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Hey, hi, hello!
So I’ve been trying something new this week. Bruno has been getting rather ✨chonky✨ throughout lockdown, and Milo and I have been neglecting his usual walkies and/or trips to the dog park by proxy of my work piling up, and Milo’s study piling up. But rather than continue to watch Bruno progressively get rounder, we decided on Tuesday to take him to the park with my laptop, and have Milo supervise while I tried smashing out some work from a park bench. It wasn’t entirely optimal, but it worked – and the dogs weren’t nearly as distracting as I thought they’d be (however it was indeed extremely difficult not to spent the whole time petting them all) – so we ended up doing the same on Wednesday and Friday.
NSW also hit its 70% double-vax target on Wednesday, so we are OFFICIALLY OUT OF LOCKDOWN TOMORROW, BAYBEE! I have the day off, too, so Milo and I are heading out for breakfast at one of our favourite cafés, then to the movies (ya bitch is finally going to see Shang-Chi, and they cannot fucking wait), and then maybe to the arcade after if we’re both up to it.
So with all of that said, here’s everything I got up to at NME this week. The highlight for this week was easily the new Gang Of Youths track, but I didn’t write the piece about that because the UK team is just too good at breaking shit-hot Aussie news. Goddamn it. I think the best thing I wrote about this week is the new Flowerkid song, “Vodka Orange Juice”. It is so powerful, emotional and cerebral. This dude just does not have it in him to write a bad song, does he? Absolute GEM of a track.
Take care. Stay safe. Eat a bagel.
TUESDAY, 05/10/21
Billy Bragg leads judging panel for 2021 Australian Music Prize
Sarah Wolfe tackles social anxiety on fiery new single ‘Killing Time’
Missy Higgins, Xavier Rudd and Birds Of Tokyo lead new SummerSalt shows in TAS and WA
Amy Shark, Mo’Ju and Lime Cordiale named ambassadors for Ausmusic T-Shirt Day 2021
WEDNESDAY, 06/10/21
Foo Fighters and Tame Impala lead 2022 edition of baseball-centric Innings Festival
Hockey Dad, Aunty Donna and Middle Kids lead inaugural Super Fun Day lineup
San Joseph bares his soul on heartrending new single ‘Everything In The Room’
Up Late channels his best and worst selves on biting new single ‘Diva’
Becca Hatch blends jungle beats with gentle balladry on new single ‘Safety’
THURSDAY, 07/10/21
Billie Eilish adds Australia and New Zealand leg to ‘Happier Than Ever’ world tour
‘Four Corners’ special to explore the “inside story” of Sony Music Australia
Milan Ring drops new single ‘Pick Me Up’, announces debut album
Totally Unicorn lament societal pressures on intense new single ‘Yeah, Coach’
Flowerkid highlights transphobia on gut-wrenching new single ‘Vodka Orange Juice’
FRIDAY, 08/10/21
Kylie Minogue is returning to Australia after 30 years in the UK
Suicidal Tendencies lose Instagram account for three weeks because of their band name
Nas shares breezy new Hit-Boy collaboration, ‘Big Nas’
The Kid LAROI is working on a project to explore his name, a nod to his mother’s Kamilaroi heritage
SATURDAY, 09/10/21
Hatchie drops smoky cover of Jennifer Paige’s 1998 hit ‘Crush’
Listen to The Belligerents’ first new song in four years, ‘Emily’
The Money War announce new EP ‘Blood’, share effervescent title track
Watch the animated music video for Hope D’s latest single, ‘Happy Hangover’
SUNDAY, 10/10/21
Watch Carly Rae Jepsen cover Kate Bush’s ‘Wuthering Heights’ and Sade’s ‘By Your Side’
The Rock makes his white-hot rap debut on new Tech N9ne single ‘Face Off’
