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VIDEO: Chet Faker Live @ The Pile. Sometimes we invite artists up to our dirty little office to throw small soirées featuring intimate sets from said artists for a lucky few. Somehow we tricked Chet Faker to do it once, and the results were pretty magical. This is him performing I'm Into You.

CAMPAIGN: Flipside x Pilerats Burger. One day our marketing guru came up with the genious plan to create a signature burger, and with the help of the awesome people at Flipside Burger Bar in Perth, that dream became a super-awesome tasting reality.

EVENT: Willow Beats National Tour. We were lucky enough to host the Willow Beats National tour earlier in 2013. We booked the venues, found the best local acts in each city and managed to sell out The Workers Cub, Melbourne; Bowler Bar, Brisbane; F∆MILY in Perth and Spectrum, Sydney with the up-and-coming beatmakers! They've gone from strength to strength since then and we can't wait to party with them again and see more of Narayana's magic tricks.

We had a chat with Matt Mason of DMA's to discuss the band's recent signing with I Oh You, their fast-paced success and what the future holds for the band.

"It’s such a pleasure to work with the same people for a change, for a longer period of time."

"I think we like the punishment."

Canberra’s When Giants Sleep officially release their new EP, ‘Lucidity’ today. To coincide, we feature the band’s new music video for song, ‘New Days’. “We’re really proud of what everyone has done, both past members and current. We cannot ask for a better outcome from all of us here especially Mark our new drummer. The EP is something we really look forward to putting out and having everybody listen to,” When Giants Sleep told us recently. ‘Lucidity’ is available for purchase via iTunes now. When Giants Sleep tour nationally this April/May. Details and dates here. https://www.facebook.com/WhenGiantsSleep

"1978 was the last time we played together; we were only together really briefly."

"There’s definitely a darker side to this latest single."

"What we strive for is to kind of sit in that middle ground."

Is there a place for musical theory in modern music journalism?. I know I'm a little late to this particular internet call-and-response circle jerk party but hey, it never hurts to prolong the life of an engaging subject, especially when it is one that I am (and you should be) interested in. Last week a one Ted Gioia published an essay on the current state of popular music criticism and the general lack of any actual musical theory within. You should take the time to read the full article here. Gioia is a heavyweight jazz critic, musican and historian who has edited encyclopedias on jazz music and was a founder of the jazz studies program at Stanford University. In short, he knows his shit. In the piece he is essentially lamenting the loss of the inclusion of any sort of proper musical theory by modern music critics and jounalists in their reporting on today's popular music offerings, which is an understandable annoyance from someone of his position. His post has generated a couple of

The Jersey Club king is bringing the booty down under.. DJ Sliink, the Jersey Club king himself, is bringing an abundance of bouncy grooves and hard kicks around Australia in April. Already indulging ears with a Soundcloud full of remixes, DJ Sliink has been causing a ruckus on the airwaves and in clubs around the globe. Most recently his latest collab saw him enter the studio with none other than DJ Hoodboi and Trippy Turtle on a remix of August Alsina’s Sucka. Boasting sets filled with a delicious amount of sounds ranging from pop and dubstep, to hip hop and moombahton, the 23 years young producer will be bringing heat. TOUR DATES:  FRI 4 APR - Laundry Bar, Melbourne - (TICKETS) SAT 5 APR - The Bakery, Perth, supporting A$AP Ferg (TICKETS) THUR 10 APR - Sugar, Adelaide  FRI 11 APR - Oh Hello!, Brisbane SAT 12 APR - Chinese Laundry, Sydney