Courtney Barnett: Tell Me How You Really Feel
- Tell Me How You Really Feel is the highly anticipated sophomore album by Australian-rock wunderkind, Courtney Barnett. It arrives after the cataclysmic impact of her debut album, Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit, Barnett became a global phenomenon and with just cause. Fomenting a strong reputation for her worldly lyrics and catchy rock-tunes, Barnett released one of the most celebrated debut albums in recent history, but the question is, how do you follow that up?
West Thebarton: Different Beings Being Different
- West Thebarton has created more buzz than a sawmill for their debut album Different Beings Being Different and it lives up to the hype. It’s not as if the band themselves have fabricated this hype but it is a reasonable consequence to expect when the singles have been so electric. West Thebarton have produced a solid album that’s loud, engaging, raw and will definitely itch that scratch that the singles have produced.
Parquet Courts: Wide Awake!
- Wide Awake! is the latest record from New York City based quartet Parquet Courts. Wide Awake! sees Parquet Courts no longer necessarily playing to their established strengths, as they ambitiously branch out into a distinct variety of different styles of popular music.
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Up to 12,000 Buildings In Queensland May Have Flammable Cladding
A taskforce has found that Flammable cladding blamed for London’s Grenfell Tower fire may have been used on as many as 12,000 buildings in Queensland.
Venezuela Prison Riots
Prisoners in Venezuela have started riots at El Helicoide, the headquarters of the country’s secret service, after a political prisoner was beaten.
CIA’s First Female Director
Despite her contribution to the spy agency’s post 9/11 interrogation programme, the US senate confirmed Gina Haspel as the CIA’s first female director.
Federal Government Publicly Apologises For NT Housing Delay
The Federal Government has publicly apologised to residents of a Northern Territory Aboriginal community for prolonged delays in housing development.
Racially Motivated Attack In Sydney
A 25-year-old man has been arrested after punching several men and women as he walked along an eastern Sydney street on Thursday night.
Brisbane Bus Hijacked
A Brisbane city bus was hijacked by a 27-year-old man in West End on Wednesday afternoon.
The man allegedly smashed a glass panel, threatened the driver and forced him to drive off-course for 15 minutes before police stopped the bus and detained the man at St Pauls Terrace at Spring Hill.
The man appeared in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Thursday and was charged with wilful damage, possession of dangerous drugs and obstructing police.