Splendour In The Grass

The rise and rise of our bright hip hop star.. Fresh from tearing the roof off the… tent… at Splendour In The Grass's Mixup Stage this year - at midday no less, vibes were strong early - Tkay Maidza has dropped the snappy video clip for her latest single, U-Huh. It follows the release of that single a couple of weeks AGO, along with the announcment that she'll be joining Illy for his upcoming national tour, as well making party at the upcoming Listen Out Festivals. Tkay's star burns brighter and brighter each day, so you'd be wise to jump on board if you haven't already. Follow Tkay Maidza on FACEBOOK // WEBSITE

Do what the guy said and just fuckin’ check out the album, okay.. Header photo by Slice Of Life Photography. Leading up to today’s release of their sophomore album Land Of Pleasure, Sticky Fingers’ bassist, Paddy Cornwall, took some time to chat to us. If you want to hear the story behind the album art, read on. If you want to know why Paddy thinks it’s a good album, read on. If you want to read about The 23 Greatest Hair Flips Of All Time, Ranked, then that’s what Buzzfeed is for and this is probably the wrong website for you.

Our 10 fave images from this year's Splendour In The Grass, shot by Slice Of Life.. Splendour In The Grass this year saw us joined by a young Perth photographer Jack Lawrence, who operates under the name Slice Of Life (Follow him on FACEBOOK yo), and needless to say the kid done good. Cutting his teeth on social photography, this year has seen him taking on more gig photography, with some killer results. You can check out his RUFUS Splendour diary HERE, along with a Dune Rats photo diary he shot earlier this year HERE. A huge bunch of his photos can be found in our Facebook photo album (HERE), but here are 10 of our faves from the weekend that was: Danny Brown Dreamy Harley AKA The Kite String Tangle Sticky Fingers Andre 3000 The Presets Big Boi Fin.

After a top showing at Splendour, DMA's are hittin' the ol' dustry trail.. Since bursting onto the scene earlier this year with the one-two punch of sing-along smash Delete and joining the increasingly strong I OH YOU team, DMA's have done nothing to dispell the hype with much-hyped live shows around the country, constant radio play and copping love from the likes of Blur's Dave Rowntree. And following a barnstorming set on the McLennan Stage at Splendour last weekend, they're hitting the road with special guests The Creases. Check the dates below, and click the tour poster to nab yourself a ticket (on sale this Friday): Follow DMA's on FACEBOOK

Bound to get you excited.. Ry Cuming is an interesting man, he toured as a support act for Maroon 5, was signed to a subsidary label of Sony Music releasing an album and lived in Los Angeles. Originally he came from Angourie which has a population of 170 people, a median age of 47 and is south of Byron Bay. He was making pretty...well awful tracks, like below: But then Ry dropped his major label contract with Sony and the horrendous pop tones when he moved to Berlin in 2012 in which he stated in an interview at the time, "The songs I have released prior have all had some hint of predetermined influence whether from a part of myself or from outside sources. This can be convoluting to the process of communicating who you are as an artist honestly, and also misleading for the people receiving that work." And this is what happened: He essentially became the ultimate hipster. Okay not really but he started the first of three projects which would mark him out as an act to watch. When he ar

World domination is surely imminent.. Following radio-slaying bangers Brontosaurus and Handle My Ego, Tkay Maidza is continuing her killer roll in 2014 with new single U-Huh. Something akin to the stylings of MIA and Azealia Banks (minus the diva bullshit), Tkay has carved a strong-as-fuck name for herself very quickly following some self-assured live shows on the last LV Presents tour, and will no doubt win a buttload of new fans when she takes on Splendour In The Grass this coming weekend. Something about her harder - at times electro -edged take on hip hop tickles me in the right places, and I can't wait to see her dominate the rest of this year and beyond. Follow her on FACEBOOK to watch what will no doubt be a rapid rise to the cream of the Aussie hip hop crop, and enjoy U-Huh below, available digitally via Dew Process from July 21.