An interactive one-day event celebrating everything tea is coming back after a successful debut last year at Melbourne Exhibition Centre, attracting more than 4,200 tea lovers. The aromatic Melbourne Tea Festival will aim at connecting guests to specialty teas from all over the world, highlighting exciting tea purveyors who will be on hand to showcase…
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Smoke Rings come puffing strong today with a new single in “Go To Hell”. The title seems pretty harsh, right? Don’t be dissuaded. The guitar pop charm the Melbourne group has harnessed on record as a result of sessions with Malcolm Besley (City Calm Down, Northeast Party House) shines brightly. The vocals and dynamic blend of percussion…
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Late last week, we premiered the brand new single from Tasman Keith – “Might Snap”. The single (and its accompanying music video) tackles very real themes of addiction and personal struggle and as an introduction to this emerging hip hop talent, “Might Snap” kicks the door in. Hailing from the Bowraville Mission in NSW’s Nambucca Valley,…
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“Experimental Indian” isn’t something you’d hear often around Sydney’s dining scene a few years ago. Now, it’s picking up, and a few inventive restaurants across the city are really highlighting a side of Indian cuisine that moves far away from excessively creamy butter chicken and puffy, indulgent cheese naan. Brick Lane is but the latest…
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Food and wine lovers are being well catered for this month as Noosa Food & Wine Festival returns to the sunshine coast, bringing with it a stacked program of events spread across two festival villages, one at Noosa Main Beach and the other in “The Woods”. Top local restaurants will be getting involved in the…
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After a string of sold out nights last year Carriageworks and the forthcoming Vivid Sydney are once again planning to host their series of bespoke dining experiences. Taking place at The Clothing Store across the nights of 14-17 June, Sydney Table will be bringing in some of the state’s leading chefs and pairing their specially…
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One of the country’s most renowned pastry chefs Anna Polyviou stirred up a recent episode of MasterChef Australia with one of the most curious desserts the reality show has seen, sparking contestants with a challenge to recreate her playful Firecracker dessert. The intricate, cartoon-themed chocolate dessert was an instant hit with viewers, playing on Polyviou’s…
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Get your gluttonous self down to Melbourne Central on Wednesday 17th May because the fine folk behind local institution Flour Market are putting on a one-night-only festival dedicated exclusively to one of the greatest culinary creations of all time: the donut. The world’s most livable city boasts some of the finest donut connoisseurs in the…
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High tea, often synonymous with indulgent, luxurious and grand, is now a more contemporary affair at The Sheraton Melbourne Hotel. Affectionately (and appropriately) located at the ‘Paris end’ of Little Collins Street, the hotel’s newly launched Parisian Afternoon High Tea is the newest destination for a fashionable luncheon with friends and family. Hosted in the…
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We knew it was just a matter of time before we started seeing even more Golden Gaytime inspired food and drink pop up all over the place. A recent release of authentic Golden Gaytime crumbs in a Milo-style tin must have done it, giving people reason to experiment with one of the most iconic Australian…
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It’s that time again! The GABS Beer, Cider & Food Festival is once again preparing to show Melbourne, Sydney and Auckland just why it has been named one of the best beer festivals in the world (by U.S magazine The Beer Connoisseur). With record attendance last year, the touring festival is set to bring in…
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Anna Lunoe remained a standout artist of Coachella 2017 – from afternoon slam circles in the Sahara Tent to performances of new music, the Australian expat made sure her time out in the Cali desert counted. Backstage at Weekend Two, Jaime Lewis caught up with Anna to find out how the experience had treated her, and…
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Tasman Keith is a name you’re likely to be hearing more of as this year rolls out. Fans of emerging hip hop talent Nooky will recognise Tasman’s talents behind the mic as a hype man but now, we’re seeing the NSW lad step further into the light on his own. His new single, “Might Snap”, is out…
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For Melbourne artist AEORA, Canadian Music Week provided her the opportunity to not only perform for the first time outside Australia, but also to explore a foreign music community that has been home to some brilliant emerging artists over the last few years. She takes us through the trip via this special tour diary below… _________ So,…
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Adelaide’s Sincerely, Grizzly packed up guitars and drums and headed abroad not too long ago, heading to Thailand for the first time to perform their first debut headline shows outside Australia and also some primo spots alongside the legendary good guys of …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead. As frontman Joshua Calligeros recalls, the…
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Coming out of the studio and beating down a self-described ‘bubonic plague’ during its recording process, The Dollar Bill Murrays have delivered one heck of a sophomore EP in Always On. Fuzzed out goodness is met with frustrated grunge flair. Rhythms throb while percussion crashes around Felix Lundgren‘s catchy melodic work. Over five tracks, we’re given a little…
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If you happened to be one such music listener who was quick to spurn A.B. ORIGINAL‘s acclaimed album Reclaim Australia as nothing but hot air spurring on a senseless and tired debate, let’s go through a quick history lesson before we get to this music video. Back in the 1980’s then-Prime Minister Bob Hawke called for a Royal…
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Adelaide’s growling Battlehounds take another ground shaking step forward with their new single, “Night Crawl” and with its official music video, we things carrying out with as much grit as you’d expect. With Alex Rajowski bundled up in the boot, being driven along a dusty road, the action – directed by Adelaide’s Aaron Schuppan – plays out with great…
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Following the success of the past three years, Watsons Bay Boutique Hotel has again partnered with Brand Orange to celebrate Aussie Wine Month. The Taste Orange Food & Wine Festival kicks off May 7th and goes for the entire month, with punters invited to indulge in an array of palate pleasing produce and mouth-watering wines…
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Brisbane’s Shanon Watkins has been steadily gaining positive momentum surrounding his music which, put plainly but no less enthusiastically, blends folk, rock, blues and more on that end of the rich musical spectrum. His new single, “Sunnyside Up”, is representative of his songwriting talent that continues to display blossoming potential and today, we’re stoked to share the…
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As Chippendale’s Kensington Street precinct continues to grow, Sydney welcomes a fresh new café by the name of Concrete Jungle, an apt name for a space that has been brought to life with touches of vibrant greenery, shaped as a “serene oasis” in the midst of one of the city’s busiest areas. Though a large…
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Funky new contemporary Japanese restaurant Tokyo Laundry has just opened down at Gateway Sydney precinct of Circular Quay, adding to a diverse lineup of restaurants and cafes with an inventive menu by Michelin Star chef Masahiko Yomoda (ex-Restaurant Vivraishe), widely known for his training in both Japanese and French cuisine, worked to suit the new…
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Adelaide four piece SIAMESE have been a new band we’ve been harping on about for a few months now and with good reason too. Emerging out of SA’s flourishing alt-rock scene, the young guns are coming through with some promising musical gems on their forthcoming EP. While we wait for more new music from the “Computer…
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In what’s a very exciting prospect for one of the city’s most anticipated openings of 2017, Chris Lucas (of The Lucas Group) has announced that Chin Chin Sydney will be led by creative ex-Spice Temple chef Graeme Hunt. The announcement promises a big move for Hunt, who has spent the last four years helping Melbourne’s…
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Two years ago, founders Chris Payton and Rohan Rivett attracted a lot of attention to their Small Mouth Vodka. The 100% Australian made organic Vodka picked up both a Gold Medal and a Master Medal, the top accolade, in the “Smooth” category at the 2015 Vodka Masters in London, putting this artisan Vodka on the…
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2017 has already been a big year for OzHarvest, one of Australia’s most cherished and important charities, seeing as they have officially expanded to the UK with help from Jamie Oliver and The Duchess of Cornwall. Now the food rescue charity have revealed their next big step, opening up The OzHarvest Market in Sydney’s Kensington,…
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After unveiling a new era last year and subsequently rising through the ranks to become one of the area’s hottest spots, The Dolphin Hotel in Surry Hills will be using their dedicated Wine Room as a platform for a guest chef series fashioned as “Aperitivo Hour”. The series, which kicked off early last month and…
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“Creating a fig liqueur had never been done before”, tells Patrick Borg of Think Spirits, a renowned Australian liquor distribution company which has recently released an unprecedented fruit liqueur, Esprit de Figues, that is fast rising to the very top of the wish lists of discerning drinkers and bartenders alike. Yep, it’s a genuine fresh…
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World renowned three time Barbecue World Champion Tuffy Stone; cook, author and TV host Jess Pryles; Australia’s greatest BBQ-ers battling it out for supremacy (and for the benefit of the hungry, hungry public); and a whole slew of live music acts. Meatstock certainly brought the goods to Melbourne this past weekend, and with the annual…
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This week, Mrs Beyoncé Knowles-Carter announced the introduction of Formation Scholars – a newly established scholarship program for young female college or graduate students in the US. With her acclaimed 2016 album Lemonade recently celebrating its one-year anniversary, Beyoncé has shunned traditional channels of acknowledging the milestone, instead breaking this news that offers four students USD $25,000 each to…
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