The ten dollar burger. It’s become the beating heart of the Sydney culinary community in recent times and the latest to continue the charge is Parlour Burger at The Morrison Bar and Oyster Room. Like the über popular Chur Burger in Surrey Hills, Parlour prides itself on a limited selection of burgers and sides, aiming…
They’re currently skyrocketing in popularity, and those who weren’t over at the QANTAS Credit Union Arena (formerly Sydney Entertainment Centre) checking out Arcade Fire were those who snapped up tickets to a sold out show at the Enmore Theatre to see The Lumineers.
The lineup for this year’s Governor’s Ball Festival has been announced, and boy is it something else. The New York City festival held on Randall’s island includes a slew of mouth-watering names for the June event. A freshly reunited Outkast headline the event alongside Jack White, Vampire Weekend and New York City’s very own darlings,…
Larry sits down with Sam Hales and Cesira Aitken from The Jungle Giants to talk touring with the Big Day Out, their last record, the year ahead and much more…
As he tours Australia and anticipates the release of his new album The Whole Twelve Inches next month, Larry catches up with Jesse Rose to talk about the album and look to the year ahead… The number 12 seems to have hijacked your creative decisions over the last year or so! 12 songs, 12 months,…
A free black man living in New York, Soloman Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor) accepts a job working as a violinist with a circus, does a few gigs in different cities and ends up in Washington. His travel companions trick him, sell him in to slavery and, as the title suggests, the film tells the story of…
Never underestimate Martin Scorsese. The legendary director has another hit on his hands with controversial black comedy The Wolf of Wall Street. After opening inAustralia on January 23rd, the film broke two box office records; the biggest opening day for any Scorsese film and the biggest opening day for any R18+ film in Australian history. This is a…
As the Sydney Entertainment Centre sees its name officially change to the Qantas Credit Union Arena (doesn’t really have the same ring to it, does it?), the venue welcomes one of this year’s Big Day Out headliners into the fairly esteemed company of bands who have played the venue. It marks the first time the…
As the Sydney Festival has come to an end, we look back at photos of some of the highlights from the final week of the festival with Visitors at the Sydney Opera house, Othello: The Remix and the one and only Kurt Vile. Photos by Jamie Williams and Prudence Upton.
Hit show Sons of Anarchy recently wrapped on it’s sixth season in the US near the end of 2013, leaving fans around the world gagging for more with an epic and graphic season final. It returns later this year for it’s seventh and final season, which will finally determine who, out of the bikie community,…
After releasing two albums Liam Gallagher finally brings his band Beady Eye to Australia as part of the 2014 Big Day Out tour for the first time since Oasis disbanded. For the faithful Oasis fans and for the British ex-pats it was an opportunity to finally get to see the notorious frontman and his bandmates in action again.
Snoop Dogg AKA Snoop Lion played the Enmore Theatre on Saturday night with support from Mac Miller. Photographed by Gwendolyn Lee.
Visitors is the latest film from the acclaimed director of the Qatsi trilogy, Godfrey Reggio; a film, in collaboration with filmmaker Jon Kane, which also sees Reggio reunite with composer Philip Glass for the first time since the trilogy came to an end in 2002. While Koyaanisqatsi and its following two films are an artistic…
the AU review sits down with two parts of UK group The 1975 to talk about touring with the Big Day Out, the successes of their debut record, the year ahead and much more…
Trudging through the wasteland of found-footage, Paranormal Activity has always managed to stay afloat where others – that attempted a similar style – were quickly dismissed. The feel of amateur footage lends itself greatly to the typical tropes of supernatural horror, adding a slightly more effective dose of realism and making it so much more…
As The Reverence Hotel in Footscray prepares to host one hell of an Australia Day party this weekend, we bring you another interview with one of the many artists set to perform! Jim Duggan of Initials tells us a bit about the band and what an audience at The Rev can be expecting from them…
the AU review, in collaboration with Curve Lurve – the McGrath Foundation’s initiative to get more young people to be breast aware – sits down with Neyla Pekarek from Colorado’s The Lumineers to talk about the successes of their debut record, their plans for the year ahead and their next record, experiences in Australia and…
Nothing says I love you quite like packing all that love into a tiramisu, right? And since Valentines Day, that lovely calender day of love, is right around the corner we thought it best to search low and high for a tiramisu which is a bit different than your standard, with added distinctiveness from a…
It’s about that time of the year when all things chocolate take centre-stage as people around the world gear up for the Easter weekend. Synonymous with rich, quality chocolate is Max Brenner, the infinitely tempting chain of specialty dessert restaurants. To celebrate the forthcoming festivities, Max Brenner have provided the AU with their recipe for…
Larry Heath sits down in a Sydney park with Sarah McLeod to talk about upcoming shows with The Superjesus and the anticipated collaborative tour with the one and only Jeff Martin (The Tea Party). Plus, we find out the latest on her solo material and new music with The Superjesus! Don’t miss The Superjesus when…
Larry Heath sits down with acclaimed UK singer/songwriter/guitarist Ryan Keen to talk about his tour around Australia with Busby Marou, the journey of his debut album Room For Light, his subsequent journeys around the world as well as what’s planned for the rest of 2014. We find out if he writes music on the road…
the AU review is proud to present this special guest post from Andrew Smith, Destination NSW’s Chief Funster. In this piece, Andrew reports exclusively for the AU from the annual Country Music Festival in Tamworth, NSW, which takes place from the 17th until the 26th of January… I’ve just spent a few days discovering why…
Ahead of this weekend’s Australia Day fundraiser at the Reverence Hotel in Footscray, Melbourne, supporting Oxfam and The Refugee Council, we’re catching up with a bunch of the bands playing at the event! Next up is Tom Lanyon, the vocalist and guitarist from Adelaide’s Grenadiers. Tell us who you are, what band you’re from and…
Ahead of this weekend’s Australia Day fundraiser at the Reverence Hotel in Footscray, Melbourne, supporting Oxfam and The Refugee Council, we’re catching up with a bunch of the bands playing at the event! Next up is Luke Shields, the guitarist and vocalist from Melbourne’s Have/Hold. Tell us who you are, what band you’re from and…
Ahead of this weekend’s Australia Day fundraiser at the Reverence Hotel in Footscray, Melbourne, supporting Oxfam and The Refugee Council, we’re catching up with a bunch of the bands playing at the event! Next up is Tom Lanyon, the guitarist from Melbourne’s CERES. Tell us who you are, what band you’re from and where your…
Martin Scorsese’s three hour odyssey into the world of Wall Street excess isn’t the sort of film you might expect from the master filmmaker; one who’s brought us classics such as Raging Bull, Taxi Driver and Goodfellas. Often emotionally brutal, violent and breathtaking in their own right, Marty’s films have rarely shied away from controversy…
As we continue looking into the future of 2014, there are a pile of video games that are piquing the interest of the writers for our newest section, VideAU Games, and so we thought we’d let you in on the 10 games we can’t wait to play over the next 12 months… 10. The Witcher…
Larry Heath sits down with Michael Lira from Sydney group Darth Vegas to talk about their upcoming “last show in Australia”, taking place at The Jam Gallery in Bondi Junction on the 8th of February. We find out what we can expect from the show, talk about the debut of Neill Duncan’s one-handed Saxophone and…
