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Just had the honor of launching ‘Side of Stage’ with CanTeen Australia. An initiative to connect young people, their carers and families with living with cancer with live music.
Thanks to LANKS & Alice Skye for their amazing performances.
Head to sideofstage.org.au for more information.
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They had koala’s and wallaby’s backstage to show the Americans. 😍
#RAPTURE2019
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Just us and 50,000 of our closest friends at the Eminem #RAPTURE2019 Tour last night.
See you on Friday, Sydney!
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We are so grateful and excited. Our new album ‘The Great Expanse’ is the feature album on triple j this week.
Tune in all week to hear songs off ‘The Great Expanse’ before it comes out on Friday.
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FIRE IT UP! Sound checking @ PIAF opening for the almighty Jungle Brothers. Last minute tix still available, get down here!! #downsyde #junglebrothers
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Darwin, we’re coming back to play BASSINTHEGRASS, can’t wait!
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A beautiful video and sentiment created entirely by Joyride. Have a read and take a moment with the song, it’s a beauty. Joyride plays The Corner in Melbourne tonight (happy valentines day yo)
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The great philosopher Tkay Maidza once famously wrote “last year was weird”. She wasn’t wrong.
Releasing the video for Underwater today is significant for me because, in many ways, it marks the end of the Sunrise Chaser journey. There’s nothing else planned or scheduled. It’s all done, closing out maybe definitely the weirdest period of my life. I’d like to take a moment to write seriously about some serious feelings.
Firstly, a little about the vid: I made this by myself. The story is about looking outside yourself for something that will reignite your happiness, and not necessarily finding it.
Perhaps you have found something that does that for you; I’m not 100% I have yet.
That’s not to say I am always unhappy, because I’m not. Although I doubt myself more than I ever have. I have more down days than I used to. I constantly worry about letting down the people that rely on me. I think that this may be a common thing for musicians from things I’ve read. Maybe for everyone?
It’s shit because it hampers the wins, because I don’t fully allow myself to celebrate, because I know there’s more work to do, and at no point have I exceeded the ridiculously high expectations I have of myself.
It’s shit because I have ended up second guessing myself and softening the things that I artistically took most pride in previously.
This may all sound a bit bleak, because it is quite bleak I guess. But i don’t think I’m the only person who has felt it, and in a certain way I’m glad that I’ve gone through the process so that I don’t have to again.
The lessons I’ve learnt about how I want to create moving forward are invaluable and I think this song and video are a taste of that.
I’ve recalibrated back to wanting to make things that I want to make, rather than a compromise between what I want to make and what I think other people expect me to make. I can’t wait to make new music, and videos, and podcasts, and DJ mixes, and stupid Instagram posts.
There is a level of catharsis that came with making this video. It helped me express how free I feel now.
I hope you enjoy it, and I hope you enjoy what’s to come from me in the years to come (whichever hat I may be wearing.
A final thought on happiness, from one of my best friends:
Everyone is deluded by their own positive thoughts about themselves. That’s the only way to maintain happiness.
I look forward to deluding myself again.
Love Jxxxxxxx
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Continuing their growth as Australia’s leading Aboriginal label, Bad Apples Music have announced their latest cultural exchange partnership with Los Angeles based, Artivist Entertainment – founded by Aloe Blacc and Maya Jupiter. With a shared commitment to supporting artists dedicated to using their art for positive social transformation, Bad Apples Music will host Native American singer/songwriter, rapper and spoken word artist Calina Lawrence, when she heads down under to perform in Sydney & Melbourne, including a performance with Bad Apples Music presents: Music For The Mob for Brunswick Music Festival.
An enrolled member of the Suquamish Tribe, Calina Lawrence was born and raised within her Indigenous culture in the Pacific Northwest area of Washington State. Her musical career and activism have remained mutually exclusive since the beginning, always lending her voice to the preservation of Suquamish traditions while she explored her love for many contemporary genres. Having released her debut album Epicenter in 2018, Lawrence’s R&B, soul and spoken word fused artistry dedicates itself to addressing social injustices globally, including racial injustice, police brutality, climate injustice, suicide prevention, violence against women, and many other causes.
Lawrence will play shows in Sydney and Melbourne, including a performance with the recently announced Music For The Mob at Brunswick Music Festival on Sunday, March 17. Presented by Bad Apples Music, the all female, all First Nations concert in Shore Reserve will close out the festival, seeing Lawrence perform alongside a lineup of fierce females in Australian music, including Emma Donavan and The Putbacks, Alice Skye, Miiesha and DJ Soju Gang.
Last year, Bad Apples Music participated in their first cultural artists exchange when they invited Canada’s Indigenous hip hop duo, Snotty Nose Rez Kids to perform as a hip hop supergroup with Bad Apples artist Birdz and label-mate Nooky for Darwin Festival. Lawrence represents the first movement for 2019 through the partnership between Bad Apples Music and Artivist Entertainment through this artist cultural exchange. Founded in LA by Aloe Blacc, Maya Jupiter, Quetzal Flores, Alberto Lopez and Veronica Gonzalez, Artivist Entertainment is committed to supporting artists who use their creativity for positive social transformation. From promoting discussions about important social issues to sponsoring cultural events that bridge diverse communities, Artivist Entertainment shines a spotlight on activists who express themselves artistically.
An enduring commitment to nurturing artists and providing platforms for excellence in the music sector, Bad Apples Music continues to grow as Australia’s most prolific Aboriginal record label. Founded by Briggs, the label maintains a foundational objective in using music as a platform for social change and educating and fostering the talent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists. Now linking up with Artivist Entertainment to bring the inspiring Calina Lawrence to our shores, don’t miss your chance to see her, alongside some of Australia’s biggest First Nations artists when she plays Music For The Mob at Brunswick Music Festival in March.
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