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The essential nation-wide cheapskates event guide..

Oscar Key Sung continues to do no wrong..

Cloud Control take us behind the scenes of their current Angus & Julia Stone support.. Angus & Julia Stone's Australian tour kicks off tonight in Perth (check their 10 essential tour on-tunes HERE), one that sees them supported by dream-pop outfit Cloud Control, and for something a little different the Blue Mountains group will be taking over the Pilerats Instagram to offer you some behind the scenes looks at their shows and a look into what they're up to over the next couple of days in Perth and then Darwin - from February 4-7. To get in on the action, follow our respective instagrams below: PILERATS INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/pilerats_ CLOUD CONTROL INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/cloud_control Given they're in stinking hot Perth for a couple of days we're expecting plenty more of the above and this: Follow Cloud Control: FACEBOOK

Be one of the first people in the world to own a piece of Pilerats 2015 Merch.. We're feeling a bit, um, "Christmassy" so we've taken it upon ourselves to launch the inaugural Pilerats' 10 Days Of X-Mas - a different giveaway will be up for grabs each day leading up to December 25.Yes, we're aware it's supposed to be 12 Days of Christmas. But there's a limit to how much we can suck up to people for free stuff ;) An important part of any successful branding enterprise is how strong ya merch game is. We kicked things off with a bang (a Unicorn with a penis for a horn anyone?), and are now very excited to launch a new range of Pilerats Merchandise. It's been a long time in the works, and we're frothing to see it on the bodies of people around the world. Nothing makes us happier than seeing other people repping the 'Rats, and by winning this competition you'll be one of the first in the world to be able to do so: The winner's Merch Pack will contain: - 1x Pilerats T-Shirt - 1x Pilerats To

Meet the NZ-based producer forging his own path at 17 years of age - Gasp.. A few weeks back we decided to set up our own Pilerats.com Soundcloud to give us free reign to post all the rad new music we discover through the Pilerats website, and avoid any confusion with our own Pilerats Records releases. It also gives us the opportunity to host some guest mixes moving forward, kicking off with this one from 17-year-old New Zealand-based producer Eden Burns AKA Gasp. Having already had guest mixes with the likes of THUMP and Red Bull Studios Auckland, Gasp's keen interest in the house genre bucks the trend of New Zealand's love affair with drum'n'bass in the past. Take a listen below, and check the brief chat we had with the young gun after that: Hey Eden, thanks for answering a few questions and sending us the mix! First up, you’re only 17, but you’ve been making music in bands and on your own for some time now, what first prompted the shift from bands into production? The band I was

A Pilerats Pocket Dictionary Guide to the Pilerats X-Mas Party.. You might have heard the phrase ‘salad days’ bandied about before when people are describing times of youth and wildness. We decided that, here at Pilerats, as content-creators we are what you eat, and if Pilerats were a musical salad and these are your wild and youthful salad days, we’d like to make sure that as well as being comprised of lettuce leaves (well-known tunes and artists we love) - which are the base of any good salad – that we have some wilder salad ingredients thrown in from time to time, because we like flexing our individuality and discovering new weird crunchy unconventional things amongst the lettuce. Like pepitas. Or peanuts. Or pear. To wit: we’re merging districts with I.C.S.S.C. for a Christmas death match party (event HERE), and we’ve programmed some more forward-thinking salad ingredients to make your night extra wild. Get to know them via our Dictionary definitions below, and grab your cheaper pr

A quick chat with three dudes currently taking over the world with their psych-dance tunes..

Post-CIRCO hangs with dreamboat beatmaker Ryan Hemsworth.. Earlier this year when we dropped the first ever Pilerats Rat Pack Compilation (listen HERE and expect the next one soon!) and somehow we managed to score an exclusive track from the one and only Ryan Hemsworth (I say somehow but our Record Label boss is a smooth operator). It was an early proud moment in a constantly growing pile of proud moments in the world of Pilerats Records in 2014, which became even cooler when he came over to headline CIRCO Festival around the middle of the year (wrap video HERE). In the days following we spent a little time with the quietly spoken producer, and given he's just announced details for a new album - Alone For The First Time, due November 3 via Last Gang/Secret Songs, now's the time to share that chat.

Just a couple of friendly dudes with a penchant for smooth dance music and supremely good-time DJ sets..

Introducing you to Jiro Bevis, definitely one of our favourite illustrators of recent times..