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Some slinky rap jams ahead of Kittens' Australian tour.. Lauren 'KITTENS' Abedini has gone from DJing in her bedroom to touring with Kid Cudi, performing with Chief Keef, DJing for Usher and starting LA's most exciting club collective ATHLETIXX - a crew consisting of herself, DJ Hoodboi, Falcons and Promnite. Rocking a special blend of genres from hip hop, trap, future bass, obscure club and more, she's hitting Australia for a run of shows starting February 12, check the dates once you've traversed through a night of tunes with Kittens: "FYI U GUYS: All of these answers are basically hip hop related. While most of my sets are made up of mostly dance music or some form of electronic stuff (whatever you wanna call it), my foundation and heart are married to the rap game lol. So it only makes sense that the most important highlighting tracks of my sets have some connection to that." Numero Uno – What are we starting with? This always depends on a few things. The event, what time I’m playi

Chiodos are post-hardcore kingpins, but it hasn’t been an easy ride. Their revolving door of members has hailed in troubling times for the band, but they’re carrying on to wrap up their tour for their latest LP ‘Devil’. We spoke to frontman Craig Owens about their recent run of shows in Australia, what lies ahead and who he’s tipping to win the NBA Championship.

So with Break Even back in the game, we spoke with lead singer Mark Bawden about the band reforming, new music, and what he’s been up to between the band breaking up and reforming.

Paces steps it up yet again with WA's own Kučka.. Following a barnstorming 2014 that included a heap of rad singles and remixes, his On My Mind EP, a mainstage set at Splendour and lifting Tkay Maidza to the swaggiest spot on the Hottest 100 of 2014 list - #100 - with his tight production on Switch Lanes, Mikey Perry AKA Paces has kicked off 2015 with a tune that is arguably his best yet - Nothing's Forever feat. WA producer Kučka. They've proved a match made in heaven on this shimmering slice of future-beat, which contains some of the touches we've come to expect from Perry, but also just a general ramping up of the epic-ness after a very subdued beginning. Kučka's vocal work here is also feels slightly different to her output under solo moniker, and it all adds up to perfection. Follow Paces: FACEBOOK / SOUNDCLOUD

One (obviously disturbed) dude is listening to 168 straight hours of Nickelback for charity..

Ross Wyness shoots Pia and Oli for WA fashion house Clique Arcade.. The Clique Arcade are a new force on the Western Australian fashion scene, putting the focus on indepedent designers and supporting up-and-coming labels. Last week they shot this killer editorial, called Domestic Bliss and featuring emerging models Oli Callisto and Pia Herring. While the look on the models faces doesn't exactly scream "bliss", with the rundown house vibes one gets the feeling that is very much the point. Please enjoy it below, and head along to the Clique Arcade WEBSITE to get amongst it. STYLING Clique Arcade // PHOTOGRAPHY Ross Wyness // MODELS Pia Herring & Oli Callisto Credits: 1. Miami Bralette by Intimates By Monique, and PETjamas Paddle Pop by PET. PETjamas Clueless by PET. 2. Black Lace by Intimates By Monique, necklaces by Grace+Scarper & the Step-out Skirt by Catini Designs. Premium White Shirt & Navy Chinos by Wishful Thinking 3. Maya Sport Bodysuit by Palm Swimwear  4.Black

Lapalux's second album, Lustmore is coming. Hear a new track.. Back in 2013, when Flying Lotus' experimental beats-driven imprint Brainfeeder first put out producer Stuart Howard, Lapalux’s first proper album of dreamy electronica, Nostalchic, Lapalux was the label's only signing. Now in 2015, Flying Lotus has added 29 acts to the roster, including Jeremiah Jae, Samiyam, Teebs, Tokimonsta, Mono/Poly and more. Lapalux might have been neglected for a minute with all these new talented babies joining Flying Lotus' family (not to mention Flying Lotus being busy making awesome music of his own), but the attention's back on Lapalux today, with the announce of his sophomore album, Lustmore, due out in the states on April 7. A pretty apt title, seeing as though this guy knows how to make some seriously seductive tunes (and also, could the 'more' be a reference to it being his 'sophomore'?). According to a statement released by Lapalux, Lustmore will thematically focus on “hypnogogia, a kind of

How To Dress Well and new flame TALA team up for a new-age take on love.. When big brands; Nike, Adidas and any number of alcohol companies get involved in making sponsored articles it often seems that they lack any real feeling. Adidas and Yours Truly’s (publication company) creation ‘Songs From Scratch’ have bucked this by creating a space to host tracks made by talented artists in a 24 hour timeframe. In the past this has been done with Danny Brown/Araabmuzik and Jeremih/Shlohmo to name a few, and with overwhelmingly good results. Their latest session has brought together How To Dress Well and TALA for a track called The One, and it has resulted in not one, but two different versions of The One to admire. Arguably the differences are minimal with How To Dress Well’s track slightly longer and more subdued. If you pause only momentarily to gaze on to this song then take in the gliding choruses of How To Dress Well, the Jersey club-esque breakdowns and the surging darkness amidst the

Best Metal/Heavy WAM Award winners PUCK talk split EPs with Jack Burton.. After landing themselves Best Metal/Heavy Act at the WA Music (WAM) awards, local legends PUCK have been making some serious waves in the past few months. The Perth-based three-piece have a distinct aesthetic to their sound with slow and heavy riffs, touching on areas of stoner rock, shoegaze and all around heavy goodness. Earlier this week we sat down with Liam, the vocalist and drummer from PUCK, and asked him a few questions about their upcoming split EP and how they’ve been growing as a band. Can you tell us a bit about the members of PUCK and how it started up? It was just me and Steve at first and we were just jamming on new riffs of his that didn’t really sound like riffs that we were writing at the time. It sort of filled itself out just between the two of us enough, and then when we decided to actually start something with it he’d play with a bass amp live. We were a two-piece for ages but then we were