Ash Bolland’s – Burn
Curious director Ash Bolland's 'Burn - Never Extinguish' branded content film for Coca-Cola has been selected to screen at this year's St Kilda Film Festival as part of its showcase of Australia's top short films.
Woodkid – Run Boy Run
There are two obvious elements to a music video, the sound and the vision. Sometimes it’s the sound and sometimes it’s the vision that makes you sit back and take notice of the clip. Once in a while though it’s a marriage of the two that comes together so seamlessly and beautifully that it leaves...
No Church in the Wild
Like his video for M.I.A.'s "Born Free", director Romain Gavras's clip for Jay-Z and Kanye West's Watch the Throne track "No Church in the Wild" takes place in a brutal police state. It features a mob taking on the authorities with Molotov cocktails, fireworks, lasers, and, randomly, an elephant
Elements
Here we go again, but this time there is a pace and style to this sly playlist that will hopefully leave you asking for more. Stripped back, phrenetic, oozing with minimal change ups and luscious tones, this is a playlist designed to showcase some of the worlds best producers and music makers.
Solipsist
The description “an experimental fantasy film”, though accurate, doesn’t sufficiently portray the visual feast that is created in Solipsist. Director Andrew Huang crafts a lush visual landscape through the use of costumes, make up and some stunning graphic effects. Using the philosophical idea, ‘solipsism’ (the idea that only one’s own mind is sure to exist) as a sort...
Nicolas Jaar BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix
Over the last twelve or so months, Chilean New York native and Brown University student Nicolas Jaar’s work has been some of the most emotive and creative music released. His debut album, Space Is Only Noise was a gem and one of 2011′s best reviewed albums. The EP he released as Darkside in late 2011...
Matthias Heiderich
It is hard to believe that German photographer Matthias Heiderich is self taught. His composition, use of colours and ultimately the subject matters he chooses are an insight into a purely natural talent. His approach to minimalist landscapes creates an air of solitude, almost to the point that it feels as if you are there,...
Marcus Ross Photography
Turkish Debut–Photographed by Marcus Ross, Select models Jacey Elthalion and Sam Webb appear in the debut issue of GQTurkey. Slipping into a retro state of mind, the handsome pair grab their bikes and head out to the diner, clad in jackets, denim and tees by stylist Gune Isık. / Production by OMG.
Battleships – In Retrospect
Every now and then, a band comes along with the sounds of something fresh and promising. Sydney band Battleships fits right into this category.
The Walkmen – Heaven
Almost ten years ago, the Walkmen appeared as a unique emotionally messy and rash sound: by 2010′s Lisbon, they sounded like accomplished masters of their own sound and craft. That album glowed with health, happiness, relaxation, and Heaven, the first single and title track from their upcoming record, feels like a continuation of Lisbon’s glow....
Beach House – Bloom
I caught Beach House a while back at The Laneway Festival and have been engrossed in their sound ever since. With a uniquely familiar sound produced by the boy-girl duo, resting somewhere nicely between a particular taste to a niche audience and an almost big-time indie act they produce lovesick, narcotized rock with lots of depth....
Temptation Party
With an array of vast talent on display the sixth instalment of the sly playlist hits the apartments speaker system. With the house gutted, furniture dumped outside and neon a plenty through the shell of a house, a party is brewing.
Defending Democracy Event
Love him or loathe him – or both – there’s no denying that Julian Assange has changed the way we understand journalism and international diplomacy in the digital age. On Thursday April 19, as Assange waits to hear whether he’ll finally be extradited to Sweden, Melbourne’s Wheeler Centre continues its superlative season with a free forum on...
