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Early this April, when British alternative band Pulp released their first album single in 24 years, fans were relatively united in their enjoyment of the track. But controversy swiftly developed among certain sets of Instagram commenters upon the rather shocking discovery that the accompanying music video, “directed” by frontman Jarvis Cocker, was his attempt to […]
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Queerbait For those lucky enough to have seen Queerbait at last year’s Pride Ball (or when they opened for Bikini Kill, still not over that), you’d know Queerbait’s perfect harmony of driving drums, rhythmic bass and guitar, and commanding vocals. You can’t help but dance! Support their single ‘Clock’ on Bandcamp! Red Hill Red Hill’s […]
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It’s a bright summer morning in 2008 in New Delhi, India, as a mum prepares her daughter for school. The mum switches on the television to keep her kid occupied while she bustles in and out of the kitchen. The Best of Both Worlds from Hannah Montana plays on Disney Channel India. Life is good. […]
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We chatted with Anthea Bennett, music kween and festival head, about her experiences starting in the music industry and organising a music festival on the Gold Coast, Hey Sunshine. Views: 211
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Cub Sport Brisbane’s love child and alt-pop quartet Cub Sport is releasing their highly anticipated second album, bats, which will be released on the 22nd of September. This album is a beautiful mixture of a deeply personal but heart-wrenching gospel & RnB-inspired pop tune. “In 2015 I went on a writing trip to LA and London – it […]
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Fortitude Valley is Brisbane’s cesspool of music, clubs, bars, and drunken bad life choices, and essentially it will start to overflow during the 5th to the 8th of September this year because we have the wonderful Bigsound Festival. Bigsound festival is one of the biggest festivals to hit Brisbane’s own Fortitude Valley, and highlights the […]
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As much as I want to brag about that I knew how to use a cassette before ‘13 reasons why’. I evidently have Netflix, Stan, Spotify, Apple music, the lot and I probably spend a little too much time using them. We can all see that these services have dramatically changed the music and film […]
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Happy Monday Semperites! Here we are again, in Week 11. Golly gosh, where has the semester gone? Here are the haps’ in the music world on Monday the 15th of May. Mark Pritchard has digitally released some news grooves, called Under The Sun, Expanded Vol. 1. This is the exciting new version of Under the Sun. Released on […]
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