Their name might indicate otherwise, but Melbourne’s Lip Sync Chicks are the genuine deal. The three piece band have released their new single, “Bad Time Child”, and as a snippet of what’s to come from them this year, it’s a nice little insight. The group cites the likes of The Cribs and The Replacements and the…
“The only time you wear a Tuxedo is when it’s time to party,” says Snoop Dogg on the opening track of the new album by Tuxedo, Tuxedo II. Mayer Hawthorne and Jake One are the two funk-lovers that get together to make incredibly fresh disco music under the stage name Tuxedo. The duo have been working…
Yesterday, New York’s Joey Bada$$ revealed on Facebook his highly-anticipated sophomore album will be released April 7th after a number of set backs called for the finishing touches. The new album, titled All-Amerikkkan Bada$$, follows up 2015’s B4.DA.$$ and features 12 tracks with a bunch of guest appearances including J.Cole, Schoolboy Q, Flatbush Zombies’ Meechy Darko and…
This week, the annual SXSW Film Festival took place, with award winners just announced. Featuring an all-star jury including Kristen Bell, Becky Cloonan and more, the jury selected winners across a variety of categories including Narrative Feature, Film Design, Short Film Making, Documentary Feature and Excellence in Poster and Title Design among others. The 2017…
Music Video streaming service Vevo has announced new additions to their already stellar mobile and desktop offerings with the launch of Watch Party for desktop, and a redesigned interface for IOS.
It all began with Marvel’s Daredevil in 2015, then we had Jessica Jones, shortly after that came Luke Cage. Now Netflix are about to roll out the last of their street level superheroes, this time it’s Marvel’s Iron Fist and the show takes an interesting turn in mashing the sensibilities of Eastern and Western culture….
I spent a good half an hour trying to come up with a headline for this review before settling on the one you just clicked on. I spent a lot longer trying to review the game itself — you may notice that we’re coming in rather later with this review than some of our contemporaries. The…
It’s that time of the Fringe when you feel like you’ve seen all the big shows in the major hubs. There’s a week left, surely there’s more to the Fringe than the Garden. Now’s the time to venture further out to smaller venues such as Tandanya, Tuxedo Cat or the Producers. It’s upstairs at the…
The Chemsex Monologues is a 2016 play written by British playwright Patrick Cash and performed by London Ensemble, Dragonflies Theatre. It is a confronting look at the anonymous underground world of gay sex parties in London. The narrator (Richard Watkins), sitting in a chair on a bare stage launches into graphic description of his night on drugs and…
Jazz by the Bay, WA’s annual Jazz festival, has just announced the first of its scheduled acts, which will include several international acts for the first time in its 5-year history. The festival is a celebration for Jazz lovers from Perth and beyond, and also includes local food and wine experiences. This year, the event…
A new take on a theatrical classic makes this Calamity Jane a must-see. And the classic I’m referring to is not the musical – it’s the oft ridiculed theatrical style of ‘Broadway dinner theatre’. Everything bar the meal is here: interactions with the audience, contemporary references (insert Trump joke here), entrances and exits through the…
Timberwolf has returned this week with a gorgeous new single in “Hold You Up”. Signifying a brand new and exciting chapter for the Adelaide artist’s career, this new Timberwolf track is one of promise, brimming with potential. Taken from his debut album – due out this year – “Hold You Up” highlights Timberwolf’s enhanced songwriting skills…
With his new EP Boomerang set for release this April 28th, Elliot Moss has released a beautiful film clip for his single “Closedloop”. Utilising drone technology, Moss and his team linked up with RC Test Flight, leaders in the field, to take in the landscape of Goblin Valley, Utah. A moving set of visuals, the “Closedloop” clip lines…
Media Temple hosted their annual SXSW Interactive Closing Party on Tuesday night at Austin, Texas’ prolific Stubbs’ concert venue. The event was filled with a lot of rock, rage and the perfect dose of nostalgia. Pennywise and Jimmy Eat World headlined the annual close out to the Interactive portion of the festival. Past headliners have included…
Roo Panes is a singer songwriter from the UK and he’s currently on tour in Australia. I was lucky enough to grab a chat with him in Melbourne ahead of his show at The Toff In Town. Welcome to Melbourne! Is this your first trip to Australia? Yes, well, I’ve travelled to Australia before, I…
Chris Shiflett, widely known as the awesome guitarist from Foo Fighters, is releasing his third solo album, West Coast Town, next month before heading out on a US tour to support the album release. We were lucky enough to snag some of his time to have a quick chat with him before the madness begins….
Sea N Sound festival is returning for its second year, a very Queensland-vibe festival with chill tunes, craft beer and local seafood at Mooloolaba’s Wharf Tavern. Boy & Bear have been announced as headliners, alongside Sunshine Coast favourites Tijuana Cartel, Aria winning Busby Marou, Adelaide’s dreamy Timberwolf, as well as a slew of the Sunshine Coast’s finest musicians. The festival…
British comedy hit Raised by Wolves, written by bestselling author Caitlin Moran and her sister Caroline, is a hilarious modern-day reimagining of their childhood on a Wolverhampton council estate. After a hugely successful first series, the Moran’s are back for round two! Hormones are raging as we continue to follow the lives of the six socially-isolated siblings…
When I was nineteen I spent three straight days without sleeping. I had just moved to Tokyo and couldn’t cope with the light pollution or the sounds from the trains that ran behind my flat. I would spend the nights listening to relaxing music and watch films during the day. On the third morning at…
With Office Christmas Party releasing today on Bluray and DVD, we’ve got three exclusive, brand-new deleted scenes from the film to get you hype. Hit the jump for your afternoon dose of free funny.
We’ve all felt it before – that crushing disappointment when a gaming project we looked forward to is silently cancelled and abandoned. Most recently, this disappointment was felt with the cancellation of Scalebound, an ambitious and absolutely gorgeous-looking RPG, but video games have a long history of crushing cancellations. Sometimes, games are recycled into new…
Ubisoft’s latest incarnation of their Ghost Recon series is entertaining as hell. And at times, it’s for all the wrong reasons. Whether Ubisoft is cognizant of it’s reputation at the moment or not, their lacklustre games have become an expectation in the industry now. Watch Dogs 2 (admittedly developed by a different team) took painstaking effort…
Loving is a film that shares a few things in common with A United Kingdom. They are both based on true stories and at the centre of each film you have a married, interracial couple who just want to live together as husband wife and leave the politics out of the bedroom. Loving is a…
Despite being a spin-off of popular RPG Of Orcs and Men, the Styx franchise has largely flown under the radar in the stealth genre. The first game, Master of Shadows, was a digital-only release, but with its newest entry, it’s finally time for the series to get the attention it deserves. Simply put, Styx: Shards…
Settle. Despite the misleading title of the show, Nick doesn’t actually set himself on fire. Looking past that slightly disappointing fact, what he does do is make you laugh. On Fire is the quintessential Aussie stand-up show. No-one is safe. Bogans, Hooligans, his mum – they all cop it in this show. And it’s funny….
As part of their new “Social Weekend” series, Chippendale favourite Kensington Street Social have introduced an interactive cocktail trolley to cart around the venue each Saturday and Sunday, offering to encourage guests to try their own hand at creating both classics and new concoctions. From this Saturday 18th March, diners will have access to a…
Sydney spirit heavy hitters Archie Rose Distilling Co have scored a big partnership with P&O Cruises. As of this June, the awarded distiller will climb on board and watch their spirits infuse the many flavours on offer at Pacific Explorer’s dedicated cocktail bar The Bonded Store. The forthcoming 77,000 tonne superliner (which is currently sailing…
It was big news last year when world renowned chef Neil Perry announced the closure of his beloved Rockpool Est. 1989 at 11 Bridge St, Sydney. The shock came about as a need for something closer to casual emerged, which gave way to Eleven Bridge. Now even that’s set to close this coming May, with…
Adventure-experience festival Wildfest will return to the Southern Highlands in NSW this October* bringing with it more than enough reason to road trip it to that naturally magnificent part of the state. One such reason will be the Wild Native Feast, which takes place on International Earth Day in celebration of the tight-knit relationship between…
After hosting their large scale, four-day food truck festival earlier this year, the team behind Coburg Velodrome have announced their next outing: a celebration of the forthcoming Holi festival and Nepalese culture. The cultural event imbued with colour and love will inspire a free dumpling festival on Sunday 26th March, with a packed day featuring…
