Dana Gehrman: Find A Way
<span><span>- Aside from being an adept guitarist and soulful vocalist Dana Gehrman proves to be a songwriter of substance with an authentic and relatable voice; “<em>Every day I drag these aching bones from under the cover where my dreams are still warm”. These Days</em> is a song about being burned out, despite Dana Gehrman’s relative youth<strong>. </strong>Don’t we all know that feeling.</span></span>
Poolroom.: precious boi
- Whilst it may be an EP of just seven tracks, precious boi certainly packs a punch. Crafted by Sydney’s rising star Charles Waldren aka Poolroom., it is something of many layers. Like a great patchwork quilt it keeps you warm with its tapestry of synth wobbles, ‘80’s slow jam vocals and jarring guitar moments. This is reinforced, even more so, by the EP’s cover art, which features a collage of Waldren’s shenanigans and Aussie flora.
Electric Zebra: Confessional Sports
- After hundreds of live shows, two EPs and moving their frontman into a recording studio, Electric Zebra’s debut album is their most diverse release to date. Confessional Sports is a highly organised bundle of ‘90’s-flavored riffs, twisted to sound a little different and just a little weird. Recorded though the first half of 2019 at share house/recording studio Bedlam Records, it’s a demonstration of efficient songwriting and how to have a bunch of fun in forty minutes or less.
black midi: Schlagenheim
- black midi is an experimental rock band and yet another product of the creative explosion which appears to be taking place in London at the moment. They began garnering attention after a live, collaborative jam session was released featuring them and Damo Suzuki the vocalist of legendary krautrock band Can. Their talent was already visible, but eyebrows were raised when Suzuki revealed he had approached the then-18-year-olds after recognising their taste and ability.
Angharad Drake: Better Grow Up
- The songs created by Angharad Drake have always had an ethereal quality to them. She’s just released her first new music in a couple of years, having moved from Brisbane back to the Sunshine Coast region where she first started out, and also had her first child. If anything, Angharad Drake has added an extra waft of etherealness via the simple act of stripping things back even further.
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Polish Courts Order Conservative Newspaper To Halt Distribution Of 'LGBT-Free Zone' Stickers
A Polish court has ordered conservative newspaper Gazeta Polska to halt the distribution of LGBT-free zone stickers it included in this week’s issue.
The liberal Gazeta Wyborcza reported a lawyer who brought the legal action on behalf of a Polish LGBT activist said the ruling meant the stickers should immediately disappear from all places of sale.
But editor-in-chief of Gazeta Polska, Tomasz Sakiewicz, insisted the magazine had not been withdrawn from the shops.
Brazilian Amazon Deforestation Rates Above Three Football Fields A Minute
Latest government data points out how deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon has surged above three football fields a minute taking the forest closer to a point of no recover.
The rise, following increases during May and June, confirms that president Jair Bolsonaro has approved logging and burning.
July is on its way to be the first month, for many years, in which Brazil loses an area of forest bigger than London.
New South Wales Senator Say Superannuation Should Not Be Compulsory For Low-Income Earners.
New South Wales Liberal Parliamentarian, Andrew Bragg, has proposed that superannuation should not be compulsory for low-income earners.
Senator Bragg suggested offering an option for Australians to get a refund of super funds when filling out their tax-return.
Bragg says this change will also benefit the Federal Government as, if Australians were able to keep the cash, they would be taxed at a higher rate as opposed to the lower tax rate of superannuation.
Complaint Lodged After Judge's Inappropriate Comments Towards Indigenous Mother
A complaint was lodged about a judge who told an Indigenous mother she was likely to have been drunk on pension day and, as quoted, abandoned her kids in, “that great Indigenous fashion”.
The judge, Greg Borchers, has made inappropriate comments in the past, and was removed from the Alice Springs Youth Court in 2017 as a result.
The Northern Territory Criminal Lawyers Association met on Wednesday night to revise Bochers’ conduct and lodged a formal complaint to the chief judge.