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Premiere: If I Had Antlers - Cedar
Some lush new electronica from an emerging Brisbane four-piece.. If I Had Antlers are Farzan Saif, Jasper Gunderson, Anthony Trimboli and Kurt Sines, a Brisbane-based four-piece who would almost qualify for our 5 Under 500 series, and are no less deserving of your attention. A relatively fresh act, they've been hard at work crafting music which they're looking to release of the next few months, and we're excited to premiere their latest endeavour Cedar, which also marks the beginning of their debut live shows touring with Pile-faves Tora and New Navy. Swelling, delicate synths and gentle, emotional vocals combine for a beautiful outcome. Take a listen below, and check out their upcoming shows below that: UPCOMING SHOWS: Thurs 27 Nov: Alhambra Lounge, Brisbane w/ Tora Wed 10 Dec: Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane w/ New Navy Thur 11 Dec: The Northern, Byron Bay w/ New Navy Follow If I Had Antlers: FACEBOOK
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#JDFutureLegends Presents: 7 Wonders Of World Bar
Two hectic nights as part of the EMC Play series next week.. As we've touched on a few times in the past couple of weeks, the 2014 Electronic Music Conference is smashing into Sydney next week from Dec 2-4, and they recently dropped the epic lineup for the artist showcase series EMC Play. Taking over four venues in Sydney's Kings Cross on Wednesday 3 December and Thursday 4 December, the all-star lineup features over 120 Aussie electronic music artists across 14 showcases curated by some this country's finest labels/crews/collectives. You can get the full rundown HERE, and check out some of our highlights across all showcases HERE, but today we're talking about #JDFutureLegends Presents: The 7 Wonders Of World Bar. Over two glorious nights Sydney's World Bar will be over-run by a bunch of labels and crews, their artists, and a whole heap of party: WED 3 DEC ETCETC/PILERATS: 8PM-3AM (DOWNSTAIRS) We're joining forces with the legends at etcetc for a serious night of up-and-comers that in
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New Music: A$AP Ferg (prod. Clams Casino) - Talk It
A$AP Mob member Ferg gets deep over a Clams Casino beat on new track 'Talk It'.. Approaching the release of his Gangsta Grillz mixtape, the DJ Drama-hosted Ferg Forever, A$AP Ferg released this track, which is a little lighter and softer than we’re used to from the usually quite intense, turnt-up Trap Lord. New Jersey producer Clams Casino (Mike Volpe), provides the hazy, spacey beat, and Ferg gives him a nice old shout out "All I ever wanted was a Clams Casino beat / To talk about these loyal fans that be talkin' about me". Ferg is no doubt a fan of Clams work thanks to Clams’ work with Ferg’s fellow mob member A$AP Rocky: Clams played a big hand with production for Rocky’s releases Live Love ASAP (‘11) and Long Live Asap (’13). Ferg gets introspective on the track, reflecting on his personal struggle with fame, the role of his fans, and even touching on recent political issues via the recent Michael Brown shooting verdict "I mean we when I say Ferguson they talk about me / Little bro
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New Music: thestand4rd Album Stream / Download
thestand4rd are everything we want out of an R & B / rap group right now.. If you loved 16 year-old Internet rap sensation Spooky Black’s melancholic single Without You nearly half as much as we did, you should get stuck into the new album from his new group, thestand4rd (pronounced ‘the standard’), which is Allan Kingdom, Psymun, Bobby Raps, and Spooky. These players are all niche-as-all-hell as individuals (read: awesome, to our ears), and are probably never going to have mainstream appeal, but they’ve still got a really strong audience of passionately loyal fans, and together, they’re likely to make waves. Their first live show as a group earlier this month was apparently fairly epic (see pics below) with an audience singing along to every word. Their sound is new, and brave and everything we want out of an R&B/rap group right now. Never heard of these dudes? Well then, it’s high time you met this Minnesota-based gang: Psymun: Psymun’s an incredible producer, surely destined for Jam
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Video: Skrillex - Fuck That
In a word: hectic.. As he approaches an Australian return for the upcoming Stereosonic Festivals, Skrillex has dropped an epic - and rather intense - clip for Fuck That from his latest LP, Recess. Reading the YouTube comments is pretty fun too - his fans expecting the usual dubstep sounds but getting an (IMO) absolutely killer piece of bassy house - are really not appreciating this change in direction. I reckon it's fucking sick. But I digress... The clip is directed by Nabil Elderkin - no slouch in the video clip world, having worked with the likes of Kanye West (Mercy), James Blake (Overgrown) and that brilliant video for Alt-J's Hunger Of The Pine. Anyways, strap yourself in for what is essentially a five-minute short film about an encarcerated street fighter who quickly falls back into bad habits: Follow Skrillex: FACEBOOK
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New Music: Back Back Forward Punch - Big Time/Up Late In The Jungle
A funky time at the disco on BBFP's new double-single.. Melbourne electronic duo Back Back Forward Punch are closing out 2014 with not one but two new singles in Big Time and Up Late In The Jungle. The first is a lesson in driving nu-disco and breezy vocals, while the latter takes things a bit further back, for a pure classic disco groove, pumped up with the duo's patented brand of vocoder vocals and plenty of jungly vibes. Both are up for free download. BBFP will be joining Brisbane producer cln, Sydney disco-funksters Midnight Pool Party, future-beat friends Close Counters and the Acid Stag DJs for the the Mammal Sounds Christmas Party, taking over the Shebeen Bandroom Friday 28 November - Facebook event HERE. Follow Back Back Forward Punch: FACEBOOK
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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
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