QLD Governmnet announces Second Round of COVID-19 funding for Small Business
The second round of coronavirus relief funding will open this week for Queensland small businesses.
The first round of grants saw 96 million dollars of the allocated 100 million dollars snapped up in just a couple of days.
Businesses with an annual turnover between 75 thousand dollars and 1.3 million dollars, who employ less than 20 employees and who have suffered a loss of 30% since March will be eligible for grants of up to $10,000 dollars each from the 1st of July.
Chloe x Halle: Ungodly Hour
<p><span><span>- While never avoiding the party sounds of the 2000s, R&B in the 2010s was consistently focused on either depressive attitudes or political statements. As the sound shifts away from statements, it makes sense that the return to more joyous, infectious R&B is being led by a sister duo, spearheaded by <strong>Beyoncé</strong>.
박혜진 Park Hye Jin: How Can I
<p><span><span>- Somewhere between the ambient IDM pioneered by <strong>Aphex Twin</strong> in <em>Selected Ambient Works 85-92 </em>and the post-dubstep house music of the 2010’s, exists Seoul based producer Park Hye Jin’s new EP, <em>How Can I.</em> <em>How Can I </em>features a downtempo beat that never hides away, leaving only genre hopping dance music and vocals that never seem to overstep their territory; for Park Hye Jin, only the dancefloor exists.</span></span></p>
Miles Brown: The Gateway
- Did you know 2020 is the hundredth anniversary of the invention of the Theremin? Well it is and despite his best efforts, Johnny Greenwood still hasn’t managed to collect every Theremin in existence. To make matters even more difficult for him, they’re actually making new ones, like the stylishly wood-panelled Moog Etherwave Pro (the Theremin was Bob Moog’s first love, apparently) and artists like Miles Brown are taking full advantage of the options provided by these technologically updated instruments.
Khruangbin: Mordechai
- Mordechai, the new album from Houston psych-funk trio Khruangbin, is a particularly personal record for bassist Laura Lee. Previously, the band were known for instrumental or near-wordless tunes, that took cues from Tex-Mex desert blues, Thai psychedelia and influences spanning Africa to Asia and all manner of far-flung locations.
4ZZZ Top 20
1. Miiesha - Nyaaringu
2. VOIID - Socioanomaly
3. The Merindas - We Sing Until Sunrise (Album Of The Week)
4. Black Salt - Black Salt
5. loulou x Matt Hsu's Obscure Orchestra - Her Love It Rolls (Single)
6. Ancient Channels - Carpe Noctem (Single)
7. Screamfeeder - The Space That's Left (Remix) (Single)
8. Hatchie & The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Sometimes Always (Single)
9. Cool Sounds - Vice (Single)
10. Sweater Curse - Close (Single)
11. Ziggy Ramo - Black Thoughts
12. IDLES - Grounds (Single)
29th June 2020
ARCA: KiCk i (XL Recordings)
Mack Ridge: 22 CLAN Cypher ft. Barkaa (Single)(Independent)*
Simona Castricum - 'Panic/Desire'
Simona Casticum has evolved into one of Melbourne’s unique underground electronic artists, DJs and producers of emotionally textured synthwave and technopop. Hers is inspired by gender and sexual nonconformity, relationships with architecture and dreamy futures of transgender cities between URL and IRL spaces. Simona’s iconic live performances are cardio-electronic percussive expressions in rubberism, smoke haze and laser beams, shared catharsis, and self-confrontation.
‘Panic/Desire’ is the third full length album from Melbourne electronic artist Simona Castricum — an allegory about gender nonconformity lived in the spaces between urban and digital realms.
Of the album, Simona says:
“‘Panic/Desire’ is the soundtrack to my experiences of the city as a gender nonconforming person; songs about how I move and navigate through the city in the night; how I find a place of belonging — somewhere between my fears and desires. 'Panic/Desire' is about transition, resistance, empathy, and how the city, its architecture, and its relationship to tactile and virtual worlds hold archives of emotion that influence the way I move a feel about urban space.
Zedlines - June 27
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NSW MLC suspended from Labor Party over Chinese Influence Claims
NSW Labor upper-house MP Shaoquett Moselmane was yesterday suspended from the NSW Labor party after his Sydney home was raided by both the AFP and ASIO in relation to alleged infiltration of Mr Moselmanes’ office by Chinese government agents.
Mr Moselman was known for his public support of China, recently praising Chinese president Xi Xingping's response to the COVID-19 pandemic on his personal website.