With the second season of Nashville released on DVD last month, we’re looking back at the 22 episodes with some of our favourite moments, and reasons why we think you should watch. Everything from an insight into the music business, the challenges of sexuality, transitioning from country to pop music but more than anything else,…
**WARNING: THIS POST CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS OF SEASON THREE AND SOME VERY MINOR SPOILERS FOR SEASON FOUR** At the end of the third season of Homeland we were left with what was essentially the end of the series as we’d known it. The saga of troubled but brilliant CIA Agent Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) and perhaps…
Friday night, Sydney’s iconic Metro Theatre was graced for the first time by Melbourne/Sydney rockers, The Delta Riggs, who were joined by openers, Food Court and Harts, and I was lucky enough to catch it all live. As a person with a need for immediate gratification and a “skip to the main event” personality, admittedly…
Independently-produced horror film The Gallows is almost ready to be released through Warner Bros as indicated by the curious first trailer, which was was recently released in Australia. The film is from Blumhouse Productions, the same powerhouse behind hits like Insidious, Paranormal Activity, and Sinister. Twenty years after an accident during a small town high…
Australia’s favourite detective Miss Phryne Fisher is back for a third season of puzzling cases in Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries. This ABC favourite, starring Essie Davis as Fisher, returns on May 8th, and this season sees Phryne and DI Jack Robinson (Nathan Page) exploring the possibility of a relationship. We’ll also meet Phryne’s father, Baron…
It would be hard to deny Unfriended as an imaginative and innovative film; Director Levan Gabriadze takes an initially uninspiring concept and makes it work with admirable attention to detail and a genuine sense of tension. However, in the film’s pursuit of as much realism as possible, the viewer is left unable to escape from…
Australian company Triptych Pictures will be donating proceeds from their charity Q&A screenings of Australian film TOUCH to charity Beyondblue. Charity screenings will be held in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney, and will include a Q&A session with Cast members Leeanna Walsman and Matt Day, and the film’s writer/director Christopher Houghton. TOUCH follows a mother, Dawn…
If you were at tonight’s screening of Mad Max 2 in Sydney, you may have seen this trivia question grace the screen. So, were you listening out for Mel Gibson’s 16 lines of dialogue? Indeed, one of those lines is repeated twice, which is: “I only came for the gasoline”. For more details on In…
In our 43rd installment of “Stumbled Upon”, we meet Brisbane’s latest electronic offering Glacier, and chat about their latest single, ‘Suspend’, released today! Band Name: Glacier Website / Social Media: glaciersounds.com Facebook / Soundcloud Genre: Electronic Members & their roles: Andrew Threlfo (synths/electronics) Zanna Blackburn (vocals and guitar) Michael Smallman (electronics and guitar) What music…
Photo: Andrew Wade captures DZ Deathrays at the Bovine Sex Club during CMW 2012. Tomorrow, the ten day Canadian Music Week festival kicks of in Toronto, Canada. Australia is the focus country of the event this year, and as part of the celebrations, there will be three major showcases of Australian talent. Two of which…
Following the massive success of the seventh installment of the Fast and the Furious franchise, which is currently the fourth highest grossing film of all time on the international box office charts (and the number one film of all time in China!?), Universal Studios Hollywood have revealed more details about their forthcoming “Fast & The…
Hip Hop’s rising star Earl Sweatshirt is returning to Australia this July to play the Sold Out Splendour in the Grass festival in Byron Bay, and now he’s got three sideshows to keep him busy while he’s here. The shows will see him play Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. The shows will be the first time…
In just a few hours, Canadian Music Week will kick off in Toronto, bringing with it an incredible array of artists from all over the globe (hundreds in fact), taking over dozens of venues around the city for nine nights. Australia is the lucky “Spotlight Country” this year, meaning there are more Australian artists on…
Pixar’s latest short film project Lava is scheduled to be showed alongside upcoming feature Inside Out when it’s released in June. Larry Heath had a chance to sit down with Lava Director Jim Murphy while at SXSW who treated us to a song from the film on his trusty ukulele in this very special AU…
Set to open at the official Sydney Film Festival Festival Hub in Town Hall is a special video exhibition staged by Sydney Contemporary. The Sydney Contemporary Video Exhibition will open at the hub on Thursday 4th June and run for the duration of the festival (until 14th June), showcasing works from 12 video artists from…
Khaleesi from Game of Thrones shocked fans on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon last night she she was summoned by the great Kristen Wiig. We learnt some great fun facts about the character, like that her real name is actually “Karen”. And she’s originally from the forest. On the mountain. Who would have guessed…
Broadway enthusiasts rejoice: the 69th Annual Tony Awards will be screening live on Foxtel on Monday 8 June. Hosted by Broadway stars Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming, who have both been previous Tony recipients, the Tony Awards recognise excellence in both Broadway plays and musicals. The two musicals An American in Paris and Fun Home…
From Melbourne, Australia, pop-rock legends of The Colour Code have many sound influences that can be heard through their music. To sound different, especially in the local market is tough but when you take a listen to tracks such as “Alibi” and “It’s Up To Me”, there’s no denying that this band has clear-cut chemistry. In this…
With an 80s post-punk influence and other sub-genres, Hound brings to mind the likes of bands such as The Cure and Sonic Youth. It’s been a whirlwind for the Brisbane-based band with the recent release of their debut album, Dying In The Sun and also having done a couple of shows around Australia last month. Through it all, it’s been a constant…
Multi-instrumentalist, Ilan Rubin is a hardworking individual and there’s no doubt that he’s accomplished many things alongside his music career. Working with bands such as Nine Inch Nails, Paramore and Angels and Airwaves has given him plenty of opportunities to learn the ropes of creating and writing his own music. With his solo music project being under the name of The New Regime,…
Today is British India‘s last day as our AU artists of the month! Tomorrow, our May artist will be announced, but before that happens, we wanted to share with our readers a special playlist that British India’s Declan Melia put together for us earlier this month. You may have heard it on AU Radio already,…
Sydney has a new food truck, and it just so happens to be delivering some of the best pizza in the city thanks to its authentic Italian recipes and a woodfire oven built right into the impressive architecture of the truck – which sees two levels sit inside a shipping container. Going by the name…
It was a huge weekend at the Australian Box Office, with Avengers: Age of Ultron raking in $15.7 million at the top. This makes the film the third biggest opening in Australia of all time, behind the final Harry Potter film and the second Twilight, knocking Fast and Furious 7 off its perch, where it had…
Kamil Ellis and Kayne Tremills are back for more adventure with ABC show Bushwhacked! returning for a third season. Ellis, a young Wiradjuri man, and Tremills, the former host of Studio 3, set challenges for each other in the remote Australian outback. From wading through crocodile-infested waters, to kangaroo spotting, to coming into contact with…
Sydney Film Festival and Transmission Films have announced Sydney Film Festival Presents, a new initiative to promote quality cinema across Australia. Slow West and Strangerland have been named the first of the selected feature films. In addition to their place at the SFF, the two films will be see national screenings at select Palace Cinemas…
Melbourne-based country/soul stalwarts Saint Jude are today premiering their new video and single “St Clare” today on the AU, the first track to be released off their forthcoming third full length LP, Saint Jude III. Coming in a nine and a half minutes, the track is something of a musical odyssey, starting as a meditative…
Zombies have become the sort of thing you either love or hate. They’re ubiquitous these days and nowhere more so than in video games. I’ve cleaved my way through an unthinkable amount of shambling video game corpses in my time but State of Decay still managed to come as something of a pleasant surprise to…
The Golden Age Cinema is prepped and ready to celebrate Mothers Day with a range of chic classics. The best part is that all proceeds from popcorn sales will go to the B Miles Women’s Foundation, which supports Sydney women with mental illnesses who are homeless, or at risk of homelessness. The day kicks off with the Audrey…
As part of the Melbourne International Jazz Festival, The Australian Center for the Moving Image (ACMI) will showcase a select few films that exemplify numerous aspects of Jazz. Jazz on Film will include the genres uncompromising artists and its tangible place in history and politics. The line-up is as follows: Sound of Redemption: The Frank Morgan Story…
