HOTA’s Rebecca Ray on the importance of cultural identity
HOTA has recently welcomed Rebecca Ray to their Gallery team as an Assistant Curator, Indigenous art. Rebecca is a Meriam Mer woman from the…
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Gold Coast art scene levels up with Acid Test
Acid Test is a local recurring art show designed to showcase emerging artists in an inspiring and supportive space on the Gold Coast. “The…
Philip Dearest is the sweetest thing at HOTA
With HOTA, Home of the Arts constantly on the lookout for ways to showcase local artists, it seemed like a shame to let a…
No bones about Bones Rivers
Luke Houselander has a bit of a split personality, moonlighting as a cover artist under his own name and nurturing a bad-ass blues project…
Hanging Five with Josh King
Whether it be tweaking lyrics or crafting infectious melodies, Gold Coast artist Josh King is busy creating his own brand of new-age pop. Mixing…
All aboard the Midnight Express To Rome
With many people having a lot more down-time on their hands for the foreseeable future, the time is ripe for spending time at home…
San Mei makes us cry
Since exploding onto the scene in 2018 with her breakthrough single, ‘Wonder’, Gold Coast indie-pop starlet San Mei (aka Emily Hamilton) has experienced a…
Hanging five with Sophie Ozard
Southern Cross University student and Byron Bay resident Sophie Ozard is in her final year studying music in Lismore. Describing her music as a…
Conversations With Pure Milk
The last time we chatted with the Gold Coast’s finest purveyors of indie rock radness, Pure Milk, they’d just put out an EP by the name…
The world is Bayley Pearl’s oyster
Emerging indie pop singer-songwriter Bayley Pearl has had a dream kickoff to her professional music career, with her 2018 debut release ‘About You’ making…
Making beer from waste water
Stone & Wood marks International World Water Day World Water Day slipped by largely unnoticed on Sunday 22 March, as media was pretty focussed…
BLANK GOLD COAST ISSUE # 77 – APRIL 2020
Gold Coast Music Awards, ELEEA, San Mei, HOTA Arts Grants, Sustainable Schools Network, Gold Coast tool library, Midnight Express to Rome, COVID dining, Gold…
Gold Coast Music Awards announces 2020 finalists, new format
Committed to celebrating the City’s creative gold this year, the Gold Coast Music Awards today announced 31 finalists with a new plan to deliver…
Seven ways to save the planet while social distancing
It’s Earth Month, which means Earth Day (22 April) is just around the corner. And while the skies might be seeing a much-needed drop…
New Gold Coast Music: April 2020
If you’ve worn out your old fave tunes playing them over and over in iso, never fear. Here are some freshies, hot off the…
Southern Cross music degree now available online
The Bachelor of Contemporary Music at Southern Cross University was one of the first music courses in the country not geared to classical music…
Cancelled: Byron Writers Festival 2020
The organisers of Byron Writers Festival have announced the 2020 event scheduled to run 7-9 August will be cancelled. Byron Writers Festival will return 6-8 August,…
Meet you at the Merch Desk
Brisbane-based musician Joseph Knox-Wheeler has rallied the music community to launch a new service for musicians who are hoping to use merch to connect…
Dust Temple to livestream their first exhibition this Saturday
While COVID-19 has complicated great many things, creativity always seems to find a way. Irene Messia has her exhibition ‘Being’ opening at Dust Temple,…
Li’l superheroes at the ready!
Got little ones at home climbing the walls already? Or maybe feeling worried about the changes they’re experiencing? Stay Home Superheroes project has gotchu….
Kickback with country music this Sunday night
Country music artists are spreading positivity in this time of COVID-19 isolation with a country music concert designed to lift spirits on Sunday 29…
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