Honey 2 Honey: A Taste Of...
- By way of Canberra and Sydney, fresh four-piece Honey 2 Honey are releasing their debut EP, A Taste Of… Newly signed to Chapter Music, the group has two Canberra members - Rory Stenning (of Raus) and drummer Luke Keanan-Brown. The additional two members Del Lumanta (of Gas, Video Ezy and Basic Human) and Daryl Prondoso (also of Basic Human, not to mention Phone) reside in Sydney.
Texas Tea: Röda Tråden
- It is a massive seven years since alt-country duo Texas Tea have produced an album. Their last offering, Sad Summer Hits, came out in 2012 - a culmination of three albums and lots of popular singles which had permeated the airwaves of independent radio over the preceding few years. The Brisbane based outfit then went into a hiatus that seemed like it was going to be permanent - in part because one half of them moved literally to the other side of the world, to take up residence in Stockholm.
Weyes Blood: Titanic Rising
- Weyes Blood is the project of Natalie Mering, a producer and singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles. With three studio albums under her belt, one of which is 2016’s apocalyptic swan song A Front Row Seat To Earth, Mering has returned with her Sub Pop debut and fourth studio album Titanic Rising.
Evan Greer: she/her/they/them
- Last decade, a group of American musicians formed what they called the Riotfolk collective – essentially a DIY record label/booking agency for political acoustic music. Among the folk-punk thrashers and earnest polemicists, one album stood out as something a bit different – Evan Greer’s music sounded roughly like what would happen were an anarchist folk singer assigned to soundtrack a Disney musical.
PUP: Morbid Stuff
<p><span><span>- For the better half of two full length albums PUP have put on full display and won fans over with their youthful shambolic charm. Not everything they put to record is perfect, nor does it need to be. Boundless, frantic energy and raw, emotional performances crown these four gents from the Great White North as doyens of sweaty, crammed bars. Hitting their stride with 2016’s <em>The Dream Is Over</em>, PUP produced a more coherent record than their debut.
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Christmas Island Detention Centre reopened with no detainees
The Christmas Island Detention Centre that was reopened two months ago following the medical evacuation laws passed by Parliament has 148 extra staff at the facility, despite receiving no detainees.
“Since the passage of the medevac law no person from regional processing countries have been transferred there,” the department secretary, Michael Pezzullo, told a Senate estimates hearing on Thursday.
Senator Linda Reynolds says the reopening of Christmas Island served as a “very successful” deterrent because no one had gotten on a boat.
Call for boycott of Brunei-owned hotels
Luxury hotels owned by the Kingdom of Brunei have hidden their social media accounts as the country comes under fire for the national gay sex death penalty of stoning.
Dorchester Collection, who operate the hotels, said the social media accounts were deactivated for the safety of their employees to whom they owe ‘a duty of care’.
The boycott is led by high-profile celebrities such as Ellen, Elton John and George Clooney who have actively tweeted about the new death penalty.
Sharrouf's children plead with Australian Gov.
The orphaned children of notorious Islamic State terrorist Khaled Sharrouf could soon be granted travel documents to return to Australia after a plea for help was sent to the Australian Government.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he would not put lives at risk to extract them from the Syrian conflict zone, but if they can get to an Australian embassy they will likely be given passports to return.
Violent riot in NT town to heal
The outback Territory town of Ali Curung is attempting to forge peace and heal community tensions after a violent riot broke out in November last year.
It was understood the fighting began as a result of the deaths of four young people after their vehicle broke down on an outback road, stirring up anger within the community.
The Federal Government has now provided $80,000 to hire a mediator and the Territory Government has committed an extra $25,000 to the cause if it is needed.