WATCH

Cub Sport

Brisbane band Cub Sport will perform their new album LIKE NIRVANA live and in full for the first time on Sunday and you can watch from the comfort of your lounge room.  The performance will premiere at 8pm Brisbane time on YouTube and the band will be utilising the platform’s new monetisation feature Super Chat to encourage viewers to donate to Black Rainbow.

“Black Rainbow is an organisation that supports queer Indigenous people in Australia,” Cub Sport singer Tim Nelson told InQueensland. “Three-quarters of Cub Sport are queer so it’s a cause that’s very close to our hearts.”

LIKE NIRVANA debuted at No.2 on the ARIA charts when it was released late last month – coming in just behind Taylor Swift’s Folklore, and Nelson said the band were overwhelmed with the result, saying “getting a No.2 next to Taylor Swift is basically like getting a No.1”.

“We were really just gunning for a top 10 album, so when we came in at No.2 it was pretty surreal. LIKE NIRVANA is a super unique album, some might say it’s even a bit weird.

“I wasn’t sure how it would be received by other people but we’ve had the most incredible reviews of our career so far and our first top 10 album! It’s been pretty affirming and a great reminder that as an artist you should always follow your gut and make what you love and what makes you feel excited.”

Nelson said the performance, which the band recorded at Brisbane’s ProCam Studios, has professional sound and lighting and will feature every song from the new album.

“Something that was kind of a surprise for me was how much it felt like a real show – I could feel this specific connected energy I feel at live shows which is something really special.

“It’s really different releasing an album and not being able to take it around the world how we usually would, but I’m grateful we get to bring the show to a digital space like this.”

Click here to set a reminder for Sunday’s show. 

ART

Cairns Indigenous Art Fair

Sunday marks the final day of this year’s Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, which features arrange of online streamed presentations, performances, webinars, workshops, community spotlights and virtual gallery exhibitions.

Water is Sacred headlines the program tonight, with the annual CIAF Art Awards, presented by host Elaine Crombie, taking pplace tomorrow. On Sunday, CIAF 2020 will celebrate the end of what has been a watershed year with a finale concert featuring Mau Power, 3-M Pride and Naomi Wenitong.

EXHIBITIONS

This is the last weekend to see the 40,000-brick Lego reconstruction of Brisbane’s City Hall, which has been assembled by renowned Lego builder Ben Craig to celebrate the 100th anniversary of City Hall’s construction and is currently on display in the building’s foyer.

Ben Craig with his reconstruction of Brisbane City Hall. (Photo: Supplied)

Brisbane Powerhouse is also hosting a free Lego art exhibition, with a rendering of Andy Warhol’s iconic Marilyn Monroe portrait at the venue’s made from 50,000 Lego bricks, by talented muralist, Sofles, and a variety of other artworks on display.

LISTEN

HearSej podcast

Over the course of more than four years and 54 episodes, Brisbane-based musician Seja Vogel has been interviewing some of Australia’s (and the odd international) best musical artists to get the stories behind the songs for her HearSej podcast.

Vogel has played in bands including Sekiden and Regurgitator, and brings a unique perspective to chats with artists, from bonding over being tall with Paul Dempsey, to discussing German heritage Fred Armisen and to-do lists with Jeremy Neale.

Click here to listen to the latest episode, an interview with Cruel Sea and Beasts of Bourbon singer Tex Perkins.

ART

RAZZLE DAZZLE

Some of Brisbane’s most acclaimed contemporary artists have been commissioned to help put the spotlight on inner-city public art spaces as part of the RAZZLE DAZZLE street art exhibition.

Curated by McCarthy-Swann Projects, which is headed by Amy-Clare McCarthy and Kieran Swann, RAZZLE DAZZLE is comprised of works from 11 artists, with nine different sites across the city transformed into spaces to spark imagination and engagement.

One of artist Richard Bell’s works features in RAZZLE DAZZLE.

The works showcased in RAZZLE DAZZLE explore the relationship humans have with their environment and how we can stand out or disappear within public spaces.

Artists taking part include Richard Bell, Eric Bridgeman, Hannah Gartside, Gerwyn Davies, Chantal Fraser, Rachael Haynes, Natalya Hughes, Luke Roberts, Jemima Wyman, Justin Shoulder and Bhenji Ra.

Their work will be displayed in lightboxes and banners at locations such as King George Square; Fish, Hutton, Eagle, Giffin and Irish lanes; and Edward St and Howard Smith Wharves, where two light-projection installations will be showcased.

Visit Brisbane City Council’s website for more details.