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New: Mykki Blanco - Moshing In The Front feat. Cities Aviv
Listen to NY rapper Mykki Blanco shred the world to bits with his insane new, punk-influenced track.. “My new shit gonna make the Internet shit themselves…my new shit is very live, noise pedals and shit”… provocative underground rapper Mykki Blanco said this on his Twitter a few months ago in reference to Gay Dog Food: Fem Slick, his new mixtape coming out on UNO NYC Recordings on Oct 28 (a precursor to Mykki Blanco’s debut album Michael, which is due around March/April next year).  The first taste we heard of Gay Dog Food - which is set to feature drill rapper Katie Got Bandz and sexy R&B singer Ian Isiah - was back in September, via New Feelings, a loose spoken-word rambler loaded with outer space sounds and P-funk synths that left, erm, a bit to be desired. But we just listened to the next offering from the tape - Moshing In the Front - which was released this morning, and our cosmic angel has totally come through on that Tweet. The track features a fair bit of noise distortion, wit
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Video: HAMJAM - Love
The EP's out, it's time to go to the beach and launch it with some shows.. You've probably seen us bleeting on about HAMJAM a lot this past week or so, but we feel it's for good reason. Last week saw the release of their debut self-titled EP, featuring the first single Love - go on, buy it HERE. What we're really loving though is the video clip for Love, filmed by Tame Impala/POND guru Matt Sav, filmed on location at one of WA's famously sandy beaches... We can't stop laughing at the clip, we can't stop singing the songs, and we're looking forward to the band launching the EP with a few special shows next month - check the dates after marvelling at the video clip below. HAMJAM EP LAUNCH SHOWS:  Sat 1 Nov // Mojos Bar, North Fremantle, WA w/ Aborted Tortoise, Kitchen People + Ben Witt (TICKETS ON DOOR) Mon 1 Dec // Monday Night Mass @ Northcote Social Club, Melbourne, VIC w/ Peter Bibby + guests (FREE) ADDITIONAL SHOWS: Sat 8 Nov // WAM Festival Saturday Spectacular, Northbridge, WA w/
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New: Capetown - The Night feat. Phebe Starr
Some fresh disco-house from outta Brisbane.. Meet Capetown, a new production duo featuring a couple of Brisbane industry heavyweights - choosing to remain faceless for the time being - but already making waves in the club scene with specially-conncocted remixes for Tensnake and Jacques Le Cont and Young Franco (with an Allday one dropping soon). Before they drop some Alldeezy steez, there's this - their debut single, called The Night, and featuring Phebe Starr. It brings to mind a kind of earlier days Miami Horror days, with Starr's smooth vocal perfectly suiting the track's slinky tropical disco-house vibes, perfect for the dancefloor and a sunshiney beach chill equally. With summer just around the corner, we get the feeling we're gonna be hearing a lot more from these two over the coming months. Follow Capetown: FACEBOOK // SOUNDCLOUD
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New: Tkay Maidza - Switch Lanes
A new single, from a new EP, ahead of a US/UK/AUS tour - boom.. Tkay Maidza's our fave, we've said it heaps, so I'll just point you to previous track postings HERE and HERE, where we extoll ridiculous amounts of (very deserved) love upon the hip hopstress. It seems the rest of the world is very quickly taking notice, and today Maidza has dropped a new single Switch Lanes, from her forthcoming Switch Tape EP (due October 24 via Dew Process/UMA), and ahead of a global tour that takes in the US, UK and then back home for the summer (check the dates down the bottom). Switch Lanes was produced by an equally swaggalicous artist in Paces (himself just dropping a new tune and new EP announce LAST WEEK), and it's a pretty perfect pairing, dripping in Paces' signature steal drum vibes with Tkay providing a more-restrained flow that shows a softer, more soulful side. It's just a fucking winner all round. Follow Tkay Maidza: FACEBOOK // SOUNDCLOUD
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BET Hip Hop Award Winners
Drake and DJ Mustard lead the way.. Filmed last month in Atlanta, tonight the BET Hip Hop Awards will air tonight in the States. For the second year Snoop Dogg hosted the rap spectacle, and the full list of winners were revealed today on the BET site. Hip hop heavyweight Drake scooped the pool, winning Album of The Year for Nothing Was The Same, and Video of the Year for Worst Behaviour (watch it here). DJ Mustard took home the DJ Of The Year gong as well as MVP Of The Year – not surprising considering the West Coast forefather pretty much has a monopoly over the game right now, having produced most of the #1s you’ve heard this year. YG, Young Jeezy and Rich Homie Quan were winners of Best Collab – Group for their track My N**ga (who could forget YG’s crazy reaction when he got nominated? You’ll find the full list of winners and nominees on BET’s site. Can’t believe Iggy won over Young Thug in Who Blew Up though. A moving moment came by way of beatboxing pioneer Doug E Fresh paying tr
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Video Interview: Ryan Hemsworth
Post-CIRCO hangs with dreamboat beatmaker Ryan Hemsworth.. Earlier this year when we dropped the first ever Pilerats Rat Pack Compilation (listen HERE and expect the next one soon!) and somehow we managed to score an exclusive track from the one and only Ryan Hemsworth (I say somehow but our Record Label boss is a smooth operator). It was an early proud moment in a constantly growing pile of proud moments in the world of Pilerats Records in 2014, which became even cooler when he came over to headline CIRCO Festival around the middle of the year (wrap video HERE). In the days following we spent a little time with the quietly spoken producer, and given he's just announced details for a new album - Alone For The First Time, due November 3 via Last Gang/Secret Songs, now's the time to share that chat.
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Sugar Mountain Festival 2015 Lineup
Melbourne's killer music and arts festival gets a new home and an amazing lineup.. Melbourne’s most progressive music and arts festival - a place for creativity to be absorbed and celebrated - Sugar Mountain will take place in its fourth year on Saturday 24 January, 2015 at a brand new, inner-city location – VCA (Victorian College of the Arts). After three successive years at The Forum, starting with the inaugural festival in 2011, the event organisers - Tig Huggins, Pete Keen, Brett Louis and Nicci Reid - partnered with Melbourne’s Mushroom Group in order to realise their grand vision and 18 months in the making Sugar Mountain returns with a - put simply - stellar lineup of music and visual artists that has us on the west coast scouring plane ticket prices. We'll get straight into the lineup before pouring over the rest of the event's awesome plans for epic change: Nas performs Illmatic Body/Head (Kim Gordon + Bill Nace) ODESZA | Ariel Pink | Soul Clap Horse Meat Disco | The 2 Bears |
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New: One Day - Leave Your Windows Open
The good dudes of One Day drop a silky smooth new jam.. A few weeks ago we professed our love for Aussie hip hop crew One Day, featuring members of Horrorshow, Joyride, Spit Syndicate and Jackie Onassis, and they've just released a typically smooth new single in Leave Your Windows Open. The guys spent all of September playing a heap of big shows around the country, backing them up with chill Sunday arvo gigs and preaching the good word of Aussie hip hop to fans hungry for smooth beats and flow from some of this country's nicest dudes. Leave Your Windows Open would also go down smooth on a Sunday, or any day of the week really. While they're taking a little break from the touring life at the moment, Jackie Onassis will be heading out on tour soon (check all the details HERE). Follow One Day: FACEBOOK // SOUNDCLOUD
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Southbound Presents: Stagebound
A new format for Southbound's local band comp, and we're getting involved.. Southbound's local band comp is getting a little makeover in 2015 - putting the power of selecting the winner is your hands via voting system. Interested artists need to send Southbound their applications, from which they will finalise a shortlist of bands they feel have been working hard/making waves in the WA music scene. With a little help from reputable WA music media outlets The Music, Xpress and, urm... us, three finalists will be selected, and each media outlet will pick one finalist to root for during the month of November. All three finalists will be showcased one night in November (TBA), and finally, once your votes are tallied, the winner will be revealed. The winner of Stagebound will open the Big Top stage on Saturday 3 January at Southbound 2015, plus voters go in the running to win a double Happy Camper pass. Here's what you need to do:  ARTISTS If you would like your band to be considered as a f
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