Urthboy takes tour to Europe

25 05 2010


Urthboy
will be performing a special intimate show in Sydney on June 19 before departing on his first European tour. It’s going down at the tiny Sandringham Hotel in Newtown with special guests.

Urthboy
heads to Europe in July playing at Open Air festival in Switzerland (Jay-Z, Eminem, Nas & Damien ‘Jr. Gong’ Marley) and Splash! Festival in Germany (Wu-Tang Clan, Missy Elliot). Club dates include three shows supporting Brother Ali in Germany and a headline show in London with label-mates Hermitude.
Tix are extremely limited for this send-off show at the Sando. First in first served.

Urthboy feat. Elgusto & Jane
Sandringham Hotel, Newtown
Saturday 19th June, 8PM.
$20 pre-sale |  $25 door
Tix available now at www.urthboy.com

Urthboy in Europe:
July 11 – Open Air – CH-Frauenfeld, Switzerland
July 13 – Water Rats – London, UK w/ Hermitude
July 21 – Ampere – München, Germany supporting Brother Ali
July 22 – Duisburg – Hundertmeister, Germany supporting Brother Ali
July 23 – Studio 672, Köln, Germany supporting Brother Ali
July 24 – Splash! Festival, Graefenhainichen, Germany





Hilltop Hoods guest Program Rage

24 11 2009


For the last big week of AusMusic month, rage has invited aussie hip hop kings the Hilltop Hoods to guest program with a playlist including all their favs like Mos Def, Pharoahe Monch, Sia, Jay-Z, Sigur Ros, Brother Ali, Jungle Brothers and great stories about first meeting their influences.
The Hilltop Hoods are on rage from 10.00am Saturday morning on ABC1 (if you sleep in, never fear, you can catch the repeat on ABC2 at 5.00pm) then they are sticking around into the wee small hours with you starting from 11.25pm Saturday night on ABC1.
The full program list is below.

Congratulations go out to the Hilltop Hoods for picking up an ARIA the other night for BEST urban release. Nice work.

11:30pm
VENTS Love Song (Obese Records)
FUNKOARS Da Na Na (Obese Records)
DJ BONEZ featuring FUNKOARS Certified (Obese Records)
BROTHER ALI Uncle Sam Goddamn (Shock)
CROSS BRED MONGRELS No Interference (Obese Records)
LOWRIDER Friend (Lib/Illusive)
DOWNSYDE Fortune & Fame (Lib/Illusive)
MORTAR Jacob’s Ladder (Shogun)

12:00am
DEF WISH CAST Allstars (Ultimate) (Shogun)
CLANDESTIEN Thanks For The Venom (Shogun)
CLASSIFIED Anybody Listening (Sony)
SWAY & TECH The Anthem (Universal (MCA))
MARCO POLO featuring MASTA ACE Nostalgia (Inertia)
WAX TAILOR featuring MARINA QUAISSE & A.S.M. Positively Inclined (Independent)
BRAND NUBIAN Slow Down (Warner)

12:30am
DILATED PEOPLES Worst Comes To Worst (EMI)
PHAROAHE MONCH Body Baby (Universal)
GENIUS/GZA Liquid Swords (Universal (MCA))
GZA Breaker Breaker (Universal (MCA))
Q-TIP Gettin’ Up (Universal)
SKILLZ featuring TALIB KWELI So Far So Good/Sick (Shock)
NOTORIOUS B.I.G. Dead Wrong (BMG)
MADVILLAIN Monkey Suite (Creative Vibes)

1:00am
CIECMATE & NEWSENSE They’re Watching (Shogun)
DANGERDOOM ATHF (Shock)
ROYCE DA 5’9″ Hip Hop (Shock)
SIGUR ROS Untitled #1 (Fest/Mush)
CAGE Shoot Frank (Inertia)
K’NAAN Strugglin’ (Universal)
PROMOE The Long Distance Runner (Shock)

1:30am
MOVEMEANT Good Money (Independent)
SIA Soon We’ll Be Found (Inertia)
AUGIE MARCH The Cold Acre (SBME)
BON IVER The Wolves (Act I & II) (Inertia)
IAN BROWN Fear (Universal)
3RD BASS The Gas Face (SBME)

2:00am
BIZ MARKIE Turn Tha Party Out (Creative Vibes)
BILL WITHERS Ain’t No Sunshine (Sony)
ASA Fire On The Mountain (Independent)
J DILLA Nothing Like This (Creative Vibes)
9th WONDER & BUCKSHOT featuring TALIB KWELI Hold It Down (Shogun)
JAMES BROWN – Live at Chastain Park It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World (MRA Entertainment)
DAMIAN JR. GONG MARLEY Welcome To Jamrock (Universal)

2:30am
LOOPTROOP The Building (Shogun)
OUTKAST B.O.B. (BMG)
HILLTOP HOODS Still Standing (Universal)
HILLTOP HOODS Testimonial Year (Obese Records)
HILLTOP HOODS The Nosebleed Section (Obese Records)
HILLTOP HOODS The Hard Road (Obese Records)
HILLTOP HOODS What A Great Night (Obese Records)

3:00am
HILLTOP HOODS Chase That Feeling (Universal)
THE HERD 77% (Independent)
1200 TECHNIQUES Karma (Sony)
KATALYST Uprockin’ (Independent)
BUTTERFINGERS Figjam (Fest/Mush)
BLISS ‘N ESO featuring THE CONNECTIONS ZULU CHOIR Bullet And A Target (Liberation)
THE BUMBLEBEEZ Dr. Love (Universal)
THE DISSOCIATIVES Young Man,Old Man (You Ain’t Better Than The Rest) (Virgin
)





Headstrong Company – Out Now

16 09 2009

headstrong company allaussie hip hop

At the stage where Australian hip hop is reaching a broader audience than ever before, Visions (MC), Kahs (MC), Cheech (MC/Producer), Omega Beats (MC/Producer) and davidL (DJ) have formed Headstrong Company to spread their collective message of truth, belief and how to make every minute count.

If you like rapid fire flows, intricate wordplay, thumping beats and tech scratching all combined to send a message with a meaning, look no further than Headstrong Company’s self titled 14 track debut.

2Biz had this to say about Headstrong Company’s latest offering: “The The last five years have been spent perfecting this masterpiece for the streets, to ensure you won’t find any filler tracks on this well crafted representation of what it is like to be part of the Company”.

Their energetic and electrifying live performances with the likes of Brother Ali, Delta and Staen 1, Def Wish Cast, Percee P, Social Change, Adroit Effusive, Mindfield, Dialectrix, Low Budget, Spit Syndicate and Bias B have now been transformed into the latest tasty treat to escape the Crackhouse. Once this album hits your system, pump up the volume and enjoy some of the best music Adelaide has to offer.

Guest appearances of the album include DJ Sum-One, DJ Sanchez, and the Crackhouse crew.
Available now at Clinic 116, Da Klinic, BSharp, Bigstar and Cold Crush.
Interstate stores should have them in a week or two.

TRACK LISTING
Intro
Long Time Coming
Our world feat. DJ Sum-One
The Company Flow
Till The Day That I Die feat. DJ Sanchez
Last Night
Through The Flames feat. Stanmore Phoenix
Adelaide SA- DJ Sanchez Interlude cuts by DJ Sanchez
Who Do You Think You Are
Take Over feat. Omega
Welcome To The Company feat DJ Sum-One
Never Look Back feat G.Ford
5000 strong feat. The Crackhouse crew
Dangerous

Cover art by Eric Foenander








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