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Melbourne artist Alex Gillies is exhibiting his incredible (and oft-music related) woodcuts.. Brisbane-based artist Alex Gillies is making the trip south this weekend for his fourth solo exhibition, and first in Melbourne upstairs at The Old Bar in Fitzroy. 'Once Every 15 Days' is a showcase of his printmaking work from the past six years, specifically in the medium of woodcuts. Gillies' work interweaves his love of music with his woodcuts, having created artwork for acts such as No Anchor, Violent Soho, Harmony and High Tension, as well as and Screamfeeder’s Kelly Lloyd and legendary American record label Amphetamine Reptile.

VIDEO: Red Castle Motel Fashion Editorial. In Issue #11 of Pilerats Magazine we ran a killer little fashion editorial, featuring photo and video content.

No you're not tripping balls, it's just Kilter's new video.. Dreamboat producer/live percussionist/all-round-nice-guy Kilter's single They Say is currently going great guns, and he's just released a trippy-ass video clip to go with it. For it, he collaborated with Melbourne artist Kate Shaw, and it will hurt your brain and eyes in good ways. It comes at a busy time for the young beatsmith, who's also just released a new remix for Disciples, seemingly been on a constant touring cycle, and has an EP on the way. Kilter's Shades EP is due on July 11, and you can pre-order it NOW to get an instant download of They Say, and until that time enjoy the video clip below, and catch the dude live at one of the following dates: SAT MAY 24: HQ, Adelaide (inthemix Get Local tour with Ember & Yahtzel) FRI 30 MAY: Meche, Canberra (inthemix Get Local tour with Yahtzel) SAT 31 MAY: Chinese Laundry, Sydney (inthemix Get Local tour with Uberjak'd & Ember & Yahtzel) THUR 5 JUNE: Entrance Leagues Club, C

Upping the babe factor x3.. Our partner's in life and love, Metric Promotions and ICSSC have just added three acts to this year's Circo Festival - check the initial announcement HERE - and we're pretty damn pleased with the additions. As you probably guessed by the header photo, Canadian wunderkind Ryan Hemsworth is headed back our way, joined by best bros LDRU and Yahtzel, the latter in DJ mode. They join the likes of Violent Soho, Kele, Nina Las Vegas, Onra, The Kite String Tangle and more, Saturday 28 June at Claremont Showgrounds. So head along to the brand new Circo Festival website HERE to get some tickets/learn up on all the acts playing.

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Full-time purveyor of maximum swag, Paces is hittin' the road.. Gold Coast beatsmasher/friend of the fedora Paces has just locked down his upcoming Australian tour in support of the single Can't Touch Me feat. Madline Vida. It comes off the back of a Groovin The Moo appearance, plenty of triple j lovin', and the announcement he'll be joining Splendour In The Grass 2014. As always, Paces will be performing in full live mode, fingerblasting his MPD in a whirl of original productions, remixes and unreleased bangers. Splendour marks the grand finale, but the rest of the country can catch him at one the following dates: JUNE 13 – MECHE, CANBERRA JUNE 14 - THE FACTORY, SUNSHINE COAST JUNE 20 – DIE HIGH PARTY @ PARKER NIGHTCLUB, PERTH JUNE 25 – THE WALL, WORLD BAR, SYDNEY JUNE 27 – WHEREVER, BENDIGO JULY 5 – ALHAMBRA LOUNGE, BRISBANE JULY 9 - CASSETTE NINE, AUCKLAND, NZ JULY 10 - THE BACK BAR, HAMILTON, NZ JULY 11 - CATS @ ROCKET BAR, ADELAIDE JULY 18 - CANT SAY, MELBOURNE JULY 27 - SPLEND

Alex Lehours, Sheryo & The Yok combine with you for an incredible mural.. Last weekend saw the completion of a massive mural in Fremantle as part of a series of artistic installations across the globe - the Converse Sneakers Clash Wall. Using the hashtag #sneakerclashfreo hundreds of submissions were sent in acrossa Australia for ideas for street artists Sheryo, The Yok and Alex Lehours to take over 1-5 South Terrace, a large and previously very bland infrastructure. The results, as you can see below, are nothing short of spectacular. The first couple of images show some of the ideas that were submitted, and how they ended up as the final product. Sneakers Clash is inspired by the Spring 2014 Converse All Star Sneaker Collection, the hero of the collection being the Converse All Star Chuck 70 - a new take on the American icon. The six original colours and two prints of the Converse All Star Chuck '70 were the colour inspiriation for the mural, as evidenced below. Head to the Convers

Meet some of the acts you'll be seeing at Splendour 2014.. UK trio Darlia will be making their Australian debut at this year's Splendour In The Grass, along with a couple of sideshows to boot. All the dates and the video clip for their single Candyman after a brief intro with Nathan from the group. Who are you? Nathan Day of Darlia, the ‘Blackpool Rock’ band. How’d you meet? We were cleaners. We used to hide our stuff in bin bags to sneak out to gigs and play music in the music block. I ‘cleaned’ the school guitars with my bare hands. Resulted in a consequential prompt firing and permanent smell of bleach. What kinda tunes we talkin’? The kinda tunes that a magpie whistles as it steals silver from a jewellery shop. Production/writing process: I write everything and take it to the band to bring it to life. It’s basically singer/songwriter on steroids.  What do you do outside of Darlia? There is no outside of Darlia. You know that really cliched line of ‘We live and breathe it’ - well I

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One banger and one chiller this week.. Today we present you with a tune from either side of the spectrum, depending on what kinda weekend you have planned. For those who like to rock, Sydney duo on the come-up Go Freek have a lot to celebrate. Their single We Can Ride has been killing it on the charts and in the clurbs of late, and they've just signed with Art Killers Artist Management & PR, so they've chucked Milkshakes up in the cloud for free. As you can guess by the title it's a gutter-house take on the Kelis classic about her dairy products and their penchant for attracting people of the male persuasion to a section of land on or around some buildings. Go Freek have very quickly established a knack for killer drops, and this is no different. For those taking it easy this weekend, perhaps sipping on some tea in the lush surrounds of a georgous back yard (totes yards themes going on today), we have Embässy and the first in a five part series - his remix of What If, by Milan. We've