The biggest talking point of this year’s national tour has been the set that isn’t: Kirin J CallinanA few weeks before Laneway festival’s national tour began,a minor controversy tore the local music community along some very fuzzy lines: Kirin J Callinan was quietly and unceremoniously removed from the lineup, after another act on the bill, or rapper Miss Blanks,raised concerns with promoters. On the Aria red carpet late final year, a kilted Callinan needed itsy-bitsy encouragement to briefly oblige a photographer’s request that he flash them. It was an particularly destitute decision amid the churning perma-scandal of #MeToo and the growing consensus that it’s good not to have to see people’s genitals if you haven’t asked to. Related: The Clouds and Falling Joys review – spirit breaks through nostalgia-fest Related: Music you missed: Machine Translations, and HTMLflowers and more from the Australian underground Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com