Australian hip-hop anyone? Now before you consider leaving the page after that statement start streaming the addicting track by Urthboy down below and watch yourself get very curious. Tim Levinson ( aka Urthboy) is a hip-hop MC and producer from The Blue Mountains, Australia just outside of Sydney. His latest offering off of his album Smokey's Haunt is a wonderfully produced track that gives plenty of reason to check out the rest of his musical offerings. Watch this video on YouTube . On Your [...]
Listen to Radio Show: With Dutty Dancing Mix and Urthboy Interview No small or even medium sized tings tonight. Just big tunes and big issues. We talk racism and the Aussie Hip Hop scene, Indigenous Hip Hop and stray cats named Slim Thug with Urthboy. Also to get you in the mood for Dutty Dancing this Saturday at Goodgod, Shantan Wantan Ichiban plays a set of gargantuan Caribbean tunes with a African and Latin twist. Playlist: Fallacy - Big N Bashy [...]
Mixcloud: The Herd and DJ Rob Swift live on Stolen Records Live from the Stolen Records Pimp Palace we are joined by turntable grand wizard DJ Rob Swift of X-Men/X-ecutioner fame. Also The Herd's Urthboy, Ozi Batla and Jane Tyrell pop by to talk stuff and things, and to perform a special live rendition of 'Grandma's Song'. Playlist: Nas - You Owe Me (DJ Mehdi "Have Fun" Remix) Zanora Point - La Vida Es Un Mambo DELS - Capsize (Entrepreneurs Remix) [feat. [...]
Last Friday night (01/10), I headed down to The Forum to go watch The Jagermeister Independent Music Awards with my side-kick Kim (although I'm sure she wouldn't like to be known as my sidekick). As usual, I was late. Luckily I don't think I missed anything, besides getting a seat. After getting our Jager and Redbull (endorsement deal please?) we searched for higher ground so our view wasn't obstructed by those menacing tall people. While this article will not be even close to being as well written as The Vi ne and Mess+Noise [...]
Get your minds out of the gutter and enjoy the sunshine with Aussie rappers Urthboy and Hermitude . I came across these jokers on youtube of all places but I feel fate had a hand in it. Urthboy sort of reminds of a whiter, more Aussie version of Mos Def. His vibe is smooth, his rhymes flow like water, and I'm just in a better mood when I'm listening to him. Hermitude is a beat making duo that cannot do wrong in my eyes. Their style is laid-back and their beats are powerful which makes me crave [...]
I'm beginning to sound like a broken record I know, but this list was probably the most difficult thing I've had to compile, even outside of the blog. I think the main contributing factor behind this is that the blog isn't specialised, there's just too much good stuff out there to choose from. We don't just post some electro/dance kinda stuff. We don't just put a focus on indie rock. We post both of those...and about 50 other styles too (50 might be a slight tiny exageration...). As our About page says, "we'll like just about [...]
I thought i had Australian Hip Hop figured out. Lay down a beat, sample an old well known pop track and rhyme about your favourite everyday hardships. Polo Club take your previous assumptions about Aussie Hip Hop, light them on fire, and dance around them like wild men. They combine their love of hitting 808's, vocoders and experimental synths to deliver tracks that have the same head turning ability as a sizzling dish at a Chinese Restaurant. You may have caught them at Parklife last year, Good Vibrations this year or as a support act for [...]
I love beached whale . The ABC has developed it into a mini TV series (5minute eps) it's that good. Not music related I know, but thought a little bit of randomness wouldn't go astray! That's pretty choice aye bro?! Onto the music. People will know that Hip Hop isn't exactly my thing. Although, listening to Triple J, it's pretty hard to get away from it, and I am a little partial to a good Aussie accent coming through in tracks. This all stems from my post on the cover Melbourne based MC Illy did [...]
Wax Motif is another conscript in the ranks of the Australian music army. Not just cannon fodder but someone with a couple frays under the belt and makes up this 2nd generation of producers who have been there, done that and back for thirds! Blending a fuse of novel, party-hop lyrical content and nostalgic early house bass you can count of plenty of thud and grind. He recently commuted over to a new Australian label No Frills along side Snob Scrilla, Blaze Tripp, Nick Thayer and Tom Piper. Two new licks, one of [...]
Dear Joyride , In the last year you have firmly planted yourself on my Sydney DJ radar. I think this is because you play good songs – always some bangers but always some party songs and some old school hip hop. You’ve mastered the indie house party vibe. It might also be because you have size 18 feet and you know when to play Dreadlock Holiday and when not to. These are all excellent qualities in a DJ. I also think your rework of Urthboy is so icily chilled and your remix of Horrowshow [...]
It's a special moment in any blogger's life when he/she gets their first exclusive. I don't really think you've made in the blogging world until you've had a first release and, thanks to Purple Sneaker Head Honcho and one of FHM's most influential people under 30 PhDJ , Highlighter now has their's. This is a track that is a special remix of a Wons Phreely track Another Thing that features on the spankingly new Purple Sneakers Mixtape of Indie Joy (Available soley on iTunes). [...]
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