It’s been announced that American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, St. Vincent will cover The Rolling Stones 1980s track, “Emotional Rescue” for the soundtrack of Luca Guadagnino’s film, A Bigger Splash, which will be available in Australian cinemas March 24. The cast of the film includes Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes, Dakota Johnston and Matthias Schoenaerts which is a sensuous portrayal…
Village Cinemas Australia and the RSPCA Victoria have partnered together to make it possible to bring your doggy friends – big or small – at Coburg Drive-In Cinema! Starting Sunday, March 13, dog owners will be able to bring their pets to experience the launch of Coburg Cinemas Doggy Drive-In with an exclusive advanced screening of Disney’s…
From Friday, March 11 to Monday, March 14, SXSW-goers will be able to experience the world of Mr Robot, decked out with a hacker den, retro arcade, and gigantic ferris wheel. The full list that will make up the fsociety Coney Island arcade experience includes: Mr Robot Ferris Wheel Standing at an impressive 100 feet,…
Moonlight Cinema made an announcement yesterday that many of Hollywood’s hottest films will be screening at Moonlight before their release in Australian cinemas. The films range from a few Australian gems, family friendly picks to all new blockbusters, providing a broad collection of films to suit everyone’s taste. Moonlight Cinema will be showcasing these in…
As part of the most substantial and expansive changes to date for Jupiters Gold Coast, the property’s entire Executive Floor has seen a great refurbishment, bringing all rooms up to standard with modern design and features aimed at an overall better experience both inside and outside of the room. In the past, Jupiters enjoyed a…
On the AU Abroad, we bring you a birds eye view of the world of travel. In this article series, we let you in on the best airlines to fly with. Today we bring you a look at Virgin Australia’s flagship service, taking guests on an affordable direct service from Sydney to Los Angeles International’s new…
Just how right was and/or is Paterson 213 years later about the enchanting great open plains that conquer New South Wales? With the help of Destination NSW (visitnsw.com) and a Hyundai Santa Fe Highlander, Lachlan Mitchell and his mate Eashan Vijayakumaran, set out on a 5 day round trip across New South Wales with the…
After spending just three days at the increasingly popular holiday destination of Airlie beach, it became abundantly clear that the area has a terrific range of activities, cafés and restaurants on offer. From the incredible live music being played across a range of venues for the Airlie Beach Music Festival, to the spectacular experience of…
Oh, Sammy J & Randy. For many Adelaide Fringe Festival goers, it just simply isn’t a year in the Garden of Unearthly Delights without these two bringing an hour or so of their absurdly wicked comedy through to one of the tents erected throughout Rymill Park. Their latest show, Sammy J & Randyland, sees the…
Henry Lawson and Dame Mary Gilmore (nee Cameron) are famous Australian authors who appeared on Australia’s old paper $10 note. They’re also the subject of an intense period drama and romantic play called All My Love. It’s a story that asks a number of “What if?” style questions and hints at what could have been a great…
Griffin Theatre Company proudly supports and presents all new Australian works, a fitting program for their stables-turned-theatre venue. “Australian” and “new” means that the work can often hit a little closer to home in terms of language, setting and relevance. In their latest production, Ladies Day, nothing is more fitting then describing it as hitting,…
Well Shane Adamczak has done it again. His latest production with Weeping Spoon Productions, The Ballad of Frank Allen has just opened at Perth’s Fringe World. A strange and comic tale about a man who lives in another man’s beard; The Ballad of Frank Allen is a wonderfully funny and utterly charming work that will…
Barefaced Stories has become a much loved fixture of the Perth calendar; a monthly storytelling extravaganza that has grown exponentially since it’s launch back in 2010. Monday evening saw Barefaced put on the second of two Fringe World gala editions, hosted by Perth’s very own answer to Tina Fey and Amy Poehler – Andrea Gibbs…
Following on from the ideas projected through the 2015 production Nufonia Must Fall, 1927 returns to the Adelaide Festival of Arts this year with a continued exploration of the relationship between man and machine with Golem. Where Nufonia detailed a love story, Golem takes the audience into darker, nightmarish territory in highlighting the dangerous dependency…
Arnott’s iconic Tim Tam goes through changes every now and then, necessary because demand for these timeless biscuits won’t die down. There’s something about those velvety logs of chocolate encasing various flavours that still fills tourists with envy and Australians with pride, and it was only a matter of time before the brand’s next step…
It’s the freakin’ weekend, the second last of summer for this year as a matter of fact, and Sydney’s vibrant weekend culture isn’t fading one bit with the start of the big Mardi Gras festival as well as the big rally planned for Keep Sydney Open. There are plenty of delicious, fun, and interesting things…
New York emcee Action Bronson is just as deft in the kitchen as the studio, and he has been taking that knowledge of the culinary world and applying it to his latest web show with Munchies, “Fuck, That’s Delicious” for a few episodes now. The latest entry takes the effervescent rapper to meet one of…
Across three of their venues, Beer DeLuxe are staging an ambitious competition aimed at finding and discovering the best of the best when it comes to home brew enthusiasts, seeking to award one lucky amateur brewer with the “Best Home Brew” award. Dubbed Home Brew Heroes, the initiative will sort through plenty of home brew…
Before this month of February comes to a close, famed Sydney hub Kings Cross will be celebrating it’s community with the two-day Kings Cross Festival, staged by the Potts Point Partnership (PPP) for locals and visitors alike. Many a change has occurred in Kings Cross this past year thanks to #CasinoMike and his lockout laws,…
Culture Collide have always remained at the head of the pack when it comes to putting on SXSW parties to be remembered and it’s looking like 2016 will be no different. Over 150 bands and presenters will be involved in their program for SXSW Music this year and as of today, Culture Collide have begun…
Pandora have unveiled a good chunk of their 2016 program for the popular Pandora Discovery Den set to put up shop at SXSW this year! An incredibly popular fixture of SXSW Music in 2015, Pandora have once again come through with a diverse range of artists programmed to bring the party over four nights, showcasing…
London four piece Beach Baby look set to have a strong 2016 ahead with the Great Escape Festival and Euro tour dates still on the horizon. For now though, the band have released a new music video for current single “Sleeperhead” to keep us all tantalised and it’s done nothing but bolster the hype swelling…
Arizona’s Calexico will be heading down to Australia again next month to play a number of dates around the country, including a night at Sydney’s Spectrum Now Festival. I caught up with frontman and guitarist Joey Burns ahead of the tour to discuss the recent record, Edge of the Sun and the impending tour amongst…
Little May‘s debut album For the Company has seen the girls reap in the praise and after performing some excellently received shows overseas, the girls are looking ahead to their largest headline Australian shows to date this May, following their run around the country supporting City and Colour through March and April! The love and…
If you were able to catch Bully performing their first Australian shows late last year, chances are you will have been introduced to Melbourne’s Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever at those shows. The band has quickly been whipping up the momentum and praise for their breezy surfy rock-punk stylings and their latest single “Write Back” is…
FINALLY, Bring Me The Horizon will be returning to Australia for a headline tour that fans have been hanging out for since 2013. ‘This is not a drill. Please try to remain calm.’ urges the announcement. Yeah, right. The band has been catapulted to a calibre of band selling out shows globally and smashing arena…
Dalton Trumbo was a political activist, a writer, a family man, and a man of principle. In Trumbo, a new film starring Bryan Cranston in the leading role, we’re taken back to a time when going against the grain was grounds for treason and imprisonment. It’s one of the most intriguing – and ghastly –…
Hail wasteland wanderers! Ye have cried out for more Fallout 4 and Bethesda has answered, announcing an upcoming set of three very distinct DLC add-ons launching in March, April and May respectively, promising even more to follow.
A new trailer for the upcoming Alice Through The Looking Glass debuted during the Grammy’s earlier in the week. The sequel to 2010’s Alice in Wonderland sees Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, Anne Hathaway and Helena Bonham Carter reprise their roles in an adventure that will see Alice and company enter the whimsical world of Underland….
Street Fighter V has only been out a day and there’s already been an upset in the competitive scene. Rapper Lupe Fiasco has defeated current Ultra Street Fighter IV world champ Daigo Umehara 3-2 at Street Fighter V‘s San Francisco launch event and it seems no-one is more surprised by this than Fiasco himself.
