My Disco: Alter Schwede
<p><span><span>- To listen to My Disco’s new album -ever more full of ominous soundscapes, industrial machinery and crashing metal- feels pandemic appropriate. If thy flesh is diseased, cut it out! Gone are the organic, muscular guitars that these formerly <strong>Big Black</strong>-worshipping postpunks employed to crank up the sweaty tension.
Arca: Kick I-IIII
<p><span><span><span>- Arca’s </span><em>Kick </em><span>series began in early 2020, when the release of her single </span><em>Nonbinary</em><span> set the tone for this era, what would be the most complex and lengthy of her oeuvre so far. </span><em>KiCk i</em><span> acts as a taster, an insight into the various phases and soundscapes Arca explores through the project.
4ZZZ Top 20
1. Flangipanis - Fuckin' Woo
2. Miiesha - Smoke EP
3. Whalehouse - No Ones Allowed / Cheato Doreeto (Single)
4. DickLord - Pre Menstrual Attitude
5. Baker Boy - Gela
6. Amyl and The Sniffers - Comfort To Me
7. Nice Biscuit - Passing Over EP
8. Dianas - Little Glimmer (Album Of The Week)
9. Wet Leg - Too Late Now (Single)
10. Aren't - Creatures Of Habit EP
11. Slumlawwd - Fuckburg
12. A Country Practice - I Will Leave This Town While There's Still Light
12. Parquet Courts - Sympathy For Life
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Remnants of Locomotive Found During Cross River Rail Project
As work on the Cross river Rail is underway, rail historians are excited as reminders of the previous locomotive tracks and hubs are being found.
The route which retraces the original route of the locomotive which hauled coal through Woolloongabba has yielded some finds in the form of steam train parts.
Inspections are underway for the massive project with an predicted finish of the project by 2024.
THC Tests Not As Reliable In Determining Stoned Driver Capacity
Researchers have found that the roadside saliva tests might not be as reliable in determining the drivers capacity to drive.
Researchers at the University of Sydney’s Lambert Initiative have found that the level of THC is not directly correlated to driving ability.
The researchers say that better methods to determine cannabis intoxicated drivers can be developed and also say people found themselves poor judges of how "stoned” they are.
Powerhouse Of The Cell Influenced By Exercise, New Study Finds
New research shows how human cells are influenced by exercise.
Victoria University’s Professor David Bishop, Institute for Health and Sport in collaboration with David Stroud from the University of Melbourne has found that the mitochondria has previously demonstrated network of adaptations influenced by the amount of exercise we do.
The new findings challenge the current exercise recommendations and the researchers say the findings help bolster the extraordinary potential of exercise as medicine.
NSw Records Climbing Cases Amid Cluster in Sydney South West
NSW has recorded 10 cases of the omicron variant with the total number being 25.
None of the cases have been admitted to hospital and the NSW government says the cases are connected to a cluster at a climbing gym in Villawood in Sydney’s South West.
All travellers from South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Eswatini and Malawi must go into hotel quarantine regardless of vaccination status for at least 14 days in isolation.
Deaths In Nagaland Amid Conflict
Indian security forces have killed thirteen civilians in the North-Eastern state of Nagaland.
Officials say the security forces opened fire on a truck containing mine workers after mistaking them for rebel militant groups, killing at least six people.
Seven more people were killed in a conflict with authorities that ensued after civilians marched on the security camp in protest of those deaths.
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