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-10 posts tagged "Australia"
Willoughby Thom | Wednesday, November 11, 2020
If Sublime, Jimi Hendrix and Neil Young had a baby, it would be Australian band Ocean Alley. Even with over a million monthly listeners on Spotify and a massive fanbase in Australia, they are still regarded as a small alternative band in the United States, and this needs to be changed. Ocean Alley, comprised of
Jim Moster | Monday, January 20, 2020
Journalist and activist Naomi Klein hears the clock ticking on climate change. She sees the impact of current warming on innocent communities around the world. She fears the future that awaits us all. She also knows the solution — a Green New Deal in the United States and equivalent programs around the world. In her
Andrew Sveda | Monday, September 9, 2019
Australia has long been the go-to case study of the gun control debate. And why not? After only one mass shooting in 1996 (Port Arthur) did Parliament actually do something, rolling out sweeping gun control legislation (the NFA) including a mandatory gun buyback program and a ban on automatic and semi-automatic rifles and pump-action shotguns.
Hanna Kennedy | Monday, March 5, 2018
Vance Joy is no longer the same starry-eyed boy “scared of dentists and the dark,” as he describes himself on his recently-released sophomore album, “Nation of Two.” The Australian singer-songwriter maintains his signature acoustic simplicity and combines it with unique, personal narratives to craft songs that stand out for their upbeat, infectious sound and light,
Mike Donovan, Matthew Munhall, Adam Ramos, John Wilson and Thomas Murphy | Wednesday, December 6, 2017
The musical world is a vast and wacky place. We can’t capture the whole thing in a 20-song list. That’s why we created this potpourri of reflections to document some (but certainly not all) of the ups, downs and oversights that defined 2017 music. The winners and losers Scene talks about the peaks and
Adam Ramos | Tuesday, August 22, 2017
Mac DeMarco is one of the few artists I actually enjoy listening to in interview. His mix of bubbly optimism, unwittingly smooth dad-vibes and silly demeanor form a contradicting spectacle that is both hilarious and admirably cool in every sense. I therefore hold his music recommendations very highly — which is where I first heard
Megan Valley | Tuesday, September 1, 2015
The Australian national rugby union team, nicknamed the Wallabies, arrived in South Bend on Saturday and will be training on campus through Thursday. The squad, which is currently ranked third in the world, behind New Zealand and Ireland, will then travel to Chicago for a test match at Soldier Field against the 16th-ranked USA Eagles on
Erin McAuliffe | Monday, March 23, 2015
Melbourne artist Courtney Barnett’s debut album, “Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Think,” has been much anticipated by fans and music critics alike after her success with “The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas,” her U.S. tour and appearances at festivals like Bonnaroo and Glastonbury. The album, which has been streaming
Caelin Miltko | Monday, April 7, 2014
On April 1, Australian boy band 5 Seconds of Summer (5SOS) released its first ever music in the United States. Their single “She Looks So Perfect” was already No. 1 on the U.K. single charts, the first Australian band to accomplish this feat in 14 years. By the end of the week, their EP “She
Mary Green | Sunday, March 23, 2014
With March and all its madness and glory right now, it is easy to get caught up in the world of college basketball. But, for those of you who did not notice, the baseball season officially kicked off Saturday, with a doubleheader between the Dodgers and the Diamondbacks, which Los Angeles swept. Though the games