Day: 5 July 2023

Korean Pop singer Eric Nam has announced his return to Australia and New Zealand, bringing his world tour down under early 2024.

Eric Nam to tour Australia in 2024 – here is how you can get tickets!

Korean-American Pop singer Eric Nam has announced his return to Australia and New Zealand, bringing his House on a Hill tour down under early in 2024. Ticket sales start today – find out how you can see the show below! Born in the US but making his name in the South Korean Pop industry after…

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Film Review: The New Boy is a fascinating, symbolic look at colonisation and religious autonomy

The themes tackled throughout Warwick Thornton‘s The New Boy are presented with symbolic, almost-magical and allegorical physicality.  And though its 1940’s Australian setting lends interesting conversation to its religious outlay and the clashing of beliefs at the time, the film itself doesn’t quite contain the spark needed to earn true impact; though it’s not for…

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Film Review: Joy Ride is a surprising journey of shock humour and emotional substance

With No Hard Feelings reminding audiences that, yes, adult-aimed comedies do in fact belong on a big screen, and the streaming model doesn’t have to be a singular option now that we have shifted primarily out of the pandemic mentality, Adele Lim‘s raunchy Joy Ride continues that temperament that the big screen will always benefit…

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The Silk Merchant's Son Cover

Book Review: Misguided missionaries make for fascinating history in The Silk Merchant’s Son

The Silk Merchant’s Son isn’t Peter Burke‘s first foray into writing historical fiction based on the stories West Aussies think they know. His first novel, The Drowning Dream, was shortlisted for the Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award in 1996, and was a mystery set against the backdrop of the Broome pearling industry circa the 1920s. His second novel, Wettening…

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Dande and the Lion

Interview: Dande and the Lion on “Children of the Hour”, songwriting inspiration and The Gum Ball

Dande and The Lion are a Sydney-based indie-pop band, reknowned for their high-energy melodic indie pop. Their most recent release was “Children of the Hour”, an emotive banger that examined the push and pull of a doomed relationship. The band is fronted by dual vocalists Abbey Gardner (A) (synth) and Natassa ‘Tass’ Zoë (T) (guitar),…

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Fireball & Bar Luca team up for what could be Sydney’s best burger right now

Ah, burgers in Sydney. It’s the trend that will – thankfully – never die. In fact, burgers will never fall out of fashion. Yet, they’ve been stuck on a trend over the past few years, with competitors vying for attention with what is essentially just the same burger with a few tweaks. Bar Luca and…

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