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Yung Warriors – Prey For Better Days feat. Egoz, Diafrix and Little G

Jim Steps

Australia’s fastest rising indigenous hip hop outfit, Yung Warriors are wrapt to announce their second single, Prey For Better Days, from sophomore album Standing Strong. A national tour in support of the new track (which features Egoz, Diafrix and Little G) has been announced and Prey For Better Days was added to full rotation on triple j Wed Oct 24th. Hardly surprising though since first single, and title track, has been enjoying high rotation on the station since its release. This latest run of dates, and the release of Prey For Better Days, comes after a stellar trajectory supporting the … Continue reading Yung Warriors – Prey For Better Days feat. Egoz, Diafrix and Little G

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Lomas – Diary Of A Mad Half-Black Woman

Jim Steps

Lomas is a rapper/ singer/ songwriter, born and bred in Newcastle, now residing on the Central Coast. Lomas has been gigging in the Sydney, Melbourne, Central Coast and Newcastle area since 2007 and recently performed at the Nimbin Mardi Grass Festival, in May 2012. Lomas has supported Australian hip hop artists The Last Kinnection, Yung Warriors, The Blades, Sky High, emcee Nay and Kerser and was also recently honoured to support International rap legends Bone Thugs N’ Harmony in September 2012. At present Lomas is nearing the conclusion of her video mix-tape being released on a monthly basis through youtube. … Continue reading Lomas – Diary Of A Mad Half-Black Woman

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Urthboy – Knee Length Socks

Jim Steps

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 … Continue reading Urthboy – Knee Length Socks

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Rainman National Urthboy Supports & Praise For “Bigger Pictures”

Jim Steps

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 … Continue reading Rainman National Urthboy Supports & Praise For “Bigger Pictures”

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Urthboy – Smokey’s Haunt

Jim Steps

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 … Continue reading Urthboy – Smokey’s Haunt

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Yung Warriors – Standing Strong

Jim Steps

Introducing Yung Warriors, Australia’s fastest rising Indigenous hip hop outfit. Fresh off the back of dates with American Hip Hop heavyweights D12 and recent US showcase’s in NY & LA, Yung Warriors have just announced the release of their second album Standing Strong, in stores now through Payback Records / Shock. Yung Warriors is brothers Tjiimba and D Boy. Together they’ve supported the likes of Akon, 50 Cent, The Game and Outlawz, whilst maintaining a regular presence in their hometown of Melbourne. With the albums lead single (and title track) already added to triple j rotation, and national tour dates … Continue reading Yung Warriors – Standing Strong