Features / Music

Some sweet new beats outta Sydney.. We can't tell you a whole lot about Sydney beatsmith Raph Lauren, besides the fact one of his tracks, the so-far unreleased Home, featured in Ryan Hemsowrth's COOL DJ MIX a few weeks ago. When that one comes out officially we can't tell you for sure, but we're pretty excited to share today his first official release, Chicago. Coming from a hip hop background, his solo work is kinda like the midpoint between house/techno and trap, which doesn't really make sense until you listen to it, because it works real good: Be sure to follow Raph Lauren on SOUNDCLOUD // TWITTER to be onto new releases as they come, because it's frankly refreshing to hear something a bit out of the norm.

New Empire are on the brink of something big. After acheiving international recognition with their last album, 'Symmetry', the Sydney four piece have just released their latest album 'In A Breath' - their first record since signing a record deal. Lead singer Jeremy Fowler recently took time out to chat with Killyourstereo.com just before the album's release this month.

Pop-punk has seen many evolutions over its time and is still growing today. With the incorporation of breakdowns and down-tuned guitars being part of the latest craze, the genre has seen many different spin-offs. However, at its core, it still remains trademark in sound. Enthusiastic, youthful and boastful, the genre remains a popular staple. This month’s Aussie Spotlight feature centres on Brisbane locals, Call the Shots.

This break up; does it call for Glen Hansard or Alicia Keys?

A three minute video that does better than our stupid words..

We talk the birth of Black Rat ahead of its May 2 release and a massive tour.. Currently tearing the UK a new one celebrating the upcoming release of their new album Black Rat, Shane from DZ Deathrays was kind enough to take a quick break to talk about the new album, SXSW, their expanded line-up for live shows and drinking wine/playing golf. Hi Shane, you have just come back from SXSW. How was it this time around?  It was good but very hectic this year. This was definitely the most intense year for us. We did 10 shows in four days so we were pretty ruined by the end of it all. You get a little bit sick of setting up all your gear, racing through songs, packing it all down and moving it somewhere else. We played a couple of really good shows and we saw some really good bands. We had a couple of days off which was nice to just kick back, eat food, drink beer, and hang out. You didn’t get kicked off stage for being ‘too loud’ this time like in 2012? No not this time, they put us on norma

Golf, disco load-outs and shirt-swapping make up the latest part of Ball Park's epic tour.

All of the amazing.. After a seemingly endless wait, and about 1000 blog posts speculating on who would be on the line-up, who wouldn't, whose fake poster was the best and what Outkast were doing, Splendour In The Grass finally shut everyone the hell up and just announced the damn thing. And of course, it's all killer and zero filler. [UPDATED WITH NEW ADDITIONS - CHILDISH GAMBINO, HILLTOP HOODS & SAM SMITH) You can click on the pic above to get yourself along to the Splendour website so you may buy yourself some tickets on Friday May 2. As always make sure you're on it, because something about this line-up feels tighter butthole than last year. Outkast is of course a pretty big coup, but goddamn Interpol, City & Colour, Darkside, Kelis, Hoodoo Goddamn Gurus mate, Tune-Yards, Wild Beasts, Danny Brown... There's a lot to like... ...that also includes a super-special shout-out to our boy SABLE, who as far as we can tell is the ONLY Western Australian-based act on the whole, Aussie-stron

Mini are launching their new model with an interactive dancefloor that looks flippin' sweet.. MINI Australia is hosting three unique events across Australia this May to celebrate their biggest model launch in 10 years with the arrival of the Mini Hatch. And while many of us probably aren't in the business of buying new cars, we are in the business of party, and that you can with a new interactive dancefloor that lights up in time with peoples' dance steps/movement, along with the beat. Created in collaboration with Melbourne artist Darren Sylvester, and award-winning design practice Eness, check the teaser video down the bottom of this post. To make sure just not any old schmuck is in charge of getting everyone's feet moving, Melbourne duo Naysayer & Gilsun will travel to all three shows, joined by a heap of rad supports. THURSDAY 8 MAY - MELBOURNE PAVILLION w/ Naysayer & Gilsun, Astral DJs and Pelvis THURSDAY 29 MAY - SYDNEY CARRIAGEWORKS w/ Naysayer & Gilsun, Animals Dancing & Pleas

"We were almost worshipping his memory in a way, and that felt nice, it was a nice part of grieving. It was like a luxury that we could be close to him through sound..."