Day: 1 November 2015

Gang of Youths, Courtney Barnett, Tame Impala among J Award nominees for 2015!

It’s officially Ausmusic Month again and this morning, Triple J have announced the nominees up for various J Awards this year. Of course, some incredibly talented musicians have been recognised for Australian Album of the Year, Unearthed Artist of the Year, Double J Artist of the Year and Australian Music Video of the Year awards…

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Sufjan Stevens performs a live cover of Drake’s “Hotline Bling”

Sufjan Stevens just blessed Jersey City with a brilliant, mostly faithful, cover of Drake’s “Hotline Bling”, and some steady-handed legend in the audience recorded it for the world to see. Teaming up with R&B singer – and one of this year’s stand-out new artists – Gallant, Stevens pulls out some appropriately awkward dance moves while…

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New Melbourne festival, The Bureau, announces soulful line up for December

This December, there will be a new boutique soul festival taking over Melbourne’s Sidney Myer Music Bowl with a line-up jam packed full of international and local soul artists spanning eras all the way back to the 1960s. Though soul’s other big platform, Soulfest, may have been cancelled for the year, The Bureau is seeking…

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Slum Village announce Australian shows for 2016

When you think of Detroit hip hop there are a few names that comes to mind. One would, of course, be Eminem, and the other most prominent reference would be J Dilla. The latter, legendary and influential producer was known as the key piece of the puzzle that once completed the highly respect Slum Village,…

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Travi$ Scott and Kanye West celebrate halloween with “Piss On Your Grave” video

Travi$ Scott’s Rodeo has been out for a few months now, giving him time to tour it around the states and build his very solid fan base. To celebrate Halloween, he has decided to release visuals for the album’s stand-out track, “Piss On Your Grave” featuring and produced by none other than Kanye West. The…

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Single of the Day: White Summer “Ode To My ADD” (2015)

New single “Ode To My ADD” by Melbourne’s White Summer is a bouncing hard rock number, with big riffs and huge basslines, rocking out for a few minutes before slowly morphing in to an indie rock aesthetic, coming to a crashing end. A big track with big guitar sounds and a head nodding bassline. Check it…

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