Funkoars, Phrase, Vents – Live @ The Gov
Just a reminder for those in Adelaide. After selling out The Hangover Tour nationwide the Funkoars are back with the Malfunction Tour. With 2 shows left of a 28 show tour and two massive special guests, Phrase and Vents, this is sure to be huge! Phrase has just dropped his highly anticipated release Clockwork and will be performing with DJ Flagrant and also a live drummer. Be There! Vents only appearing at shows marked * Friday 28th August / THE GOV – 18+ – Adelaide Saturday 29th August / THE GOV – A/Ages – Adelaide* Myspace Homepage Facebook Twitter … Continue reading Funkoars, Phrase, Vents – Live @ The Gov
Astronomy Class – Phrase @ Pyramid Rock Festival
Astronomy Class’ busy year continues with a series of shows coming up. For the sixth year in a row, the Pyramid Rock Festival will return to Phillip Island over the New Year. The line up was unveiled today on Triple j and included none other then Astronomy Class and our good friend Phrase. Others on the bill include The Cat Empire, Blue King Brown, Bluejuice and the Bumblebeez. Stay tuned for more announcement’s, maybe in the aussie hip hop arena. Pyramid Rock Festival is a camping festival that runs from Tuesday 29th December 2009 until Friday 1st January 2010. Get … Continue reading Astronomy Class – Phrase @ Pyramid Rock Festival
Cross Bred Mongrels – Certified Wise
After a long time, Adelaide’s Cross Bred Mongrels are back with a new joint dubbed Certified Wise. Named after the famous crew which has bred some of Australia’s most successful and widely known artists, Certified Wise is the crowning achievement for long time Adelaide hip hop figurehead Flak. In a distinguished career of building hip hop in Adelaide, Flak was responsible for the early development of such luminaries like the Hilltop Hoods and The Funkoars. And now with long time collaborator and partner-in-rhyme Flee, Flak continues the Certified Wise’ legacy firmly entrenched in the annals of Australian hip hop history. … Continue reading Cross Bred Mongrels – Certified Wise
Thundamentals – Move It Up
Explosive Blue Mountains crew Thundamentals are debuting their brand new single Move It Up on August 28th @ Club77 in Sydney. This infectious song is the first single to drop from their anticipated debut full length album Sleeping On Your Style (due September 18th). After the success of their 2008 self titled EP, Thundamentals embarked on tours across the country playing shows with Pegz, Spit Syndicate and Dialectrix before embarking on a massive 2009 tour with Astronomy Class. Sleeping On Your Style was produced by Thundamentals’ own DJ Morgs and Tommy Fiasko. Sleeping On Your Style was produced by Thundamentals’ … Continue reading Thundamentals – Move It Up
Hilltop Hoods In Ralph
The guys from Hilltop Hoods catch up with Luke Anisimoff and Ralph magazine this month for a quick beer and a chat about aussie hip hop. Read below for a little grab out of the article, which you can check out in full here. DJ Debris: He goes to me, “I wanked in Pressure’s bed.” I go which one, and he says the one next to the door, and I go, “That’s my bed, you f–khead.” You can also check out an old interview with the guys if your interested here. Continue reading Hilltop Hoods In Ralph
Phrase and Illy VIC show
Head down Geelong way to catch Phrase and Illy live! The guys will hit the Grovedale for a great night of aussie hip hop. Saturday, Aug 22nd. Featuring Citywide Krew. Get yours on! In other news releating to Illy, you can check out some vids via the MTV website. In the first one Illy drops some acoustic mellow rhymes with his track Pictures, check it here. You can also peep an exclusive interview with Illy via here. Continue reading Phrase and Illy VIC show
Headstrong Company – New Cover Art
Headstrong Company – The self titled debut LP……..Drops September – Stay tuned for more information!! Continue reading Headstrong Company – New Cover Art
ON THE UP 2 – TONIGHT
Back this winter to bring you some fiery, lyrical goodness, ON THE UP 2 once again showcases another plethora of Melbourne’s fledgling wordsmiths! Triple J Unearthed competition winners Low Budget bring it back to the underground off the back of their performance at Splendour in the Grass, as well as highly innovative emcee Blunted Monk, Anon Speak, G Force and Doesa Ive on Friday August 21. Hosted by Grinny n’ T and with resident DJ Blazin Marty spinning wax from 9pm to 3am, this is an absolute must for fans of lyrical hip-hop or those who’ll enjoy some warm beats … Continue reading ON THE UP 2 – TONIGHT
Clockwork Album Launch Tour
Triple J & Triple jtv are proud to present Phrase in his first nation wide headline tour. Phrase is hitting the road with his band to perform tracks from his critically acclaimed TripleJ feature album Clockwork. On selected shows Phrase will be giving punters the full Clockwork experience live with a 5 piece band plus a string section along with some special surprise guests from Phrase’s album. Not to mention there will be an exciting visual element to the show coming from Phrase’s longtime DJ Flagrant who will be showcasing his patent-pending “Television Turntables”. Supported by Sydney’s Snob Scrilla, Melbourne’s … Continue reading Clockwork Album Launch Tour
Flying Colours Clothing – Sneak Peek
Here we see a little sneak peek of Bliss N Eso’s new merch range and what to expect from flyingcoloursclothing.com in the near future. The prints look sick as we see with the above “Happy In My Hoody” design. You can head over to the website and check it out, nothing is going on there yet, but expect it too open any day now. We will let you know! Continue reading Flying Colours Clothing – Sneak Peek
Acclaim – Issue 17 – Jeremyville
This is the soon to be released, Acclaim issue 17. The cover art is done by an Australian designer called Jeremyville! If you haven’t seen his work before head here. The cover looks killer, with Acclaim really pushing the envelope of the last two covers. Issue 17 will be officially launching in Melbourne on Friday 28th. The guys are us teaming up with one of our fave labels Hawaii’s In4mation for their official Australian launch. You will be able to peep the new issue on the night and also scope the new range from In4mation while you’re at it. Cop … Continue reading Acclaim – Issue 17 – Jeremyville
BIAS B – Sydney gig
All Sydney heads need to get out of home to catch Bias B at…..Home. This Saturday August 22nd, we see Bias B’ Aerosol Era, album launch. The gig is free, if you register, email party@homesydney.com or contact this mobile 0415 313 333. The price states $15 otherwise, either way the gig will be dope and well worth the price tag. Continue reading BIAS B – Sydney gig
Elefant Traks – Hacked!
Elefant Traks website is currently down, as Russian super hackers infiltrate the home of Sydney Hip Hop. The top reasons being considered as to why the hackers targeted Elefant Traks are: Russia couldn’t wait for Spitshine’s August 28 release date. Russia was upset for not being invited to Elefant Traks 10th Anniversary Party. Oksana Grigorieva was pissed Mel didn’t set up a free gig for her at Bondi Beach. Continue reading Elefant Traks – Hacked!
Astronomy Class – Free Gig
Astronomy Class has a free gig coming up and we love free gigs, in fact we love free anything! If your in Sydney head down to the Beach Road Hotel in Bondi, on the 21st of this month, for a free gig featuring Astronomy Class, This Version and Bently. Cost, as we said before is FREE. Continue reading Astronomy Class – Free Gig
REASON – First gig in ages!
Obese Records and Broken Tooth Entertainment combine to bring Northern Territory some aussie hip hop action. Saturday August 29, from 10pm we see Reason and Ciecmate hit the Juicy Rump (almost sounds like a prono flick) plus special guests Dan N Dee + Sassy J. Entry is FREE, so there’s no excuses for being a no show! Get there. Continue reading REASON – First gig in ages!
J Awards – Australian Music Video Of The Year
Triple J’s Australian Music Video of the Year is a baby of the J Awards family. In its first year last year, it was awarded to Director, Mike Daly for his work on The Herd’s video for 20/20. The award is judged on the creativity, originality and excellence of videos created by Australian artists during the period from December 2008 to November 2009. The first round of nominations have been announced, and Astronomy Class’ – Where You At? have been nominated.. The clip was directed by Pradeep Senanayake. Other nominations include: Autumn Story – Firekites and Broken Leg – Bluejuice. … Continue reading J Awards – Australian Music Video Of The Year
Horrorshow – Thoughtcrime
As we all know, Horrorshow’s new album Inside Story will be out on October 2 through Elefant Traks. In celebration for the new release, the guys are giving out free mp3’s of their brand new song Thoughtcrime. All you have to do is join the mailing list. Easy as that!!! There seems to be a lot of hype around this album and we are all looking forward to it’s release. Continue reading Horrorshow – Thoughtcrime
Breaking Vid
Check out this cool little vid, from Jeff Crew, which shows a couple of lads breaking at different areas around the place. I found this clip pretty amusing, you can check it out here. Continue reading Breaking Vid
M-Phazes Interview and Album Preview
This guy is one busy man, M-Phazes sits down with Loft B TV for an exclusive interview and album preview. The clip is decent and runs for about 10mins. If your not up to date with your M-Phazes news, make sure you check out this vid here. As we get closer to the album drop, allaussie hip hop will bring you even more info. Stay tuned! Continue reading M-Phazes Interview and Album Preview
Behind Spitshine….Vol 3.
If you have been following the making of Spitshine vids, then you’d be happy to know that Vol 3. has hit the net. Check out the tense moments before mixing, the triumphant moment when gear works, and the drunken jam to end on a err..high note. Spitshine is out on August 28 thru Elefant Traks. You can check the video out here. Continue reading Behind Spitshine….Vol 3.
Horrorshow – New Single (Thoughtcrime)
Horrorshow are set to release their brand new album, Inside Story, on October 2. Triple J’s Home and Hosed blog, features a little write up on the new drop, we also get a sneak peak at their latest track Thoughtcrime. The first taste of Horrorshow’s forthcoming record is ‘Thoughtcrime‘, replete with the kind of smooth production that characterises a lot of the material produced by Elefant Traks artists: a sound that blends hip-hop rhythms with soul, funk and jazz instrumentation and samples. ‘Thoughtcrime‘ is underpinned by a great backbeat groove, topped off by Solo’s seemingly effortless flow. He reminds me … Continue reading Horrorshow – New Single (Thoughtcrime)
Thundamentals – Single Launch Party
Hey everyone, Thundamentals crew are having a single launch party for the newie Move It Up. Thundamentals are supported Daily Meds and Nikkita, hosted by Manifest and Mathijs plus DJ Diaz. You can grab your tickets online at moshtix.com. Thundamentals new album Sleeping On Your Style, is out through Obese this September. Continue reading Thundamentals – Single Launch Party
A brave new world…
Check out this article, titled Hip Hop’s Brave New World, it was given the thumbs up on twitter by Urthboy, and it also copped a mention from Obese. The article written by Chris Johnston, and comments on the current state and future of Australian Hip Hop. I may do a follow up on this article as it seems to be a hot topic at the moment. Check below for a small extract. “Diafrix is fundamentally of this country but in a way that makes the idea of Australia and localism dissolve. Rather than being indigenous or suburban or conscious it’s … Continue reading A brave new world…
Cover Of The Moment
It’s time for another cover of the moment, and there have been a few considerations i.e. Seth Sentry’s EP, Levelheaded – The Spice Of Life and Bias B’ – Aerosol Era. As always, there can be only one winner, with Gully Platoon – The Great Divide pipping the others at the post. We got more then expected when we smashed through that plastic wrapper. Aprill77 brings us another stellar piece of work. The buyer of the CD is greeted with a super glossy cover. Upon opening the front side you find another glossy print this time of Gully Platoon, you … Continue reading Cover Of The Moment
Vids vids vids – 360 and M-Phazes
Woke up to some cool vids travelling through the net, the first one features 360 and is titled the ‘Best of 360‘, it shows 360 flexin his freestyle skills. You can check that out here. The second video comes from M-Phazes TV and was posted late Saturday arvo. You can see M-Phazes beat making skills at large, while he works live on a track. You can peep that here. On a side note, I notice a lot of other blogs post videos in the actual post and don’t link the file, but I find this leads to laziness on the … Continue reading Vids vids vids – 360 and M-Phazes
Aussie hip hop in the media…
An interesting article appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald today, titled ‘Phat Of The Land’ written by Craig Mathieson featuring comments from Eso, Pegz, Diafrix and mentioning crews Hilltop Hoods, The Herd and Killerqueenz. Now I say interesting article, not for the content, as it’s a story we’ve all heard a million times over, but more interesting for the reaction that it caused throughout the Australian Hip Hop community. From the comments raised on twitter, we see some interesting points of view on the article and hopefully some good buzz for those involved. Read the reactions below. Urthboy: urthboy ozhiphop … Continue reading Aussie hip hop in the media…
Spitshine Tour Details
From late September to mid November Urthboy embarks on his biggest tour to date, teaming up with wonderkids Horrorshow to launch their brand new records at over 25 dates nationwide. Urthboy’s hotly anticipated third album Spitshine (hitting shelves August 28) has already generated a huge buzz: most downloaded song on Triple j in 2009; soldout single launches; rotation on radio and TV. The video for current single Ready to Go is an LED light inspired slice of adrenalin hip hop. The energetic and theatrical live show involves Elgusto (Hermitude) and Jane Tyrrell. Horrorshow have experienced a rapid but organic rise … Continue reading Spitshine Tour Details
The Dojo Sessions – Koolism
We have previously informed you about Koolism’s doco series titled Koolism VI: The Dojo Sessions (here). We now have another update on the series with a few more parts released. To check out the latest instalment of Koolism’s doco series click here. Danielsan & Hau as we know, have joined forces with The Herd for a run of shows in the eastern states of Australia. Both the opening night at the POW in Melbourne and the following night at Sydney’s The Manning Bar sold out with a huge reaction to Koolism’s new material. With the Brisbane show at The Zoo … Continue reading The Dojo Sessions – Koolism
Block Party Tour 2009 – Full Lineups
The final lineup for the 2009 Obese Records Block Party has been revealed. Along with headliners Drapht, Muph & Plutonic, and the newly formed Gully Platoon, the tour will feature Illy (on all dates), Thundamentals (on most) and a rotating schedule of artists including Hyjak N Torcha, Spit Syndicate, Coalition Crew, Skryptcha, Bias B, and Reason alongside one-off performances from Urthboy, Horrorshow, Hunter, Rainman, Cross Bred Mongrels, Beats Working and many more. The tour’s homecoming in Melbourne will feature an extensive 10-artist extravaganza to cap off the run before heading off for its curtain call in Hobart. The tour kicks … Continue reading Block Party Tour 2009 – Full Lineups
That’s (Nebs) Them!
Scott Burns was nice enough to point out this cool little vid on youtube. It features a young Nebs, from That’s Them. The song is called Da Warehouse Boyz feat. Sefa and Nebs. You can catch more of Nebs’ fine work on the Stay Up Album out now. Check the vid out here. Continue reading That’s (Nebs) Them!
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