The film is brilliant. It shows that no matter the hype, a film can and should be able to deliver. New and old characters combine to move Star Wars into a new age, and if this film doesn't leave you on tenterhooks waiting for the next two, then nothing will!
On Friday December 4, YMCA HQ in Leederville hosted the 9th Sweet Oblivion Showcase. This time around, Matthew Gudgeon, Puzzle, Last Lions and Red Moon graced the stage. Read all about it here.
Over the course of the film, it becomes clear that A Perfect Day really, really wants to be both a comedy and a drama, but struggles to find the right balance between the two.
I may have exceeded my daily recommended amount of cardio from all that dancing.
Make sure you make time for the 2016 Stagebound winners and make sure you're on top of the set times and stage map!
Sunday Sessions get no better than this.
On Friday November 20 the YMCA HQ in Leederville hosted the 8th Sweet Oblivion showcase evening. These events, held as part of the WAM Festival, present the best of the young, emerging talent in the Perth music scene to an audience of all ages.
It’s clear that director Ramin Bahrani is not afraid of making us feel uncomfortable. In 99 Homes, we are affronted by the harsh reality of unaffordable housing as the film places the systematic disadvantage of our economic model under the microscope.
I never have that much fun in abandoned houses. These were people’s homes, full of memories It is an all too acute reminder that my house too is at risk of succumbing to the march of ‘progress’.
Jam-packed with rapid-fire zingers and cleverly constructed comedic situations, Mistress America is Noah Baumbach’s most deliberately funny screenplay to date, quite possibly due to the involvement of co-writer and star Greta Gerwig.
I ventured out to see Australia’s favourite ramblin’ jungle blues man CW Stoneking’s sold out show in the tree-filled front courtyard.
Pop sensation Ed Sheeran will be gracing out shores in a few weeks time. Find out more here.
Rude boys are coming over to Oz on tour. Theres a lot to be excited about! Ticket info, and editorial within.
As part of the WAM showcase weekend, a couple of our writers checked out what was going on at YMCA HQ in Leederville.
The Festival is a lot like a failed Tinder date in many ways. You know you like a lot of the things about it, you are attracted to it, but something just doesn’t really click. It's someone else's soulmate.
Bar Pop will be keeping us busy over the next few months with their new Live at the Orchard series.
We took some time to review Foxing's new album. Read all about it!
Every now and then, you’ll find somewhere that captures you. One of my spots is the Midland Grain Silo. What was a huge symbol of agricultural history of Midland, is now a hotspot for street art.
I generally balk at the love dichotomy so often presented in movies – I’m certainly not one to gasp “Oh my stars I wonder who the young lass will choose?! How absolutely DELIGHTFUL to be young!” – but I feel that Brooklyn hits a deeper note than the surface may initially suggest.
So the release of New Bermuda was always going to come with a certain weight of expectation that the gang had to live up to this masterpiece of modern post-black-metal-shoe-gaze-funk. And it does.
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