Day: 13 August 2025

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Exclusive Video Premiere: Matilda Duncan “Grocery Store” (2025)

We are blessed in Australia with a plethora of talented female singer/songwriters. A newcomer to the list, with a bullet to her name, is Townsville-raised, now Melbourne-resident Matilda Duncan. Recently, Matilda released the emotional and poignant piano ballad, “Grocery Store”, and we are stoked to be premiering its video today. About the track, Matilda writes:…

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Experience a once-in-a-lifetime solar eclipse at a unique music and arts festival in Iceland

Iceland’s Snæfellsnes Peninsula will play host to a celebration of human connection and celestial wonder in August next year with the Iceland Eclipse Festival. Running across four days and with a solar eclipse to kick things off, the limited capacity festival will see punters rubbing shoulders with astronauts, global innovation leaders, and a whole host…

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Interview: Luke McCulloch on the challenges of being a police diver and using writing to help find a light in the dark

Luke ‘Macca’ McCulloch spent eight years on the WA Police diving team, working on well-known cases like the light plane crash in 2017 which killed two people on Australia Day, and a prominent 2018 murder. Two years ago he left his role, and he has recently independently published an account of a particularly arduous ten-day…

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Interview: Rise Against’s Tim McIlrath talks album number 10, Ricochet and touring Australia with Blink-182

Since forming in Chicago in 1999, rock powerhouse Rise Against have carved out a fierce and loyal global following with their anthemic choruses and unapologetic activism. Now, two decades and nine records deep, Rise Against are gearing up to release their tenth studio album, Ricochet, out August 15. Taking their sound to a whole new…

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Super Mario Party Jamboree: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV is the ultimate Mushroom Kingdom game night

When Super Mario Party Jamboree launched on the original Switch, it genuinely surprised me. What looked like another family-friendly board game romp turned out to be one of the most fun and fully-realised party games Nintendo has ever made. Fast-forward to its new incarnation on the Switch 2, bundled with the shiny new Jamboree TV…

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Calibrate Reds: Can phytonutrients really help you lose weight and live longer?

Let me start with a confession: I am a woman of a certain age, and yes, the algorithm knows me too well. It’s that shady little gremlin living in my phone, reading between the feeding me ads that are a little too on the nose. Case in point: my feed is a minefield of “miracle”…

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Bravely Default: Flying Fairy HD Remaster is a lovingly crafted JRPG for the Switch 2

Nothing could have prepared me for the full weight of Bravely Default: Flying Fairy HD Remaster on Nintendo Switch 2. I knew going in that it was an enhanced re-release of a cult-favourite Square Enix RPG originally on the 3DS. I knew there would be tactical turn-based battles, branching strategies, and a Job system built…

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