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The five-track EP is out now. Off the back of their recently released singles ‘Red Ruby’ and ‘Power Play’, Melbourne punk powerhouse Blonde Revolver have unleashed their debut EP. The self-titled EP is made up of five, punchy punk tracks written during Melbourne’s 2020 lockdowns. Keep up with the latest music interviews, news and reviews […]

20 underground Melbourne bands you ought to know Mug - image by Matthew Shaw (@melonshaw) Words by Tom Parker Spanning punk, garage, soul, jazz, hip hop and more. Many Melbourne bands go about their business under the radar, not chasing glorification or publicity. As CLAMM’s Jack Summers previously noted, “Some of these underground bands are the best bands ever, and they don’t seem to give a fuck about taking it to the next level.” It’s the DIY attitude...

Myanmar’s Economy in Freefall Under Military Regime Myanmar’s Economy in Freefall Under Military Regime Feature: The military regimes security forces guarding City Hall in downtown Yangon Feb.6 / The Irrawaddy 958 By The Irrawaddy 22 April 2021 Before last year’s November election, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank predicted that Myanmar would bounce back strongly from the economic impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic, with the economy set to grow at around 6 percent in 20...

The Quintessential From left: Shakes very matcha; Shakes cookiemonster. (Photos: Quints) I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream, especially in this hot and humid weather. The heat is back and nothing better to cool down than with a lick of ice cream or a frothy milkshake. Quints ice cream in centralwOrld started off as "Quintessential ice cream", but on account of being too long, owner and chief ice cream maker and taster Pratthana Suwatthanaphim shorten...

Growing Number of Businesses Shun Myanmar Military-Linked Goods, Services Anti-coup protesters hold a placard reading “Don’t buy goods produced by the military” to show their stand against the military regime in Yangon. / Don’t Buy it / Facebook 8.1k By Nan Lwin 25 February 2021 YANGON—More and more businesses in major cities are joining “social punishment” campaigns launched by young anti-coup protesters to bring down Myanmar’s military regime leaders, including boycotts of m...

Posted: Feb 20, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: February 20 Members of the LGBTQ community protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, on Friday. A wide swathe of Myanmars civilian population is protesting the coup, something the military generals may not have planned for.(Reuters) On the streets of Yangon, the mood captured by news cameras seems friendly, even festive. Young people with brightly painted faces and determined looks fill parks and intersections day after day. Their sign...

The Daily Universe FILE – In this Feb. 1, 2021, file photo, Toni Winter, left, chants as she marches with members of Community Justice Initiative and supporters to the Rochester Police Department’s Clinton Section, protesting the police handcuffing and pepper spray of a 9-year-old Black girl in Rochester, N.Y. A police officer using pepper spray against the girl has spurred outrage as the latest example of law enforcement mistreatment of Black people, and one that shows even Black child...

Businesses start to rethink Myanmar as coup ignites protests Elaine Kurtenbach Tags:  Police in riot gear for am line blocking protesters during a demonstration in Mandalay, Myanmar, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. Protesters continued to gather Tuesday morning in major cities breaching Myanmars new military rulers ban of public gathering of five or more issued on Monday intended to crack down on peaceful public protests opposing their takeover. (AP Photo) (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All righ...

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Myanmar coup sparks resistance movement as Suu Kyi is charged Shibani Mahtani, Andrew Nachemson © Stringer/Reuters Medical workers wearing red ribbons pose at Yangon General Hospital on Wednesday during a protest against the coup that ousted Myanmar’s elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi. HONG KONG —Lynn Nu, an assistant surgeon at a government hospital in northern Myanmar, did not show up to work on Wednesday. Neither did 36 other assistant surgeons, almost the entire medic...