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While drama can fray the nerves, singing along to a good musical can leave you feeling like you’re at the top of a mountain.

How his 50th anniversary year turned into a watershed twelve months for the veteran promoter

thestand4rd are everything we want out of an R & B / rap group right now.. If you loved 16 year-old Internet rap sensation Spooky Black’s melancholic single Without You nearly half as much as we did, you should get stuck into the new album from his new group, thestand4rd (pronounced ‘the standard’), which is Allan Kingdom, Psymun, Bobby Raps, and Spooky. These players are all niche-as-all-hell as individuals (read: awesome, to our ears), and are probably never going to have mainstream appeal, but they’ve still got a really strong audience of passionately loyal fans, and together, they’re likely to make waves. Their first live show as a group earlier this month was apparently fairly epic (see pics below) with an audience singing along to every word. Their sound is new, and brave and everything we want out of an R&B/rap group right now. Never heard of these dudes? Well then, it’s high time you met this Minnesota-based gang: Psymun: Psymun’s an incredible producer, surely destined for Jam

In a word: hectic.. As he approaches an Australian return for the upcoming Stereosonic Festivals, Skrillex has dropped an epic - and rather intense - clip for Fuck That from his latest LP, Recess. Reading the YouTube comments is pretty fun too - his fans expecting the usual dubstep sounds but getting an (IMO) absolutely killer piece of bassy house - are really not appreciating this change in direction. I reckon it's fucking sick. But I digress... The clip is directed by Nabil Elderkin - no slouch in the video clip world, having worked with the likes of Kanye West (Mercy), James Blake (Overgrown) and that brilliant video for Alt-J's Hunger Of The Pine. Anyways, strap yourself in for what is essentially a five-minute short film about an encarcerated street fighter who quickly falls back into bad habits: Follow Skrillex: FACEBOOK

Hand of Mercy are currently touring Australia in support of their new album – ‘Resolve‘. The band check in from the road to provide their third tour blog.

Smith Street frontman Wil Wagner had a chat with Killyourstereo.com to discuss the new album, having awesome parents, and learning what the ARIA Charts actually are.

"It’s a unique model for major award shows and one that’s not gone unnoticed in the UK."

We catch up with always personable Architects vocalist Sam Carter ahead of their tour to chat about Tony Abbott, SeaWorld and his album of the year.