After spending 2017 on the West Coast of America driving around a 30ft RV, exploring and writing new music – Drapht is back and fully equipped with something extremely special for your 2018 listening pleasure. The solo artist from Perth Western Australia … Continue reading Drapht Returns With Arabella Street And Tour Announcement
Less than 2 months after his album ‘Any Given D-Day’ hit the #1 spot on the AIR Independent Album Charts, K21 shows yet another layer of his diversity with a brand-new EP ‘D-Day: No Tracks Left Behind’ which is available now. “I would say … Continue reading New K21 EP ‘D-Day: No Tracks Left Behind’
Less than a month after his debut release on Golden Era Records ‘Any Given D-Day’, K21 has released a brand new song and the companion video ‘Something (one) in the water’ to promote his upcoming tour and boy what a … Continue reading K21 launches #AnyGivenRapChallenge + new single ‘Something (one) in the water’
National Tour With Special Guest Pez – Starts This Weekend – Sydney & Brisbane Sold Out After debuting at #1 on the ARIA Australian Album Charts and #3 on the ARIA Albums Chart in October with his critically acclaimed comeback … Continue reading 360 Releases Video For New Single ‘Drugs’ feat. Firass Dirani
Golden Era Records artist K21 is heading out on his first national headline tour in support of his ‘Any Given D-Day’ album, which made its debut this week as the #1 Independent Record Label Album on the AIR charts. To … Continue reading K21 releases new single ‘One Shot’ featuring Adrian Eagle
Hip Hop royalty, the Hilltop Hoods have recently announced that they are stepping down from the record label they started almost 10 years ago. In a brief statement posted to the groups social accounts, the Hoods have stated that they … Continue reading Hilltop Hoods leave Golden Era Records
Goon enthusiasts DC & Dragz live life with there eyes on the silver lining. Seeing each day as a fruity opportunity to squeeze every last drop out of life. Hailing from Adelaide South Australia the duo have just released the first sneak peek of their upcoming release Goon Sack Boom Bap, due late 2016. The new track titled I Remember, features Golden Era Records very own K21, and label mate Trials on the beat. Cuts on the track are handled by the homie Prospeks. You can check out the brand new track in the player below! Stay tuned for more! Continue reading DC & Dragz I Remember feat. K21
Today Music SA announces the nominees for the South Australian Music Awards (SAM Awards). SA (by way of Zimbabwe) eclectic brat rapper – Tkay Maizda – leads the charge enjoying a total of seven nominations across 14 categories. Other front runners … Continue reading sam awards 2015 nominees announced
The almighty Hilltop Hoods have just released a brand new Remix EP titled The Cold Night Sky. The EP Features remixes from Suffa, Trails and also JayteeHazard. With 5 tracks re-imagined, including the previously released Rumble, Young Man, Rumble feat. Dan Sultan, … Continue reading Hilltop Hoods The Cold Night Sky (Remix EP)
Today Drapht released the new video to his insanely catchy single,‘Dancin John Doe’ via YouTube. Directed by Ben Young and features contemporary dancer Russell Thorpe. “My partner at the time Louise was a contemporary dancer, and I went and watched … Continue reading Drapht Launches New Video For “Dancin John Doe” Single + National Single Tour Supports Confirmed!
For the last 5 years every act on Golden Era Records have come together to record a track where the rappers have their chance to rap one verse and the djjs have a chance to scratch. For the 5th year they will be releasing this limited edition track on Gold 10” Vinyl. The A side features the Sesta (The Funkoars) produced track with rapping from Hilltop Hoods, The Funkoars, Vents, Briggs & K21 and scratching from Dj Debris and Adfu. The B side is the instrumental of the track for any aspiring emcees to lay down their own verses. Tracklisting: A. … Continue reading 2015 Golden Era Cypher + Gold 10″ Vinyl
LinkRust is a producer from Grenoble, France. You may recognise the name as he produced K21’s Get It Done track, lifted from the Golden Era Records Mixtape 2014. This isn’t the first time K has hooked up with LinkRust. He also appeared on Links LP from earlier in the year, Drive Me Back To Abidjan with the track titled Seven Thirty, which can be heard here. The new track Pas Rentable, dropped at the beginning of the month and can be streamed below. We hope to see more from this creative duo in the near future. Be sure to check out K21’s brand new single … Continue reading LinkRust Pas Rentable feat. K21
‘Change My Way’ the first single from Any Given D-Day — K21’s second LP and first under the Golden Era Records label imprint. The track, produced by Hilltop Hoods’ Suffa, is available from today via iTunes and made it’s debut on the triple j Hip Hop show last night. Any Given D-Day is due out towards the end of the year. Stay tuned for the official film clip, dropping soon. Purchase the brand new single here. Continue reading K21 Change My Way feat. Joy Sparkles
Celebrating the brand new Hilltop Hoods Cosby Sweater Official Video, our favourite GIF moments. Hilltop Hoods, have just released the brand new visuals for their track Cosby Sweater, which features a heap of Golden Era members in some stylin’ coogi sweaters. The new clip is directed by Richard Coburn, and produced by Anna Bardsley-Jones for Kojo. Find Hilltop Hoods music on iTunes & Google Play here. Get tickets for the ‘Cosby Sweater’ tour here. Cosby Sweater is lifted from the recently released brand new album from Hilltop Hoods, Walking Under Stars. Get it here. Continue reading Hilltop Hoods Cosby Sweater Official Video In GIFS
In the wake of their brand new album Walking Under Stars topping the charts for another week, Hilltop Hoods have announced their largest domestic tour to date, the Cosby Sweater Tour, which is Stage 4 of their 2014 world tour. Walking Under … Continue reading Hilltop Hoods “Cosby Sweater” Australian Tour
For the first time ever in Melbourne, Rolling Stone Australia be bringing their own pop-up venue, the Rolling Stone Live Lodge, taking over the iconic Workers Club in Fitzroy Melbourne from September 25 to October 12. There’s more to come, … Continue reading Live Lodge 2014 First Announcement feat. Briggs, Funkoars, L-Fresh The Lion, WZRDKID, Remi & more
With his first release of 2014, South Australian emcee and producer Realizm brings a mixture of instrumental hip hop, official remixes and new exclusive songs with this banging 23 track project. The release titled Hypebeast Matador, has been teased for a moment now, it’s final release includes artist’s such as K21, Maundz, Flu, Geko, Force, Sinks, Dialectrix, Fraksha, Diem, Brinks and Purpose. All remixes have been done with the permission of the original artist. So, you could consider it as an official remix project. Hypebeast Matador is available now as a name your price download, you can pick it up … Continue reading Realizm Hypebeast Matador
The buzz on Jimblah is getting louder with each month that passes since his acclaimed album Phoenix dropped. Considered by critics as one of the most important and powerful albums of 2013, it was recognised by being shortlisted for the prestigious Australian Music Prize. In the short space of a year Jimblah has emerged from the Adelaide Hills to a growing and dedicated fanbase and glowing endorsements from Australian music royalty. He joined Paul Kelly to record a cover of Hunters & Collectors’ classic True Tears of Joy; performed with Yothu Yindi at the National Indigenous Music Awards and toured … Continue reading Jimblah announces album launches
With triple j’s Hottest 100 taking over the airwaves and all of our social media feeds on the weekend, we’ve decided to release a list of the top 20 tracks that we didn’t see in this year’s Hottest 100. With all the great music in Australia, it’s hard for everyone to get a top 100 spot, but it doesn’t mean that there aren’t artists out there who are deserving of this recognition. In no particular order we’ve picked a sample of these artists and tracks, and have listed them below for your enjoyment. Doc Felix – The Right Direction feat Dialect … Continue reading Top 20 Tracks We Didn’t See In triple j’s Hottest 100
Funkoars have just released a brand new video clip, lifted from the upcoming Golden Era Mixtape 2014. The track is titled A Clockwork Orange. The video was produced by Adfu for Unity Sound & Visual and Richie Sandham for Eightlimb Films. Funkoars are just about to set off on Feel The Heat National Tour featuring Mr. Hill & Rahjconkas. The 11 date tour features stop offs in Barwon Heads, Airlie Baech, Ipswhich and more, concluding in Adelaide. Other guests on the tour include K21, P-Link, Purpose, and more. You can get tickets for Feel The Heat National Tour by following the link below. The Funkoars … Continue reading Funkoars Feel The Heat National Tour
Adelaide based Hip Hop artists Realizm & Everyday have joined forces in a full length collaborative effort titled Natural Forces under the collective name Coven Of The Incognito. The two artists have featured together previously on the solo debut by Everyday titled Equality and the two have since worked together by releasing the Eyes Never Close/Money Trees Split 7″ Vinyl. This will mark the first time they have worked on an album together. Natural Selection is a 12 track release which sees Realizm holding down production as well as mixing, with guest verses by K21, Matchless Gift, Sinks, Castro The Savage and Rezadent, Sinks … Continue reading Coven Of The Incognito Natural Selection out now
This Month, Hopsin, one of the biggest and best Independent rappers today, will be heading to Australia to promote the release of his highly anticipated new album Knock Madness. From the days of $8 microphones from Walmart, to growing into a worldwide success story, Hopsin has risen from ashes and soared into glory, but that hasn’t happened overnight. Despite lack of support, Hopsin knew that his raw talent to rhyme would one day allow him to spit in the face of all of his critics. Hopsin, with the help of friends, has released albums, booked tours and played in front … Continue reading Hopsin – Knock Madness Adelaide Show
Mr. Grevis, WA’s most affable emcee and most recent inductee into the almighty Sylabollix crew returns with his second album My Escape after the popularity of his debut release The Sampler in 2012. Already receiving triple j airplay for singles So Beautiful feat. Joyride and Ness, and The Apology Song feat. Drapht, things are looking promising for Mr. Grevis’s sophomore release. Combining his supreme knack for story-telling with structurally savvy song writing, Grevis has teamed up with fellow SBX cohort Dazastah for the bulk of the album’s production, with additional beats from Cam Bluff and Rob Shaker. Tinged with new-age sounds and … Continue reading Mr Grevis My Escape Out Now
South Australian piano pop-rock band ‘Bill Parton Trio’ will release their self titled debut EP on Friday 2nd August 2013. The EP follows the successful release of singles Going Away and Falling For You Again which are featured on the EP. Between the two singles, they’ve accumulated over 95,000 YouTube views! To sum up Bill Parton Trio’s sound, imagine the simplicity and catchiness of The Beatles, combined with Coldplay-like chords and melodies, the impressionism of Jeff Buckley and Radio Head, along with a dash of the relaxed chilled-out mood and atmosphere that Zero 7 are notorious for being able to create. Bill … Continue reading Bill Parton Trio – Closer Now feat. K21 & Cam Blokland
WA’s most affable emcee and most recent inductee into the almighty Sylabollix crew – Mr. Grevis returns with his second album My Escape after the popularity of his debut release The Sampler in 2012. Combining his supreme knack for story-telling with structurally savvy song writing, Grevis has teamed up with fellow SBX cohort Dazastah for the bulk of the album’s production, with additional beats Cam Bluff and Rob Shaker. Tinged with new-age sounds and live instrumentation to match the array of subjects explored, My Escape reflects the times through Mr Grevis‘ eyes both sonically and lyrically. With plenty of guest … Continue reading Mr. Grevis – My Escape
Ben Iota (formerly known as Bornski of Adroit Effusive/Common Cause) and Matchless Gift (Butterthief) proudly presents Born ‘Free’. Lyrically inspired by Ben Iota’s recent studies, travels and experiences living in a developing country, alongside the manifest production of Matchless Gift, this release explores the theme of freedom, or lack there of. Ben Iota has recently released the video for More Than Just Words featuring Visionz, Motion, Mesha and Social Change. The video is filmed and edited by Maintain from Labrat productions. The production by Matchless Gift is his finest work to date, demonstrating his grasp on both Western and Eastern musical forms, … Continue reading Ben Iota – Born ‘Free’
South Australian emcees Realizm and Everyday combine to release a super limited split 7″ vinyl, available now. Side A of this cracking vinyl piece contains Realizm’s – Eyes Never Close featuring Golden Era crew member K21, with production from Suffa of the Hilltop Hoods. On the flip, Side AA is Everyday’s – Money Trees featuring Social Change & Tomorrow, with production from the talented ‘Kid Sinatra’, K21. The release is available to purchase now from Realizm’s official homepage here. While you are there check out Realizm’s 12″ EP Nasty Ill Filthy. Get em’ while you can. Purchase || Official || Twitter || … Continue reading Realizm & Everyday split 7″ Vinyl
Kimence has been writing for most of her life. As a young person, writing poetry aided her to rationalize and evolve through troubled times. Since then, Kimence’s relationship with the pen has not only become rewarding, but empowering. Testament to Kimence’s knack for networking, One View includes production mastery from some of our country’s best. Including Simplex of Terra Firma, Suffa from Hilltop Hoods, Trials of Funkoars, Admin, Psycho Les of NYC group The Beatnuts. Among the hand-picked vocal contributors are K21, Simplex, Alerts, Psycho Les, Raph A.L., Mnops, Monsta Ganjah, Tana Kingi & Jayde Lowther. Title track, One View sees … Continue reading Kimence – One View
Off the back of his recently released album Equality, Adelaide emcee Everyday is releasing a 7″ to coincide with the album launch that was held on Saturday night at the Butterthief ButterJam, Light Hotel Adelaide. The 7″ features album tracks Death From Above featuring Tomorrow and Realizm (produced by Realizm) on the A Side, and Rise and Fall In HD (The Undead) featuring DJ Snair (produced by Mat Rafle) on the flip. The 7″ release is pressed on clear vinyl with colour poster wrap and cardboard sleeve and was available at the Taylor Made Tactix, Matchless Gift and Everyday triple launch held … Continue reading Everyday – Death From Above 7″ Vinyl
Everyday is an Adelaide emcee that was raised in a home where music was always being played, and with fond memories of staying up til the early hours of the morning with the entire household singing and dancing to “Saturday night jukebox”, it came naturally when he decided to start making his own music. Picking up a set of sticks, Everyday’s first musical adventure started as a drummer and songwriter, playing along side collaborator Tomorrow in a hardcore band, where he also had his first taste of being up on stage, a taste that would grow in the years to come. … Continue reading Everyday – Equality
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