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"We have no business putting out a record this good this late in the game."

Recent WME signee Just A Gent is having a pretty great time of things at the moment.. After a killer start to the year getting props from the likes of What So Not's Emoh Instead, Just A Gent has had a stellar run of originals and remixes alike - most recently putting his touch to Madison Avenue's Don't Call Me Baby, and this week updating Tears For Fear's seminal classic, Everybody Wants To Rule The World. AND he's just signed with WME, AND he's about to embark on his debut Australian tour. Did we mention he's only 17? It's about time you got to know Just A Gent a little better..

They don’t come much more intense than Trash Talk. There’s only one way of doing things for the band – fast and sincere. Having released a host of quality albums since their formation, the Californian outfit recently travelled down under for a secret show as part of CONS Project Melbourne. Killyourstereo.com chatted with trio Lee Spielman, Spencer Pollard and Garrett Stevenson.

Killyourstereo.com presents another entry in our column series where we give musicians freedom to offer a unique, personal and individual voice. Today, I Killed the Prom Queen guitarist Jona Weinhofen delivers the June entry in his monthly column. The musician shares insights and offers an impassioned piece on the topic of veganism and how it has impacted his lifestyle.

A few of Golden Features' favourite things.. Header photo via AdamNOTeve / CAN'T SAY. CIRCO Festival is so freaking close AKA Saturday June 28 for those playing at home (go BUY SOME TICKETS if you haven't already), and one of the artists we are most excited about is Golden Features. The mysteriously masked man dropped a cracking (free) EP on us at the start of the year and has been backing it up with some huge sets since then. Over that time we've slowly learned more about the producer, whose real name is Tom Stell from Sydney, formerly of big room EDM duo Kyro & Bomber. We asked Stell to take a few photos of his favourite things, so peel a few more layers back behind the mask, and get amped for CIRCO Festival. 1. MY MASK First things first, this is my face. It was fabricated by the amazing people at Big Kahuna Industries who have made props for a bunch of movies including The Matrix. For anybody wondering, it's extremely hard to see through. 2. MY ZOOM H6 RECORDER Next up is my Zoo

Celebrate 10 years of Community Records with their 10 fave releases.. From a two person street art project to a collective of 30-plus, The Community is celebrating 10 years of awesome music, art and parties this weekend - Saturday 21 June, with one seriously epic show over two rooms at The Bakery. Featuring Naik, Mathas, Diger Rokwell, YLEM, Vishnu, Lowaski, Ouroboinc Plague, Maxy Bills, The Boost Hero Man, Archi, DJ Silence, Wisdom 2th, Empty, FG, Yarhkob, Setvice (Band), Arms in Motion, Sibalance, Tripl M.U.M and DVS, you can find out more details on the event HERE. We asked two of the Community's main men - and celebrated artists in their own right - hip hop head Mathas and worldly beatsmith Diger Rokwell, to reflect on the past decade of unearthing serious underground talent on the west coast with 10 of their favourite releases from The Communtiy stable. Enjoy them below, and keep up to speed with The Community's goings-on via their FACEBOOK and/or WEBSITE.

This year's biggest dance track gets the ODESZA flip.. Sometimes the stars just align and some of your favourite artists combine for rad results. In today's edition of that happening, one of the CIRCO Festival acts we're beyond excited about is ODESZA (check our interview with them HERE), and they've turned their attention to Zhu's huge (and getting huger) track, Faded. We have it on pretty good authority Zhu will be down under a bit later in the year (in fact there'll probably be a post about that tomorrow), but until then enjoy ODESZA's slightly darker take on what will surely end up being one of 2014's most played tracks. Along with CIRCO Festival, ODESZA are playing a few sideshows while they're in the country. It's criminal that it's taken them this long to get down here, so make sure you catch 'em: 21 June: Sydney @ The Roller Den DJ Set at RÜFÜS Afterparty 22 June: Sydney @ Enmore Theatre w/ RÜFÜS 25 June: Melbourne @ 170 Russell w/ Kele & Hayden James 26 June: Sydney @ The Met

Local hardcore favourites and mosh lords, Confession are just days away from dropping their third album, 'Life And Death'. It's a far more powerful, emotive and personal release than anything the band has done before. We spoke to the group's down to earth and honest frontman, Michael Crafter, about what is looking like becoming their biggest studio album to date.

CIRCO guest Deejay Earl takes five with Dani Marsland.. WTF? WTF? WTF? WTF? TEKLife Just Sent It Up... The Ghettoteknitianz are a formidable clique of footwork DJs based in Chicago, led by Spinn and the recently passed Rashad, and whose crew includes Traxman, Gant-Man and younger producers like DJ Manny and Deejay Earl. Earl is one of the more interesting figures in the crew – at only 22, his emotive footwork more than measures up to that of his mentors, and progresses steadily in quality with each release. Earl has an excellent understanding of rhythm and stands apart for his exploration of the slower, soulful aspects of footwork; with a more leftfield approach to sampling (his release Audio Fixx’ vocal subjects include Imogen Heap and Sade). Earlier this year, Earl unleashed an hour of some of the dopest, freshest shit we’ve heard, during his Boiler Room SET in LA, where he shared the bill with Djemba Djemba and Hoodboi. Beyond excited to see that same fire live in Perth when Earl th

Harrison Mills from Odesza speaks to us about sound influences and shares a 'gross but funny' encounter during a live set.

"My albums are always gonna be varied in styles a little but this album was definitely a bit more cohesive with the sounds…"

“We just want to recapture that early magic, you know?”