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But editor-in-chief of Gazeta Polska, Tomasz Sakiewicz, insisted the magazine had not been withdrawn from the shops.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.
The Brisbane's Feminist Festival Is Up This Saturday
Brisbane’s Feminist Festival will take place this Saturday at Riverside Receptions in New Farm.
The festival will feature guest speakers, workshops, performances, panels, food trucks, art, entertainment and more.
State facilitator, Hannah Kelly says she wants to teach feminism in a broad, intersectional sense, rather than as a ‘niche’ which it is often labelled as.
Sunshine Coast Woman Involved on a Dating Site Scam for 6 Million Dollars
A Sunshine Coast woman was involved in a 6 million dollar scam after a man she met on a dating site convinced her to open a bank account he later used to store stolen cash.
The scammer hacked a Sydney company’s email to take over a 6 million transaction between the company and a Korean business.
Detective Senior Sergeant Daren Edwards is encouraging people on dating sites to be aware of red flags and be realistic when using these sites.