Album Review: T.I. - Trouble Man: Heavy is the Head (2012 LP)
For the first time since T.I’s debut LP I’m Serious, the Atlanta rapper experienced backlash when he released the half-arsed No Mercy back in 2010. While the album was not all bad, the quality fans...
View Article15 of the Best Hip-Hop Posse Cuts
A posse cut was a common occurrence in 90’s hip hop and added to the uniqueness of the genre, emphasising that it is a culture much bigger than just rap; it is a movement, heavily dependent on...
View ArticleFeature: Who Is OutKast? 15 Essential Tracks
So this is a thing now. The 2014 version of "who the hell are The Suburbs," where we are reminded just how comfortable festival goers are in staying ignorant of some of the most important and prolific...
View ArticleCourtney Barnett, Vance Joy, High Highs and The Griswolds join Foo Fighters...
In June, Delaware is going to be playing host to some of the biggest names in popular music at the moment, with the Firefly Festival taking place in the woodlands of the Dover International Speedway...
View ArticleNew York Festival The Governor's Ball announces Oukast, The Strokes, Jack...
The lineup for this year’s Governor’s Ball Festival has been announced, and boy is it something else. The New York City festival held on Randall’s island includes a slew of mouth-watering names for the...
View ArticleFeature: OutKast will be in top shape come Splendour In The Grass
Eric B & Rakim had the flow; Mobb Deep had the ambience; UGK had the character; 8Ball & MJG had the chemistry; Gang Starr had the depth; and EPMD had the style. But there has never been a hip...
View Article5 Acts Not to Miss at The Governor's Ball Music Festival in New York City...
It’s finally – FINALLY – warming up in New York City after a winter from hell, and suddenly the notion that festival season has begun doesn't seem so bizarre after all. As citydwellers return from...
View ArticleIt's Summer Up There! A Festival Guide on Lollapalooza 2014.
Lollapalooza, one of America’s biggest summer festivals, will be running again this August, and as per usual, it’s got a hell of a lineup. Rap god Eminem, will be joined by massive acts such as the...
View ArticleThe Music That Made Us: Mind Over Matter (Sydney)
This time last week, Sydney hip hop outfit Mind Over Matter released their anticipated new album This Way To Elsewhere. We sat down with the band for an interview today which you'll be able to see on...
View ArticleThe Festival Diaries: The Governor's Ball in New York City (Part One: Day...
Are we gonna be the oldest people there? Asks my friend Annie. We've just spent the last two hours trying to get our old bums out of the house, organizing a combination of stimulants and alcohol with,...
View ArticleChet Faker included on the lineup for San Francisco's Treasure Island Festival!
The full line-up for San Francisco's Treasure Island Festival has been announced! The two day festival is held at an island that is (seriously) called Treasure Island, with headliners OutKast and...
View ArticleSplendour In The Grass Guide: A Hip-Hop Fan's Timetable
Splendour In The Grass has unofficially already begun, with many punters currently staking their claim in the campgrounds and setting the pace for the next couples of days. Thursday night will see...
View ArticlePhoto Gallery: Splendour In The Grass (Day One) ft. Outkast + Interpol +...
Outkast helped kick off the first day of live music at Splendour in the Grass 2014 in Byron Bay, with Interpol, Childish Gambino and many, many more from Australia and around the world. Ian Laidlaw was...
View ArticleFestival Review: Splendour In The Grass (Day One) Ft. OutKast + Interpol +...
The official first day of Splendour In The Grass 2014 set things into motion quite quickly, with punters flooding into the sun-kissed North Byron Parklands as soon as the gates opened, quickly...
View ArticleSplendour Spotlight: 12 of our favourite performances from Splendour In The...
The sound waves from Splendour In The Grass 2014 will be felt for a while, especially on a national scale as some of the weekend's greatest performances came from locals who took full advantage of the...
View ArticleFestival Review: Lollapalooza (Day Two) ft. The Temper Trap + Grouplove +...
Day Two of Lolla started later for a lot of people, I gathered, with Friday night's aftershow/party antics continuing well on into the early hours of Saturday morning. Nursing a Red Bull, I arrived...
View ArticlePhoto Gallery: Lollapalooza Day Two ft. Outkast + The Temper Trap + Grouplove...
Perri Cassie returns for day two of Lollapalooza in Chicago, bringing us back photos of headliners Outkast alongside Cage The Elephant, Foster The People, Grouplove, Kate Nash, Parquet Courts,...
View ArticleSplendour Spotlight: Reflecting on OutKast at Splendour In The Grass
It has been a little over a week since Atlanta luminaries OutKast descended upon Australia and to give a rare performance as the headliners of Splendour In The Grass, bringing with them that air of...
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