new mobile game, Phone Destroyer, during Ubi’s 2017 E3 press brief.

Starlink: Battle for Atlas has been revealed at Ubisoft’s 2017 E3 press conference, showing us a new space exploration experience, complete with a physically expansive component in the form of miniature star ships that attach to your controller. The trailer above shows the various battles that take place across the vastness of space and on…

Ubisoft have announced Skull & Bones, a fully-fledged game based on the popular sailing and naval combat mechanics from Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag, with the new addition of PVP multiplayer.

South Park: The Fractured But Whole has had a rocky development cycle to say the least, but it makes it’s way back to Ubisoft’s 2017 E3 press conference with a brand new trailer. The trailer above shows us the South Park we know and love, only this time well play through a story that will…

Ubisoft have announced a sequel to their 2015 open world racer, The Crew. In The Crew 2, players will have access to not only a larger, more granular world but a wider array of vehicles to play with.

After weeks of leaks about its existence, Ubisoft have finally confirmed Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle with a brief appearance by Nintendo’s own Shigeru Miyamoto.

Assassin’s Creed: Origins may have already been officially revealed at Microsoft’s press conference earlier, but that didn’t stop developer Ubisoft from expanding on it with a fresh trailer. The trailer above sets the stage as a tone piece for the beautiful location of Egypt where the game will take place. Ubisoft will be developing as…

The ghosts of never-ending war and destruction haunt Rusudan Glurjidze’s

Last week’s odd decision to kill off the show’s strongest and most interesting character in a very off-hand fashion was a bold move. Fear the Walking Dead’s writing team has to date proven to be inconsistent, impatient and unable to squeeze the horror-survival for all the juicy potential it has, but there have been moments…

The Wolfenstein series was successfully revived with The New Order, and its back in classic over the top fashion, with Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus. The trailer above shows main protagonist B.J Blazkowicz as he returns to take dow the Nazi oppression yet again, in violent, gruesome and over the top fashion. While the trailer…

The Evil Within was a delightfully fresh and fun horror experience, and it has returned thanks to Bethesda’s E3 2017 press conference, in the name of The Evil Within 2. The trailer above is cinematic in nature, and shows all kinds of creepy and slightly confusing imagery that made the first title so scary and…

Dishonored 2 hit consoles last year proving to be a critical success. Developer, Arkane Studios, aims to keep this up with its new standalone title, Death of the Outsider. The trailer depicts the notorious Billie Lurk freeing her mentor and legendary assassin Daud, as they plan to pull off one of the most daring assassinations…

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim had been confirmed for the Nintendo Switch since the reveal of the console, but at Bethesda’s E3 2017 press conference, we got our first proper look. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7980ZPK8Dg The gameplay trailer above shows us nothing we haven’t seen before, but Nintendo fans would be surprised to find that the Zelda franchise…

Michael Haneke is a bit of a misanthrope, isn’t he? Granted, I haven’t seen all of his films, but the few that I have seen seem to have a very critical view on society and human nature. And compared to mainstream fare, he makes films with plenty of space for the audience to contemplate and…

Colin Donnell is a name that has been around for quite some time in the DC/CW Universe with his character of Tommy Merlyn in CW’s Arrow TV series. Even though Tommy was only with us for one season, his death on the show led to some serious foundations for the series going forward and leaving…

To celebrate the release of the critically-acclaimed and box office success Logan on Blu-ray & DVD, Australian icons from Bindi Irwin to Julie Bishop have paid homage to Hugh Jackman’s final run as Wolverine in a heartfelt video. Various celebrities, journalists, television personnel and politicians have come together to celebrate the great Australian who for almost 20…

The first thing that surprised me about The 7 Stages of Grieving was that I laughed. A lot. With a title such as The 7 Stages of Grieving, laughter was not something I was expecting, but such is the extraordinary talent of writers Wesley Enoch and Deborah Mailman and the exceptional skill of performer Chenoa…

There’s nothing quite like ending your week with something a little sultry, a little bit tantalising, and a little bit jazzy. On Sunday night, the Melbourne International Jazz Festival wrapped things up for another year and who better to do that than the one and only, Dianne Reeves. The Grammy Award winning jazz artist has ventured to…

Back in February I was privileged to interview Broadway star Sierra Boggess, and I remember getting off the phone feeling every chirpier than I normally am – and that’s a lot! I connected with her in many ways but one attribute of hers which really came through was her outlook on the world. She is…

I was a week late to the game on seeing this one, as I was overseas during opening week, and try as I might I couldn’t help watching as the glowing reviews went up one by one. I mean really, with the likes of Hayden Tee and Matthew Backer I knew Hayes was on another winner,…

The emergence of participatory art with a desire to move viewers out of the role of passive observers into the role of co-creators has been evolving for decades in contemporary art and theatre practice and theory. In the 70’s, artist and activist Joseph Beuys created the term “Social Sculpture” to illustrate his idea of art’s…

One of the biggest openings to hit Bondi as of late is finally here. Darren Robertson, most famous for Three Blue Ducks, as well as partners Cam Northway and Ian Clark have just opened up the long-awaited Rocker on Campbell Parade, gifting the iconic Sydney suburb an intimate neighbourhood eatery that’s split between a coffee…

Coke Zero is no more. Well at least it won’t be when Coca-Cola rebrand and reformulate after years of research in their ongoing efforts to offer the best sugar-free Coke possible. Now the big ticket alternative to sugar-full Coke will be Coca-Cola No Sugar, just in case you didn’t get the message the first time….

And the latest fast-growing Asian-based food chain to make its way to Australia is 4Fingers. The super-popular, Singaporean-born fried chicken brand is just about ready to enter the local market with their very first down under store opening this week in Melbourne CBD, a move that will be quickly followed by two locations in Brisbane….

You’re going to want to be there when iconic pub and live music venue The Lansdowne makes its victorious return. There’s no question about that, especially now that the institution has been lovingly restored and reshaped by Jake Smyth and Kenny Graham, the genius minds behind award-winning pub The Unicorn and Mary’s Newtown. It’s not…