Review: Gotye - Making Mirrors

Point the first - it’s pronounced ‘gauthier’. Point the second, nobody have a Lana Del Rey-esque hissyfit, but it’s not his real name. He’s actually called Walter de Backer. He ‘gotye’ there, wha’? BAHA. Okay, we’ll stop. Discovered via Culch’s resident ahead-of-the-curvester Aaron, the justifiably-hyped track ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’, complete with fantastic bodypainting video, was our first introduction to Australia’s Gotye who’s somehow been making waves under our radar since 2006. (Might be something to do with the fact that we’ve only been around since 2009.) Part of the Making Mirrors album, earworm ‘Somebody…’ is no one-hit wonder. Title track ‘Making Mirrors’ is also the album opener. A snappy one minute and one second long, it coaxes you into thinking you’re in for 40 minutes of easy listening before ‘Easy Way Out’ puts the Sting-sized boot in and introduces the overarching upbeat sound. ‘I Feel Better’ has an … There’s more

Reviewed: Carlsberg VIP Club @ The 02

There’s a certain amount of nostalgia attached to any walk down the quays for a concert at The 02. Undeniably an improvement on its previous incarnation as The Point Depot, you still find yourself with a hankering after a few merch stalls, a concrete floor and a balcony that really made you feel like you were taking your life in your hands. The fact is, we’ll always feel sorry for those young pups who never got to experience a concert at The Point Depot. In the same way they don’t remember the pound coin, they’re blissfully unaware of the amount of time you could spend queueing for the ladies loos while listening to the last few muffled bars of your favourite song creeping through from the main arena and awkwardly crossing your legs. Instead, they’re mollycoddled with multi-storey parking, drinks holders on the seats and a LUAS straight to the … There’s more

New Movie Trailer: God Bless America

Spotted today over with our friends at Pajiba (at least, we wish they were our friends), this is incredibly NSFW, because it’s very inspirational. God Bless America is a blacker-than-black comedy directed by Bobcat Goldthwait and expected this summer. Take a look at the trailer and tell me that it’s not a fairytale for simmering semi-psychos, like… well, like me. Possibly you too. Possibly anyone who’s gotten sucked into YouTube comments or broken their Sky remote just before Tallafornia came on. Remember to turn the autoplay feature off if you’re not ready for a trailerload. See what we did there? Bated breath, fellow haters. Bated breath.