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Gimme Some Truth Music Documentary Film Festival
A music documentary film festival in WA, curated by radio station RTRFM.. A film festival solely dedicated to music documentaries is a pretty great idea, made even better when it’s spearheaded by a local independent radio station with impeccable taste in music. Gimme Some Truth - RTRFM's music documentary festival – returns for its sophomore year, showcasing eight films over six days, including two world premieres (score!).  The film opening proceedings is Heaven Adores You - a documentary about the late singer Elliot Smith. Directed by a high school mate of Smith’s, Nickolas Rossi (from a Kickstarter project), it’s said to be the first project that’s been allowed to use Smith's music. Closing night is Finding Fela, a film about the father of Afrobeat, Fela Kuti, that’s been doing the rounds of the global indie festival circuit to strong acclaim. There’s a tour documentary, Come Worry With Us!, which goes on the road with Canadian post-rock trio Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra.
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Etsy Pop-Up Markets
Etsy’s moving into the real world, rolling out a series of pop-up markets across the country.. From little things, big things grow. Just ask Sophia Amoruso, founder of global girls’ clohing business NastyGal and author of #GIRLBOSS – she created a small vintage women's clothing business on eBay that’s now worth $250 million dollars. Etsy is like Ebay, but specifically for handmade goods and artisan products – and it’s one sweet four-letter word if you’re a small business owner with a product to sell. With over one million active shops and 40 million members, business owners on Etsy generated over $895 million in sales last year. Etsy’s moving into the real world, rolling out a series of pop up markets across the country that will be selling a broad range of stuff: jewellery, art, fashion, vintage and homewares. The Etsy shop-owners will be turning off their computers and coming out into the sunshine to sell their creations the ol’ fashioned way. They’ll also happily let you pick their
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5 UNDER 500
Some new music from some artists you may not know of yet.. A lot of acts that you read about on music websites - the hot/upcoming/buzz-worthy articles - come from a press release, with the authors sent a lot of awesome new music and having to sift through for the good stuff. With that in mind we thought we'd go on a little hunt through the online realm to try and find a few acts that haven't broken over the 500-Like mark (because like it or not, the number of FB likes you've accrued can play a role in the amount of online love you'll receive). So we hope 5 UNDER 500 will bring to your attention a few emerging acts, who are under 500 likes on Facebook, and whose sounds we are very much digging. Heir Fuller - Escape You have just checked the track time, seeing it's nearly 9 minutes long. You groan inwardly and ask, 'Who the hell has 9 minutes for a song?' But Heir Fuller is one of the most startling artists to come out of Brisbane. Now startling is a strange word, does it mean he's a sur
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Diplo and Skrillex Monster Mix
Diplo and Skrillex Share 2 Chainz, AlunaGeorge Collaborations on Jack Ü Mix.. At the beginning of last year Mad Decent tastemaker Diplo announced he’d be collaborating with Skrillex in a project called Jack Ü. Both producers are leaders in their field, and both work hard to discover and support amazing new talent; so any project involving the two of them is predestined to be a boon. The two debuted at Ultra Festival in Miami, followed by the Mad Decent Block Party in September (hear that set here). Naturally, they blew up both stages with ease, including some serious heat with their first single Take Ü There feat. Kieza. Bulding the project’s credibility and the anticipation for a release even further, last night Diplo welcomed Skrillex to his Diplo & Friends radio show for a two-hour Jack Ü mix. It’s a monster of a thing (two hours), that gets very hectic straight from the get-go. Most excitingly, features more of a look into their new material – including a track with rapper 2Chainz
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Premiere: Ribongia - It Began EP
After a US premiere with Skrillex's Nest HQ, we got some Aussie love for Ribongia's latest.. We've been hailing Antonio Rosselli Del Turco AKA Ribongia as one of the country's most exciting producers since first frothing over his originals Slave Trade and Save The Children earlier this year. The best way to describe his music comes from the word 'ribongia', which means chaos or dissaray from Italy years and years ago, and his sounds are the perfect example of organised chaos. It feels like there's heaps of going on, but none of the parts ever impact the others in a harmful way, it just all melds together so well. Just as the EP you can stream below does, featuring the previously mentioned tracks along with new works It Began, Stomp and Gazela (the first and third featuring fellow Italian producer Clap! Clap!). Following the EP's US premiere on Skrillex's Nest HQ LAST NIGHT we're stoked to offer the stream below, you can grab the EP from Friday via October Records, and catch him on his
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Ryan Hemsworth Gives Back Catalogue Out for Free
Ryan Hemsworth gives away a free pack of nearly everything he's ever created.. He's such a benevolent guy, that Ryan Hemsworth, he never forgets where he came from and always gives back to the fans that made him. At Christmas time last year he gave away RYANPACK Volume 1, a free download pack of 10 previously unreleased remixes of songs including Beyonce, Lorde and Chief Keef. You can still get it here. Christmas has come early this year: Ryan's just put up a career-spanning compilation for free: the mega Bit Torrent Bundle is called Hemsworth Country, an "incredible 3-D adventure in the mind of Ryan Hemsworth" that features his entire Bandcamp discography (2013's Still Awake EP, his collab album with Shady Blaze, Distorted, 2010 EPs We Deserve This and Cover Your Shame) and various mp3s. There's also a tonne of happy snaps. The pack's artwork is a Donkey Kong kook-fest, and comes with a super cute letter / drawing Ryan made for his fans: The producer's new album, Alone for the First
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Video: Carmada - Maybe
'Tude for days.. Carmada, AKA Aussie tropical banger merchants LDRU and Yahtzel, have dropped the video for their debut single Maybe, just in time for summer. Shot in LA along Venice Beach, it's basically just a a girl on a bike fucking everybody's shit up, and it's all kinds of awesome. The video follows their recent signing with OWSLA, joining label boss Skrillex and fellow Aussies What So Not on the Los Angeles-stationed imprint. This is what the pair had to say about joining the stable: "Couldn't be more exited to finally announce we'll be joining a massive group of legends, having signed with OWSLA for North America and Sony Music Entertainment for Australasia! Big love to both crews, especially Skrillex for sharing Maybe in his most recent Skrillex Selects playlist. We can't thank you all enough for the support you've given us so far..." The vid comes ahead of their Realise EP - pre-order it HERE, and the duo will be appearing at the upcoming Steresonic Festivals.
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