If you’re making a film “based on a true story”, what responsibilities do you have to your true story? It’s a question that’s been raised several times over the past year – with several major details of The Butler proving to be fabricated, and the truths of 12 Years A Slave called into question, it bears discussion as to…
Ed Kowalcyzk played the Enmore Theatre on Tuesday night with support from Lester The Fierce. Photos by Gwendolyn Lee.
At a time where speakers are getting smaller, more powerful, and more connective, companies across the board are focusing just as much on aesthetics as anything else to help them stick out from the pack. Logitech’s latest entry into the reasonably flooded wireless speaker market are their Z600 speakers, a pair of beautiful towers perfect…
Cole Escola and Jeffery Self, aka the VGL Boys, are soon to be on their way to Australia for some shows! Conjuring up a cult following through their YouTube videos, the Jeffery & Cole Casserole and various solo ventures, the duo are going to be presenting Desperate Houseboys at the Seymour Centre in Sydney as…
Date movies are a given every Valentine’s Day. Usually doomed romances or wildly unrealistic melodramas, they serve their purpose for that one day of the year and are more often than not instantly forgotten. Despite what its When Harry Met Sally inspired poster suggests, Are We Officially Dating? (aka. That Awkward Moment) is a welcome alternative to the normal Valentine’s…
The remake of 1987’s RoboCop has narrowly won the Australian box office battle over the weekend. Despite its #1 placing, the film has opened to average reviews, and is likely to go down the route of 2012’s Total Recall; another remake that no-one really wanted and therefore did not perform very well. The Wolf of Wall Street continued its successful…
Piano prodigy Eli Bloom is on his way to the most important audition of his life, but first he has to drop his mother Penny off at drug rehab. Since she has to test positive to be admitted, mother and son end up at the door of her dealer Sprinkles in search of one last…
It’s A Disaster is the black comedy feature film written and directed by Todd Berger. It starts at another Sunday “couples brunch” amongst a group of friends. Not only do the relationships of these couples and the friendships amongst them seem to fall apart, but also a mysterious world disaster occurs outside the home. A…
Every year, it seems there is a film that deals with more than its fair share of controversy, and Blue is the Warmest Colour was that film in 2013. A film that needs no introduction if you’ve heard any of the stories; since its Palme d’Or win back in May, it seems Blue has barely…
Laneway Festival returned to Western Australia for the 5th year on Saturday, moving from its home in the Cultural Precinct, to the leafy surrounds of Fremantle’s Esplanade park. In a period of uncertainty for festival organisers Laneway seems to be going from strength to strength consistently selling out across the country, even in Perth! But…
Some gigs are really hard to put into words. It’s that “look, I don’t know how to tell you this, but you weren’t there and you really missed out” sort of feeling. You don’t want to come off a dick, but at the same time, you know it’s true. And nothing you can say in…
As if it needed anything to prove at all, The Feed easily showed that its success and ease in the half hour format was no flash in the pan with its second 2014 episode. The Feed has clearly got its format down-pat with an opening few minutes dedicated to what’s gone down in the day’s…
Last season The Walking Dead kicked off their second half of season 3 by introducing Tyreese, a character which hasn’t yet made the impact he does in the comics, and hasn’t yet been developed properly. Despite this, it was still a big moment in the series and kicked the mid-season off with a finale-quality feel….
Any episode entitled “Birthday” is probably going to have an aspect of significance to it, particularly when the birthday in question is that of Jess. Within the very first minute it was established that Jess has unrealistically high expectations for her birthday, evidenced by a flashback of Cece gifting her a sweater made in China,…
This Easter weekend, Los Angeles group Ozomatli will be bringing their some twenty years of experience back to the Byron Bay Bluesfest. They’re a band who are always a favourite of the festival and this year should be no different. Just before they come down under though, they are releasing their eighth studio album, Place…
Larry sits down with Sheffield duo Drenge to talk about their debut record, their time in Australia for Laneway Festival and much more. Filmed at Goodgod Small Club before they hit the stage at their Sydney sideshow!
Ji Won Kim How did you come to be involved in this Secret Symphony event? Anna Melville who was in charge of secret symphony concerts asked me to put a musicians together for the famous Trout Quintet. Without giving too much away, what can we expect from the performance? It will be an unusual concert!!…
Bringing together two giants of Hollywood; Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey, True Detective is the latest offering from quality television provider HBO (broadcast on Showcase, Foxtel in Australia). The story, told across eight episodes in this first season, moves the viewer from past to present as ex-detectives narrate their investigation into the murder of a…
A new year and, thankfully, a new season of SBS2’s The Feed. After making its debut last year in 15 minute format, the current affairs/news review program has now returned to the airwaves in extended 30 minute version and was clearly in no mood for time wasting. Kicking off with its trademark wrap up of…
Larry sits down with Scott Hutchinson and Andy Monaghan from Scottish band Frightened Rabbit while in Australia for St Jerome’s Laneway Festival, to talk about their experiences in Australia, the end of their Pedestrian Verse tour and what is coming next for the group…
We finally arrive at the big event the season has been hinting at, the “Seven Wonders” witch trial. If you’re expecting a thrilling build up of tension, ambitious witches sabotaging each other or anything that’s generally exciting in anyway you’ll be disappointed. It’s less like watching the end to a triathlon and more like watching…
Opening things up for Frightened Rabbit at their final Laneway sideshow (and what may be their final headline show for the year) were local five piece Gang of Youths, who seem to be popping up all over the place of late. Having driven to and from Melbourne in the last 48 hours in support of…
Brisbane group Pigeon have been doing the hard yards for years now. Travelling the country, supporting countless bands, playing festivals and releasing two EPs along the way, including their latest, Settle In, which was released at the end of January. Last night, the tour to celebrate its release arrived in Sydney, with a headlining performance…
Over his three decade career, Italy’s Ludovico Einaudi has become one of the world’s most celebrated and well regarded pianists and composers. From his award-winning scores of Luce dei miei occhi and Sotto falso nome putting him in an enviable category alongside fellow Italian composers like Morricone, to his debut in the Western cinematic world…
The long awaited new (sixth!) album from John Butler Trio was released in Australia today; Flesh & Blood, the group’s first record since April Uprising back in 2010. To celebrate the release of the record, we’re taking a look back at five of our favourite JBT tracks from over the years – one of Australia’s…
The Dead Daisies – a new five piece super-group put together by Jon Stevens and David Lowy – launched their eagerly awaited Australian tour last night with a performance at The Governor Hindmarsh (The Gov) in Adelaide. The gig came as the band’s self-titled debut album was released today, February 7th, nationally. It is available…
After doing things solo for her first two albums, Julia Holter has enlisted a much wider scope for her latest release Loud City Song. Julia talks to Philippe Perez about her new discovery of collaboration while making of this new album as well as the other extra-curricular activities she does outside of music. Your latest…
After such a strong previous episode, there was a module of apprehension about this episode. Would it reach the newly set New Girl standard or would it fall short? With the first mention of Caroline, Nick’s ex-girlfriend who he nearly left the gang for back in season one, it was clear this was going to…
John Goodridge chats with Baauer about his upcoming trip to Australia for the Future Music Festival in March. He’s more than just the “Harlem Shake”, y’know… Hey how’s it going? Good man – how are you? Yeah good – what’s the weather like over there? Freezing cold. Really? Freezing! How is it over there? We’re…
