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Next Hype-man Gurvin Dhillon selects a deluxe dancefloor playlist ahead of 'the Summer of Next Hype'.. Fun times are always afoot when Next Hype are around. The Perth-based boutique promotions collective is the little brother of Horizons Touring, the brains and brawn behind Origin NYE. They have a knack for curating music line-ups of highly credible underground dancefloor talent from around the world; ranging from burgeoning to established artists. They then combine those first-class talent choices with special venues, extra thoughtful touches, and round out the package with brandinga and limited edition merch. Their Why Make Sense? parties being a case in point: seeing Julio Bashmore and Gold Panda play with an intimate crowd in a tiny alley with a ceiling of fairy lights and stars was pretty memorable. Likewise, we won't forget seeing Glasgow producer Rustie on the beach by moonlight. Or witnessing Oneman ripping up the rooftop of an abandoned Fremantle department store: Next Hype h

A mid-year tour for Title Fight to celebrate their new album, Hyperview.. With their new album Hyperview due January 30 on Anti Records, Pennsylvania four-piece Title Fight have this week dropped a new video for the single Rose Of Sharon, and announced a pretty massive run of Australia tour dates in the middle of the year. In the summer of 2014, the band bunkered down in Studio 4 in Conshohocken, PA with producer/engineer Will Yip (who they had made their last three records with) to make Hyperview - the follow-up to 2013's Spring Songs EP. Hyperview is massive leap forward from the group's previous releases, and our excitement for it is fortunately being tempered somewhat with the moody clip for Rose Of Sharon. Check it below, and take in the huge run of dates below that, which tickets go on sale for Friday 23 January. AUS' TOUR DATES:  Friday 19 June - The Brightside, Brisbane (TICKETS)  Saturday 20 June - The Lab, Brisbane AA (TICKETS)  Sunday 21 June - YAC, Byron Bay AA (TICKETS) 

A dash of '90s house big with a pair of big ol' swingin' balls.. Following the release of his Take Me EP last year (listen HERE), one of Australia's long-standing key figures in a currently booming house scene, Danny T is back with "complete burner" (Golden Features, 2015) in Let Me Go. And after you have a listen to the stream below you will concur with the likes of Bag Raiders, Sinden, RUFUS and more, who've all thrown their support behind the mo in the business. I even had the pleasure of playing it out about a week ago and can confirm all the ladies in the front row lost their minds. One even said to me: "My boyfriend DJs in Sydney and he would probably think you're pretty good", after I played it. True story. Let Me Go takes all the pleasure points of '90s house, before updating it with plenty of that bass-house sound the legends at Sweat It Out! have been rinsing for a while now. And given Danny T is their man on their ground, it's no wonder he's leading the charge. Take a listen

Björk has surprise dropped her new album today, two months earlier than planned.. Well. Talk about a treat for Hump Day. Two months ahead of its original release date (in a note on Facebook last week, Icelandic musician Björk told us she'd be releasing the album in March), Björk has released her album Vulnicura on iTunes today, rolling it out over 24 hours. It's her first album in four years, following 2011's Biophilia. The early than announced digital release is most likely in response to the fact that it leaked over the weekend (although, unlike Madonna, she didn't go so far as to call the leak "artistic rape").  Vulnicura notably features co-production with our favourite New York Venuzualen Arca, producer for Twigs and Yeezus. British experimental producer The Haxan Cloak also chipped in on one track, and handled most of the mixing, save for two mixed with Chris Elms. Antony Hegarty, of Antony and the Johnsons, features on vocals on one track.  Björk posted (again... she is really

All of the yes.. Simon Green AKA Bonobo is headed back to Australia and New Zealand this coming March for a series of DJ sets, which while not the master-producer in live form, are damn sure the next best thing. An artist that constantly pushes himself outside of his musical comfort zone, Bonobo’s is constantly and rightly hailed as one of the world's most forward-thinking producers and live performers. In 2013 Bonobo released his fifth album, The North Borders, and it’s become the high watermark of his career to date. Take him some of his DJ sets in this Soundcloud playlist below, and check the dates for the shows after that. Tickets on sale Friday 23 January via HERE. TOUR DATES: FRI 13 MARCH | THE STUDIO | AUCKLAND SUN 15 MARCH | ROYAL CROQUET CLUB | ADELAIDE THUR 19 MARCH | PRINCE OF WALES | MELBOURNE FRI 20 MARCH | HI FI | SYDNEY SAT 21 MARCH | VILLA | PERTH Follow Bonobo: FACEBOOK / WEBSITE

Feisty MCs El-P and Killer Mike tell us what they know about love..

We're hosting a zombie movie double at Rooftop Movies!. A somewhat well known fact about Pilerats.com's editor is that he thoroughly enjoys zombie films, and has a pretty stupid collection of them at his house. So when the opportunity arose to host a zombie movie double at Perth's Rooftop Movies, it was a...no-brainer. In a series of unholy alignments, we've linked up with the Perth Underground Film Festival for a killer night of cult flicks, gruesome dress-ups and deadly dancefloor tunes on Black Friday 13th of February, featuring screenings of Doc Of The Dead, and Day Of The Dead. DOC OF THE DEAD: Starring Shaun of The Dead’s Simon Pegg, World War Z author Max Brooks, and legendary director George A. Romero among others, it's a definitive zombie culture documentary, from the creative team behind the hit doco The People v George Lucas. Get stuck into a rich dialogue about zombies in popular culture with zombie experts and celebrities, YouTubers and indie filmmakers. Watch the trailer:

A dark and brooding affair from the Laneway-bound producer.. Is there an artist whose visual and audio aesthetic is more considered than Flying Lotus? The dude's output feels so meticulously crafted he almost feels like a higher being. Alright maybe we're being a little hyperbolic with those kind of statements, but whatever, he's one of the world's most exciting electronic artists, and any new release is met with feverish anticipation around these parts. Last year's You're Dead! album was another beautiful melding of the audio and the visual, and we're looking forward to seeing his Layer 3 show in Australia this month at the Red Bull Music Academy x Future Classic Stage at St Jerome's Laneway Festival. What all of this jibber jabber leads into is another stellar video clip, this time for Coronus, The Terminator - a dark and menacingly cinematic clip for one of You're Dead!'s highlights: Follow Flying Lotus: FACEBOOK / WEBSITE