- The fight against the Adani company’s proposed Carmichael coal mine feels like it has been going on for many years - probably because it has. It’s around ten years since it and a slew of other thermal coal projects in the Galilee Basin in Central Queensland were floated.

<p><span><span>- Melbourne label La Sape has just released a compilation of various Australian instrumental jazz groups. All the songs are inspired by jazz and funk equally it seems, as well as contemporary dance stylings.</span></span></p>

- As I prepare for first dates I always wonder, is this the one? Is this The Guy whose snoring is destined to wake our newborn baby and of course the sole caretaker, myself. By the time I go back to sleep, the brain has already confirmed the future that is currently happening. The notion of realizing itself is as repetitive as a generic pop song. This is my life. The Guy, my lawfully wedded husband. The condom I should’ve not forgotten. Our contract built family.

<span><span>- West End stalwarts Desmond Cheese have just released what is ostensibly their final album, titled <em>Sunrise and Set</em>. The duo, made up of producers <strong>Mak Cheese</strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Desmond Bagely</strong>, have been releasing music for the last decade now. Over that time they’ve touched on hip-hop, jazz and electronic stylings with signature breeziness. <em>Sunrise And Set</em> is no exception.</span></span>

<span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">- There’s always a disconnect in my mind between the kind of scratchy, faded, haunted music that Burial makes and his presence, not just on the scene, but as some kind of anti-superstar to the world at large.&nbsp; As another reviewer noted, <strong>William Bevan</strong> who deliberately hid his identity for the first few years of his career, is a producer who, some other years, has comfortably beaten the giants -<strong>Adele</strong>, <strong&gt

<p><span><span>- You may not recognise the name Daniel Lopatin, but you might be familiar with his alter-ego: <strong>Oneohtrix Point Never.</strong> As Oneohtrix, he’s delivered a series of cutting edge solo albums, worked with a wide array of other artists and helmed film scores. Now, he’s returned under his own name to score the upcoming <strong>A24</strong> arthouse thriller <em>Uncut Gems</em>.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

- Spring cleaning, emptying out your everyday carry-all, digging around a box not yet unpacked from a recent move – all these regular activities come to mind while listening to these fourteen tracks from Hearteyes, a debut project from Sydney producer & songwriter Maurice Santiago.