year : 2015 264 results

Women in Voice 2015

Don’t miss the sumptuous combination of the ethereal Emma Dean, rock legend Carol Lloyd, world music mama Yani and the astounding Alison St Ledger, all brought together by MC Queenie van de Zandt’s hilarious alter ego, Jan van de Stool, International Music Therapist. Gather your favourite music fans to laugh, cry, fall in love and break some hearts along with these incredible vocalists. Women in Voice 2015 will transform a night out together into a highlight of your year. Women in ...

Black Mass Movie Review

Johnny Depp breaks step with all that pirate nonsense and delivers his best performance in years as Irish-American organised crime boss, James ‘Whitey’ Bulger. In 1975 as an informant, Bulger enjoyed the protection of the FBI whilst supplying information the Feds used to take down his Italian rivals and allowed him to replace them as a kingpin in Boston. It was a charmed deal for Bulger until the mid nineties when the media blew the lid off this corrupt arrangement. A barely recogn...

The Martian Movie Review

It is equal parts thriller and scientific exploration and focuses on the human resolve to rise to the occasion and survive despite all the odds. Matt Damon is fantastic as the hyper intelligent astronaut that due to circumstance gets left behind on an aborted manned mission on Mars. His approach to survival is based around his scientific knowledge and raw will to live but it is tempered by irreverence towards his circumstance and to the authority figures that he has to interface with. ...

Hozier 2015 Australian Tour

Taking in a national run of dates in venues a huge step up from his relatively small performances, this October tour will see Hozier perform at Perth's Belvoir Amphitheatre on Wednesday 28 October, the Palais Theatre in Melbourne on Friday 30 October, Sydney's Hordern Pavilion on Tuesday 3 November, before closing at Brisbane's stunning Riverstage on Friday 6 November. With so many countless fans missing out on seeing Hozier live on this brief Easter visit, here now is your chance to ...

Future Islands Aussie Tour

Future Islands have developed a reputation of delivering epic live shows all around the world, commanding attention from music lovers, largely thanks to the remarkably distinct vocals and astonishing performance antics of front man Samuel T Herring. Their fourth studio LP ‘Singles’ drew critical acclaim worldwide, with NME, Pitchfork and Spin Magazine hailing the album lead single ‘Seasons (Waiting On You)’ their best track of 2014. “Singer Samuel T.Herring’s performance is ...

Pan Movie Review

The set up is interesting enough: young orphan, Peter, is abducted to Neverland where he befriends Tiger Lilly, Tinkerbell and a young Hook and together they save Neverland from Blackbeard the pirate. The narrator is unequivocal about the central theme being best friends becoming enemies - a clear reference to the Peter/Hook relationship. The problem is that by film’s end Peter and (now Captain) Hook are still friends! So the story, as a whole, feels unresolved. Now, perhaps the ...

Arj Barker – Get in My Head at the Brisbane Powerhouse

What are you waiting for? Hop on in, and let’s ride. There’s plenty of room in here. Join me and together we’ll contemplate everything from the social evolution of humanity, to the intriguing and elusive nature of non-sexually derived boners. I’ll even mention fondue at some point, and that’s a promise. So take a load off your mind, and get into mine already! Get in My Head!! In recent years Arj Barker has spent more time in our country than his own and has come to understand ...

Learning to Drive Competition

Wendy (Patricia Clarkson) is a fiery Manhattan author whose husband has just left her for another woman; Darwan (Ben Kingsley) is a soft-spoken taxi driver from India on the verge of an arranged marriage. As Wendy sets out to reclaim her independence, she runs into a barrier common to many lifelong New Yorkers: she’s never learned to drive. When Wendy hires Darwan to teach her, her unravelling life and his calm restraint seem like an awkward fit. But as he shows her how to take control of ...

Sicario Movie Review

This is a modern day tale of drug running and Mexico/America border politics and it draws you in with bold strokes. It then details the character’s action in such a way as to illustrate the horrors that both the innocent and guilty have to endure during these drug wars. The screenplay leads you to make certain assumptions about the main protagonists actions and it’s to its satisfying complexity that right up until the end of the last reel there are still surprises left in store. ...

Jesse Davidson Aussie Tour

Davidson’s burgeoning online presence has seen his music amass over 1.8 million streams via SoundCloud and Spotify. His collaboration as guest vocalist on Japanese Wallpaper’s track ‘Between Friends’ came in at #97 in this year’s triple j’s Hottest 100. Jesse also recently worked with Luke Millions, an unexpected collab, to which he leant his voice to space disco epic ‘Fear The Night’. He started 2015 with a performance at Laneway Festival in his hometown of Adelaide and ...