Melbourne rock fans who bang on about preferring live bands over the DJs who “destroyed live music” will definitely want to check out House of Rock’s Rocknrolla show on Friday the 25th of February at the Palace Theatre. Not to make you think that the place is full of Pommy gangsters who think they’re “Rocknrolla” (i.e. top shit)
One of the world’s living legends and pioneers of the art of DJing, DJ Krush is without question the main instrument of change in the rise of Japanese Hip Hop since the early 80′s, when America ruled the microphone and nobody else go a look in… and He’s heading to The Espy St Kilda.
One of the mainstays of the North sides nightlife circuit, Cabana Bar in St Leonards is turning 7, and putting on a little bit of a show to celebrate this milestone, including an A-Class lineup of bands and DJs, ensuring the future of Cabana Bar is safe for a long time to come.
R&B legends Bell Div DeVoe and Ginuwine will be heading to Australia for the very first time later this year, ready to make you feel like you’ve gone back to the early ’90s all over again, without the shoulder pads and ridiculous haircuts.
Here’s your chance to witness one of the groups that provided the foundations for EDM’s meteoric rise to popularity. Soul II Soul are without question one of the founding fathers of the genre we’ve come to know, love and in time, will be the soundtrack to our memories.
It’s O-Week soon, which to some is a magical experience in which one is standing on the doorstep of enlightenment, learning and insight into the world around us. To others, it marks the start of 3 -4 straight years of drinking, partying and anonymous sex.
When you’ve been DJing since the age of 13, you get pretty good at it. If your not 100% convinced, ask Danny Daze, the US based DJ and Producer who’s credibility in the field is illustrated perfectly by the fact that he is still yet to get a tan, despite living under the sun in Miami Florida. Such is life when you embed yourself in the studio.
Welcome to the first edition of a new movement of parties dedicated to the future sounds of cutting edge electronic music, featuring DJ Qbert (USA), Stickybuds (Canada) and K+Lab (NZ) along with 2 time UK beatbox champion Reeps One. People, this is set to be the biggest event of 2012 so far so don’t miss out.
Fans of reggae will be delighted to hear that Hawaiian based Rebel Souljahz will be hitting up most major capital cities this March in their 2nd tour of Australia in recent memory. With over 60,000 followers on Facebook, these guys obviously are big on the Reggae scene, of which, I’m not part of so I’ll keep it brief.
Fans of West Coast Hip Hop and G-Funk let it be known that March 2012 is going to get exciting, with renown DJ, Rapper, Producer and Gangsta DJ Quik coming down under. With his most recent album The Book of David hitting 5 on Billboard’s Top Rap Albums, number 12 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, DJ Quik has still got it!