Urthboy – Smokey’s Haunt

6 09 2012

Co-produced by Hermitude and Countbounce, Smokey’s Haunt is an incredibly produced album of storytelling, flow and melody. Urthboy is at his peak, weaving tales of the city with his past and present; celebrating life with a collection of songs balanced by the tension of light and darkness.

The album should be experienced whole: Smokey’s Haunt is a meeting place of moods that are complete when connected together. The album comes with a 28 page booklet and triple panel digipack. It’s the follow-up album to Spitshine and The Signal, both finalists in the Australian Music Prize. Spitshine won the Australian Independent Award for Best Urban Album; The Signal was nominated for a J Award.

The guests on the record all bring a vitality to their songs. Alex Burnett’s soaring beauty in The Big Sleep is a showstopper; Bobby Flynn’s haunting comfort in Hey Dianne is unforgettable and long-time collaborators Jane Tyrrell and Mark Pearl (Texture Like Sun) are stunning.

There are only a few rappers guesting: the legendary Delta shows why he’s a king in the local scene; while young guns Solo and Jimblah both deliver the greats.

Smokey’s Haunt Tracklisting
1 Stories
2 Naïve Bravado ft. Daniel Merriweather
3 Cleopatra
4 Clean Slate ft. Delta
5 The Big Sleep ft. Alex Burnett
6 On Your Shoulders ft. Solo and Jimblah
7 Hey Dianne ft. Bobby Flynn
8 Empire Tags
9 Knee Length Socks
10 Glimpses ft. Jane Tyrrell and Jimblah
11 Calling Cards ft. Texture Like Sun and Ev Jones
12 Orphan Rocker 

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Urthboy – Knee Length Socks

28 08 2012

Urthboy presents the second single form his upcoming LP Smokey’s Haunt, titled Knee Length Socks. The track is an ode to being out of place; of 90s britpop’s weird influence on Urthboy’s songwriting and ultimately about his love of hip hop.

The track was sent out to all ‘Urthlings‘ as an exclusive preview before it’s premiere on triple j. The bold first single, Naïve Bravado featuring Daniel Merriweather, has seen some heavy support at radio and was named iTunes Single Of The Week—raking in over 30,000 downloads in under a week, and quickly spiking to #1 most added (all indie) track at radio.

Although Hermitude and Count Bounce have been exclusive producers of all previous Urthboy material, Smokey’s Haunt is the first album where they’ve co-produced the entire album. The chemistry between all parties was electric, resulting in an invigorated sound and fresh spirit. Apart from putting the finishing touches on his new album, Urthboy has also signed a global publishing deal with the legendary Alberts Music.

The Naïve Bravado Tour kicks off this Thursday, where he will be joined by long-time collaborators Elgusto (Hermitude) and Jane Tyrrell for what promises to be an electrifying live show. The tour’s main support is The Last Kinection—one of the true voices of Indigenous local hip hop.

They will be joined on selected dates by triple j favourites Yung Warriors, Brisbane’s rising star Rainman and more.

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Rainman National Urthboy Supports & Praise For “Bigger Pictures”

13 08 2012

It’s been a massive few months for Rainman since the release of his sophomore album Bigger Pictures, but following on from his own national album launch shows he’s just announced that he’ll be joining Urthboy for shows on his Naïve Bravado Tour. Including a four star album review in The Australian, the announcement follows on from a string of critical acclaim for Bigger Pictures, and praise across the board.

Urthboy Naive Bravado Tour featuring Daniel Merriweather, Rainman appearing at the following dates:
Friday August 31st @ Evelyn, Melbourne with Yung Warriors
Friday September 14th @ the Northern, Byron Bay with The Last Kinection
Saturday September 15th @ The Zoo, Brisbane with The Last Kinection

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Illy – Bring It Back Album Tour with Chasm Soundsystem & Skryptcha

6 08 2012

24 dates have now been announced on Illy’s Bring It Back album tour which winds it’s way around the country through August, September and October. As the beginning of the tour approaches, Illy has hand-picked local supports to join Chasm Soundsystem and Skryptcha on the road. The local openers include M-Phazes, Flagrant (special A/V show), Mr. Hill, Fozzey and VanC, Elemont, Dylan Joel, Jackie Onassis and The Stoops.

The tour is the first time for fans to hear tracks from Illy’s third studio album, Bring It Back, live. The album is set for release in late September but has already spawned snowballing hits in Heard It All and album’s second teaser, Where Ya Been feat Pez. Bring It Back is a positive departure from 2010’s The Chase and takes the Melbourne emcee back to his fundamental hip-hop roots. It features creative collaborations with his Aussie hip-hop peers including M-Phazes, Pez, Trials (Funkoars), Mantra and Reason.

Along for the entire tour is Chasm Soundsystem and Skryptcha – both from Sydney. Chasm is one of the leading hip-hop producers in Australia who has worked with Aussie heavyweights such as The Herd, Resin Dogs, Dialectrix, Thundamentals and Urthboy. Chasm’s new album This Is How We Never Die is out now.

Skryptcha has a knack for making the philosophical non-confrontational. His second release Mindful is not unlike its creator; perceptive, sharp and ahead of its time. Mindful is the follow-up to the LP NUMB3RS and break out EP Left to Write and it’s available now. All tickets are now on sale from http://www.illyal.com. Heard It All and Where Ya Been are available on now iTunes. The new album Bring It Back will be released later this year through Obese.

Illy Bring It Back Tour 2012
Thursday 9 August – Tomba’s, Toowoomba Qld
Friday 10 August – The Zoo, Brisbane Qld
Saturday 11 August – Great Northern Hotel, Byron Bay NSW
Wednesday 15 August – The Plantation, Coffs Harbour NSW
Thursday 16 August – The Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle NSW
Saturday 18 August – Black Swan Hotel, Bendigo Vic
Monday 20 August – Swindlers, Mt Hotham, Vic
Wednesday 22 August – The Station Resort, Jindabyne NSW
Thursday 23 August – RSL Auditorium, Dubbo NSW (all ages)
Friday 24 August – Zierholz @ Uc, Canberra ACT
Saturday 25 August – The Hifi, Sydney NSW (licensed all ages)
Thursday 30 August – Fowlers, Adelaide SA
Friday 31 August – Frat House Friday @ Metropolis, Fremantle WA
Saturday 1 September – The Capitol, Perth WA
Wednesday 5 September – Corner Hotel, Melbourne Vic (18+)
Friday 7 September – Corner Hotel, Melbourne Vic – sold out
Saturday 8 September – Corner Hotel, Melbourne Vic (Arvo U18)
Saturday 8 September – Kay St Ent. Complex, Traralgon Vic
Wednesday 12 September – Sugarland Tavern, Bundaberg Qld
Thursday 13 September – Hervey Road Tavern, Gladstone Qld
Friday 14 September – Magnums, Airlie Beach Qld
Saturday 15 September – Union Jack Hotel, Cairns Qld
Friday 12 October – Hotel New York, Launceston Tas
Saturday 13 October – Republic Bar, Hobart Tas

The final in the Friday Flips series brought to you by M-Phazes and Illy, the track is Gimme Shelter – Rolling Stones. 

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Urthboy – Smokey’s Haunt

17 07 2012

Urthboy has announced his much anticipated fourth album will be titled Smokey’s Haunt and is set for release on October 12. The bold first single, Naïve Bravado featuring Daniel Merriweather, has seen some heavy support at radio and was named iTunes Single Of The Week—raking in over 30,000 downloads in under a week, and quickly spiking to #1 most added (all indie) track at radio.

Although Hermitude and Count Bounce have been exclusive producers of all previous Urthboy material, Smokey’s Haunt is the first album where they’ve co-produced the entire album. The chemistry between all parties was electric, resulting in an invigorated sound and fresh spirit. Apart from putting the finishing touches on his new album, Urthboy has also signed a global publishing deal with the legendary Alberts Music. The Naïve Bravado Tour kicks off late August, where he will be joined by long-time collaborators Elgusto (Hermitude) and Jane Tyrrell for what promises to be an electrifying live show.

The tour’s main support is The Last Kinection—one of the true voices of Indigenous Australian hip hop. They will be joined on selected dates by triple j favourites Yung Warriors, Brisbane’s rising star Rainman and more. See listing below for full details. Tickets are on sale now.

Urthboy – Naïve Bravado Tour
Thurs Aug 30 – Katoomba with Sky’High / Masta One
Fri Aug 31 – Melbourne with Yung Warriors / Rainman
Fri Sept 07 – Adelaide with The Last Kinection / Koolta
Sat Sept 08 – Perth with The Last Kinection / Slackjaw
Fri Sept 14 – Byron Bay with The Last Kinection / Rainman
Sat Sept 15 – Brisbane with The Last Kinection / Rainman
Fri Sept 21 – Sydney with The Last Kinection / Yung Warriors
Sat Sept 22 – Newcastle Fat As Butter Festival

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The Last Kinection – ‘Nutches’ Deluxe Version

5 07 2012

Elefant Traks is proud to be reissuing a deluxe version of The Last Kinection’s – Nutches album for NAIDOC Week. Dubbed a ‘classic’ by the ABC it contains the beautiful single Balooraman and crowd favourites including Black & Deadly and Commercial Radio featuring Urthboy.

The deluxe version has been beautifully repackaged with new artwork and includes four previously unreleased remixes. The Last Kinection are made up of brother and sister Weno (vocals/producer) and Nay (vocals), belonging to the Kabbi Kabbi people of South East Queensland as well as DJ and producer Jaytee.

They’ve already achieved an impressive tally of five Deadly Awards (‘Best Band’ and ‘Best Single’ in 2011; ‘Most Outstanding Achievement in Hip Hop/R&B’ in 2009 and 2010; and Nay was ‘Best Female’ in 2010).

The Last Kinection (TLK) have established themselves as an empowering lyric-driven group with melodic production and progressive hip hop feel. Led with Indigenous heart and soul, they are fiercely proud of their culture and history.

TLK are extraordinary: uncompromising in their worldview, but with optimism and an outstretched hand. Nutches is available now from www.elefanttraks.com, iTunes and all good record stores.

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Alberts Welcomes Urthboy

12 06 2012

Last week while the world was watching the sun and Venus, Alberts has had it’s eyes set on the Urth. Alberts is thrilled to announce that a worldwide agreement with hip hop artist Tim Levinson (Urthboy) was signed last week.

Known for his solo work under the moniker Urthboy and as a founding member and main songwriter of The Herd, Tim brings his works to Alberts after many years of managing his own rights. The team at Alberts have been fans of Tim for years respecting his talent, entrepreneurship and social conscience. The new relationship comes at an exciting time for Tim, having released his brand new single Naïve Bravado featuring Daniel Merriweather, accompanying video and news of a new Urthboy album.

He brings to Alberts works from his three solo Urthboy albums; Distant Sense of Random Menace, The Signal and Spitshine, as well as his 5 albums with The Herd. All future publishing will be managed by Alberts including Tim’s forthcoming album which is released in October through Elefant Traks, the label Tim co-founded in 1998, and distributed through Inertia.

Tim’s solo achievements to date include sold out tours, festival appearances here and across Europe, Top 25 triple j Hottest 100 (We Get Around), AIR, J Award & ARIA nominations, two AMP shortlistings and winning Best Urban Album at the Independent Music Award. In addition, with The Herd, his success includes Top 10 ARIA Chart, ARIA Award nominations and J Award. Tim is also an APRA ambassador and PPCA patron.

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Urthboy – Naïve Bravado feat. Daniel Merriweather

31 05 2012

Teaming up with incredible Daniel Merriweather, Urthboy sidesteps peers while exhibiting his trademark sharp flow, songwriting talents and that knack for well-crafted hooks. The concept of Naïve Bravado is like a lamb with a lion’s heart; a broken down car needing a jump start. It’s not a false courage if it leads you out of the mess.

Anchored in running bass lines, ominous horns and monstrous percussive drums—all concocted by the brilliant collaborative production of Count Bounce and Hermitude. Urthboy has kept a frenetic pace since the release of the AIR award-winning, ARIA and AMP nominated Spitshine (2009); with 2011’s Future Shade album from The Herd; and bringing the house down with his rendition of Stagger Lee at Straight To You, triple j’s Nick Cave Tribute concerts.

Naïve Bravado is out now. Taken from Urthboy’s new album, out October 2012. 

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Tom Showtime – The Jam Thief

10 04 2012

Tom Showtime’s – The Jam Thief is an eclectic fusion of jazzy hip-hop, down tempo beats and nu-funk. The explosive leadoff single Spaces & Places featured the international input of legendary US rapper Gift of Gab (Blackalicious), UK ex-pat Lotek and Ash.One (AUS).

Evidently, this multifaceted talent did not plateau there; the lead single was merely a taste of his stellar album a year in the crafting. With a range of standout tracks including Nature Horn Killer (Tom’s tribute to Charlie Parker), Jazz Biscuits and The Every Sound Track, The Jam Thief takes the listener on a sample heavy journey displaying an array of Tom’s favourite sounds. With distinctive cover design by RekaOne of Melbourne’s legendary Everfresh crew, the artwork is an essential counterpart to The Jam Thief’s music perfection.

Siting inspirations such as DJ Shadow, Mr. Scruff, Quantic and Bonobo as well as a fervent obsession with sampling old funk, latin and jazz – there was no doubt that Tom Showtime was soon to be heard. This dexterous character also claims the labels Saxophonist, Cafe Owner and Gramophone Enthusiast.

Tom’s earnest aspiration has seen him generate some stellar opportunities in his music career to date; supporting such acts as Bonobo, Urthboy and The Bamboos. Making his debut as the warm up DJ for The Nextmen at their highly regarded Friends and Family night, Tom Showtime’s career is proving to be a burgeoning one. The Jam Thief is ‘jam’ packed with premium head nodding tracks fueled with infectious funk and baseline grooves highlighted with Showtime’s signature trip-hop foundation. This album is truly unique and spectacular.

Tom Showtime – The Jam Thief is available April 13. 

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Rainman – Bigger Pictures

9 04 2012

Mention Rainman amongst the initiated and the respect attributed to his name is palpable. Recognised nationally as one of Queensland’s finest, Rainman’s list of collaborations, support slots and guest appearances reads like a who’s who of Australian hip hop.

Rainman is poised to drop his second album Bigger Pictures, in stores Friday 4 May through Obese distribution. The album sees Sammsonite (The Optimen) return for the lion’s share of the production but also features some of Australia’s finest beat – smiths including the APRA and AIR Award winning, ARIA nominated Count Bounce (TZU/Urthboy), DJ Bonez, Mangohig (Sietta), Chasm (Astronomy Class), Cam Bluff (Spit Syndicate/The Tongue/Vegas Aces) and Calski. Guest MCs on the record include Muph, Tommy Illfigga, Yuin Huzami (The Coalition Crew), and many more, while Laneous (Laneous & The Family Yah) and Kel on Earth (Bankrupt Billionaires) lend soulful vocals across the album.

Tracklist:
01. Welcome (Intro) Production: Cam Bluff
02. Can’t See You (Feat. Laneous) Production: by Chasm
03. A 1000 Words (Feat. Muph) Production: Rainman & Sammsonite
04. WTF (Feat. Kel on Earth & Yuin Huzami) Production: Sammsonite & Rainman
05. Duck Face (Feat. Kel on Earth) Production: Rainman & Sammsonite
06. Muse Sick (Feat. Laneous) Production: Sammsonite
07. Big Night (Feat. Tommy Illfigga) Production: Rainman & Sammsonite
08. The Valley Production: Rainman & Sammsonite, Cuts: DJ Butcher
09. Everything Ain’t (Feat. Leah Carr) Production: Chasm, Cuts: DJ Butcher
10. Count Blessings Production: Count Bounce
11. The Buzz (Feat. pear) Production: Cam Bluff
12. Darlin’ (Feat. Calski) Production: Calski
13. Move! (Feat. Seven & 4TH) Production: Calski
14. Too Much (Feat. Youka) Production: Mangohig
15. The Bigger Picture Cuts & Production: DJ Bonez

Rainman is also proud to release the brand new film clip for the single The Valley. An ode to Brisbane’s notorious night spot of the same name, the tune and clip were inspired by and filmed amongst the grit and circumstance found in abundance on any seedy inner-city nighttime adventure. In Rainman’s own words: ‘It’s a pretty jaded and sarcastic portrait of the epicentre of Brisbane’s nightlife that is Fortitude Valley. It’s a place I definitely have a love/hate relationship with, having had some of the best times in my life there, along with the worst – and a whole heap in between.’

The release also comes with the announcement that Rainman has officially become a newly minted member of the Born Fresh Records family, joining label mates and album co-conspirators including producer Cam Bluff and MC’s Tommy Illfigga, Yuin Huzami, Seven, Mr Hill and more. The Valley follows on the success of recently released first single Darlin’ which was received strongly across the country; receiving triple j airplay, FBI Radio (Sydney) rotation and widespread praise for what critics are calling a “classic slice of hip-hop” (Sherlock Ohms.org).

Catch Rainman launching the clip at the following dates:
Calski (feat. Rainman) supporting Joelistics (TZU) and Diafrix for the ‘Running to Shine’ Tour:
Thursday April 12 Beach Hotel Byron Bay 18+ Free Show
Friday April 13 Alhambra Lounge, Brisbane 18+
Saturday April 14 Sol Bar, Maroochydore 18+

Calski (feat. Rainman) supporting Dialectrix for the ‘New Generation’ Tour:
Friday April 27 The Annandale, Sydney 18+ with Ellesquire
Saturday April 28 Great Northern, Newcastle 18+ with Ellesquire
Thursday May 3, Juicy, Brisbane 18+

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