France votes to ban short-haul domestic flights
In a bid to reduce carbon emissions French lawmakers are moving to ban short-haul domestic flights where there are train alternatives. Journeys that could be made by train in less than two and a half hours are to end however connecting flights will not be affected by this change. Before the measures become a law they must be voted on in the Senate.
4ZZZ Top 20
1. Full Power Happy Hour - Full Power Happy Hour
2. Cloud Tangle - Swells
3. Asha Jefferies - Crybaby (Single)
4. Sycco - My Ways (Single)
5. Selve - The Pink Hotel (Single)
6. Mess Esque - Dream #12 (Album Of The Week)
7. DZ Deathrays - Fear The Anchor (Feat. Ecca Vandal) (Single)
8. Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg
9. Middle Name Dance Band - Middle Name Dance Tracks Vol 2
10. Moon Saloon - Watching Waiting (Single)
11. Olivia's World - Tuff 2B Tender EP
12. Full Flower Moon Band - Death Or Hell EP
Izy - 'Irene'
“Irene” is the debut album from Izy (pronounced eye-zee), a Melbourne-based trio originally hailing from Cairns in Australia’s tropical North. A deeply mature album from a very young band, Irene is a 10 song collection of raw neo-soul grooves, rich vocal harmony and subtle jazz guitar. A stripped back, simple recording of a band killing it in a room. There’s a deep understanding of the canon of soul music on display, with echoes of D’Angelo and Curtis Mayfield, but also a uniquely individual sensibility, rarely so clearly articulated on a debut record.
Deeply connected to their roots and their families, both the band and the album are named after Irene, Guitarist Ryo Montgomery’s paternal grandmother; an important source of support and comfort in the band’s formative years. Ryo, bassist Warrigo Tyrrell and drummer Maru Nitor Zamatarro each cut their teeth young, playing with their parents in three very different musical families. Ryo grew up shifting between his mother’s home in rural Japan and his father’s blues bar in Cairns where he watched legends of guitar ply their trade and did his first shows. Maru was playing guiro in his parent’s cumbia band Los Caracoles before he turned five. Warrigo grew up jamming on Shadows covers and Aboriginal protest rock with his fathers and brothers, members of the Kalkadoon and Waanyi nations. His brother Broden Tyrrell is the unofficial fourth member of Izy, playing percussion and adding backing vocals to Irene and to Izy’s live show. Heritage is important to Izy and they bring these musical and cultural influences together proudly.
So that’s Izy, humble and hard working Gen-Z virtuosos who love their grandmas, representing an optimistic post-colonial version of Australian identity and music. In their own words: “This album is a tangled culmination of interpersonal relationships; love, society and land. “We three are super blessed to share stories and when we connect, we amplify and respond to each other, which makes it easy to create music and get our message across for our family and our community.”
Zedlines: 12 April 2021, 11am
Your 11am Zedlines with Kat Housego.
Image Credit: Brisbane City Council
Brisbane Youth Week kicks off, celebrating young people in the city
Brisbane Youth Week kicks off this week, from April 10 to 18, celebrating and showcasing young people between 12 and 25 years of age.
Events include a girls only learn to skate workshop, comedy and clowning workshops, learn-to-fish workshops and live music across Brisbane.
BCC releases revised plans for New Farm Park
Brisbane City Council has also issued revised plans for a New Farm Park upgrade after requests from community members.
New Farm Park Life, a community-run Facebook group, say the revised plans will stop undesirable redirection of traffic and “make it clear that the community must have a say” in the future of the park.
Tropical cyclone Seroja makes landfall in WA
Tropical cyclone Seroja has left a trail of destruction after making landfall in Western Australia as a category three storm last night
Thousands of residents south of Kalbarri were left without power and there have been reports of significant damage to properties and public infrastructure.
Dunny Hunt to help Australians living with continence related issues
The Continence Foundation of Australia is asking families and people travelling over the holidays to upload the locations of Australia’s regional public toilets to a National Public Toilet Map for the chance to win a $500 voucher.
Woolworths Executive Paul Graham appointed Australia Post CEO
Woolworths executive Paul Graham has been appointed as Australia Post’s Chief Executive Officer this morning, replacing outgoing CEO Christina Holgate.
Ms Holgate left Australia Post in November 2020 after it was revealed four Australia Post employees received Cartier watches as a reward for working to secure a lucrative deal with three major banks.
Offshore earthquake causes deadly tremors in Indonesia
A 6.0 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Indonesia’s Java island has caused deadly tremors onshore.
8 people are confirmed dead, with over a thousand homes damaged following the quake.
Rescue efforts are underway as Indonesia grapples with its second deadly disaster in a week after tropical cyclone Seroja hit on Sunday.