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Live Review & Gallery: Night Lovell, Haarper, and Standout Opener MUDRAT – Liberty Hall, Eora Land/Sydney, 16.11.25
Night Lovell and Haarper playing the same show already felt like someone stacked the deck in any fan’s favour. Then I saw MUDRAT was opening, and honestly, that was the part I was most curious about. I have been trying to catch them live for ages. MUDRAT didn’t waste time. No big entrance, no drawn-out …
News: Canadian Rap Visionary Night Lovell to Make His ANZ Debut This November
Canadian rapper-producer Night Lovell will make his long-awaited Australian and New Zealand debut this November on the 8 Legs Under tour, with support from U.S. artist Haarper. Expect a collision of moody beats, heavy basslines and commanding live energy from two of the most compelling underground voices in modern hip hop.
News: Aitch Announces 2026 Australian Tour in Support of New Album 4
Aitch is heading back to Australia this January — Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane.
Album Review: Franz Von –‘Take What You Want’: Conscious hip hop on the fusion front foot.
If you’re a gig goer who’s ever crossed paths with the fusion blast of TC & The Groove Family or going back further been levelled by Kweku Sackey, aka K.O.G, in his Zong Brigade days, then the chances are you’ve encountered Franz Von, out front in full flow. That sharp delivery, those spikey, incisive rhymes, …
Live Review: Dua Saleh – The Pink Room, YES, Manchester. 15.03.25
Dua Saleh fires up The Pink Room in Manchester
News: West Coast Legend Ice Cube Announces Exclusive Australian Tour
Sydney and Melbourne to Host Ice Cube’s Exclusive 2025 Performances
Album Review : Plantfood –‘Carnivores’ : An energetic and explosive jazz fusion calling card.
Given that their name links back to their student beginnings during lockdown in a bedroom-come-practice space full of houseplants, Plantfood’s music is not what you’d describe as pastoral. This tight collective that formed in Leeds around 2020 seem intent to bust into the UK nu-jazz arena and beyond with their energetic fusion of punk jazz, …
Live Review: Azealia Banks – Stylus, Leeds. 17.09.24
Hitting the road in the UK for the first time in over 5 years, Azealia Banks brings her “Back to the Union Jack” Tour to Leeds having started with 2 nights at Brixton Academy.
Track & News: BARKAA Announces Nationwide Tour to Celebrate Much-Anticipated EP ‘BIG TIDDA’
BARKAA, the acclaimed Malyangapa, Barkindji rapper and recent winner of the 2024 NIMAs Artist of the Year, is set to hit the road this spring with a nationwide tour. The tour comes just in time for the release of her much-anticipated EP, ‘BIG TIDDA’, which drops on Friday, 30 August via Bad Apples Music. BARKAA’s …
News: Travis Scott Circus Maximus Australia and NZ Tour – New Dates Added
Travis Scott shows sell out, more added.