Nintendoe is a hard hitting Dubstep inspired track from Melbourne based producer ABLE8. Packed with massive low-end, glitched-out computer game FX and heavily sampled vocal chops, this is one for the dance floor. Nintendoe is now out for free via the Bandcamp page here. Bandcamp || Twitter || Facebook Continue reading Able8 Nintendoe
Just the other day, Souls of Mischief released the music video for title track single, There Is Only Now, premiered by Billboard. This is the first video from the Oakland collective’s upcoming album, There Is Only Now, due to drop on August 15, 2014. The album was produced entirely by multi-instrumentalist and renowned producer Adrian Younge and will serve as the inaugural release for his newly launched label, Linear Labs. The song is available for purchase both through iTunes and as a 7″ single with the accompanying b-side, All You Got Is Your Word. Also currently available for pre-sale are … Continue reading Souls Of Mischief All You Got Is Your Word feat. Snoop Dogg
Mic Pompei’s latest clip for Head Bone Swoll went live recently to coincide with the album (vinyl, CD) pre-orders which are now available on bandcamp. Head Bone Swoll feat. DJ Benny Kicks is orchestrated by Melbourne’s Dazed as Mic Pompei lays punch line-ridden rhymes over a haunting bboy-esqe break, banging braggadocio styles while spinning a tale of ego-slaughter and self reflection. You can pre-order the album Shift on limited edition vinyl, t-shirt combo, CD and digital download on here. Continue reading Mic Pompei Head Bone Swoll feat.DJ Benny Kicks (Shift 3/9)
The time has come to announce the supports that will complete the lineup for 360’s UTOPIA National Tour – Sixty’s first headline tour in over two years. In his own words: “I’m stoked to have some of my favourite MC’s from … Continue reading 360 Utopia Tour Supports Announced
The brand new album from Golden Era artist Briggs, is just around the corner. ShepLife is available Friday August 22 and features collaborations with Ill Bill, Hau, Joyride and Sietta. The first single form the album features Australia’s National Treasure Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, revered for his rich voice and gentle songwriting. The track titled The Hunt is also produced Funkoar MC Trials. Clearly a dangerous combination for any track!! Briggs – The Hunt feat. Gurrumul is out Friday July 11 on iTunes. Listen to it below. Pre-order Sheplife here now. Official || Facebook || Twitter Continue reading Listen: Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu & Briggs The Hunt
Southsiders, was recorded in south Minneapolis and Oakland and is a shout-out to their native neighborhood. While it is a celebration of Atmosphere’s fortitude, it is also deeply introspective and “a very detailed look at my life,” says Slug. With Southsiders, the group’s unique sound featuring vibrant, live instrumentations and Slug’s often-weighty subject matter, continue to push the boundaries of what indie rap can mean. We catch up with Slug, as he hurtles through Northern America, in a tour van trying to avoid a crazy storm. He talks about touring Australia, the brand new album Southsiders, the recording process and … Continue reading aahh Radio Season 2 Episode 5 Atmosphere
Sydney based emerging artist/producer, Miracle, will be exclusively streaming his much anticipated debut album, Mainland on Rdio from July 4th. Produced by ARIA Award winner, Stylaz Fuego, and co-produced by Nic Martin, Mainland showcases Miracle’s exceptional blend of hip-hop, alternative beats and progressive sounds. A truly unique and personal album, Mainland was inspired by Miracle’s own life journey and features a compilation of stories, feelings and personal experiences. His tale is one that has inspired Australia’s youth who have flocked to shows across the nation where Miracle has supported the likes of A$AP Rocky, Childish Gambino and Tyga. The 8 … Continue reading Miracle Mainland Album Stream – Exclusively on Rdio
Following on from Fevapres’ XXL mix tape. He has been working on a collaborative album with Melbourne producer Ardor. They duo aim to bring something unique and fresh to the Australian music scene. The album will be titled Jhana. “Jhana is a meditative state of profound stillness and concentration in which the mind becomes fully immersed and absorbed in the chosen object of attention.” The album will have a distinct sound and direction in which the listener can simply press play, sit back, listen and be taken on a personal journey uninterrupted. The guys invite you to be a part … Continue reading Fevapres x Ardor Smoke Signals
Dave Willis understands how fortunate he is to do what he loves to do for a living. After kicking and pushing hard enough to become recognised and rewarded with a professional skateboarding career, one would think that was enough to satisfy the New York City native’s creative will to win. But growing up in the Bronx, the birthplace of hip-hop, it’s no surprise that beats and rhymes are a huge part of his life. After receiving positive feedback for music he initially released as a joke, Willis has been rockin’ mics nice under the moniker Black Dave. G-Shock || Respect Mag Continue reading G-Shock X Respect – Dave Willis
Award-winning artist Kelis has recently confirmed JONES Jnr. as supports for her Splendour in the Grass sideshows. The sultry singer sauntered into the charts as a sonically compelling 20-year-old whose infamous track ‘Milkshake’ became a global sensation. But it’s not all boys in the yard, and Kelis has swapped out some sexy for soul on her new album Food, out now, which reveals her at her most frank and vulnerable. Littered with a transcendent, Spector-esque lift, warm bottom ends and vast depth, the music is the perfect backdrop for Kelis’ unique voice. The latter has only improved with time and … Continue reading JONES Jnr. Announced as Support for Kelis’ Australian Tour
Nickelodeon’s justice-sworn, pizza-fuelled, half-shelled heroes in green are back in Activision’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, a third-person action game coming to Nintendo 3DS™ hand-held system, just in time for the September 11, 2014 release of the Paramount Pictures’ film of the same name. Mad genius Baxter Stockman’s mutant and robotic horrors have teamed up with the shadowy armies of the Foot Clan to terrorize New York City, and only Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo and Donatello can protect its subways, sewers, rooftops and streets from their devastating campaign. Developed by Magic Pockets, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is built around fast-moving hack-and-slash gameplay, … Continue reading Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Nintendo 3DS
We recently peeped the release of The FADER + Sonos‘ second installment of the “At Home With…” video series, this time it features rapper Earl Sweatshirt. The solo artist and member of the collective Odd Future took our cameras into his home in Hollywood where friends Taco, Lionel, Jasper and Dash were crashing, to show us a few of his favorite home-goods: candles made by someone named “Hennessy”, exfoliating gloves, his hand-crafted closet (so he has a spot for his clothes), and an exquisite trash collection. We’ll be releasing a new video and unreleased track each month for the eight-part … Continue reading The FADER + Sonos: At Home With… Earl Sweatshirt
An international collaboration of prolific proportions, one of New Zealand’s most iconic producers, P-Money, has joined forces with beacon of British reggae Gappy Ranks to release the Baddest EP last month. The unlikely pair were introduced following dancehall dynasty Gappy Ranks’ performance at local reggae festival Raggamuffin. That email intro by a mutual friend culminated in the long distance production of first single off the EP of the same name, Baddest – entirely over the web. The dynamic duo finally met for the first time on set for a video shoot for the track – a video which dropped yesterday via … Continue reading P-Money & Gappy Ranks The Baddest EP
Niche and Live Nation are excited to announce Fortafy and Savo as supports for Kid Ink’s upcoming My Own Lane tour. Fast rising New Zealand rapper, Fortafy is paving his way through the hip-hop world. Receiving critical acclaim for his debut mixtape, Where I’m From and sell out headline shows in both Australia and New Zealand, he is well on his way. Joining this already impressive line-up is Innisfail’s finest hip-hop talent, Savo*. His nine-track EP ticks all the boxes. It will be straight back to the repeat button for most. Cruising past all boundaries, Kid Ink seamlessly slips from … Continue reading Kid Ink Local Supports Announced
Just back from their first east coast headline tour of the year, supporting their new single Automatic, Melbourne’s Eagle And The Worm continue to prove themselves as top of the pecking order. This week, the much-loved track has been touched … Continue reading Eagle And The Worm Get Reworked By Astronomy Class Homeboy, Chasm
Following the release of the debut mixtape Live.Write, Melbourne based collective R.E.A.L Music is teaming up with independent fashion label Alien Universe to throw a massive Warehouse Launch Party in late July. Presenting a powerful line-up crossing the divide between Hip-Hop and EDM, the party will feature special guests including household names Natureboy x GMC – fresh from their successful Compression Session series, and triple j Unearthed favourite Renz playing his debut Melbourne show merely a week before co-headlining with Alison Wonderland. Trap/Glitch producer Rea7ism and former Poison Apple resident Marching Todd will kick off proceedings. Off the back of a … Continue reading R.E.A.L Music x Alien Universe Warehouse Launch Party
Due to the time difference over in WA, it a took a moment for this one to make it’s way over. Street Life Descendants is a newly formed hip hop collective, comprising some of Australia’s most prolific and controversial underground artists. These artists have come together as a group, and after only a few performances are already being heralded as the new ‘supergroup’ to come out of Perth. With years of experience, support spots for the biggest artists in hip hop/R’n’B and numerous releases on their respective resumes, SLD is a strong team with well established roots and ambitions to … Continue reading Street Life Descendants – Street Life Revolution Vol. 1
After a year in hiding, Context & Jimmy Flipshyt have announced that this August will see the release of their second joint EP, Fire In The Basement. Weighing in at a solid eight tracks, the EP features the classic boom bap sound that the duo have become known for. With guest verses from BVA, P.Smurf, Sinks, Stateovmind, Mattrix and Dane One, this release is set to be the biggest yet from the Canberra/Cairns alliance. The pair first started making music together in 2012, writing tracks for Context’s debut solo EP, The Monkey Bars. It soon became clear that they had … Continue reading Context & Jimmy Flipshyt Fire In The Basement
SFKNG (pron. Sofa-King), is a new-wave R&B/Hip-Hop project and moniker of Padraic Martinkus. With a firm grounding of Hip-Hop production, SFKNG blends elements of rap, soul and R&B to create intimately melodic songs. Coming off the back of a notable appearance on Peezo’s “Old School Futuristic”, with the song Shoot Me Down, SFKNG looks to bridge the gap between Hip-Hop and R&B. Sings The Blues is a romantic view of life as a young man in the city; drugs, romance, parties, suicide, and all of the challenges in-between. With Sings The Blues, SFKNG aims to further Melbourne’s reputation as a thriving … Continue reading “Sings The Blues is the debut EP from Melbourne artist SFKNG
Peezo has just released the video of the 3rd single lifted from Old School Futuristic for this Thursday, May 14via triple j Unearthed, Bandcamp and Soundcloud. The track Come Up produced by Cam Bluff is itself a representation of an artist on the rise. Written about overcoming everyday obstacles and staying on the grind in a less then ideal situation, Peezo has a story that connects, most of us weren’t born into money and you take life’s opportunities as they come. The song’s intent is to inspire fans and listeners alike, to stay focused because if you do it right, you’ll come … Continue reading Peezo Come Up Official Video
Focus is everything for fast-rising Queensland talent Savo in 2014. Returning to his home in the lush tropics after a stint in Sydney, the last 12 months have been productive for the small cane farming town of Innisfail’s finest hip-hop talent. Since the launch of his long-awaited mixtape Worth The Wait in April 2013, which topped over 46,000 downloads (and counting), the 21-year-old emcee has been hard at work putting the finishing touches on his first official release on Bomb Squad Presents, all-the-while earning praise from names like 360 and M-Phazes for his performances as part of the Sprung Festival … Continue reading aahh Radio Season 2 Episode 4 Savo
DJ Vame is the man behind some of Australia’s defining Hip-Hop releases. A beat making savant, DJ Vame has created anthems, set trends and helped build some of today’s top artists. The Western Sydney based producer made his debut in 1991 and soon after produced Knights of the Underground Table the Def Wish Cast album often quoted as the defining record for the local Hip-Hop scene. A beatmaker from the days of DIY and limited sampler times, DJ Vame has built a reputation for maintaining the purest of street sounds in his productions. In recent years he has continued behind the beats for stalwarts such as Reason, and The … Continue reading DJ Vame Decorus Vulnero Delectatio
Profit is a laid back emcee hailing from Brisbane, Queensland. He has worked with a selection of electronic DJ’s throughout Brisbane. He now has a live show with DJ Noy where they fuse a concoction of bass music with hip hop undertones. In 2012 they played their first set together at Future Music Festival and have been working together and collaborating on original music ever since. Together Profit & Noy have played shows including Stereosonic 2013 and the Blah Blah Blah Festival, three times. Profit now presents Tape, a mixtape available for free download now. The Tape is a collection … Continue reading Profit Tape
Allday will release his debut album Startup Cult on July 4 via ONETWO. After a string of successful singles, EPs and free mixtapes, the Melbourne-via-Adelaide rapper has created a massive underground buzz for his debut, which is in turn one of the most anticipated Australian records of 2014. The first single from Startup Cult is Right Now, which hit the airwaves via triple j last month just in time for appearances nationally on Groovin The Moo Festival. Today, the music video for Right Now is released to fans via YouTube just in time for the tour of the same name which starts this weekend. The tour includes mostly sold out … Continue reading aahh Radio Season 2 Episode 3 Allday
Hip hop duo Coda Conduct, consisting of members Erica and Sally, launched their new track Matter More early this week. Accompanied by a bittersweet film clip, the song explores the destruction of Australia’s natural environment in the face of industrial growth. Coda Conduct first stepped on stage just over eighteen months ago, and have since launched themselves passionately into the hip hop scene, with their energy and playfulness on stage winning them a rapidly growing, wildly diverse fan base. Despite living almost 300km apart – one half in their hometown of Canberra, the other in inner city Sydney – they … Continue reading Latest Video From Coda Conduct: Hip Hop Duo Put Their Spin on Environmental Debate
Kween G previously one half of KillaQueenz releases her brand new single Speak Up produced by Zde. Speak Up is a call for all people from all walks of life to speak up. It’s an uplifting song to encourage us get together as one people with one voice. It’s a reminder that we should get back to reality in this materialistic world and “be one with the sun, that’s the taste of freedom”. Speak Up is taken from Kween G’s debut solo album Out Of Exile coming soon. Kween G (Kibone) was born in Uganda, East Africa. Kween G’s father sought political asylum in Australia … Continue reading Kween G Speak Up
New Zealand’s premier producer P-Money has teamed up with underground Rap legend Buckshot to release the brand new album BackPack Travels, which is available now in Australia. The first video for lead single off the album, Flute feat. Brooklyn hip-hop visionaries Joey Bada$$ & CJ Fly dropped recently. The duo also revealed the album artwork via a dope little stop motion video. The 10-song project is entirely produced by P-Money and features acts including Joey Bada$$, CJ Fly of Pro Era, Steele of Smif N Wessun, David Dallas, Raz Fresco, Chelsea Reject & T’Nah Apex. The collaboration came about through P-Money’s signing … Continue reading aahh Radio Season 2 Episode 2 P-Money
The first taste of Hilltop Hoods forthcoming album Walking Under Stars is here! Won’t Let You Down feat. Maverick Sabre will be released Friday the 27th June with pre-orders available now (for one week only.) All pre-orders will instantly receive the bonus track The Art of The Handshake taken from the forthcoming album. You can stream that track below. Won’t Let You Down feat. Maverick Sabre premiered on triple j this afternoon. Pre-Order || Facebook || Twitter || Official Continue reading Hilltop Hoods Won’t Let You Down feat. Maverick Sabre
Scotty Hinds (Nine High, Smash Brothers) is a driving force when he gets into the studio. He has an uncanny ability to just get busy on any beat and make it sound dope. He was raised around dancehalls as a youth in Reading, UK and the riddims have stuck with him throughout his whole life. Influenced by an eclectic mixture of music ranging from Hip Hop, Soca/Dancehall, Garage, Grime, Dub Steb & Bassline. When Scotty links up with producers outside of the ‘Hip Hop & Grime’ realms, he takes on the moniker of Minister and always delivers something special… Here … Continue reading Minister & Youthful Implants Carnival Music
Fresh off a knockout 2013, Ry gives us Circles – the first single from his upcoming album, slated for late 2014 release. Ry’s witty trademark flow shines on this song with a hook that is as infectious as the guitar riff he raps over. Circles is the first of several singles to be released this year through Inertia, and there are several interstate shows lined up for 2014, Circles is the perfect introduction to what is looking to be a breakout year for Ry. Circles is out now through Inertia Access via all major online retailers. Be sure to check … Continue reading aahh Radio Season 2 Episode 1: Ry
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