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From Versailles to Vegemite: a cross-continental skateboarding film shot in Perth.. The recently released Crossing The Perth Dimension is a gem of a short film, devised and created by a Perth-based crew, about French skateboard / clothing makers Magenta Skateboards' recent skating trip to Perth, and their time spent traversing the city on board with Perth skaters. In the film's opening scenes, filmmaker Josh Roberts, who's been working on skate film material for almost a decade now, gives context as to the project's genesis: "My name is Josh Roberts. I live in Perth, Australia, which is said to be the most remote city on earth. In 2012, I made Domingo, a short independent skate film, that focused on my friends skating the downtown streets of Perth. A few months later, I sent a copy of the video to the Magenta [Skateboards] guys in France, kinda like a 'thank you' for their skateboards providing the inspiration for me to make the film. A couple of friends from Perth were in France in th

BEEN TRILL cashes in on A$AP Rocky’s ‘Multiply’ Video Diss.. Less than 24 hours after A$AP Rocky released his video clip for Multiply, in which he disses clothing brand BEEN TRILL, the company's co-founder, Heron Preston, responded on Instagram, then, in a rather genius move, promptly made a tee-shirt, which he calls the ‘Tip Drill’ tee, that depicts Rocky standing in front of the exed out BEEN TRILL logo from the Multiply video (and doesn’t look all that different from something BEEN TRILL might regularly put out). The tees are for sale for $50, which means Preston’s subversion of A$AP’s critique is not just clever, but profitable. In his RESPONSE on Instagram, Preston made a positive out of the whole thing. Whilst suggesting that a rapper having a go at a clothing label (rather than a rapper versus rapper beef) might be a sign of rap having ‘lost it's edge’, he then praised the video, “the song/video is good,” said Preston, “let's continue to shake shit up! Our culture needs it.” If

Sydney trio Little May offer some insight into their upcoming debut EP release.. Sydney indie-folk trio Little May have a huge week ahead of them. They've just released a new single - Bones - which features on their upcoming debut self-titled EP release, itself due out Friday 10 September. Not only that, they've just signed to two (!) hugely influential international labels in Island Records and Capitol Records, along with joining the Paradigm Roster (The National, Tame Impala). The threesome were kind enough to take a bit of time out of what must be a hectic schedule to give us some insight into each track you'll hear on the EP. Have a read below, and check the huge list of tour dates they have coming up over this November/December. HIDE - Answered by Hannah Field  The track Hide was written a few years back in a dingy motel in a town called Mallacoota. Liz and I had made the poor decision to road trip it down to Melbourne, where we would be playing one of our first gigs. The always

Who doesn’t love a good conspiracy in which our planet is hollow..

Fired “pervy” American Apparel CEO and “predator with a camera” Terry Richardson star in revenge porn sketch..

The Rock’s “Raunchy” Baywatch Movie is go. 10/10 would watch..

Club Cheval kid and Bromantic producer Sam Tiba gives us five favourite Bromance Records tunes.. Friday 10 October sees Nina Las Vegas's next NLV Presents tour, the International Edition, kick off in Perth at Villa, where she'll be joined by a fresh list of some of the world's most on-point tune selectors. And while it's almost shameful I've used the words "fresh" and "on-point" in one sentence, you try think of some better descriptors when we're talking about LuckyMe's Eclair Fifi, USA Jersey Club queen UNiiQU3 and Booty-beatmaker Swick for a global club lineup to die for. Also joining the fray is Club Chavel/Bromance Records darling Sam Tiba, who's know stranger to deep and dark bangers, and we asked him for his five essential Bromance Records tunes ahead of the tour. Click HERE for more info/tickets. ILLANGELO - CLOCKWORK feat. PHLO FINISTER Illangelo is an amazing producer. Each track I’m listening to surprises me and this one is no exception. It’s a deep, well-thought sonic adven

A music festival in the Bermuda Triangle on Halloween? Why not.. Bacardi obviously had a sit-down earlier this year and thought, Halloween is scary and all, but how can we make it scarier - and with bangers. Through this fictional pow-wow/festival organisation meeting that I've just made up in my head, the Bacardi Triangle Festival was born, featuring some of the world's biggest acts hitting one of the world's most intriguing and scary tropical island areas for a three-day musical adventure over the Halloween weekend. And I'm not kidding when I say 'world's biggest acts' either. All willing to throw superstition to the wind and fly into an area of the globe notorious for disappearing acts will be: Calvin Harris, Kendrick Lamar and Ellie Goulding take headline honours, joined by a variety of dance music deviants including Tensnake, PBR Streetgang, Crazy P Soundsystem, bass music pioneers AC Slater, Nadastrom and Sinden, Marc Roberts, Thee Mike B, Jubilee, Cuban Brothers, Futureboogie, F

Surecut Kids drop a bass-heavy colab with Spenda C to announce their new tour.. In another case of perfect producer match, Gold Coast bass swag kings Surecut Kids have combined with trap terror Spenda C for a naughty new tune called Slut Drop feat. Hello Gevena. It comes packaged with a tidy little video produced by audio/visual lord Ego, featuing Geneva on the vocals and plenty of party swagger times that are sure to come on Surecut Kids' upcoming Australian tour (Spenda C is currently on his own Broken tour - check some bass bombs of his HERE along with all of those dates). Scope the video below, and check the run of dates after that. SURECUT KIDS TOUR DATES: Thu 9 Oct - Quite Frankly, First Floor, Melbourne Fri 17 Oct - Father Villa Takeover, Perth Sat 18 Oct - Family Nightclub, Brisbane Thu 30 Oct - Kicks, The World Bar, Sydney SUn 2 Nov - Black Cherry Sundays, Zhivago, Adelaide Follow Surecut Kids: FACEBOOK // SOUNDCLOUD

Who better to get the lowdown on Jersey than from the queen herself.. Friday 10 October sees Nina Las Vegas's next NLV Presents tour, the International Edition, kick off in Perth at Villa, where she'll be joined by a host of some of the world's most on-point tune selectors. LuckyMe's Eclair Fifi, Booty-beatmaker Swick and Bromance Records/Club Chavel dude Sam Tiba will be joined by Nina and also New Jersey bounce babe/DJ/rapper/producer UNiiQU3 AKA the queen of Jersey Club. We asked UNiiQU3 for some cliffnotes on the Jersey sound as it gathers steam into our Aussie summer. Check 'em below, and click HERE for more info/tickets on the NLV Presents shows. RAE SREMMURD - NO TYPE (GIANNE LEE x HI$TO REMIX) I really love the vibe on this track. Gianni and Hi$to never disappoint when they team up for a collaboration. JAY R NEUTRON - RUN A MUCK This is amazing. I always love how Ballroom and Jersey Club both influenced each other. On top of that this is so cunt and ravey. WALE - THE BODY FEA

We say it every year, but BEST ONE YET.. The St. Jerome's Laneway Festival returns in 2015, and once again like clockwork this country's favourite indie festival has produced another stellar line-up of up-and-comers, established stars and future heroes to get your eyes and ears around. Traversing seven cities and three countries, let's just tuck into the lineup shall we? Agnes DeMarco* - Andy Bull - Angel Olsen - BANKS - Benjamin Booker - Caribou - Connan Mockasin - Courtney Barnett - Dune Rats - Eagulls - Eves*** - FKA Twigs - Flight Facilities - Flying Lotus (Layer 3) - Future Islands* - Highasakite - Jesse Davidson** - Jon Hopkins** - Jungle - Little Dragon - Lykke Li - Mac DeMarco - Mansionair - Perfect Pussy - Peter Bibby - POND - Ratking - Raury - Royal Blood* - Rustie - Seekae - SOHN - St Vincent* - Vic Mensa *Exclusive to Laneway: no sideshows**Laneway Adelaide only***Exclusive to East Coast shows only NZ line-up HERE. Singapore lineup HERE. DATES: Saturday 24 January - SINGAPO

Movement are currently supporting Banks overseas, and just released a sneaky little HAIM jam.. If you're getting tired of our bleating on about Movement - too bad. It's not gonna stop til the rest of Australia catches on. They're currently supporting Banks in the US, so while they're star continues to rise overseas, they remain relatively quiet over here. We're hoping that all changes when they melt your face at the upcoming Falls and Southbound Festivals, but until then here's a sweet HAIM cover, and while you're at it go have another LISTEN to their EP from earlier this year. Follow Movement: FACEBOOK // WEBSITE