Hip Hop
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Premiere: Watch Crooked White's New Video 'The 4th Beegee'
With close on 20-years experience in the music industry, Cairns-raised, Brisbane-based emcee Crooked White today releases his debut solo album, 'Confessions', a project more
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Hot Brown Honey Review @ Brisbane Powerhouse
Brash, bold and beautiful, but don’t expect the conventional or conservative because 'Hot Brown Honey' doesn’t hold back and isn’t afraid to speak up and speak
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Spit Syndicate 2018 Australia Tour
Spit Syndicate are set to release their fifth studio album 'Orbit' next month and will tour nationally this winter.
'Orbit' features various talents such as Tuka,... -
Brisbane Rapper Lee EmCee Sets His Society Trap
Brisbane rapper Lee EmCee has recently released his debut EP 'Society Trap', a record some five years in the making.
Lee EmCee has been writing and rapping since... -
Mick Jenkins & The Underachievers Brisbane Review @ The Triffid
Water is an important symbol to Chicago rapper Mick Jenkins.
His breakthrough mixtapes, ‘The Water[s]’ and ‘Waves’, are even themed around the element. For him,... -
K21 Shoots, Scores With Debut Album And National Tour
With a new album to promote, Adelaide rapper K21 is ready to tour Australia.
The reception of ‘Any Given D-Day’, which came in at #1 in AIR’s indie record label... -
Hot Brown Honey: A Political Movement Disguised As A Cabaret
'Hot Brown Honey' will be playing at the Brisbane Powerhouse as part of the Women of the World (WOW) Festival.
“'Hot Brown Honey' sort of sits in two worlds. So... -
Kamasi Washington Brisbane Review @ The Triffid
Los Angeles jazz superstar Kamasi Washington arrived onstage 12 minutes late.
This isn’t a complaint, but an acknowledgement of the saxophonist’s differing concept... -
Thievery Corporation Melbourne Review @ Forum Melbourne
It’s been just over two years since the Washington collective of Thievery Corporation, centred around Rob Garza and Eric Hilton, played Australia.
Then, the... -
Prophets Of Rage Are Keeping It Real
In today’s society, politics is pivotal no matter where you are.
If you have the platform to take a stand, share your voice and perhaps even make a difference,... -
DJ Yoda Returns To Australia
Master turntablist and hip hop producer DJ Yoda (aka Duncan Beiny) is bringing his latest audio-visual live spectacular to Australian stages this month.
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The Avalanches Brisbane Review @ The Tivoli Theatre
The Avalanches’ debut album (one of two) was released when I was only six-years-old.
But although it was 2016’s ‘Wildflower’ on my mind at The Tivoli Theatre in... -
Luka Lesson Writes, Raps and Interrogates
WAVE Festival plays host to the Greek-Australian poet Luka Lesson this April, in a typically provocative performance that features the Queensland Symphony
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Premiere: Watch Rapaport's New Video 'Lost In The Frequency'
Three years in the making, co-founder and label manager of Big Village Records, Sydney's Rapaport has just released his second solo album, 'Village Idiot'.
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360 ALLSTARS Review @ Adelaide Fringe 2018
Last year at the Adelaide Fringe, we gave the '360 ALLSTARS' four stars for their family-friendly urban circus; this year they have added two new all-stars, Roman MC and
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Future Brisbane Review @ Eatons Hill Hotel
In the fortnight leading up to Future’s highly anticipated Brisbane performance (25 February), the show was unfortunately struck by multiple daggers.
The venue was... -
Rapper Merkules Is Trusting His Gut
Canadian rapper Merkules, real name Cole Stevenson, makes his maiden voyage to Australia for a national tour that starts this weekend.
The tour comes in the wake of... -
Kamasi Washington Takes An Epic Trip Down Under
Saxophonist and composer Kamasi Washington is back home for the first time in a while.
He has been constantly touring the world, so any opportunity to be home is... -
St Jerome's Laneway Festival Brisbane Review @ RNA Showgrounds
My first Laneway Festival (10 February) experience got off to an interesting start. Before entering the Brisbane Showgrounds I got lost, having to be directed by a friendly
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Big Pineapple Music Festival 2018 Line-up
The press release says it all: 'Epic tunes. Lush surrounds. Killer vibes. And a bloody big pineapple.' Big Pineapple Music Festival is back in 2018 and they have dropped a
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