Adelaide Film Festival (AFF) has announced the return of the AFF EXPAND Lab in Adelaide from 21 – 27 October 2023 and is now inviting Expressions of Interest from Australian creative practitioners to participate in the lab. AFF EXPAND Lab is a development initiative bringing together 30 Australian visual artists, filmmakers, video artists, writers, and…

The Mac is back, with Paul McCartney announcing his first Australian tour since 2017. Making a six city visit featuring a variety of stadium shows across the country on his Got Back tour, the former Beatle and prolific frontman is set to arrive on our shores this October and November. Having continually wowed crowds over…

Despite some satisfactory performances, a clear bout of good intentions, and a dollop of Irish charm, Thaddeus O’Sullivan‘s The Miracle Club can’t overcome its rather maudlin dialogue and sporadic meanness to earn a recommendation as the joyous Sunday afternoon viewing it so clearly wants to be. Set in 1967 in a small Irish village, the…

Thanks to StudioCanal we have 5 double in-season passes (Admit 2) to see the new gothic horror film Dracula: Voyage of the Demeter, starring Corey Hawkins and David Dastmalchian, from director André Øvredal, the Norwegian horror virtuoso behind Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and Trollhunter.  The film is in Australian cinemas from August…

A young woman, grieving the loss of her twin brother, leaves Italy and heads to the one place he’d always wanted to go – Shanghai. By day, she teaches Italian. By night, she seeks an end to the grief that consumes her. And then she meets Xu. Blue Hunger, the fifth novel from Italian author…

A historical figure whose achievements are all the more remarkable due to the obstacles faced as the son of a white father and black mother, Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, is highlighted, but not quite as richly celebrated in Stephen Williams‘s Chevalier. And given the extraordinary details of his life story, it’s a shame that…

If you like your music to be dramatic, then GODSWOUNDS are going to be your band. The Sydney-based experimental rock-band have got it in spades. We’re thrilled to be premiering their latest emotive salve, “Tantamount Love” today ahead of its release on Thursday. Using a variety of technologies, including samples from an 8-bit Gameboy (I…

Having shared the stage with the likes of The Kooks, Yungblud, Matt Corby, Ball Park Music and more, MANE  (Paige Court) is known for her impressive live performances. She recently returned from two tours across the US, including her second SXSW in Austin, TX, as well as appearances at New Colossus Festival. It comes as no surprise…

Performing for the first time EVER in Australia, The Jonas Brothers have announced they’ll be bringing their “FIVE ALBUMS. ONE NIGHT”  tour down under as part of a colossal extension that will add 27 shows across Europe, Australia and New Zealand. This newly announced leg will see Joe, Nick and Kevin perform all the hits…

There’s both a sense of adhering to the temperaments of action films gone by and embracing the current and future state of the genre present in Jalmari Helander‘s Sisu. Matching its dark sense of humour (and I mean dark) with a violently bloody mentality (and I mean bloody!), Sisu manages to present the simplest of…

Australia’s Aspera Mobile has decided to celebrate its 10-year anniversary by launching a brand-new range of affordable, yet feature-packed smartphones. The first smartphone in the range will be the unlocked AS5 compatible with 4G networks, which will launch at just A$99. In response to the rising cost of living, Aspera Mobile intended to pack as…

For the last time this month we have added another ten tracks to our Discovery playlist on Spotify and Apple Music, including two tracks we premiered exclusively earlier in the week. This week saw Glen Hansard announce the release of his fifth solo record All That Was East Is West Of Me Now. The album,…

Another slice of media that feeds into our obsession with true crime, Susie Searches is a quirky comedy/thriller that can’t altogether escape the trappings of its by-the-book structure, but an engaging performance from the always watchable Kiersey Clemons, a few neat twists and turns throughout, and one hell of an ending is sure to leave…

PAX Australia is fast approaching, and with only a few short months to go as 2023 continues to fly past us. With that, the announcement of Indie showcase and tabletop winners have been announced, with an exciting array of stories, characters and Boba Tea. The games will be fully interactive at the event, with the…

Samsung has announced a brand new lineup of Galaxy Z Foldable smartphones, Watches and Tablets, all from their live event taking place in Seoul, South Korea, for the very first time. The massive announcement includes two smartwatches, three tablets and the fifth generation of the Galaxy Z Foldable smartphones. Watch 6 The event opened with…

Music festival Someday Soon! has announced its return to The University of Sydney’s Manning House! Taking place on Saturday October 21, you’re gonna want to make space on your calendars for this one, with Australia’s beloved pop-princess Peach PRC and dance legend So What Not taking on headline duties. Peach PRC is renowned for her…

If the end of the world was upon you, how would you respond? Hopeful optimism? Or perhaps defiant acceptance? It’s a question that has found its way into social consciousness a lot over the last few years, and it forms an integral part of Sydney Theatre Company’s On the Beach. Directed by Kip Williams and…

Welsh pop-punk royalty Neck Deep are hitting our shores soon and judging from the buzz around this tour, you’ll need to move fast to secure tickets. The tour is set to kick off this September, with the band will be playing five shows across the country. Starting off in Melbourne at The Forum, this much-anticipated…

Eora/Sydney based alternative-metal band Aurateque will be adding a new EP The Dragonfly Pursuit to their epic punk-rock metal fusion catalogue. We’re thrilled today to be premiering it ahead of its release on Friday, 28th July. Aurateque sets themselves apart from the punk-rock and metal scene with their distinctive blend of metalcore instrumentals, skillfully entwined with…

Whilst it’s fair to be tired of the “elevated horror” tag that so many genre pieces aim for nowadays, and the attachment of the-little-studio-that-could A24 only fans the fire, one needn’t worry with Talk To Me, an Australian-made horror effort that was acquired by the aforementioned studio for US distribution following wild reactions out of…

Capcom has been tearing it up in 2023. Between their Resident Evil 4 remake and what is otherwise one of the best fighting games in years in Street Fighter 6, anyone would be impressed with those two games alone in a single year. But then comes Exoprimal, a third-person multiplayer game based around mech suits…

Nick Carver & The Mean Street Butchers, a psychedelic blues and rock band from regional Victoria, are set to unveil their latest track “I Need To Feel”. We have the pleasure of premiering the track and its gripping music video prior to its release on Friday, July 28. For Nick Carver & The Mean Street…

Work hard. Fail hard. The “true story” of the meteoric rise & catastrophic demise of the world’s first smartphone, BlackBerry is a whirlwind ride through a ruthlessly competitive Silicon Valley at breakneck speeds. A loose adaptation of Jacquie McNish and Sean Silcoff’s “Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall…

After previewing at the 2022 Adelaide Film Festival, before taking the world by storm at its global Sundance Film Festival premiere earlier this year (read our review here), Talk To Me has become the little horror that could. A supernatural horror experience unlike any other, Talk To Me is the twisted brainchild of Australian filmmaking…

Yeah Yeah Yeahs made their triumphant return to Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion after starring at Splendour In The Grass festival. Fans have been waiting 10 years for the trio to return to our shores and weren’t disappointed. Blasting off with their latest single “Spitting Off The Edge Of The World” plus playing all the classics including…

It was an exhilarating final day at Splendour in the Grass 2023. So many highlights from Memphis LK early on, and finishing up with Mumford & Sons at the end of the night. Bruce was there to capture all the action. You can also read Dylan’s review of the final day HERE. ’till next year.

Waking up for the final day of Splendour in the Grass has always been tough. You’re generally two or three days into an ongoing party, you’re tired, sore, ears are ringing and haven’t had a proper meal in days. I’m sure this was a fair assessment for most punters on site, irrespective of whether they…

Nintendo’s sequels are somewhat known for how long they take to brew. Pikmin joins the ranks of Metroid, Fire Emblem and Zelda as one of Nintendo’s most iconic yet elusive properties, to the point you’d be forgiven for forgetting the Pikmin franchise even existed. The last numbered title was released way back in 2013 back…

As long-winded as the name might sound, the Asus ROG Azoth 75% wireless mechanical gaming keyboard gets a lot right. For the premium A$399 price tag, it provides a sleek design, sturdy build quality, and satisfying and responsive NX switches. While it feels great to use for gaming and general typing, the featured corner OLED…

Michael Jackson’s iconic 1993 Superbowl halftime performance is one of the greatest displays of performative presence. Famously, he stood still for close to two whole minutes, during which the screams of his fans only increased in intensity. There was a reason that MJ could do that, and not many others could. His charisma and presence…