Bodega Collective and Alizé: Building Towards a Collaborative Creative Culture
Bodega Collective's Peter Sabbagh talks us through the origins of this collaboration with the brand behind our favourite blue drink, and how it resulted in a revamped studio, revealing content series, and the framework for a refreshing live event.
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MAVI: Grinning Through the Grim
The North Carolina rapper’s sophomore album is an internal journey of tragedy, traversing adversity through food-for-thought raps. He talks us through the grief that guided him to this point, and how it’ll propel him to his penultimate destiny.
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Mistakes and Growing Pains With 24kGoldn
Grappling the music world at just 21, LA-based artist 24kGoldn reassures us that this is just the beginning. On his first visit to Australia for the Listen Out Festival, we caught him in the midst of it all to discuss shoeys, struggles with vulnerability, growing up, and being your authentic self.
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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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Muroki: Beneath the Surface
Diving into the layers of rising Kenyan-Kiwi artist Muroki, he chats to us about growing up in an Aotearoa surf town, finding his Kenyan roots and the journey of his new EP, Heading East.
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ACCLAIM SOUND GUIDES: B-LION
A quick playlist curated by some of our favourite creative people — this edition is a selection of afrobeats curated by Perth DJ B-Lion.
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DJ Khaled’s God Did: A Homage to Hard Work
In his 13th studio album, the hip-hop renaissance man shows no signs of slowing down, instead striving for more greatness in his gargantuan career, all while hoping you do the same.
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Drillmatic: Documenting The Game’s Latest Mission
This 30 track opus from the legendary rapper is all frenzies with no filler, as he embarks on an ambitious exploration of internal struggle, and silencing the naysayers.
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A Rotation of the Sun With Arlo Parks
With Glastonbury and Coachella, a Mercury Prize, and a debut album added to her resume, we caught up with British songwriter Arlo Parks on the week of her 22nd birthday to talk about growing up, tour life, nostalgia, and significance of the last year.
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bbno$ and His Blinding Drive to Become ‘sophisticated’
The Vancouver rapper celebrates the success of his grinding musical journey on his latest single, stopping by to tell us about its creations culminating in fame, and why his next album is his best.
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ThatKidMaz Celebrates His Debut EP With an Insightful Display of Self Awareness
Three years on from dropping his first single, Melbourne artist ThatKidMaz returns with the release of his debut EP, Lil Eritrean Boy.
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Joey Bada$$: The Testaments of 2000
The East Flatbush rapper has clocked 10 years in the game at only 27 years old. His latest album celebrates his timeless style and serves as a tribute to the ones lost along the way.
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Ruger and the Second Wave of Afrobeats
Stopping in on his first Australian tour, the 22-year-old speaks on his Second Wave Deluxe EP, the influence of Bob Marley, and taking aim for the top spot..
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