Sydney alt-rock outfit Verdani are preparing to release their debut EP, The Illusion Is Gone, tomorrow, and today we’re giving you an exclusive first listen. Across four tracks, Verdani move between romantic vulnerability, simmering anger and existential reflection, wrapping weighty themes in dark, atmospheric arrangements. Drawing on post-punk, gothic rock, art rock and baroque influences,…

For all the technological leaps cinema has made over the last century, Christopher Nolan continues to prove that nothing rivals the tangible. The weight of real bodies. The unpredictability of crashing waves. The texture of weathered stone. The immensity of landscapes that actually exist. The Odyssey is perhaps the purest expression yet of Nolan’s filmmaking…

Prime Video’s Off Campus has quickly grown from bestselling book adaptation to streaming obsession, and now fans have another way to show their love for the series. Funko has announced its first-ever Off Campus POP! collection, with four of Briar University’s most beloved characters joining the company’s ever-expanding line-up of pop culture collectibles. Inspired by…

Nashville-based indie-rock artist and LGBTQ+ advocate Abby Nissenbaum is serving up something playfully subversive with her latest single, “Gentleman”, and today we are delighted to premiere its wonderfully tongue-in-cheek new video. Lifted from Nissenbaum’s new EP, Want to Be Wrong, due for release this Friday, 17th July.  “Gentleman” takes aim at the idealised, hypermasculine “dream…

The Meredith Music Festival Ballot is now open. It’s simple to enter, and it’s the easiest way to get tickets. Just head over to mmf.com.au before 10:34pm AEST, Monday 10 August. Meredith 34 will be held over three days and two nights at the one and only Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre, from December 11, 12 & 13, 2026. Camping,…

After returning to the spotlight in spectacular fashion this year, Delta Goodrem is set to hit the road once again, announcing the Australian leg of her PURE World Tour for April 2027. The eight-date arena run will see the multi-platinum, ARIA Award-winning singer perform in Newcastle, Sydney, Wollongong, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and Hobart, celebrating…

Robot Vacuum manufacturers are trying to make things jump (and mop without slushing dirt around). Phone manufacturers are constantly tweaking their cameras and trying to make life (even) easier for content creators. The ones building wet and dry vacuums? What keeps them up at night is profile. How can they produce a vacuum cleaner that…

Crime thrillers live and die by two things: whether their central mystery keeps you guessing, and whether you care enough about the people at the centre of it to stay along for the ride. Thankfully, Lucky has Anya Taylor-Joy. Apple TV+’s seven-episode limited series wastes little time throwing audiences into the deep end. Luciana “Lucky”…

Medical dramas have long been built around brilliance. The gifted surgeon. The impossible diagnosis. The life-or-death operation that only the best doctor in the hospital can pull off. But The F Ward takes a different approach, asking what happens when the people holding the scalpel are the ones still trying to put themselves back together….

While both were prominent in the 90’s and early 2000’s while I was growing up, there’s no doubt that Pokémon and Digimon always went hand in hand. It’s not to say that one copied the other, and while Pokémon came out first, I felt as though I was always watching one anime show after the other each…

More than four decades after Friday the 13th introduced one of horror’s most enduring legends, the franchise is heading back to its roots. The first teaser for Crystal Lake has arrived, offering an unsettling glimpse at the upcoming psychological thriller series that explores the tragic events before Jason Voorhees became a horror icon. Premiering October…

As Australia’s only island state, Tasmania is already quite unique – but it’s not until you start navigating the winding roadways of the Tassie countryside that you realise just how different Lutruwita is from the rest of the Australian mainland. Beloved by the locals for its ancient wilderness regions, dramatic coastlines, and rich Indigenous history,…

Bellroy has always been my favourite brand for carry solutions. I used to do a bit of writing for Rushfaster, which is the world’s biggest online retailer for quality carry solutions like bags, packing cubes and whatnot. Writing about a few Bellroy products was my first assignment, and since then, the Australian company has been…

The Australian Speedrun Marathon 2026 (ASM2026), is set to return to Adelaide. The event will aim to raise funds for Game OnCancer, a Cure Cancer initiative, and will take place at the Adelaide Rockford Hotel, from Tuesday 14 July to Sunday 19 July. The event will look to build on the success of ASM2025, which…

When The Pitt reminded audiences how compelling a hospital drama could still be and Scrubs returned to television for a new generation, Australian TV was noticeably missing its own great medical series. Thankfully, The F Ward arrives not just to fill that gap, but to prove the genre still has plenty of fresh stories to…

After Friday’s shenanigans at Adelaide’s Beer and BBQ Festival, things settled down a touch for the Saturday sessions. Whether it was the rain, the Crows game next door, or something else, numbers were down compared to the night before. Which made navigating the event easier, but there is something to be said for squeezing through…

After years of scaling buildings, hanging off aircraft and pushing the limits of practical stunt work, Tom Cruise looks set to remind audiences why he remains one of Hollywood’s finest character actors in Digger, the latest film from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu. Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures have unveiled the first look…

Christopher Nolan‘s mind-bending thriller Memento is set to receive a unique new interpretation this August, with King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard drummer Michael “Cavs” Cavanagh performing an entirely original live score to accompany the film in Sydney. Taking place for one night only at City Recital Hall on Saturday, August 29th, the latest instalment…

After a decade spent moving through the relentless cycle of recording, releasing and touring, DMA’S finally allowed themselves the rare luxury of stepping back. That pause has led to DMA’S, the Sydney trio’s self-titled fifth album, due on 21st August. It is a record that looks forward while reconnecting with the raw, guitar-driven energy that…

I’ve never been a massive fan of the Sword Art Online franchise, but have followed it loosely over the years, across a few novels, and more recently, the wildly popular anime series. For what it’s worth, there’s an incredibly dense and unique world on offer, complete with memorable characters and several great story arcs. The…

I first became aware of Gia Darcy in February 2023, when I saw her performing on a stage outside Ed Sheeran’s Sydney concert. I was blown away by her stage presence, vocals and warmth, and have keenly followed her journey ever since. Now, Darcy is taking us behind the scenes of the video for her…

Adelaide’s Beer and BBQ Festival has evolved from having market stalls in the cowsheds at the Showgrounds to more of a mini music festival at The Drive, right next door to Adelaide Oval. With a welcome balmy warm night and the lure of headlining band TISM, the joint was packed to the rafters. But was…

It’s finally confirmed: Jimmy Eat World are returning to Australia in December on a headline tour celebrating their classic album Bleed American’s 25th anniversary. They will visit Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane on their first Australian headline tour since 2017 and the final shows anywhere in the world to wrap up their current tour celebrating…

California outfit The Neighbourhood touched down in Melbourne on Friday for the third Australian stop of THE WOURLD TOUR. Margaret Court Arena was packed with an eyeliner-and-dark-clothing-clad audience, more than eager from the moment the doors opened. Known for their moody sound, frontman Jesse Rutherford delivered a huge set with his signature edgy croon, full…

Ten years after audiences first sailed beyond the reef with Moana, Lin-Manuel Miranda has returned to one of the defining works of his career – not because the songs needed rewriting, but because the story deserved to be experienced in an entirely new way. The Pulitzer Prize, Tony, Emmy and Grammy-winning songwriter, who penned the…

Few modern Disney films have resonated with audiences quite like Moana. Nearly a decade after the animated original became a global phenomenon, the beloved adventure returns to cinemas in an expansive live-action adaptation that honours its roots while charting a course of its own. Directed by Emmy and Tony Award winner Thomas Kail (Hamilton), Disney’s…

Before Bellroy became synonymous with backpacks and slings, it built its reputation by solving small, everyday frustrations in the carry solution space. That’s always been the appeal. The Australian brand is big on refinement and has become one of the top apparel labels emerging from Victoria in the past few decades. The Classic Duffel follows…

The hiatus that has kept The Temper Trap largely away from the public eye since 2018 has happily come to an official end with the release today of their fourth studio album, Sungazer.  Taking much-needed time off to focus on their personal lives and other creative projects has certainly had no apparent side effects musically,…

After 13 long years, The Neighbourhood have returned to Australia for their Wourld Tour, having kicked off in Sydney and now sitting midway through their Melbourne leg. This is their first headline tour in the country, having only ever performed with a short stint at Laneway 2013, so it’s safe to say Aussie fans have…

Have you ever been swept up in an argument, so positive in your convictions, so certain of your truth, and then suddenly, you’re not so sure? A seed of doubt is planted, but you’ve passed the point of no return. To back down now would be to admit you’re wrong, so you stand firm, your…