words + photos: Jasmine Aquino Photographing the 2017 ARIA Music Awards Red Carpet last Tuesday was a one of a kind experience. Getting to the venue, The Star Event Centre in Pyrmont, was already an experience in itself. Since I had never photographed an event as major as the ARIAs before, I was getting paranoid … Continue reading Popping The ARIAs Cherry – A Photographer’s Review
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This year's ARIA Awards is shaping up to be the biggest, pointiest year to date. A whole host of events have been curated around the main event on Tuesday 28th November, including a Vance Joy gig, a producers and engineers BBQ, a panel about music and creative vision, SummerSalt gigs featuring Xavier Rudd & The … Continue reading ARIA Awards 2017 Biggest, Pointiest Yet
Words + Photos: Jasmine Aquino The last time Against The Current came to Australia was three years ago - supporting American singer/songwriter Alex Goot on his Asia-Australia tour. The New York-based pop/rock band returned to Australia this month for their In Our Bones tour to perform their very first headliner shows down under. The band … Continue reading Against The Current Live at the Factory Theatre, Sydney
In the worst-kept secret this year, American rockers Fall Out Boy are heading Down Under for four mammoth all-ages shows early next year. Rumours have been circulating since earlier this month, when Ticketmaster allegedly leaked their Brisbane Riverstage date: Yesterday, the band posted the following on Twitter: https://twitter.com/falloutboy/status/884897567284375552 This morning, Select Touring and Blue Murder … Continue reading Fall Out Boy Announce Aussie Tour
Aussie twins The Veronicas will join Canadian twins Tegan and Sara as the entertainment at this year's Mardi Gras after party in Sydney. Veronicas fans are calling for a repeat of last year's ARIAs performance outfits. Because obviously: The party will be held at the Entertainment Quarter, Moore Park from 10pm till 8am (yes, 8am) following the Mardi Gras parade on … Continue reading Sisters Are Doin’ It For LGBTQIA
The New South Wales Government last week announced exemptions to its lockout laws for licensed venues. Not if they're supporting live music... but if they're screening major sporting events. Sky News reported the NSW Government has made an exemption to the 1.30am lockout laws for some Olympic coverage, as well as the upcoming NRL Grand Final … Continue reading Good news for Sydney sports fans, not so much live music
Aussie muso/entrepreneur/philanthropist Ben Lee is heading back to Aussie shores this month for a run of shows and workshops, culminating in a headline set at the Bleach Festival on the Gold Coast on 20 March. Girl caught up with Lee for a quick chat as he prepared to fly out from his home in the … Continue reading Ben Lee: From Songwriting to Self-Awareness
Their Bandcamp page claims, "if you like just about any style of music, these guys can shred it, in suits, whilst hitting on your girlfriend," so exactly who is Brisbane four-piece Osaka Punch? Girl caught up with the band ahead of their national tour for a quick chat about tours, music and... Malcolm Turnbull? Hi! What's news? … Continue reading Five Minutes With Osaka Punch
Police investigating the death of 25-year old Sydney pharmacist Sylvia Choi at Stereosonic last weekend have charged a man with drug supply. As Fairfax reports, Daniel Dung Huynh, 25, was arrested this morning and charged with two counts of supplying a prohibited drug. Choi reportedly took "at least one ecstasy" pill and drank MDMA dissolved in … Continue reading Man Charged Over Stereosonic Drug Supply
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