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Tennis Pro Alycia Parks Wants to Serve Up Grand Slam Glam
While each product featured is independently selected by our editors, we may include paid promotion. If you buy something through our links, we may earn commission. Read more about our Product Review Guidelines here. Succeeding as a professional tennis player is no mean feat — but it’s one that Alycia Parks already has well in hand. So much so that she’s now balancing her Grand Slam dreams with one other major life goal: achieving the perfect face of makeup. Parks admits that her introduction to the world of beauty came “a little late” in life because she was banned from wearing makeup for much of her younger years, particularly while…
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lutriwita/Tasmanian duo Future State release the atmospheric single ‘Serve Yourself’ ahead of debut album ‘Everything Is Temporary’ – Backseat Mafia
Future State are an electronic trip hop duo from southern edge of the world in Tasmania, and their sound is suitably chill and Antarctic with its combination of thundering percussion, saxophone and lush synth layers. In their new single ‘Serve Yourself’, singer Ally Oliver’s voice recalls Portishead’s Beth Gibbons with its extraordinary range and distant observational style. Stuart Cam’s instrumentation is complex and delicate, delivered in a 7/8 jungle drum beat. There is a strong jazz tone to the delivery, with opulent late night, rich velvet vibes: ‘Serve Yourself’ is out now and available to download and stream via all the usual sites. ‘Serve Yourself’ was recorded at Future State…
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Sydney Sizzles – Tenacious D Serve Up Spicy Meatballs and Rock Antics at the ICC Sydney Theatre, 13.07.2024 – Backseat Mafia
Live Gallery: Sydney Sizzles – Tenacious D Serve Up Spicy Meatballs and Rock Antics at the ICC Sydney Theatre, 13.07.2024 – Backseat Mafia More Stories #Sydney #Sizzles #Tenacious #Serve #Spicy #Meatballs #Rock #Antics #ICC #Sydney #Theatre #13.07.2024 #Backseat #Mafia
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‘Once Upon A Time’ – Badinage serve up a kaleidoscope of sonic treasures in their debut album. – Backseat Mafia
Badinage‘s new album ‘Once Upon A Time’ is a treasure chest of tangible, organic instrumentals that express raw feelings and emotions without words. A veritable smorgasbord of aural pleasure and moods. The details behind the structure of the album are fascinating. Comprised of ten chapters, presented as Book One and Book Two, the album is centred around the idea of storytelling—the art of creating meaning and coherence by organising seemingly random or arbitrary experiences into a structured whole. The song sequence employs the literary/dramatic narrative structure known as Freytag’s Pyramid: Exposition > Rising Action > Climax > Falling Action > Resolution The Exposition is established at the outset with the…
