Day: 20 October 2017

Day for Night to bring queer artists to the front during Sydney’s Liveworks

Liveworks, Sydney’s premier experimental arts and performance festival is bringing queer art celebration Day for Night to Carriageworks this month. Day for Night 2017 promises an eclectic mix of art and music in the day, turning to an extravagant dance party in the night. Day for Night curator Jeff Khan said he wanted to create…

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Single of the Day: Woodes “Dots” (2017)

Woodes has surged forward through 2017, continuing to capitalise on the popularity garnered last year with stellar shows and musical releases that have further established her as one of Melbourne’s finest emerging names. Now, with new single “Dots”, Woodes launches the next anthemic chapter of her sonic outlook and has also produced some new tour…

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Interview: Grouplove’s Hannah Hooper finds exhilaration in pushing past the barriers of her comfort zone

Remember That Night. Not only is it a stand out track on Grouplove‘s latest album BIG MESS, but it’s a recent social media movement that has been connecting fans of theirs right around the globe. Since 2011 and the release of Never Trust a Happy Song, the Los Angeles group have been trussing together a community of fans…

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Music Video of the Day: Japanese Breakfast “The Body is a Blade” (2017)

Japanese Breakfast is going to be in Australia at the end of the year for her debut shows and as her album, Soft Sounds From Another Planet, has proven, she’s a new talent deserving of the acclaim she has garnered. New track “The Body is a Blade” now has a music video – a gorgeous presentation…

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Album Review: Purple Disco Machine – Soulmatic (2017 LP)

German producer Purple Disco Machine has released his debut studio album Soulmatic and it’s as full of funk and soul as can be. After working with Jamiroquai and Gorillaz, the influences are clear. The 13-track album starts with “Music in You” featuring Lorenz Rhode and is packed full of vintage disco vibes and that 70’s funk…

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Day Two of the Nuuk Nordisk Kulturfestival brings music lovers and artists the world over to Greenland

Day two of the Nuuk Nordisk Kulturfestival in Greenland had artists, locals and music-lovers from all over the world dancing and tapping their feet across town. Nive Nielsen and her band, The Deer Children, took over The Manhattan, playing their signature original folk melodies. The Greenlandic singer-songwriter stunned the crowd with her jazzy vocals, melting…

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Live Review: Alex Lahey throws down a hometown show to remember at the Corner Hotel

“It’s so good to be home,” says Alex Lahey, exerting a big sigh of content. The crowd cheer in response, echoing their equally pleased gratitude towards her return. She smiles. “This is a song called “Wes Anderson”…” and just like that, the packed out band room of the Corner Hotel erupts into a giant singalong,…

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Big Ant’s Ashes Cricket to include women’s teams, releases first screens

Melbourne developer Big Ant are no strangers to including women’s teams in their cricket titles.  Last year’s Don Bradman Cricket 17 also featured women’s cricket in prominent modes and the developer’s newest title, Ashes Cricket, is doing the same. Ashes Cricket will also go the extra step of authentically modelling popular, real world female players in the same level of…

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Sydney to be pitch slapped by Rebel Wilson, Ruby Rose and Brittany Snow for Pitch Perfect 3 premiere

Aca-scuse me?!?! Pitches best be ready as Universal Pictures have proudly proclaimed that Australia’s international comedy queen Rebel Wilson, original Bella Brittany Snow, and our very own star-on-the-rise Ruby Rose will take to Sydney this November to preview the final instalment in the Pitch Perfect series, Pitch Perfect 3, which has collectively earned more than…

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Will anything in Hollywood actually change after Harvey Weinstein?

Over the last two weeks, since The New Yorker published a damning article exposing Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein as a sexual deviant (which puts it mildly), the fairly swift response from the entertainment community has been nothing short of overwhelming. Even surprising. Though certainly deserved. But if this is really endemic of a larger issue,…

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Interview: An American In Texas director Anthony Pedone on the value of community filmmaking

When Anthony Pedone took that twenty-hour flight from Texas to Sydney, he wasn’t making a galvanic trip to Australia’s east coast. He’d spent the past decade salvaging his life from a heinous past, with filmmaking becoming primary in his reformation. After producing more than twenty films and directing and writing three, Anthony was invited to…

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Flight Review: AirAsia X packs value for money into budget flights from Australia to Kuala Lumpur

Flying ‘budget’ is no longer seen as the ugly alternative for travelers wanting to get from Point A to Point B in comfort without damaging the pocket. Now, budget airlines are flying further than before, aiming further than domestic connections and bringing passengers the world over to different countries for the first time. Our latest…

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Indonesia’s Komodo Island is scoring its first five-star Hotel

AYANA Resort is opening up the first and only Luxury five-Star Hotel on Komodo Island along the beautiful Waecicu Beach in Labuan bajo. The AYANA Komodo Resort, anticipated to open Summer 2018, will feature 12 suites and 1289 guest rooms. Inspired by light, comfort and open living, Ayana Komodo Resort’s contemporary rooms feature ocean views…

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Emirates welcomes its 100th A380 Superjumbo jet

Emirates is continuing its position as the world’s largest operator of the A380 super-jumbos, by receiving its 100th aircraft next month. Since joining the fleet nine years ago, over 80 million passengers have hit the skies in one of the colossal A380 airbuses. Sir Tim Clark, President Emirates Airline said the airline is continually investing to enhance…

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Review: Five-star comfort meets Baltic charm at Swissotel Tallinn in Estonia

Tallinn, Estonia is one of Europe’s most underrated travel destinations. That much has been cried out by numerous travel websites and blogs for years, championing the growing Baltic city along with its close neighbours Riga in Latvia and Vilnius in Lithuania. It’s no longer just a popular day-trip from Helsinki, with the stunning medieval city…

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W Brisbane announce casting call for dream-role: Australia’s first “W Insider”

Ahead of the exciting return of the W Hotel brand to Australia, with W Brisbane opening early next year, a callout has been issued for the country’s first “W Insider”. It’s basically a dream-role, integral to W’s unique culture where the W Insider is tasked with connecting hotel guests to what’s “new and next” in…

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Win a double pass to see Common Anomalies at Riverside Theatres in Parramatta

FORM Dance Projects and Riverside Theatres will present an exciting triple bill of contemporary dance performances by young artists in Common Anomalies from 2nd to 4th November. Vastly different in style, the three works will explore each of the performer’s unique personal histories. The performances adapt breakdance, visual art, contemporary techniques, vogue and folklore styles…

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