Pilerats, Journalist

A night for the vinyl edz out there, featuring Touch Sensitive, John Wall and Ariane.. Sunday 8 June (Queen's Birthday long weekend for you east-coasters) sees some serious vinyl fanatics going for a dig through their (EPIC) crates for an all-vinyl assault on the Cliff Dive Bar. Sexy bass basher Touch Sensitive will be joined by John Wall and lady about town Ariane for a no-CDs, no-laptops, no USBs affair from 9pm til 3am. How deep will they be digging? Well we have it on good authority that Touch Sensitive's record collection rolls some 5000+ deep, while Fuzzy director Wall has a ridiculously large 20,000 he'll be flipping through. Expect plenty of late night grooves, from italo to funk, disco, balearic and late '90s/early '00s house and all that lies between. Free entry, long weekend Sunday and vinyl grooves - what's not to love? More info from the team at UNDRCRTL.

Zhu's mega-hit gets the Trumpdisco bang-up.. If you havne't heard Zhu's massive track Faded by now, well there's a good chance you aren't reading this post, so I'll dispense with the pleasantries and get straight to it. Melbourne producer Trumpdisco has added his signature ravey electro touch to the track, and it's taken Faded from smooth, deep-housey banger to in-your-face dancefloor destroyer. Stream/download it for free below, followed by some exclusive words from the man himself in the first interview he's done since his last EP, and also another free download - his recent two hour mega mix, because there's no such thing as too much rave. How’s things in Trumpdisco land at the moment - the two hour mix you just released has a few snippets of some upcoming originals? Hey! Yeah things are good, been very tied down with my upcoming EP for a while now which, yeah, I've snuck into the mix =) Keeping busy with more originals, collabs and remixes in the work!  It seems like you’ve been p

A rad new music/art venue in Wollongong opens June 6.. Washed Out is a new live music venue/art space opening in Wollongong next month, with a focus on booking emerging local and touring acts whilst simultaneously pushing the local art and design communities of the area. Initiatives like monthly feature artists and custom limited t-shirts will be backed by regular band shows and good times. It kicks off June 6 with a launch party backing all these claims by hosting Triple J Unearthed winners Lunatics On Pogosticks and Central Coast indie-pop quartet Sea Legs, joined by locals The Vanns and psychedelic surf-rock collective Sheerkhan. More info, including the awesome t-shirt designs you can expect on the night can be obtained by clicking on the image below:

New York-based photographer Alison Brady has an interesting view of the world..

New music from weakling, LO'99 and Raph Lauren's newest.. With the internet's penchant for releasing a crazy amount of new music for free, it was foolish to think we'd be able to keep this Friday Freebie column to one tune per week. With that in mind, here's three new tracks we came across this week which you can download for free. A couple of housey ones, plus Raph Lauren's latest, which was originally only available in Ryan Hemsworth's "Cool DJ Mix" earlier this year. Let's start with that one... RAPH LAUREN - HOME First time I heard this the Aussie-as vocal sample was kinda jarring, but it very quickly just felt really natural and awesome in this track. This is Raph Lauren's second single, and it's two for two as far as we're concerned. A really left-field take on future-beats, we're really looking forward seeing what comes next. WEAKLING - JEALOUS Brisbane-based producer weakling has been doin' his thing for a few years, and while this is the first taste of weakling we've been for

Talking art, life and shit with Circo Festival Illustrator Eugene Plotnikov..

Five tracks each from the much-hyped tour buddies.. Before we begin this excursion into the minds of the about-to-kick-off-their-first-Australian-tour duo Sango and Pomo (joined by Stwo - deets HERE), let me first apologise for the photoshop effort above. I'm sure Sango isn't a tiny human compared to Pomo, but I do kinda like how they're looking at each other. We asked them each to give us five tracks they're vibing on at the moment, and as was expected from the eclectic beatsmiths, their selections are varied and awesome. Enjoy them below and skip down the bottom to see where they're playing on a tour that kicks off tonight in Adelaide: SANGO The way the production compliments the verses is amazing. The tempo is prefect. It has this bounce to it. Just the whole track is heavy. I was in the car with Atu and Dpat, and they showed me this song and I was just blown away. The singing is hard to make out, but it fits. The quirkiness of the the song is what makes it so interesting. Such a go

Bart Simpson and friends would make rad zombies..

Serious banger business for the weekend.. Former Adelaide house dons turned bass lords, DJ/producer duo Señor Roar have a couple of shows this weekend, one in our corner of the world at Force Majeure with the good party people of Ambar, followed by a Sydney Social show with one of our faves, Go Freek, and a host of others. To celebrate the former - and no doubt keep the party going between both of them - Senor Roar made a little mix for the Force Majeure Crew, and it's the business: And if that doesn't gee you up enough, Force Majeure fiend and one of Peth's finest Philly Blunt has just released a remix of that DJ Snake/Lil Jon banger you've all been turning down for:

Fuck winter, stay warm with this summer jam from Jasper and Airwolf.. If you hate winter as much as I do, this new disco-house jam from the pairing of producer/DJ/photographer dude Airwolf and normally bass/keys-player-in-the-band-Jakubi, Jasper, should make you feel warm and fuzzy. Girls To Jump is reminscent of the earliest Ducksauce tunes, it pumps with plenty of sassy horns and groovy bass and general good times. These are reinforced in the 70s (?)-sampling video clip you can watch below, right after you've downloaded this sucker for FREE: Like Airwolf on FACEBOOK or check out his BLOG, where you can spy on a heap of his rad social photography as well as tune-age.

Seekae have a new single, new album, and tour to announce.. London-via-Sydney electronica outfit Seekae have announced details for their third album - The Worry - due for release via Future Classic on September 12. Their credentials speak for themselves, with two previous albums that topped a lot of Best Of lists, and The Worry is looking to be their most ambitious and intimate work yet, as evidenced by the first single from it, Test & Recognise. After teasing at it last year, The Worry sees the group embrace vocals full-steam, with percussionist Alex Cameron taking charge with the vocal chords. Fortunately for us, with new albums, comes new tours, and they've announced a big one (which we're presenting along with a host of other rad folks!), taking in the following dates with special guest Jonti in the month leading up to the album's release: Sat 9 Aug - Darwin Festival, Darwin* Tues 12 Aug - The Zoo, Brisbane Fri 15 Aug - The Gov, Adelaide Sat 16 Aug - The Villa, Perth Fri 22 Aug