Charli XCX: how i'm feeling now

Submitted by chrisc on Mon, 25/05/2020 - 11:05

<p><span><span>- On her newest record <em>how i’m feeling now</em>, pop futurist Charli XCX has decided that while she could coast for a few years on the release of her self-titled, magnum opus <em>Charli </em>- she’s not finished yet! Where last year’s album saw Charli stretch the dimensions of pop music to both experimental and accessible extremes, <em>how i’m feeling now </em>is more akin to the PC Music, bubblegum bass and dance-pop of her 2017 mixtapes.</span></span></p>

Andrew Tuttle - Alexandra

Submitted by charlottec on Mon, 25/05/2020 - 09:45
Alexandra, Andrew Tuttle's fourth studio album, reflects the growth apparent in his three previous Room40 releases and commitment to developing a reputation in his home country of Australia in the time since his 2015 debut. Leaning upon the inspiration pulled from recent tour supports with contemporaries such as Steve Gunn, Ryley Walker and Calexico; Alexandra presents a true sonic landscape; a musical reflection of a rediscovered homeland. A magician of banjo and resonator guitar, Tuttle named the album after that Queensland street and suburb where he first created and fell in love with music. Alexandra is the sound of rediscovering one's environment, almost twenty years on, tracing it with an organic, expanding flow of energy. The songs on Alexandra weave their way serenely and purposefully, tracing a gossamer path resembling the distinctive, scribble-like burrowing patterns left by moths on the scribbly gum trees which dot Tuttle's ambles through the Australian bushland backgrounding the suburban environment. Splashes of colour flutter through like rosellas in flight, with pedal steel, piano, strings and horns contributed by collaborators such as Chuck Johnson (Saariselkä, VDSQ, Three Lobed Recordings, Scissor Tail ), Tony Dupe (Saddleback), Sarah Spencer (Blank Realm), Gwenifer Raymond (Tompkins Square), Joel Saunders (Spirit Bunny) and Joe Saxby (These Guy). Alexandra was tracked externally at Brisbane's The Plutonium by engineer Aidan Hogg (Jaguar Jonze, Jeremy Neale, Hatchie), then edited and processed at Tuttle's studio in Brisbane and at his childhood home on Alexandra Circuit in Alexandra Hills.

Residents return to villages in Bangladesh and India after Cyclone

Submitted by Zedlines Contributor on Sat, 23/05/2020 - 20:45

Thousands return to damaged houses and submerged villages in Baladagelsh and Eastern India after Cyclone Amphan, the first super cyclone to start in the Bay of Bengal since 1999.

While authorities evacuated millions before the storm, shelters were not filled to capacity as a result of COVID-19 restrictions.  

Residents are returning to their homes now, and a full assessment of the damage and number of casualties will be recorded.

US secures stockpile of experimental COVID-19 Vaccine

Submitted by Zedlines Contributor on Sat, 23/05/2020 - 20:43

The United States has secured approximately 333 million doses of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine. The US Department of Health and Human Services pledged up to $1.2 billion to accelerate AstraZeneca’s vaccine development.

The use of the vaccine is unclear as of now because there is uncertainty surrounding immunity to COVID, however, the pledge is intended to potentially kickstart the US economy.

The US could potentially have the first doses as early as October according to the Department of Health and Human Services.

"No Logic" behind border Closure: Dutton

Submitted by Zedlines Contributor on Sat, 23/05/2020 - 20:42

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has openly expressed criticism to the decision to keep the borders shut.

He told the Guardian that there is ‘no logic’ behind Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s decision to keep the borders closed.

Queensland leaders continue to discuss the date that borders will open as the rest of the States in Australia open their borders back up.

Federal Treasury overestimates cost of Jobskeeper payments by $60b

Submitted by Zedlines Contributor on Sat, 23/05/2020 - 20:40

An error in the Jobkeeper application form has resulted in the reduction of workers covered by the scheme. The admitted error from the Federal Treasury revealed the estimated $130 billion dollar program is actually likely to cost $70 billion and only cover 3.5 million workers rather than 6 million.

The Australian Tax Office and the Federal Treasury discovered the error after careful analysis of the correlation between potential payments to businesses and the estimates of how many employees would be eligible for the scheme.

No social distancing measures on public transport: Bailey

Submitted by Zedlines Contributor on Sat, 23/05/2020 - 20:38

Transport Minister Mark Bailey announced that there would be no ‘social-distancing’ measures for public transport when school kids return to school.

The lack of measures come after there have been low reports of coronavirus in Queensland and a decrease of 70% of public transport users.

Bailey told public transport travellers to use ‘common sense’ when travelling and if the carriage on the train looks too crowded wait for the next.

Student activist walks out of UQ disciplinary hearing over bias

Submitted by Zedlines Contributor on Sat, 23/05/2020 - 20:36

University of Queensland student, Drew Pavlou, has walked out of a virtual hearing held to make a decision on his expulsion and whether he breached UQ’s code of conduct and brought the institution into disrepute.


Pavlou accused UQ of breaking their own rules for a disciplinary hearing by not providing him with documents that he believes are relevant to proving his innocence, whilst publishing a select few.

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