Have you ever wondered what being a woman really means? Apart from the physical difference between male and female bodies, what defines a woman? What labels have been put on women due to social constructs of gender and what kind of power do women hold in our world? Queen Cxnt is a powerful multi-sensory music theatre […]
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Dress Up Attack! is returning to Sydney on September 17 with a brand new smashing line-up! Dress Up Attack! is a music and arts festival for children and grown-ups and offers children the unique experience of a music festival programmed to engage young people. The event’s line-up includes Brissie Indie-Rockband The Grates, Custard, crazy Aussie RockNRoll Project Bunny […]
Two of Australia’s finest improvisers, violinist Shenzo Gregorio (FourPlay, Shenzo’s Electric Stunt Orchestra) and guitarist Julian Curwin (The Tango Saloon, Darth Vegas) join forces to form Pigeon Laundry. Julian and Shenzo met at Woodford Folk Festival last millennium, and later played and toured together with the likes of The Tango Saloon, The Mango Balloon and […]
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Hey eastsiders! I’m Hannah, an eighteen-year-old girl from a small town in the North of Germany. Having arrived in Sydney only yesterday, I’ve still got a lot to discover here. My first impression of the city is very positive. I am living in a host family in Paddington, which is also the district where the […]
‘Players/Sounds’ by Bullhorn is Eastside Radio’s album of the week. This week we are going all out there with the choice of genres as our Album of the Week covers so many different styles with another home grown Australian band. This time it’s Brisbane-based Bull Horn and what a unique eclectic sound these guys have […]
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Recently we sent Chelsea D from The New Thing (Monday 9am) on a round the world trip to get to know some of our upcoming Global Rhythms artists ! Next stop the Miriam Lieberman Trio ! Hi Miriam, how would you describe 2016 for you so far? I would say may 2016 has been an […]
There are some images that only an Australian can identify as normal. A giant pink cockatoo, a large white symbol of a kangaroo against a red background splashed across a plane, undies hanging on a clothesline, people hanging around a dingy old takeaway shop. Those are images that most Australians can relate. Artist Trent Mitchell […]
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The Necks’ pianist Chris Abrahams releases his tenth solo album and his fifth solo piano album, Climb. Drawing from a deep reservoir of hundreds of hours of recorded works, the end result is a stunning album of meticulously curated pieces that stretch over a decade of solo piano work from one of Australia’s most highly regarded pianists. “Climb […]
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‘Upward Spiral’ by Branford Marsalis Quartet with Kurt Elling is Eastside Radio’s album of the week. The album we are bringing you this week is one that will be a crowd favourite world wide as American saxophonist, composer and bandleader Branford Marsalis has brought us yet another album. With a career in the music industry […]
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Charity event “Bearsford For Bears” is coming to Upstairs Beresford venue to support Animals Asia which are dedicated to rescue Moon Bears in China and Vietnam. The event features singer songwriters and comedians guaranteeing a night of good tunes and a lot of amusement. Part of this event is dedicated to Johnny O’Keefe. We’ve got the […]
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The winner of the 2015 Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize Trent Mitchell will be featuring some of his most prestigious works at Juniper Hall this August/September that have won him numerous awards over his illustrious career as a photographer. The exhibition will focus on Trent’s body of work that has been taken from over 5,500 film […]
From light-tripping abstracts to brutal architectural angles, acute observations to stunning panoramas, TIM RITCHIE’s photographs of early morning Sydney have become an unmissable feature of the daily social-media feeds for thousands of locals. In his first solo exhibition, the former Radio National Music Director and one of the original Double J / triple j crew, […]