Colleen Hoover may not exactly be considered one of the great literary voices of our time, but there’s an amusing moment in Verity when struggling writer Lowen Ashleigh (Dakota Johnson) describes the titular author’s output as the type of books you pick up at the airport. It’s a knowingly cheeky assessment of Hoover’s own particular…
The Avalanches are returning to Australian stages in February and March 2027, announcing a six-date national tour that will include a Melbourne hometown show at Royal Botanic Gardens and a Sydney date on the iconic Sydney Opera House Forecourt. For more than 25 years, The Avalanches have remained one of Australia’s most distinctive electronic acts,…
There’s something particularly appropriate about Noosa Chocolate Factory finding its way to Hastings Street. What started in a small Noosaville kitchen in 2009 has grown considerably over the years, but the Sunshine Coast remains central to the family-owned business. Now, its latest store is bringing the chocolate maker closer to one of Noosa’s busiest stretches,…
Of all the romantic choices Friends made across ten seasons, few have been treated with as much contempt as Joey and Rachel. Their brief attempt at becoming a couple is regularly dismissed as a late-series mistake, a storyline born from writers running out of ways to keep Ross and Rachel apart before inevitably putting them…
The hints had been coming. Fontaines D.C. and Hayley Williams were looking increasingly likely to be sitting at the top of the Laneway Festival 2027 bill, and now we know for sure. They most definitely are. Laneway Festival has unveiled its 2027 lineup, with Fontaines D.C. and “The Hayley Williams Show” leading a bill that…
Melbourne’s The Hunter Express return this week with their new EP Gold Fades, a beautifully considered five-track collection that moves through love, grief and resilience while allowing the band plenty of room to explore sonically. We’re thrilled to premiere Gold Fades today ahead of its release this Friday, 2 October. There’s a wonderful cohesiveness to…
American jazz band The Bad Plus, initially a trio and now a quartet, are bringing their 26-year career to a close. Before they do, they’ll return to Australia in October as part of their farewell tour. We spoke to founding member Reid Anderson about the tour, the band’s evolution and what comes next. You must…
Ella Hooper is unleashing her inner country girl with the upcoming release of her alt-country/Americana record Overnight Success. Fittingly recorded in Nashville with producer LOLLIES, the Killing Heidi frontwoman feels that homing in on this sound aligns deeply with her as she continues to explore her identity as a solo artist. Growing up in Violet…
James are just over a week away from their first Australian shows since 2018, with Razorlight joining them for dates in Perth, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. The band will then head to Auckland for a James-only show. This is a tour we have been very much looking forward to. The songs are beautifully crafted, fabulous…
Alejandro G. Iñárritu has never been particularly interested in making films that quietly disappear into the background, and Digger may be one of his boldest swings yet. An absurdist, visually audacious satire about power, ego, environmental catastrophe and the stories people construct around themselves, it is the type of ambitious studio filmmaking that deserves to…
