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Urthboy nominated for an Australian Music Award

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Sydney artist Urthboy (Elefant Traks) aka Tim Levinson has been nominated to join the shortlist for this year’s Australian music award, The Amps, for his new album, Spitshine. Urthboy, also known for his work with The Herd, worked on the new album with fellow stable mates Hermitude. Levinson makes up one of the nine artists on the shortlist for the Australian Music Prize for outstanding album of 2009, the second time he’s been nominated after The Signal made the cut in 2007. Now in its fifth year, the music prize is not just the most reputable of the gongs handed … Continue reading Urthboy nominated for an Australian Music Award

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Last chance to win tickets to see Horrorshow and Spit Syndicate

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We have a free double pass to give an allaussie hip hop/Horrorshow fan to catch the lads on their Inside Story national tour kicking off February this year. All you have to do to enter is tell allaussie hip hop your top 3 songs off  Horrorshows – Inside Story album, put your name on an email, what show you want to attend and send it off to allaussiecomps@gmail.com. We will pick the winner from our list of fav songs. Enter as many times as you like. Remember it’s as easy as sending an email! Comp closes this Wednesday night! Winner … Continue reading Last chance to win tickets to see Horrorshow and Spit Syndicate

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Win tickets to see Horrorshow live in your state!

Jim Steps

We have a free double pass to give an allaussie hip hop/Horrorshow fan to catch the lads on their Inside Story national tour kicking off February this year. All you have to do to enter is tell allaussie hip hop your top 3 songs off  Horrorshows – Inside Story album, put your name on an email, what show you want to attend and send it off to allaussiecomps@gmail.com. We will pick the winner from our list of fav songs. Enter as many times as you like. Remember it’s as easy as sending an email! Thanks go to the Elefant Traks  … Continue reading Win tickets to see Horrorshow live in your state!

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Spit Syndicate – The Tongue – Chasm & Vida Update

Jim Steps

Three of Sydneys premier acts are teaming up to see 2009 off with a massive night of slamming hip-hop and reggae-infused jams. On Friday the 18th of December, the Oxford Art Factory will host Spit Syndicate, The Tongue and Chasm & Vida Sunshyne in what is sure to be one of the biggest nights on the local music calendar. After bursting onto the Australian hip-hop scene last year with an ARIA-nominated album and two national tours, Sydney wonderkids Spit Syndicate have been relatively quiet in 2009 as they prepare their sophomore record. They are breaking their 12-month hiatus with their … Continue reading Spit Syndicate – The Tongue – Chasm & Vida Update

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The Tongue Is Dead Mixtape (Out Now)

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If you missed it yesterday, Elefant Traks, The Tongue, dropped his brand new mixtape The Tongue Is Dead. Not only is it 15 tracks deep, featuring some fine artists including the likes of Joyride, Jane Tyrell, Dazastah, Ozi Batla, Mind Control, Blades and DJ Skoob, it’s also available for a FREE download. You gotta love that! You can follow the link here to grab your copy. 2010 has been announced for when The Tongues drops his new album and while we all hang for that, we’re sure this mixtape will keep you in check till then. Below you can check … Continue reading The Tongue Is Dead Mixtape (Out Now)

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Horrorshow – Inside Story Review

Jim Steps

Whoever said South Australia was the home of aussie hip hop may have something to say about this. New South Wales has had some quality releases this year and there is no exception with this one. Sydney siders Horrorshow, made up of Adit and Solo, are set to release their second full length album titled Inside Story today. We have been spinning this album for about a week now and let me say, we haven’t even scratched the surface of this truly remarkable album.The album has a depth, in both content and style that has to be applauded. The album … Continue reading Horrorshow – Inside Story Review

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Horrorshow Website Update

Jim Steps

Elefant Traks is proud to announce the release of Horrorshow‘s brand new album Inside Story – out next Friday, October 2nd. In the lead up to this great day, Horrorshow have updated their homepage and it’s now live. You can check out the new site here, be sure to join the mailing list to score yourself a free download, that’s right free. The first single Thoughtcrime (Doin’ My Think) has been well received by radio & the accompanying music video is now playing on Channel [V] & Rage, check it out here. Horrorshow will be supporting Urthboy on the National … Continue reading Horrorshow Website Update

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Elefant Traks 10th Anniversary DVD Review

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Here we go people for the first allaussie hip hop review and its for the Elefant Traks 10th anniversary party Live at the Forum DVD. As a part of the Elefant Traks 10th Anniversary celebrations, a concert was held late in 2008 featuring performances from The Herd, Hermitude, Urthboy, Horrorshow, Unkle Ho, Astronomy Class and The Tongue. The show was a one off and was professionally filmed and recored.The subsequent footage was turned into a DVD package that has a run time of 130mins and is jam packed with live performances. The DVD’s cover artwork is made up of the … Continue reading Elefant Traks 10th Anniversary DVD Review

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Horrorshow – Inside Story Video Rundown

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Horrorshow have been nice enough to post a cool little clip of them working and recording at Pearl Beach, located two hours out of Sydney. The clip is a nice addtion to the spolight on aussie hip hop that YouTube started this afternoon. The vid gives you a behind the scenes sneak peak at the way Adit and Solo go about things. Horroshow – Inside Story will be out through Elefant Traks October 2. You can check the video out here. You can catch Horrorshow performing with Urthboy, Astronomy Class, Hermitude, The Tongue & Unkle Ho at Byron Bay. Tickets … Continue reading Horrorshow – Inside Story Video Rundown

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The Herd Sell Out??? Who you kidding?

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An interesting event happened today, and I say interesting as we don’t usually see this type of thing in aussie hip hop. It seems that The Herd have come under fire for accepting to play at an upcoming gig dubbed the Coal To Coast Festival. It seems that the festival’s motives of ‘celebrating the benefits of mining to the community’, have upset some of the more political fans of The Herd. The argument spilled over on to the Elefant Traks website forum and has also had Urthboy twittering madly. As we know some of the views put forward on forums … Continue reading The Herd Sell Out??? Who you kidding?

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Wordplay feat. The Tongue – September 10

Jim Steps

Seldom seen in the southern latitudes, Elefant Traks wordsmith The Tongue will be coming down from Sydney for one very special Wordplay. He won’t be doing any other gigs this trip, so this is your only chance to catch him. And this’ll be The Tongue with a Wordplay twist, doing an all acappella headline set. The Tongue has had four substantial Triple J hits in the past couple of years, and is the only out of town MC ever to win the Revolver MC Battle, this tells you that he’s witty, complex and incredibly quick on his feet. Get on … Continue reading Wordplay feat. The Tongue – September 10

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Horrorshow – Inside Story

Jim Steps

Elefant Traks is proud to announce details for Inside Story, the second album from hip hop wonderkids Horrorshow. Inside Story is the follow up to Horrorshow’s much loved debut album, The Grey Space, and will be released on October 2nd. The first single Thoughtcrime (Doin’ My Think) has been well received on radio and the accompanying music video will be hitting screens shortly. The new single is now available for FREE download from http://www.horrorshowcrew.com and also for a limited time, the Triple J website. Horrorshow will be supporting Urthboy across the country on his upcoming Spitshine Tour (Sept-Nov). To get … Continue reading Horrorshow – Inside Story

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Elefant Traks – Hacked!

Jim Steps

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!

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Horrorshow – New Single (Thoughtcrime)

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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)

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The Herd and Koolism

Jim Steps

We have done a post about this concert already (here), but it was such a long time ago that we thought we would refresh your memory about this one. The Herd are rolling through town for their last headline show in over a year.  It’s been a crazy 12 months, complete with top ten charting album, ARIA nomination, J Award for Best Video (2020), AIR Awards for Best independent Artist and Best Hip Hop album. Plus their national tour for Summerland was the biggest tour in their history. This year was going to be the R & R year with … Continue reading The Herd and Koolism

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Urthboy – Ready To Go

Jim Steps

The next release available from the Elefant Traks stable is off Urthboy’s forthcoming album Spitshine, which is scheduled to drop August 14; the second single Ready to Go has just hit the radio waves (Home & Hosed JJJ, June 29) and will be released digitally on July 17. The track features Nat Dunn and according to Urthboy’s twitter, the lads are filming the video shoot for the film clip later tonight. Be sure to head over to Urthies website to grab yourself a free copy of the lead single, Hellsong. An interesting video has also been released, showing the making … Continue reading Urthboy – Ready To Go

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HIP HOP STAT!

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An intresting little fact was posted on twitter today by J Play (the Triple J watch dog site). According to their statistics, Astronomy Class’ – Where You At?  is currently the most played track on the Lunch show, this year. Congrats go to the lads for dropping a killer album.  Continue to play that aussie hip hop Vijay! Check out the Astronomy Class site here. The guys have also just joined Twitter, check their page here.  Check out the J Play website here. Continue reading HIP HOP STAT!

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UNKLE HO – Subterranea

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Unkle Ho are set to release a limited edition EP called Subterranea. 1000 copies and you can pre order yours now. JB Hi-Fi have the album set for $9.99. Heres what they had to say about Unkle Ho. Welcome to the wonderful upside-down world of Unkle Ho, and his perfectly unconventional new EP Subterranea. Neither poker-faced sophisticate nor court jester, Unkle Ho is the cloaked host from the future, entertaining a grand ball from the past. Predominantly electronic but enhanced with live instrumentation and a cut and paste aesthetic, Unkle Ho has evolved again, elevating the groove of each composition. … Continue reading UNKLE HO – Subterranea

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THE HERD – LAST HEADLINE SHOW AND DVD

Jim Steps

Despite hanging up their boots for 2009, The Herd have given in to the demands of online fans and are announcing a final Tour (East Coast only). The tour coincides with the special DVD release of the Elefant Traks 10th Anniversary Party, filmed with 13 cameras in late 2008. The DVD captures the vitality and energy of the Elefant Traks celebration. It’s been a phenomenally successful 12 months for The Herd: their fourth album Summerland debuting at #7 on the ARIA chart and the resulting tour was the biggest in their history. They went on to win two AIRA Awards … Continue reading THE HERD – LAST HEADLINE SHOW AND DVD