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Cafe Paci chef brings Darlinghurst a new pop up restaurant with Classico Moderno (Sydney)

The Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy is about to see a major champion with new Sydney pop-up restaurant Classico Moderno, a concept from young local chef Bryan Gerlini who is determined to showcase the best of his home and its classic cuisine. Aside from being the founding Head Chef of Leichhardt’s excellent Capriccio Osteria, Gerlini…

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Sydney’s top chefs gear up for OzHarvest’s Kitchen Table Series

Food rescue organisation OzHarvest will be teaming up with Head Chefs from reputable establishments including Acme, Biota, Otto, Bennelong, Nomad and Paper Daisy to raise funds and awareness around food security and wastage, as part of an annual Kitchen Table Dinner series running from 10th-14th & 17th-21st October to celebrate Sydney Morning Herald’s Good Food Month….

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Opinion: Why we need to march to #keepsydneyopen once again this Sunday

Over the course of the last week, I’ve seen a few people ask the question: why are we marching again? Why are we having another Keep Sydney Open rally? If we didn’t achieve what we wanted to with the last rally, what difference will this make? I got out of bed on a weekend once,…

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Friday Fresh Five #002 – Eilish Gilligan, BATTS, Mesa Cosa, Jesswar…

And we’re back at Friday for another week (though given the long weekend just gone by, we really haven’t had that much of a slog, right?) – below are five artists we’ve been listening to this week who have perked us up, gotten us keen for the weekend and excited for some special shows coming up. A…

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ICYMI: A look back at our favourite music videos of June 2016

Picking up where we left off recently, our ICYMI series takes a look at the month of June and our favourite music videos released during the month; heading into the second half of 2016, we had the likes of The Delta Riggs, Cane Hill, Allan Smithy, Alex Lahey and Vera Blue all come through with some impressive visuals, while the likes of The Strokes and FEUDS…

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Maefire on new single “Crawling”, playing Singapore for Music Matters & more!

Melbourne group Maefire have had a hectic 2016 littered with new music releases and impressive shows to boot. While in Singapore for Music Matters last month, the boys sat down with Larry to chat about their experience, new single “Crawling” and more. Beginning the year with the release of popular single “Without You”, Maefire have been…

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20 of the best breakfasts in and around Sydney

There are so many excellent breakfasts to be found in and around Sydney, with the pre-midday dining scene really shaping up these past few years to rival Melbourne’s gold standard. It also helps that some of these places really show off those million dollar views, absorbing all that atmosphere to really smack you awake while…

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Birds of the Inner West: Sydney’s fried chicken festival returns with huge line up

Sydney got its first ever food festival dedicated to some of the city’s best fried chicken and wine with Birds of Redfern back in July, a curated line up that brought in the likes of Hartsyard and Mitch Orr to deliver crispy greatness while Cake Wines took care of the locally made drops. It was…

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Review: The Crux & Co. – CBD (Melbourne)

Setting up a brand new café directly opposite The Kettle Black, – one of Melbourne’s most popular gourmet cafés – is a bold move, but that’s exactly what Kevin Li (Lights in the Attic, 3Lives) did with his newest project The Crux & Co. Located on the ground floor of The Emerald Apartment on Albert…

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Jarred & Sam of Bad Pony (Sydney) on touring new music & what’s coming up next!

While at Music Matters in Singapore, we had the opportunity to meet some incredible Australian musicians and get to know them a bit better, as they made some invaluable connections and impressions on a market that is in itself, very large and diverse. One of those bands was Bad Pony, a Sydney five-piece who are going to…

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Review: Sugarcane – Coogee (Sydney)

After years of standing tall as a Surry Hills favourite, Sugarcane has uprooted and opened as a beachside retreat in Coogee. Chef Milan Strbac realised the sea change earlier this year, bringing the sunny suburb his energetic, Asian menu but kicking things up a bit, complementing Milan’s Thai-heavy style with other South East Asian cuisines,…

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Parramatta Lanes: Western Sydney’s laneway festival announces massive food, drink and art program (Sydney)

Pop-up food festivals are all the rage in Sydney, and this month’s Parramatta Lanes may very well eclipse them all with this epic lineup set to take over ten of the area’s inner city laneways and squares for four delicious days of food, drink, art, and music. Some of the best from all over the…

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The Veronicas on returning to Singapore and looking ahead to new opportunities

With their debut Singapore show in the back and having been welcomed to the country warmly by the fans who had been holding out a visit from The Veronicas for so long, the Origliasso sisters chat with Larry about life in constant commute and their plans to return. “That is definitely the plan, to spend more time…

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Friday Fresh Five #001: Dream Rimmy, HANNAHBAND, Liv Dawson…

It’s Friday. We’re ready for the long weekend. At the end of each week we’re going to be bringing you a short, but sweet round up of some of the tunes we’ve been bumping by artists you may already know, some you may be coming to for the first time. Whatever your vibe is, hopefully…

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Best things to do in Sydney this long weekend (Sep 30th-Oct 3rd)

It seems like quite some time since we last had a long weekend, but thankfully the time has come for Labour Day to do what it does best and celebrate labour by subtracting it from our lives for one day. Monday 2nd October will (hopefully) be a work-free, stress-free day for you so make the…

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Bare Grill to expand from La Perouse to Surry Hills this week (Sydney)

Don’t want to bus it to La Perouse and check out Bare Grill despite the promise of chowing down on some of the very best burgers in Sydney? No worries. Over the past few months the grill-and-cafe has become famous for their burgers and other delicious nosh, getting regular shout outs on the infamous Fatties…

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The Great Outdoors: The Bonding Benefits of an Aussie adventure in Queensland

If you asked the average Australian male what defined them as “Australian” you would typically expect to hear about the rugged outdoors, camping, fishing and hanging with your mates. Trust an Aussie beer company to put this notion to the test. According to research released from Queensland’s Great Northern Brewing Co., while most men would…

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Sydney’s Hook N Sling features in an epic Magnificent Seven DJ lineup that took over Shoreditch Studios in London

If Berlin is known for unpredictability and eccentricity; Madrid for not sleeping from Monday to Sunday; and Sydney for those bombastic beach parties, then London is synonymous for bringing all of these values together. A city that – whether it’s art, food, clothes, behaviours – unifies different cultures’ philosophies and celebrates them. And being this…

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Exclusive Music Video Premiere: The Evening Cast “Distant” (2016)

The Evening Cast‘s second single from their 2016 studio release Belong, “Distant”, touches on themes of isolation and emptiness – those cold, dark corners one can find themselves in all too often when on the road or simply trying to find a sense of stability or home. Establishing dreamy soundscapes anchored by well-crafted grooves and harmonies…

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Opinion: Ticketmaster condones and legitimises ticket scalping – so why does the industry still use their service?

Yesterday, Crowded House tickets went on sale for two very special shows at the Sydney Opera House Forecourt, celebrating the 20th anniversary of their “Farewell” concerts at the same venue – and of course they sold out almost immediately. While organisers were quick to announce a third show (that will go on sale tomorrow at…

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Bouche on Bridge is the CBD’s newest fine-casual restaurant with an underground bar (Sydney)

Whether you classify it as casual or fine-dining, it’s sure going to be hard to look past Bouche on Bridge, the brand new restaurant and bar from English-born ex-Rockpool, ex-Marque chef Harry Stockdale-Powell on – you guessed it – bridge street. The long CBD street is no stranger to culinary excellence, and it’s looking like…

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Mary’s burgers are headed to the Gold Coast for a pop up (QLD)

Following a successful return to Splendour in the Grass earlier this year, Sydney’s premiere grungy burger joint Mary’s will once again be heading up coast, but this time they aren’t stopping until they hit the Gold Coast. Owners Jake Smyth and Kenny Graham will be taking their cult burgers and popping up for one night…

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Cocktail Recipe: how to make one big batch of negroni cocktails

Why make one negroni when you can make a whole batch of them? Big batch cocktails are becoming a huge trend for the amateur mixologist, and there’s little surprise as to why. Not only does this technique allow for high volumes of cocktail ingredients to be pre-prepared, allowing time for botanicals to infused and richer,…

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Time Out Sydney Food Awards 2016 winners announced

Following the reveal of who won big at the Time Out Melbourne Food Awards for this year, Sydney has taken the spotlight as the global publication has announced who from the harbour city was crowned at the annual ceremony, held last night at Merivale’s est.. The Time Out Sydney Food Awards are always a reliable…

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Hot Sauce is QT Melbourne’s new Korean-Japanese street food bar

The long awaited QT Melbourne has finally arrived and the quirky hotel’s entrance point to the world’s most liveable city is through adopting and blending with the city’s vibrant laneway culture. This of course means that QT needs a bar with an attitude, hence Hot Sauce, a 60-seated drinking den that drips with Korean and…

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Review: Tequila Mockingbird – Paddington (Sydney)

Paddington’s famed Five Ways intersection has welcomed a new tenant with Tequila Mockingbird, a contemporary Latin American restaurant and bar that’s been gaining some serious traction with locals and visitors since opening a bit over a month ago. Co-owner Michael Fegent (ex-Sake) and Executive Chef Regan Porteous (Riley Street Garage) sit at the head of…

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BANFF on working with Caitlin Park, new music over the summer and the concept of a debut album!

We’ve been loving following BANFF through 2016; going from an emerging talent on the east coast, to successfully showcasing his music overseas at The Great Escape earlier this year too. Back in Brisbane for BIGSOUND this year, the singer-songwriter (Benjamin Forbes) sat down with Larry to chat about his recent collaboration with Caitlin Park (and how BIGSOUND facilitated it), plus…

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5 tips for getting the cheapest flights with the best airlines

When it comes down to budget travel, we’ve never been afforded more options – be we travelling from Sydney to the Gold Coast with Tiger or Perth to Singapore with Scoot. But flying cheaply doesn’t have to mean flying with one of the world’s no frills airlines, who usually provide their budget service by skimping…

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Clea talks releasing new music over the summer, touring with a full band and more!

Clea has had one great 2016 so far. The Brisbane singer and songwriter has been drip-feeding new music to a growing fanbase around the country and as we approach the end of the year, she’s still got some surprises up her sleeve. At BIGSOUND this year, Clea sat down with Larry to chat about the opportunities the…

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Five acts we discovered at Music Matters in Singapore you HAVE to listen to

The festival and conference Music Matters, which is held annually in Singapore, is always a fantastic opportunity to discover new music talent from around the world, and this year was no exception. Over 30 bands and artists from 10 countries played across six venues in Singapore last week, and I was lucky enough to head…

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