RiTchie: Running Up the Score
Best known for fronting Injury Reserve and By Storm, the Phoenix rapper shelves the heavy talk on his loose, fun debut album.
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700 Feel: Creating the Canvas for Sydney Living
Comprised of Myspacejuan and Jonny Rebook, 700 Feel’s uncharted approach to creating ambient and experimental music is laced with their experiences in Western Sydney. We delve into the duo’s origins and the impact of their environment on their two-part EP series, ‘Muscle Memories’, featuring insights from Archie, a collaborator recently released from incarceration.
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Mahalia’s Tales In Real Time
After a 4-year album hiatus, British singer-songwriter, Mahalia, has found love in all the right places. Finding independence and strength through personal hardship on her new album IRL, we caught up with the artist to lay all our cards out on the table.
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Annahstasia on Self-soothing Through Confession
The Los Angeles artist ruminates on artistic freedom, the creation of her EP Revival, and pulling from her heart.
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Enter The Void With Labrinth’s Ends & Begins
Back with his third studio album, UK artist, Labrinth goes to every extent on ‘Ends & Begins’ to showcase his standout production and otherworldly vocals that have shone in several ways over the course of 20 prominent years in music. In light of the release, we take a trip through the album’s many courageous twists and turns.
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Learning To Be Your Own Hero with Scan + SUS1ER
Emerging from the depths of the Australian SoundCloud underground, MC Scan and producer SUS1ER's debut album, Trying To Do Better, sees them embracing the role of hero in both their individual and combined journeys. We spoke to the duo about the value of community, embracing the learning curve and operating in a music industry that doesn't always embrace sounds outside of the norm.
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Bawo’s Legitimate Cause
The West London rapper explores the trials of following music as a genuine career path on his latest EP Legitimate Cause. We caught up with Bawo to talk music, finding inspiration in daily life and moving with purpose.
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Our 25 Favourite Albums of 2022
Kendrick Lamar, Smino, FKA Twigs, and more of the team’s favourite records this year.
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Customising Your Own Hell With Plea Unit
Consisting of EndlessProwl behind the boards, alongside the bars of Teether and Bayang (tha Bushranger), Plea Unit is a project that pairs otherworldly visuals and off-kilter, in-your-face rap music. The trio talks us through their latest EP, forming during COVID, and how scary can become silly.
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Changing the Trajectory With Church & AP
Before closing out their first Australia tour in Sydney, Auckland rap duo Church & AP and producer Dera Meelan, sat down with us to touch on their musical upbringings, political consciousness, and the next era of creative endeavours to come.
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Acclaim Digital Cover 024: BBGB
Our latest digital cover features Sydney collective BBGB. The group explains their mission to uplift and empower their community, tackle adversity, and navigate their place in so-called Australia.
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Joy Crookes: the Blessing and Curse of Living in Your Skin
With a Bloody Mary in one hand, and her heart in the other, Joy Crookes handed over the insights of some of her most intimate moments on her debut album ‘Skin’ to us whilst on her tour stop in Sydney. She speaks on the gentrification of South London, music as a remedy, and the state of flow that keeps her afloat.
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64 Questions: Mulalo
Red Bull have launched their sixth season of 64 Bars. First up is Melbourne spitter Mulalo, we asked her 64 questions about herself.
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Injury Reserve’s Journey to Phoenix
Spawned in an Italian restaurant in Stockholm and squandered by almost two years of struggle, the boundary-pushing rap group’s sophomore opus is finally here. Over an hour interview, we broke down the sonic voyage, through it’s terrains of adversity, before reaching the ashes.
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