Oily Boys: Cro Memory Grin
<p><span><span>- In 1969, a little-known band from New York dropped an album that could be argued to have foreshadowed black metal, noise, and industrial music. The album’s deceptively psychedelic cover matched their Woodstock contemporaries, but sonically, the brutal, experimental sound of <strong>Cromagnon</strong>’s <em>Orgasm</em> couldn’t have been more counter-culture if it tried.
Ipswich landfill site causing concern for locals
A depot in Ipswich has sparked anger amongst the locals as the owner of the landfill site continues to develop the area without approval of the council or the community.
Residents are concerned about fire risks that are posed with the site, where Queensland Fire and Emergency Services confirmed they attended the grounds 11 times in the past three years for minor fires.
Ipswich City Council has conducted legal appeals within the last three years to cease any further operations of the site.
Fires break out in Brisbane detention centre
In local news, a multitude of fires occurred yesterday at the Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre in Brisbane, where the site is currently in stage 4 of coronavirus lockdown.
Reports indicate authorities were called out at midday as a mattress was lit on fire inside one of the cells.
At 9:15pm, emergency services were signalled again as a second fire ignited from rubbish being burned outside a building at the centre, which took authorities three hours to control.
Funding announced for aged care sector
In National news, the government has pledged a $563 million support scheme for the aged care sector.
The boost aims to ensure staff are not working at a multitude of facilities, and to provide suitable personal protective equipment for further protection against COVID-19.
The Aged Care Minister Richard Colbeck announced the pledge following the pressure the government is receiving in its approach to the aged care sector throughout the pandemic.
Proposed bill to ban mobile phones in Australian Immigration not well received
A new bill in Parliament is being advocated to confiscate mobile phones from detainees in Australian immigration.
This act would grant permission for officials to remove items such as mobile phones and sim cards, and allow Australian Border Force agents the right to search detainees.
The bill has been met with campaigns of objection, where already over 30,000 people have signed a petition for this act to be dismissed.
Former Indian President dies from COVID-19
In international news, the former Indian president Pranab Mukherjee has died after testing positive to COVID-19.
The health authorities stated 84 year old Mukherjee contracted a lung infection which then put him into septic shock, and from there his medical condition worsened.
Current Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi tweeted his gratitude to Mukherjee, stating “he has left an indelible mark on the development trajectory of our nation.”
Mauritius oil spill sparks protests
In Mauritius, protests have sparked against the government’s lack of response to the oil spill that occurred last month, as dead dolphins have been recently discovered washed ashore.
Although the cause of these deaths is not yet confirmed, experts are concerned the chemicals that were leaked into the ocean are the reason.
Locals of Mauritius are peacefully demonstrating through Port Louis where they are pressing for an investigation into this oil spill.
Wafia - 'Good Things'
Your feel-good, self-love dance party playlist has arrived! The trailblazing, RIAA-Certified Gold singer-songwriter, Wafia, has released her most impactful body of work yet; Good Things.
HERE. Recently named one of VOGUE’s “New LGBTQ+ Musicians to Listen to Now,” the new project sees Wafia boldly detail the end of a bad relationship and the life-changing transformation that followed. “I shed a lot of heaviness in the last year, friendships and relationships that didn’t serve me any longer,” Wafia shares. “I grieved a lot and some days I still do but anything difficult comes with an opportunity for something better. This EP is about that.”
The EP features the rising star’s newest single, “Good Things.” The upbeat and glistening bop offers us the much-needed reminder that despite hard times, we all have got good things goin on! The track arrives today with a bubbly, 90s inspired video. The video, led by an all-female crew and directed by Ashley Tsai, features Wafia and some of her best girl friends. Check out the colorful and mood-boosting video on Wafia’s official YouTube channel HERE.
“This song to me is a celebration of all the good that comes your way when you make the space for it,” Wafia says about “Good Things.” “I think everyone at one point has had someone tell them they can’t do something and that makes for great fuel, it always feels good to prove someone wrong". - Wafia
Tom Lyngcoln: Raging Head
<p><span><span>- Tom Lyngcoln has been a part of twenty-plus records in his time but his second solo record, <em>Raging Head,</em> is still as full of fury and as cathartic as only Lyngcoln can be. Following up from his 2018 first release <em>Doming Home</em> which was eleven tracks of solo guitar and guttural roars, the new album could not sound more different, yet still unmistakably him. Raging by name and raging by nature only two tracks are longer than three minutes and the record is fundamentally a hardcore punk album.