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Track: MR ELUSIVE blends country and rap on raw new single MEDICINAL LIQUOR

MR ELUSIVE has spent the last few years building momentum by refusing to sit neatly inside one genre. Since emerging in 2021, the Central Coast artist has steadily shaped a sound…

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Live Gallery: Australian Music Celebrated as Hilltop Hoods Fill Arenas Decades After Debut – Qudos Bank Arena, Eora Land/Sydney, 28.02.26

Hilltop Hoods reached international success years ago, but it’s their homegrown roots and proud Australian fans that fill arenas over and over. The Adelaide trio from Kaurna land have been…

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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…

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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.

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News: Aitch Announces 2026 Australian Tour in Support of New Album 4

Aitch is heading back to Australia this January — Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane.

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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,…

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Live Review: Dua Saleh – The Pink Room, YES, Manchester. 15.03.25

Dua Saleh fires up The Pink Room in Manchester

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News: West Coast Legend Ice Cube Announces Exclusive Australian Tour

Sydney and Melbourne to Host Ice Cube’s Exclusive 2025 Performances

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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…

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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.

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