Keyword results: Hip Hop
An interview with Mike Relm
Mike Relm is as badass as they come. He has won turtablism championships, plays live with completely original video DJing mash-ups, and is just releasing his first album that features Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Mr. Lif, and Lateef the Truth Speaker. He is coming to Australia with Good Vibrations festival and we think he is the underdog of the lineup, but the one who will blow you away the most.
Wolves and Wishes, Dosh
Naive opinion brands Dosh as white-boy experimental hip hop just because he sits on the Anticon roster. Sure, there are percussive leanings towards the genre on Wolves and Wishes (evident through air-tight breaks) but beyond this there's instrumental mastery and a nerd-like splicing together of encyclopaedic music knowledge and composition.
Party Pirates: Booty on the Dancefloor
DJs Edo and Steezy are awesome DJs in their own right, but team them together and it's the Apollo Kids that drop the bombs. Sure, we might be a little biased - they are regulars at our nights after all - but those who know, know: their 4-deck sets have been known to reduce dance floors to sweaty messes.
The Bake Sale, Cool Kids
I'm so white. And gay.
So it will sound pretty ludicrous when I tell you about the dope beats and mad flow this Chicago duo gots. But from their name alone, you know The Cool Kids are that new hip hop act all us discerning listeners have been dreaming about: one you can love without a hint of irony or guilty pleasure.
Sound Clash Thursdays
What:
Sound Clash Thursdays
Where:
F4, Lvl 2, 322 Lt Collins St, Melbourne
When:
Launching Thurs May 29, doors 10pm
How much:
$5 (snap!)
Description:
Opulent are snapping a branch off their Favela nights and planting it in soil closer to the CBD. Sound Clash is a night of, b-more, dancehall, hip hop and pop. So it's really quite similar to the Favela nights but with a little more juice for the dancefloor, a weekly turnaround and frighteningly cheap drinks (two for one basics and $4 beers).
Event: DJs
Stimulus: sound the horns!
HOOPS DJs
What:
HOOPS DJs
Where:
Seven Nightclub, 52 Albert Rd, South Melbourne
When:
Sat May 17, doors 10pm
How much:
$18
Win:
We have a double pass to give away! To enter, email win@threethousand.com.au with the subject line ‘I will not be packing sharp knives or polo collars'
Description:
True, there has been little to recommend Seven Nightclub in the past (and we are not going to sully your day with inglorious southside social anthropology), but now the party has arrived and its name is HOOPS. Well it's not a club night, it's a girl DJ team and these ladeez are unreal - in a red lips, high hair, sparkly dresses playing hip hop and crunk but also Japanese pop kind of way.
Event: DJs
Stimulus: sound the horns!
Upfront Series with Freddie Cruger, Ladi 6 and DJ Vee
What:
Upfront Series with Freddie Cruger, Ladi 6 and DJ Vee
Where:
Miss Libertine, 34 Franklin St, Melbourne
When:
Thurs Feb 7, doors 8pm
How much:
$15 from Miss Libertine, or Moshtix or on the door
Description:
So Miss Libertine is launching this thing called the Upfront Series and this is the first show. Fredrik Lager aka ‘Freddie Cruger' and/or ‘Red Astaire' used to be a break-dancer in the ‘80s, but his brother danced the electric boogie and convinced him that black dance music was the thing.
Event: DJs
Stimulus: E
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