Hip Hop
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The Fundamental Elements Of Hip Hop
Fundamental Elements is a Brisbane, hip hop duo who are set on fulfilling their musical vision.
MCs Species and Pleura will soon be releasing an EP titled 'The... -
Bluesfest Adds More Bands; Subtracts Ben Howard
Bluesfest Byron Bay has served up another major-artist announcement for opening night.
With the cancellation of... -
Future Music Festival @ Doomben Racecourse Review 2015
Perfect weather greeted hordes of excited festival-goers on Saturday (7 March) for Future Music Festival which, as always, was an absolute mecca of EDM in all its hedonistic
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Drake @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre Review
Drake may not have sold out the entire BEC last night (5 March, 2015), but the fans that were there were intensely loyal and crazy loud.
Aubrey 'Drake' Graham, an... -
Hilltop Hoods To Play Future Music Festival; Bring Your Cosby Sweater
Seeing the Hilltop Hoods live is like going to a house party where things start out chilled and then explode into ruckus. The party spontaneously combusts: someone’s doing a
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Deltron 3030 @ The Hi-Fi Review
Kid Koala casually took to his station – at The Hi-Fi Brisbane (25 February) – equipped with three turntables for his warm-up set where he not only got everyone ready for the
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Mountain Sounds Festival 2015 Review
Mountain Sounds has everything you could possibly want from a music festival, served with the most perfect of proportions.
With headliner Alison... -
King Social Is The Big Man On Tour
2015 is shaping up to be a huge year for Townsville band King Social, following the success of their second EP 'Big Man'.
After playing sell-out shows in North... -
Deltron 3030 To Finally Arrive Down Under
Cast your mind back to the turn of the millennium.
Among the celebrations, countdowns and general excess, many breathed a sigh of relief as prophecies declaring the... -
Drake Is A Force Of Nature
He may have started from the bottom, but Aubrey Drake Graham is very much on top of the world right now.
Rapping is the 28-year-old’s bread and butter, but with... -
Enter Die Antwoord's Freeky Sideshow
Sideshows have been announced for utterly insane South African act ...
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St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival 2015 @ RNA Showgrounds Review
“It’s so hot; how can you live like this?” These are some of the first words Benjamin Booker mutters into his microphone as he takes to the stage at yet another talent-packed
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Nas @ The Tivoli Review 2015
There is nothing more special for a hip hop head than to experience an album – that has been deemed by many as one of the greatest rap albums of all time – being performed
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Beat The Drum @ The Domain Review 2015
A festival celebrating the 40th birthday of triple j. A festival held on one day, in one place, showcasing 40 years of Australian music across every genre imaginable. NO BIG
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Get Intimate With Briggs At Saltwater Freshwater Festival
Briggs has enjoyed some downtime, kicking back watching ‘South Park’ before his next performance at the Saltwater Freshwater Festival.
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Paul Abad Q&A: Earth Frequency Festival Promoter
A four-day outdoor festival, based in south-east Queensland, Earth Frequency Festival brings together many cultural niches such as: transformational festival, tribal
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In Transit With Nastaij
Lismore emcee Nastaij (pronounced Na-stay-sh) has firmly cemented herself in the northern NSW hip hop community over the last 12 months.
After the release of her... -
Nelly, Lupe Fiasco, B.o.B @ Riverstage Review
The day was still bright and the heat was still searing as Lupe Fiasco hit the stage.
While the cheers were loud, the crowd was either paralysed by the heat or just... -
Are Ratking Continuing New York Hip Hop’s Legacy?
New York hip hop has a fiercely guarded history.
From the genre’s inception in the early 1970s, to the breakthrough success of Grandmaster Flash and Run-D.M.C. in... -
Top Five Watermelons With Tom Showtime
Good funk tracks are hard to come by these days.
But Melbourne-based producer and multi-instrumentalist, Tom Showtime, has nailed it with his new track, ‘Life is...