The Smith Street Band @ The Tivoli
Melbourne based rockers The Smith Street Band performed to a sold-out crowd on Friday night at The Tivoli, with the band selling out shows around the country on their national tour. Fellow Melbourne grunge rockers Press Club and pop queen Bec Sandridge (SYD) joined them on the road, with both acts also having new releases in the works. It was good to see two female-fronted bands of contrasting genres on the bill to create such an eclectic, diverse lineup.
Curious Affection by Patricia Piccinini at GOMA
Curious Affection is an apt title as the work has a strong focus on the relationship between Patricia Piccinini's creations. Typically each piece comprises two or more hyper-realistic and peculiar creatures, with its composition focusing on their relationship.
Review: Fauré Requiem
Masses for the dead are big ones for this casual fan, and I daresay Fauré’s is my favourite. There’s just something grand that comes with a choir belting out Latin vocals that really whips it for me. In saying this, though, we tragically had arrived late to the performance and as a result were politely herded into the late-box [Ed Jack notes: called a viewing room] like domesticated farmlife to hear the remainder of the first half behind soundproof glass.
11am Zedlines
This is Boddhi and Ted with your 11am Zedlines.
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Australian ivory laws causing illegal poaching
Australia’s ivory trade laws may have been the cause of growing problems concerning poaching and illegal trade overseas, which have contributed to thousands of African elephants and rhinoceroses being killed.
Taj Mahal Minarets destroyed in Storm
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Baby born 4 years after parents’ death through IFV
A baby boy was born in China four years after the death of his parents, through in-vitro fertilisation (IFV).
Posthumous Gurrumul Album and Documentary to be Released
Nearly a year after his death, musician Gurrumul Yunupingu is set to have a posthumous album and documentary on his life released.
Brisbane City Council Called Out
The Brisbane City Council has not considered transport costs, mass-transit systems, and drones in its transport plans for the future.
Historian labels Commonwealth Games representation of Indigenous people as romanticised
Commonwealth Games organisers have ignored 160 years of Indigenous history on the Gold Coast, according to a leading Queensland anthropologist.