The Goldhearts

The Goldhearts play indie rock, heaving in harmony, perfumed in pop, and twinged with twang. The Goldhearts live on the Gold Coast & Sydney and are all ex-Brisbane. Formed in 2015, the band released their debut album The Rise and Fall of the Goldhearts in 2016 and an EP BE Strong, BE Brave, BE Bold in November 2019. Separated by border closures during COVID-19, the band finally hit the studio to record a Double A-side single inspired by the current eco-emergency. 

Grieg: Detritus

Submitted by chrisc on Wed, 07/10/2020 - 12:06

<p><span><span>- Grieg came together sometime in the early two-thousand-teens, after everyone involved had got fed-up-to-the-eyeballs with doing the things band’s are supposed to do. They put together this new concern with precisely no aspirations beyond making incredibly loud music that they loved and hanging out. Former rockers reliving the glory days isn’t exactly unusual and most of them are boring and rubbish.

Alvin Curran (Peformed By Gabriella Smart): Inner Cities

Submitted by chrisc on Wed, 07/10/2020 - 11:48

<p><span><span>- Room40 have just released <em>Inner Cities</em> by Alvin Curran (performed by Gabriella Smart). Though the album was recorded in 2013, I had the pleasure of seeing Smart perform this piece at the The Old Museum as part of Brisbane Festival: a five-hour concert that ended in a standing ovation.</span></span></p>

4ZZZ's Album of the Week: Tio - 'Sorousian'

Submitted by charlottec on Wed, 07/10/2020 - 10:58
Sorousian is the highly anticipated debut album by Ni-Vanuatu artist Tio. The title, Sorousian, loosely translates to “story” and combines the many facets of Tio’s musical identity and history. Across the album, Tio effortlessly blends his traditional music customs and sounds with modern instrumentation and production to paint a story of his experiences; from living in his home island of Ambrym, Vanuatu’s capital Port Vila, and in Melbourne, Australia. Sorousian is a multi-faceted album exploring the dichotomies in Tio’s life; tradition and modernity, urban and island life; Ni-Vanuatu cultures and Australian life. The variation can be seen in the two singles that have already been released; ‘Mumbwe’ is a modern interpretation of a song used in the Rom custom dance sung in a language so old that the direct translation has been lost. ‘Black Butterfly’ however is a contemporary original which he wrote about city life and Tio’s belief that people need to live and work more truthfully; asking the audience to rethink their lifestyle’s relationship with nature. The album was produced by Wantok Musik’s Creative Director David Bridie with Andrew Robinson and shares the way Tios’s musical traditions shift and combine with new styles to create rich sonic narratives.

Mildlife: Automatic

Submitted by chrisc on Tue, 06/10/2020 - 13:31

<p><span><span>- What is time? A golden rope, slowly getting shorter with each passing day of our lives? An illusion that distracts us from paying attention to the endless now? A resource being quietly stolen by the media-industrial complex? A prison, reminding us that we can’t do anything in this year that will never end? When I last encountered funky Melbournites Mildlife, they seemed to be in two minds about it because: “<em>You're born, then you die / There might be reasons why / Then again, who cares?

A.G. Cook: Apple

Submitted by chrisc on Tue, 06/10/2020 - 13:18

- London-based producer A.G. Cook released his prolific debut 7G in August of this year. The two-hour-fourty-minute long project featured discs dedicated to experimenting with different instruments, from guitar, drums to extreme vocals. Not even a week after its release he announced a second record, Apple. Homogenising the best of 7G and his career so far, Apple is an explosive work, one that somehow lives up to its definite hype.

Green buildings: Should the onus fall on developers and the public?

Submitted by Zedlines Contributor on Tue, 06/10/2020 - 12:10

Brisbane City Council’s latest solution to the climate crisis: an incentive to develop sustainable buildings. These climate-sensitive design practices may be the future but at what cost? What climate-burden are these green buildings carrying and are they damaging to the public purse? 

Singapore could introduce “cruises to nowhere” in bid to help struggling tourism industry

Submitted by Zedlines Contributor on Tue, 06/10/2020 - 11:04

Singapore is hoping to introduce “cruises to nowhere” in an attempt to revive its struggling tourism industry. 

The global cruise industry has taken an enormous hit due to travel restrictions and several outbreaks on ships.

But, Singapore’s tourism board are considering voyages that both depart and return to Singapore.

Critics are warning, however, that this might create opportunity for further cruise ship outbreaks.

 

International students cite “racism” and “PM statement” for not recommending Australia as a study destination

Submitted by Zedlines Contributor on Tue, 06/10/2020 - 09:14

A survey by the Migrant Workers Justice Initiative last month found 59% of more than 5,000 international students were now less likely to recommend Australia as a study destination than before the coronavirus pandemic. 

Survey takers cited rampant racism and discrimination faced by Chinese students and Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s April statement urging students to leave if "they could not support themselves", frequently.

Great Barrier Reef Clean-Up kicks off even with pandemic

Submitted by Zedlines Contributor on Tue, 06/10/2020 - 09:14

On Saturday October 3, ReefClean’s annual Great Barrier Reef Clean-up kicked off in Townsville and Mackay. More events are planned throughout the rest of October from Bundaberg to the Torres Strait. 

The free event, now in its second year, mobilises communities around the reef to clean-up hundreds of kilometres of coastline. The Australian Marine Debris Initiative Database showed single-use plastic litter is the main threat to the Great Barrier Reef and surrounding waterways. 

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