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Drake Australian Tour
Drake's doing four headline shows around Future Music Festival.. Following the announcement he'll be headlining Future Music Festival 2015 comes the not-unexpected news that Canadian hip hop royalty Drake will be playing a few of his own headline shows around the festival, joined by fellow Future act 2 Chainz. Late last week www.draketour.com.au popped up which was a pretty obvious indication of what was to come, and today sees the announcement of four dates over Feb/March next year. Check the dates below and click HERE to sign up for Frontier Touring Presales, running from Thursday 27 November (2pm AEDT) to Friday 28 November (2pm AEDT) before general release 10AM local time Monday 1 December via Ticketek. Wed 25 Feb - Allphones Arena, Sydney (PRE-SALE) Fri 27 Feb - Rod Laver Areana, Melbourne (PRE-SALE) Tue 3 Mar - Perth Arena, Perth (PRE-SALE) Thu 5 Mar - Entertainment Centre, Brisbane (PRE-SALE)
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Video: Cut Copy Presents - Oceans Apart
The Aus' dance legends make a short film doco to go with their new compilation.. Global Melbourne dance music ambassadors Cut Copy recently released Cut Copy Presents: Oceans Apart, digitally and on vinyl via the band’s own dance imprint, Cutters Records. The 19-track continuous DJ-mixed provides a snapshot of new and exclusive music from their hometown’s thriving underground dance music scene and club culture. Not ones to rest on their laurels, they've now unleashed the mix CD's accompanying documentary, providing a behind the scenes look at how compilation came to be. The 12-minute film offers a rare, fascinating glimpse into the Melbourne music scene. Following its premiere with The FADER, you can now stream it online, below: "…'Oceans Apart' aims to allow their listeners to hear a side of Australia that is as unexpected and expansive as the landscape itself." – DJ Mag  "It's impeccably mixed metaphysical disco, existential house and healing music [...] moving freely to this advent