The Hackney, London collective Rudimental are bringing the soul and feel-good vibes back to dance music – and massively.
Their debut, Home, sheltering the hits Feel The Love, Not Giving In and Waiting All Night, will go down as one…
The impossible search for perfection is something most artists are very familiar with. Either you never quite reach it or, once you do, you find yourself utterly repulsed by it… Well, Midnight Juggernauts do, anyway. But then again, they are…
Last year’s inaugural Triple J House Party tour brought with it some of the hottest names in Australian dance music, as well as some pretty chaotic club shows. Steering the party bus around the country was none other than Nina Las Vegas, DJ/producer extraordinaire and undisputed sexiest voice in radio.
Back…
Melbourne MC Fluent Form (AKA Ryan Stewart) has aptly-titled his winter comeback Flu Season. “It’s been a running pun lately,” he laughs. Not that the hip hopper has tips for anyone afflicted by influenza, being “one of those real sooky…
Due to CBD venue Published Arthouse being recently deemed unusable for public events, Fourwords’ upcoming electronic event Knots will be changing venues.
The event, which will feature headliners Seekae, Kaytranada (Can), Ryan Hemsworth (Can), Oliver…
This year has seen the return of blue-eyed R&B types Justin Timberlake and Robin Thicke. But the flyest of them all may yet be Mayer Hawthorne. The neo-soulster has just dropped Where Does This Door Go<span style=”font-size:…
House heads will know James Curd for his ever-changing Greenskeepers project. Now he’s conceived a new supergroup, Favored Nations, with Surahn “Sid” Sidhu, formerly The Swiss’ bassist, and Morgan Phalen, who previously fronted and played guitar in the New York…
The quality of Oz hip hop just seems to keep growing with each release, and this tag-team offering from Known Associates (AKA Broken Tooth Entertainment’s Maggot Mouf and Ciecmate) is definitely another feather in the genre’s cap. The latter’s beats…
A ‘chillout’ album doesn’t necessarily have to be a must-have for the red hot summer season – it’s just as vital for the (current) gloomy, muggy, rainy, miserable days of winter (while you’re at home curled up on the sofa…
Has it really been 10 years since the birth of Ed Banger, you ask? Fuck yeah, it has.
And what a 10 years at that, as the label took a flamethrower to French Touch to give the…
Muso, filmmaker, graphic artist and former member of Melbourne beat experimentalists The Melodics, Grey Ghost has just released the follow-up to his debut self-titled EP – The Elixir EP.
Your sound is described as ‘alt-hip hop’ –…
Stash your valuables! Triple J’s House Party is hitting the road this August with special guests Nina Las Vegas, Flight Facilities, Cassian and more.
The massive club tour, derived from the popular Saturday night…
Australia has its own cult mix compilation brand in Balance, rivalling Global Underground in its prime. Israeli progressive house trailblazer Guy Judah, or just Guy J, is the latest DJ to headline a volume in the arty spin-off Balance Presents…,…
D&B is big again, with DJ Fresh a pop star and Rudimental blowing up. Now the Brit DJ Friction (AKA Ed Keeley) once hailed as ‘the new Andy C’, is dragging the music back into a cool subterranean with his…
Alison Wonderland came to prominence through EMI’s She Can DJ competition – but there’s a lot more to the Sydney DJ than a talent contest.
Did a lot of thought go into releasing Get Ready as the…
Cocoon is the Law & Order of techno. Reliable, slightly predictable but if it’s on, you won’t turn it off.
Even if one of the discs on here is a new signing Alejandro Mosso’s mix of his…
If you liked Mayer Hawthorne’s last album, How Do You Do (2011), you’re definitely in for something different on his latest full-length effort.
Gone are the days of homages to the great Motown classics and the retro-soul…
If you can forget the irony of Kurt Cobain’s lyrics being used in an album released as a Samsung app, you might enjoy listening to this album. With a host of big names on Magna Carta…Holy Grail, Jay Z teams…
Not ones to be satisifed with an iTunes release, over the weekend Cut Copy unveiled their latest track Let Me Show You via a series of exclusive 12” vinyls hand-cut in a booth at Pitchfork Music Festival. One of the lucky…
On the surface, Jonathan Notley, Max MacKinnon and Tarik Ejjamai are just three regular dudes, but put them together and something magical happens. As Bliss N Eso, their fifth album Circus In The Sky is the prime example…
After nearly a decade of absence, world-renowned DJ competition World DMC Championships will return to Adelaide this August to unearth some of the best turntablists in the state.
This year will mark the competition’s 30th…
Word Adelaide is hitting the streets this Aug 15 -18 to celebrate all things spoken word – including rhymes. As part of the event, a national-reaching Freestyle MC Competition will be held at Thebarton Theatre for MCs to…
With his new album Magna Carta Holy Grail slated for release early next week, hip hop juggernaut Jay-Z has dropped the first single off the upcoming record. The tune is…
One of the most hyped acts of 2013 is coming to Adelaide this October – UK dance duo Disclosure.
Following the release of hit singles Control and White Noise and their critically-acclaimed debut album Settle, beatmaking…
Think you could be the next answer to Kimbra or Bruno Mars? Then you may, just may, be in luck, as Warner Music Australia will be holding nationwide open talent auditions in a bid to find our next…
For the first time in the dance music festival’s history, Stereosonic will span over two days in each city as it treks across the nation over November and December.
Already featuring a huge bill of some…
Renowned party DJ Alison Wonderland has just offered up her first original single, Get Ready as well as announcing a lengthy national tour.
Get Ready is proving to be as much of an instruction as it is an introduction to her new endeavour…
Adelaide’s own Oisima, alongside other electronic upstarts like Holy Balm and Canyons, will perform at this year’s Splendour In The Grass as part of a new Red Bull Music Academy electronic stage.
In celebration of its 15th anniversary, the Red…
It has been three years in the making and now local folktronica artist, Naomi Keyte, is celebrating the release of her debut EP, Edge of Morning. This seven-track speaks of life’s transformations, where the songs reflect the transitional highs and…
Clubfeet could yet be the only indie-dance band to have ‘Melbourne/Capetown’ in brackets after their name. Two of the five members hail from South Africa. “They go back there on an infrequent basis,” confesses Bennington le Bruce (programming, synths, percussion…
Acclaimed Aussie hip hop icon Seth Sentry will tour his latest single Vacation this August alongside guests Grey Ghost and Mantra.
Following his sold out Dear Science tour earlier this year, Sentry will embark…
Detroit rapper Obie Trice is bringing longtime friend and D12 member Swifty McVay along for his Australian tour, kicking off Jun 21.
“Bringing my brother Swifty with me as my hypeman is going to add a whole other dimension to the…
Off the back of his thumping tune Yes!, buzzing Canberra hip hop artist Citizen Kay is hitting the road this July to celebrate the release of his dynamic new EP Vision.
Widely dubbed as the ‘White Stripes of hip hop’,…
Controversial South African ‘zef’ outfit Die Antwoord are back, this time with another disturbing NSFW music video involving urination, illicited drugs, implied anal sex and getting crunk in schoolgirl outfits.
Directed by band member and rapper Ninja, the five-minute music video begins…
Given the problems that have plagued the release of MIA’s fourth studio album, Matangi, the album’s first single Bring The Noize has finally been released.
Given that MIA was told by Interscope that the music she submitted was “too positive”,…
In celebration of the release of his new single On & On, Illy has announced a headlining tour for September, set to be joined by fellow Australian hip hoppers and support acts Tuka, Allday and Elemont.
On & On is the first…
Amid a frenzied weekend surrounding the premature release of Kanye’s latest album/baby, hip hop legend Jay-Z has reclaimed the spotlight from his Watch The Throne collaborator with the announcement of a new album due in July.
With similarly…
Australian electronic visionary Flume has taken on another group of EDM upstarts – super talented UK brotherly duo Disclosure – and remixed their track You & Me ft. Eliza Doolittle.
Slowing down the beat and overlaying it with his signature…
Ahead of performing at New York’s washed out Governors Ball, this week Australian electronic outfit Cut Copy previewed a brand new track live on stage during a show in Charlottesville, Virginia.
In the fan-shot video, lead vocalist Dan…
In the latest collab to hit the music world, Kanye has teamed up with French dance duo Daft Punk for his newest track Black Skinhead.
The track, which samples Marilyn Manson’s Beautiful People, comes from Kanye’s forthcoming new album Yeezus. The song first debuted…
New York musician Branchez is jetting into Rocket Bar this Friday eve to headline the next installment of Cats At Rocket.
Branchez, aka Samuel Kopelman from Manhattan, has been making waves in the beat scene over the past few months…
British electronic guardians Hot Chip have unleashed a glitchy new single called Dark & Stormy, set to be digitally released on Jun 14.
The track, which premiered on Zane Lowe’s BBC1 program Radio1, will be available for digital download in Australia…
After a couple of years missing in action, Australian duo The Swiss are coming back to the fore of electronic music this June with a funky new EP Elouisa.
The band, who rose…
Independent record label Pilot Records is turning one this month, and to celebrate the milestone the Adelaide label is throwing a first birthday party in a secret location this June.
The first three artists have been announced, with Urtekk, Question Question, Menagerie and the…
To coincide with the hotly-anticipated release of their latest EP Foreign Formula, electronic twosome Indian Summer are hitting the road for their debut national headline tour this July.
The tour will be the first opportunity for fans to see the Melbourners live since the…
Skirt is the first release for Kylie Minogue since she signed to Jay-Z‘s record label, Roc Nation. Skirt was co-written by The-Dream, who has worked with Beyonce‘s album 4 as well as Mary J Blige. Nom De Strip produced the track, who commented on the sudden…
The Osillators (Adelaide) are taking part in a double launch party on Sat Jun 1. They’ll show off their debut LP Choose Your Own Adventure on the same night as Sydney’s Kobra Kai drop Insession.
The drum & bass evening will have…
** Update: The leaked song has since been taken down, but you can listen to a live version of Grown Woman here.
Following in the footsteps of the unexpectedly electronic Bow…
Flume, Nina Las Vegas, Jagwar Ma, Chet Faker and more reputable Sydney musicians have made cameos in the new Pizza Guy video clip from Future Classic artist Touch Sensitive.
The video features Touch Sensitive,…
The voice behind one of the most influential dance tracks of the noughties, Romanthony, has passed away aged 45 in his home in Austin, Texas.
Romanthony, AKA New Jersey producer Anthony Moore, was perhaps best…
Australian hip hop trio Bliss N Eso will return to the touring circuit this July armed with their brand new album Circus In The Sky.
With the album’s single teaser House Of Dreams already…
Having frenzied summer crowds earlier in the year as part of Future Music Festival, London’s D&B outfit Rudimental will return to Australia this September as part of a just-announced tour.
Rudimental’s highly charged and fast-tempo live…
What So Not, the hyped Sydney electronic duo comprised of Emoh (Chris Emerson) and Flume (Harley Streten), are preparing to flex their musical muscles this June with the release of…
Kelis has been working diligently on her sixth studio album, which currently has the working title FOOD. The album, which will be a follow up to 2010’s Flesh Tone, is being produced by TV On The Radio‘s Dave Sitek.
Last year the ex-Mrs Nas…
Sydney hip hop artist The Tongue has announced a nationwide tour for this June in support of his third album Surrender To Victory.
Released through Elefant Traks in March this year, Surrender To Victory sees…
Finally, here’s some new Janelle Monae for us to wrap our ears around – a funky anthem called Q.U.E.E.N featuring legendary R&B singer Erykah Badu.
“Q.U.E.E.N was inspired by…
Chillwave musician Wintercoats will bring his live set to Ghost Ships this Sat Apr 27 joined by an arsenal of strong electronic artists including Sydney’s Rainbow Chan and locals Oisima and Glamour Lakes.
Since releasing his debut EP Cathedral,…
New York lyricist supremo Pharoahe Monch (AKA Troy Jamerson) is again touring Australia, where he has a loyal base. He first performed here at 2008’s Good Vibrations.
“It’s really dope,” Jamerson says from the…
Following last month’s announcement that they were back in the game, Empire Of The Sun have released the first single from their highly-awaited second album Ice…
UPDATE: Jai Paul has taken to his official Facebook to report that the ‘album’ is in fact a series of demos uploaded without permission by an unknown party. “Please don’t buy, statement to follow later”, he writes. His…
The votes are in, counted and announced for the 10th Annual OzHipHop Awards. Melbourne man Seth Sentry, just announced as main support on LL Cool J’s upcoming Authentic tour, took away two awards: Best Male MC and Best Album for debut This Was Tomorrow.…
There are two new tracks added to Jessie Ware’s debut Devotion for its North American release on Tue Apr 16, Imagine It Was Us and A$AP Rocky’s remix of Wildest Moments.
Thankfully A$AP Rocky’s input doesn’t overshadow the beauty…
Every year, Adelaide’s Hilltop Hoods join forces with APRA to fund the Hilltop Hoods Initiative. It’s a special prize for new hip-hop artists in the Australian scene, and the pay off is enormous. This year, rainbow-haired <a href=”http://www.facebook.com/ChelseaJaneMusic”…
Dance artists have been doing it for years. Now the new avant R&B acts want in. They’re trading in secrecy. If Canada’s TheWeeknd shuns interviews, then Los Angeles’ inc. – comprised of the Aged brothers, Andrew (vocals, guitar) and Daniel (bass,…
Last year’s Pocket Full Of Dreams was the undisputable breakthrough album for Melbourne’s Diafrix, but as one half of the hip hop duo Khaled ‘Azmarino’ Abdulwahad acknowledges, it’s only the beginning of the journey. While their sophomore effort has taken…
As a part of his Australian tour, veteran rapper Troy Donald Jamerson, better known by his moniker Pharoahe Monch, will be launching his new album PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) at Rocket Bar this Thu Apr 18.
Monch, who has been ranked…
New South Wales’ hip-hip duo Hermitude have walked away as history makers after becoming the first ever hip hop act to win the Australian Music Prize (AMP), thanks to their fourth studio album, Hyperparadise.
Luke Dubber “Luke Dubs”…
DJ Afrika Bambaataa, the musical visionary and scene icon dubbed by Life Magazine as one of the most important Americans of the 20th Century, will be touring New Zealand and Australia this May.
Bambaataa – also affectionately known as Bam -…
Fresh from supporting Macklemore & Ryan Lewis on their sold-out Australian tour, Melbourne duo Diafrix will hop back in the bandwagon this March and April for a run of 16 dates across the country…
Profilic Australian DJ, Adrian Thomas aka DJ Ajax has died after being involved in a car accident in Melbourne at around 1am Thursday morning. Thomas was believed to have run onto a road in Melbourne’s inner north suburb of Parkville…
With their new album Free The Universe slated for release on Fri Mar 15, Diplo and the rest of Major Lazer have released Watch Out For This (Bumaye) as a preview taster. The track also features Busy Signal, The Flexican and FS Green, although it took Major…
Flume is hitting the road this April for a nationwide headline tour with main support and musician buddy Chet Faker.
Off the back of a series of storming success (including two songs in the Top 15 of Triple J’s Hottest 100, a…
Soundpond.net has been searching for Adelaide’s best DJ to win a set at Future Music festival this March. The Spin DJ comp is now set for its final round. After whittling down the long list of…
Last week, Azealia Banks released her remix of Baauer’s Harlem Shake and this week released an accompanying video. Harlem Shake, for those uninitiated, is the basis for the latest DIY Internet meme to smother your online productivity with…
Reigning party queen and the primary source of savage hangovers, Nina Las Vegas, will return to Adelaide this April for a set at Electric Circus.
The date comes as part of the DJ, producer and JJJ host’s just-announced 20-date tour,…
Since first releasing his first tracks in 1999, Sebastien Devaud, aka Agoria, has continued to strive to create his own authentic mark on dance music via deep, stripped-back and melodic techno tracks. This signature sound can be experienced in an…
The son of Sudanese and American parents, Amir Mohamed, aka Oddisee, grew up amidst the sounds of New York hip-hop and took his first steps as an MC and producer is the analogue basement studio of his legendary…
Australian hip-hop artist and festival favourite Seth Sentry is hitting the road for his biggest tour yet this May in celebration of his latest single Dear Science.
2012 was a massive year for the Melbourne musician, enjoying three…
Even though an indefinite hiatus was confirmed by Havoc to AllHipHop last year, it appears that things are back on for the Queens duo. This is surprising given the fact…
Melbourne’s electro-pop charmers Strange Talk are hitting the road this March in celebration of their just-released studio album Cast Away which will include a special DJ set at Adelaide’s Electric Circus.
Released today through Fine Time / Sony Music, Cast Away…
After announcing that they will be performing for the first time in Australia since 2001 at Groovin’ The Moo, They Might Be Giants have also announced a host of sideshow dates.
Founding members keyboardist and sometimes accordionist John Linnell…
While he may be one of the more enigmatic personalities in house music, keeping shy from interviews, the press and even his fans (sometimes he performs behind a curtain of white sheets) it’s been announced that Moodymann will perform at…
The Belgium drum and bass prodigy is set to return to Australia, bringing with him his full live show featuring drums, synths, keys and guest vocalists. This will unleash Netsky from his DJ booth, given the rare opportunity to utilise…
Adding to the growing list of established artists who are using 2013 to drop new, much-awaited material – spearheaded by David Bowie’s first new album in a decade – are French house duo, Daft Punk.
Sometime in May is…
The Linsday Lohan of rap music, Chris Brown, is yet again in trouble with the law – this time for allegedly assaulting up-and-coming R&B singer, Frank Ocean.
The altercation occurred on the night Sun Jan 27 at a Los Angeles…
Three new artists have been added to the Adelaide Festival Unsound line-up to replace Emeralds, The Caretaker and V/VM.
Following Emeralds’ unexpected split (announced via Twitter earlier this month) and scheduling issues with James Leyland…
Crippen Place’s newest addition to their nightclub family has been making leaps to nurture new and experimental music talents. With this in mind, Mr Kim’s Records has been created as a platform for listeners to be able to experience…
Big Day Out has announced the line-up for its Red Bull No Noise Nightclub, a new section of the festival that will feature special DJ sets from major headliners plus indie and electro guests and competition winners.
The…
Adelaide promoters have done good. Raf Daddy, the producer and one half of Hot Chip’s DJ side project The 2 Bears, is jetting into Adelaide for a headlining set at new nightclub Mr Kim’s this Saturday January 12.
Raf Daddy is…
While Space Ibiza is a hot favourite to take out the top spot for a record-breaking third year in a row, Australia is just hoping for one of its clubs to make it on the list.
The iconic UK magazine,…
OutKast member and solo rapper Big Boi has confirmed via Twitter that he’ll be returning to Australia for a tour in July next year, prompting rumours that he could be featured on the 2013 Splendour In The Grass line-up.
The…
One lucky local DJ has the chance to score the break of a lifetime at next year’s Big Day Out.
Up for grabs are sets in each city’s Red Bull No Noise Nightclub at Big Day Out next year.…
DJ Shadow has been kicked off stage at a Miami nightclub as part of his All Bases Covered tour for playing music that wasn’t commerical enough.
Despite being a ticketed and promoted event headlined by the legendary American producer and…
It appears that you really can’t teach an old Dogg new tricks.
From one identity crisis to another, it seems that Snoop Dogg may be back… At least for a little while. Snoop Dogg, who switched animal monkiers to Snoop Lion…
Once again the opportunity will arise for an emerging Australian hip hop/soul artist to catapult their career with a $10,000 grant.
Considering financial issues often attribute to why many artists can’t produce and manufacture an album, this grant looks to…
It’s not very often that a young Sydney producer/DJ is able to surpass major pop juggernauts on commercial radio charts, but Flume has done just that.
Off the back of months of hype and single releases, Flume, aka 21-year-old electro…
To complement the worldwide screening of Fatboy Slim Live: At The Big Beach Bootique that happened on Fri Aug 31, with over 40,000 fans partying to Big Beach Bootique 5 at the Amex football stadium in Brighton, the DVD/CD compilation…
It’s a fair call that German trance master Markus Schulz was recently voted America’s Best DJ by DJ Times Magazine – his hugely-anticipated new album Scream is absolutely packed with tracks that are sure to be future hits. Overall, there’s…
In the blossoming landscape that is the Australian hip hop scene, Evil Eddie’s solo album debut, Welcome To Flavour Country, offers a slightly different taste than what we’re used to. Thankfully, Eddie hasn’t grown up much since his Butterfingers days,…
Two years ago Amanda Warner was a hot commodity with her techno-pop vehicle MNDR. She cameoed alongside Q-Tip on Mark Ronson‘s electro-soul Bang Bang Bang, charmingly singing snatches of Alouette, and joined his band (hitting 2011’s Future Music Festival). NME…