27 year old’s is a renown year for artists, and not in a good way. But Sampa The Great turn it on it’s head and made her 27th year her own. While fires were raging so was Sampa, calling out the Australian music industry for it’s lack of diversity at the recent ARIA awards. She …
16 years the “J Awards” have been running, and for the genre that used to instill a cringe factor for non hip hop fans listening to “the jays”, Australian Hip Hop has made it’s mark in 2020. Indigenous artists Tasman Keith, Gumbaynggirr man representing Bowraville, and JK-47, Gudjinburra man of the Bundjalung nation, from Tweed …
When it comes to drawing you in, an artist may have to do a lot or do a little to capture your attention. Or in the case of Djarmbi Supreme, you just have to do it different. Two years after the release of his killer Tyrannosaurus Fonzarelli EP, Djarmbi has linked up with Down …
Sirak isn’t a traditional emcee. Taking elements from a variety of sources, his free-form lyrical style, super hype live show and organic production make for something different from the norm in Australian hip-hop. The 28 year old came into hip-hop late but has been playing the drums since he was 13. He dropped his debut …
Adelaide MC/Producer/Engineer/Poet and all-around good guy Koolta is ready to unleash his second full-length offering Revolutions Per Minute, the follow up to 2012’s insightful (but still banging) release The Extraordinary Average Joe. Koolta has grabbed all the album duties by the scruff of the neck for this release – writing, producing, recording and mixing the …
In something that’s pretty exciting for musicians, the Australian Music Industry Network and Travel Beyond Group have partnered together to offer registered musicians discounts for travel, hotels, car rental, etc. With airlines often copping a mean social media post for rough handling of baggage to cancelled and delayed flights resulting in gigs being missed, the …
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Melbourne MC Kryptic released his debut EP last month, featuring US MC Copywrite, and a host of local MC’s, the album is a good piece of work for the young MCs first release. Kryptic reveals, “‘The soundtrack to your life – Is it fast or slow? I’m no longer just a listener, I’m trying to …
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Sometimes I get sick of remixes, like, come on, do something original! But then, hearing old favourites flipped can be fun, or hearing d tracks made better, that’s cool. Different folks can mean very different strokes, so it’s always interesting. So today we are throwing some love across the waterway to producer “Keys” from New Zealand. …
Our new best friend, Remi, is $30,000 richer this week after winning the Coopers Australian Music Prize for his debut album Raw X Infinity, which was chosen as the best Australian record of 2014 over other artists like Chet Faker, and a bunch of other indies we don’t know or care about really. Spot us a …
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Seriously, what the hell goes on over in that secluded state of Queensland? Often playing third fiddle to Melbourne and Sydney, Brisbane doesn’t get the shine it deserves. Coming out of the depths of history and hi-hats is the beat smith Exploko, most notably known as Dats from the legendary group, The Optimen. On a …
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Jayteehazard doesn’t play to our Hip Hop purity when it comes to his latest five track EP Red Shift, but he has a certain way of making electronic music sounds marginally better than the rest by infusing familiar Hip Hop elements into the synths and snaps. Track three “Seen” features Impossible Odds MC Fred Leone who infuses the …
The Perth local Coin Banks is killin’ it on the film clip front. With a local crew behind production Banks has put together this fun clip that involves costumes and that classic “one mate” that everyone has. From his latest EP “Tails” Highs and Lows is a classic Banks track that has a positive spin …