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Flume's Lorde Remix Is The Most Important Remix This Year
Why Tennis Court (Flume Remix) is the most important track to hit club land since…his last remix.. DJs around the world are crying tears of joy today as Australian wunderkind producer Flume finally released that remix of Lorde he teased us about months and months ago with some sly tweeting between himself and Australia's other music powerhouse (yes Lorde is a Kiwi, but talented Kiwis become Australian by default – you know that by now). Last week saw some live footage from Coachella where Flume, or Harley Streten to his family and friends (i.e most of you who got a photo with him that time), slyly dropped it into his live set to rapturous applause, and it sent the collective DJ world into a frenzy.  ‘Imagine dropping this into my set at the club!’; ‘Damn that drop seems to last a perfect eternity’; 'Finally I can add another Flume song to my set which already has eight of them'; ‘I literally just came’… Were just some of the thoughts ripping through the dance music community as the foo
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Splendour In The Grass 2014
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
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Mini Launch With A Mini Dancefloor
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
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Slipknot bassist widow testifies against doctor in court
Brenna Gray, wife of late Slipknot bassist Paul Gray, has appeared in court testifying against the musician’s doctor who is facing nine counts of involuntary manslaughter. The desmoinesregister.com reports that Gray had issues as to why doctor Daniel Baldi continued prescribing anti-anxiety medication after the bassist had relapsed. "I just knew it was his drug of choice, that he'd struggled with it. So I just wasn't really sure why he was on it, why he needed it along with the medication he was taking for addiction," Brenna Gray testified as transcribed by desmoinesregister.com Additionally, Brenna Gray alleges fellow Slipknot members did not respond to calls for help, when she contacted them the week leading up to Paul’s death. "Nobody else cared, nobody was involved. They told me it was my problem." You can read the full story here.
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