Earl Sweatshirt: Feet Of Clay
<p><span><span>- It's been almost twelve months since I gushed about <em>Some Rap Songs</em>, Earl Sweatshirt's third studio album and twenty-five minute meditation on mortal grief. At the time I praised Earl's collaboration with artists from the New York underground, shaping his sound with the likes of <strong>Standing On the Corner</strong> and <strong>Ad</strong><strong>é </strong><strong>Hakim</strong>.
Gene Clark: No Other
<p><span><span>- I just spent over two hours listening to the new Gene Clark box set and I couldn’t be happier! Specifically, we’re talking an exhaustive re-release of his 1974 country rock classic <em>No Other</em>, in which the remastered and remixed album tracks are combined with some twenty alternate versions recorded during the original sessions.</span></span></p>
Film Review: Military Wives at Mini British Film Festival 2019
Palace Cinemas presents Military Wives as part of the Mini British Film Festival 2019 and my, is it a real treat. Feature film Military Wives, directed by Peter Cattaneo, delivers on all fronts, and stars Kristin Scott Thomas as ‘Kate’ and Sharon Horgan as ‘Lisa’, who both naturally fit their roles and bring plenty of laughs. This feel-good film has a whole lot of heart and handles the heavy nature of the subject matter in a respectful manner.
Various Artists: HOBOFOPO 2019 Compilation
- Each year, folk punk devotees of Australia pack their acoustic instruments and hangover remedies and set off, like Muslims embarking on Hajj, for Tasmania and Hobofopo - the nation’s only dedicated folk punk festival.
The 2019 edition took place last weekend, but for those of who couldn’t make it there is always the festival compilation, featuring twenty songs from the artists involved.
Josienne Clarke: In All Weather
<p><span>- Abandoning familiarity and embracing the vast unknown is a task that makes you vulnerable. Particularly when your bonds are long-grown, and they inhabit their own homes. However, to grow, we must break free, or break up. After dissolving her professional, personal and geographical relationships all at once, indie-folk artist Josienne Clarke certainly knows this strenuous work. After a taxing year, what follows is an enchanting solo debut, engulfing the Sussex singer in all the recognition she deserves. In death, Clarke is reborn.</span></p>
These New South Whales: I Just Do What God Tells Me To Do
<p><span>- Eight years into the game, These New South Whales haven’t abandoned their brash punk ethos, but they’re certainly maturing in some ways. When I caught them at BIGSOUND this year, their trademark nipple tape was nowhere to be seen, and the contact details of their management, publicist and booking agent were projected in huge letters behind their set (you never know who could be watching, right?). At the same time, you couldn’t fault lead vocalist <strong>Jamie Timony</strong>’s commitment to performing a set with all cylinders blazing.
FKA twigs: MAGDALENE
- British musician FKA twigs has been making waves around the world since the release of her early EPs in 2012 and ‘13. They laid the groundwork for some of the sonic experimentation that she would present over her coming releases. Her debut studio album LP1 was met with overwhelming acclaim as was follow-up EP M3LL155X. twigs’ cross-genre, medium-bending performance art is on a level of its own.
Chemical Brothers @ Riverstage 31.10.2019
Block-rocking beats, tricks ’n' treats, disco-soul and laser-beams were all in full swing at Brisbane’s Riverstage with the Halloween night return of electronic wizards The Chemical Brothers. Though there were grizzly ghouls, and other cooky costumes to be seen throughout the crowd, the only true beastly fiends of the night were those upon the stage.
11am Zedlines
Your 11am Zedlines with Ally and Fanny
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Two goats have emereged in the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library which was threatened in LA wildfires
An unlikely team of heroes with names such as Vincent Van Goat and Selena Goatmez have emerged as the saviours of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, which was threatened in LA’s wildfires.
Several hundred goats were recruited earlier this year to graze on the grass around the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, which sits on a hill overlooking the Simi Valley.
Their efforts were not in vain.
“We were told by one of the firefighters that they believe that fire break made their job easier,” said Melissa Giller, a library spokeswoman.