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Hip Hop Motherfucker!!

Purple Sneakers DJ coco and shambles also just threw his hat in the ring as has Walkie Talkie, not to mention a few other hip hop crews so don’t miss out, it just keeps getting bigger More »

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FBi & Time Out Announce 2008 Sydney Music, Arts and Culture Award Nominees

FBi Radio and Time Out are excited to announce the nominees for the inaugural Sydney Music, Arts & Culture Awards to be held at The Marquee at the Sydney Opera House on Sunday December 7th. More »

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Rumpunch - Not just MC’s ‘n DJ’s

Rumpunch pack a wallop. They bring the big-band funk flava, stomp it out with all the classic ska and reggae hooks with rhymes and soul vibes thrown in for good measure. Music Feeds caught up with Tucker, vocalist and MC for the mutinous gypsies More »

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The Tongue

The Tongue is not a sexual name, Xannon Shirley assures me, despite the connotations. “Everyone reacts to it differently. The name, like I don’t even remember where it came from, that’s what I like about it, it feels natural.” And natural is what The Tongue is all about. More »

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Reverse Polarities

As I approached Mik and Larry from Reverse Polarities they were sitting on bar stools in a dark corner of Copacabana. I was compelled by their name, so I asked whether that had any effect on their music. More »

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Nurcha Records

For those who are yet to hear of Nurcha Records, they’re an underground hip hop label based in Sydney. Originally started by Shrekk (or Shaun for those of you playing at home), Nurcha was founded with the vision to promote and encourage the next generation of Aussie talent. Chances are you’ve heard some of their bands without even realising it. More »

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Obese Records: Pegz

Record label Obese’s roster reads like a who’s who of Australian hip hop, Muph & Plutonic and Spit Syndicate, to name-drop just a few. It’s CEO Pegz, an accomplished artist of his own right, bought the label in 2002 having transformed it into the veritable powerhouse of local hip hop that it is today over the past 6 years. More »

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Atmosphere

Horrorshow’s Solo MC catches up with Atmosphere front man Slug to talk about the early day’s of the Headshots Collective, his inability to stop making music and Australian Hip Hop… More »

• Gig Reviews

The Drones
The Metro Theatre

24/10/08

• Music

DEF WISH CAST

Def Wish Cast are like the abusive father of Australian hip hop. Not always around, often drunk, and their seed is widespread. Despite that, deep down, you always love them. These pioneers from Penrith know what makes Australian hip hop so permanently potent. More »

Hip Hop Motherfucker!!

Purple Sneakers DJ coco and shambles also just threw his hat in the ring as has Walkie Talkie, not to mention a few other hip hop crews so don’t miss out, it just keeps getting bigger More »

FBi & Time Out Announce 2008 Sydney Music, Arts and Culture Award Nominees

FBi Radio and Time Out are excited to announce the nominees for the inaugural Sydney Music, Arts & Culture Awards to be held at The Marquee at the Sydney Opera House on Sunday December 7th. More »

Rumpunch - Not just MC’s ‘n DJ’s

Rumpunch pack a wallop. They bring the big-band funk flava, stomp it out with all the classic ska and reggae hooks with rhymes and soul vibes thrown in for good measure. Music Feeds caught up with Tucker, vocalist and MC for the mutinous gypsies More »

The Tongue

The Tongue is not a sexual name, Xannon Shirley assures me, despite the connotations. “Everyone reacts to it differently. The name, like I don’t even remember where it came from, that’s what I like about it, it feels natural.” And natural is what The Tongue is all about. More »

Reverse Polarities

As I approached Mik and Larry from Reverse Polarities they were sitting on bar stools in a dark corner of Copacabana. I was compelled by their name, so I asked whether that had any effect on their music. More »

Nurcha Records

For those who are yet to hear of Nurcha Records, they’re an underground hip hop label based in Sydney. Originally started by Shrekk (or Shaun for those of you playing at home), Nurcha was founded with the vision to promote and encourage the next generation of Aussie talent. Chances are you’ve heard some of their bands without even realising it. More »

FuckTinsel.com

Environmental issues are a great concern at the moment however we feel it’s losing impact. Our way of generating awareness is  …a bit different.

This year online t-shirt start-up SqueakyTee.com.au wants to change people’s Christmas purchasing habits by launching their “FuckTinsel.com” campaign “Against a throw-away Christmas”. More »

FUCK THOSE THAT I OFFEND, RAPPERS SIT BACK I’M ‘BOUT TO BEGIN

You want to know what really grinds my gears? Wack rappers with inflated egos brought on by a crew of ‘yes’ men who think their product is dope. Let me be very clear about this – it’s not. More »

Exquisite Corpse

It is common knowledge that Sydney has always comfortably donned the title of the ‘pretty city’, leaving the arts sphere and thriving bar culture to Melbourne. For too long Sydney has shyly scuffed its feet at the thought of pursuing its own creative force in the club scene. More »

Hipster

I‘m sipping a scummy pint of cloudy beer in the back of a trendy dive bar turned nightclub in the heart of the city’s heroin district. In front of me stand a gang of hippiesh grunge-punk types, who crowd around each other and collectively scoff at the smoking laws by sneaking puffs of “fuck-you,” reveling in their perceived rebellion as the haggard, staggering More »

Fashion: Look Heaps Rad #4

Thinking of adopting? Yes? Good on you. No? Put a condom on and get your act together! With only a two year wait on the adoption waiting list, you can move into ‘Trendtown’ when you have an Asian child on your hip. More »

Graf Artist of Great Expectations

The stigma that comes with being a graffiti artist means that many have to live a double life.  By day Pip is a 21-year-old bartender, but by night Pip can be found bombing, buffing, burning and semi-ironically speaking pig latin. “It’s like you are super heroes More »

The Drones
The Metro Theatre

24/10/08

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DNBBQ
The Manning Bar

01/11/08

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DragonForce
The Metro Theatre

28/10/08

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Pig Destroyer
The Gaelic Theatre

25/10/08

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Rock Ness Monster Presents
The Harp Hotel

03/10/08

With: Deep Zephyr Avenue, Billy Goat & the Mongrels, Unicorns Revenge, ARequiem

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Jager Uprising/Birds Robe Presents
The Annandale Hotel

15/10/08

With: Squat Club, Captain Kickarse & the Awesomes, I Like Cats, Triangle, Super Florence Jam

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