Ash performed their album 1977 in full at the Metro Theatre on Tuesday night with support from Skipping Girl Vinegar and Charlie Horse. Gwendolyn Lee was there and brings us these photos from the pit.
the AU review turned five years old earlier this month, and to celebrate, throughout the month of August we’re asking many of our music industry friends to help us look back on the last five years of music! Today we talk with Channel [V] presenter Billy Russell about his five favourite albums of the last…
If Evil Dead (the original 80s version not the dodgy remake), met the Supernatural brothers in an alleyway and they got into a fight, this film would most likely emerge, dusting itself off, out of the aftermath. (aka David Wong) horror comedy is chock-a-block full of dark slapstick humour, freakishly mind boggling scenes and enough gristly gore to make one’s stomach…
On a day when a “Fuck Abbott” t-shirt was causing controversy in the music industry thanks to The Preatures’ Isabella Pitway – who won the Vanda and Young Songwriting competition, accompanied a slew of other amazing female singer/songwriters, including the wonderful Thelma Plum – it felt appropriate to be at a rock show with three…
The video for The Polyphonic Spree‘s single, “You Don’t Know Me” has just been released, the first single from their forthcoming album Yes It’s True, out September 6.
It’s only been two years since The Academy Is… announced their disbandment, but William Beckett has accomplished a lot in that time. Three EPs, an album of acoustic sessions, and a fair bit of touring is more than you’d expect from somebody who’d spent the previous nine years creating music with the support of a…
Giraffage a.k.a. Charlie Yin took to the stage, still and unassuming, until he began playing and grooving along to his own music. He is no macbook act – working the board in real time and constructing his own soundscape. Donned in black t-shirt and gold chain, he suggests an illusion of simplicity, while dipping into…
Hedda, currently being presented at Perth’s The Blue Room Theatre, is a reinterpretation of Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen’s classic play Hedda Gabler; originally written and produced in the 19th century. A multicultural effort of sorts, the production sees Norwegian actress and producer Marthe Snorresdotter Rovik collaborate with actor and director Renato Febratti, a graduate of…
Pop Standen, “Lightning” Jack Ridge and Phil Emmanuel played the Hi-Fi on Friday night for Blues and Grooves with support from Devil’s Kiosk, JHD Revival and Shaun Kirk. Gwendolyn Lee was there and brings us these photos from the pit.
I sit down with Dave Symes, Jon Hart and Killian Gavin – three fifths of the ARIA award winning Sydney band Boy and Bear – to talk about their just released album Harlequin Dream. We talk about recording, playing Splendour in the Grass – as well as a secret launch for the new album the…
the AU review caught up with Devin Townsend, one of the most industrious and odd (in a good way) multi-genre musicians, especially on the progressive metal/rock scene, to talk about his latest album Epicloud, the return of vengeful coffee loving alien Ziltoid and how having warm pee in bag sloshing against your leg could be distracting. How are you?…
As we celebrate our fifth birthday, one band who go back almost to the beginning of the website (check out my first review of the band playing QBAR in Sydney in early 2010 HERE) are local-boys-done-good Boy and Bear, who today have released their eagerly anticipated sophomore album Harlequin Dream, available in stores and on…
the AU review turned five years old last week, and to celebrate, throughout the month of August we’re asking many of our musician friends to help us look back on the last five years of music! Next up, Benjamin Hannam from indie rock band, Glass Towers tells us his top five Australian albums from the…
the AU review turned five years old last week, and to celebrate, throughout the month of August we’re asking many of our musician friends to help us look back on the last five years of music! To continue, we asked Sydney goth rock band, As Angels Bleed about their top five musical moments and albums…
Grinspoon played the Enmore Theatre on Saturday night with The Snowdroppers & Dave Larkin Darwin Theory. Gwendolyn Lee was there and brings us these photos from the pit.
The surprisingly provocative nature of fruit is explored in The Fruit Hunters adapted from Adam Gollner’s book of the same title. This tantalising documentary delves into the history and cultivation of nature’s candy and the passionate characters that search the globe for the most elusive varieties. Through a combination of CGI effects, historical re-enactments and cultivator/preservationist narratives, director Yung…
A collection of home movies that tell the story of Israel from 1930 to the 1970s, and screening at the 2013 AICE Israeli Film Festival, Israel: A Home Movie is an intricate and kaleidoscopic retelling of history via as-it-happened style footage, reframing the historical through the personal. The footage itself is dazzling. An archival treasure…
Scottish Brit-pop rock band Travis are back after five years with a new album Where You Stand. Shaping out a successful career over the past few decades, the band are back on the road with new material. Larry Heath sat down with band’s drummer, Neil Primrose, to discuss the album and their hiatus from music….
Logan (Hugh Jackman) is back in a decidedly darker take on the iconic X-Men character, marking Jackman’s sixth appearance as the steel-clawed “mutant”. The film takes place primarily in Japan and sees Logan reconnect with a man he saved during WWII, Yashida. The plot from there, for the most part, focuses on Logan protecting Mariko…
We chat to Benedict Hardie, the writer and director of the play Delectable Shelter, a hilarious production which has its Sydney premiere tomorrow night at the Seymour Centre. We take some time to get to know the origins of the production and get a taste of what to expect… How is preparation going for the…
Logan (Hugh Jackman) is back in a decidedly darker take on the iconic X-Men character, marking Jackman’s sixth appearance as the steel-clawed “mutant”. The film takes place primarily in Japan and sees Logan reconnect with a man he saved during WWII, Yashida. The plot from there, for the most part, focuses on Logan protecting Mariko (Tao Okamoto)…
The classic Tom Stoppard play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead has long existed as part of the Hamlet curriculum in the later years of high school, both in Australia and around the world. For me, and many, year 11 was where I first discovered the play, Stoppard and the beauty of the absurd. It’s a…
Wax Witches is the solo project of Alex Wall, one half of garage poppers Bleeding Knees Club. It’s got a similar sound to BKC but with even grittier guitar work and bratty lyrics. Wax Witches has an online stream of weird and wacky mash-ups linked to pop culture and 90s high life but in the…
Femme Locale’s momentum has been increasing at a rapid rate. Not only have there been three showcases in the last four months, but the crowds and artists have both been getting bigger. The most recent touchdown was at The Camelot Lounge, featuring the talent of Rachael Zella and the Blackbirds, Inês and Brotherfunk. As an…
Michael Bay suffers a heavy stigma from the backlash against his grandiose, CGI-fests; yet despite nit-picking critics, he remains a highly skilled director who artfully plays with gorgeous shots of Miami to liven up what is essentially a very dark story in his latest blockbuster. The film – based on a true story – is simply…
