Cameras - June

It's simple really. We've been following Cameras since the very beginning and we love them. We have always loved them and, unless they, like, go all rubbish in the future, we always will love them. So it's our joy to bring you their latest clip. All blood, bunkers and awesomeness. Shit yeah.

Cameras' "June in July" tour:

Wednesday 20 June - Sofar Sounds/YouTube Secret Acoustic Show, Sydney
Friday 13 July - "Can’t Say” @ Platform One, Melbourne
Saturday 14 July - The Workers Club, Melbourne.
Sunday 15 July - Pure Pop Records, Melbourne
Wednesday 18 July - UNSW, Sydney
Thursday 19 July - Alhambra Lounge, Brisbane
Friday 20 July - Great Northern Hotel, Byron Bay
Saturday 21 July - FBi Social Club, Sydney

This Epic Tour - featuring Kingswood, Money For Rope and Damn Terran

Combining forces to create a three headed assault machine that would compel Godzilla to retreat to the depths of Tokyo Bay with his head hung in shame, Melbourne bands Kingswood, Money For Rope and Damn Terran emerge from the primordial ooze to take their rock largesse to the good people of Australia.

Yeah Go Die, Kingswood’s debut single of inimitable sludgy goodness is currently getting plenty of spins on national radio and with their recently unleashed EP Change Of Heart promising to continue the momentum, the band have an appetite whet for destruction. The same is true at camp Money For Rope, their latest single Ten Times has seared its mark on listeners around the country, laying a path for devastation when their self-titled full length emerges later this year. Completing the triumvirate, Rebels, the first single from Damn Terran’s upcoming album has further seen them etch their name on the hearts of fans around the country.

Already proven entities in their hometown, the Kingswood, Money For Rope and Damn Terran juggernaut will rain fire in these not-to-be-missed shows. Get in early to assure your seats ringside.

Dates:
28/06/2012 – Thursday, The Workers Club, Fitzroy, VIC
29/06/2012- Friday, The Workers Club, Fitzroy, VIC
30/06/2012 – Saturday, Jive Bar, Adelaide, SA
5/07/2012 – Thursday, The Great Northern Hotel, Newcastle, NSW
6/07/2012 – Friday, Lansdowne Hotel, Sydney, NSW
7/07/2012 – Saturday, Yours & Ours, Wollongong, NSW
12/07/2012 – Thursday, Oh Hello, Brisbane, QLD
13/07/2012 – Friday, The Beach Hotel, Byron Bay, NSW
14/07/2012 – Saturday, Hard Rock Cafe, Gold Coast, QLD

The Human Rights Arts and Film Festival Australia

The fifth Australian Human Rights Arts and Film Festival (HRAFF) opened in Melbourne this week. Vinisha Mulani tells us more: 

What started as a group of friends brainstorming in a share-house kitchen six years ago, is now a national film festival in its fifth year, based at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, has Margaret Pomeranz as a festival patron, includes a music festival, art exhibition, forums and the President of the Maldives doing a live Q&A.

But that's not the sole summary of its success - despite its escalation from the kitchen table to ACMI, the success and soul of the Human Rights Arts and Film Festival lies in its content and intent. As inspiring as the festival's establishment and growth, are its films.

From Wrinkles, a Spanish comical animation about Alzheimer's, to Buffalo Girls, about girls in a Muay Thai child boxing tournament, the films range in topics but are all consistent in how you feel when you leave the cinema. HRAFF films can catapult even the most cynical suit-clad individual into a state of inspiration to change the world for the better. (Just a heads up, Australian Volunteers International and Intrepid Travel - there may be an unexplained exponential increase of people lining up in front of your offices over the next month). The Island President is also a program highlight; an inspiring documentary about the president of the Maldives' and how he tackles his small nation's slow extinction in the face of climate change.

Whatever incredible film you choose to watch at HRAFF, you will have something to gain - whether it be inspiration to do something great, raising your awareness in something you had no idea about, or a window into the life of an individual on the other side of the world.

HRAFF's dates around Australia:
Melbourne 15 – 27 May
Canberra 28 – 30 May
Adelaide 29 May – 1 June
Sydney 29 May – 1 June
Brisbane 5 – 8 June
Alice Springs 8 – 10 June
Byron Bay 12 – 15 June
Perth 14 – 16 June

For more detail on the program in general and to purchase tickets: http://hraff.org.au/
Words by Vinisha Mulani