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GOOD THINGS FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2024 DATES AND TEASES LINEUP ANNOUNCEMENT

Attention heavy music lovers! It's that time of year again when festival-goers across the country mark their calendars for the annual Good Things Festival. They have just announced their 2024 dates, and the anticipation is already at a high with fans speculating as to who the headliner is going to be. Clear your schedules for early December because Australia's premier alternative music festival is gearing up to deliver another unforgettable experience.

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ALL DAY ANNOUNCES NATIONAL HEADLINE ALBUM TOUR - TOURING AUG/SEPT 2024 

With his fifth studio album The Necklace set to be released August 2nd via Dew Process, today, Australian rapper, singer and songwriter Allday announces his national album tour and his new single ‘Miss You Still’ featuring long-time friend and fellow artist Tim Nelson (Cub Sport).

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DOLORRES DROPS DEBUT EP ‘IT'S ALL HAPPENING SOMEWHERE ELSE’ + HEADLINE MELBOURNE SHOW

Likening his music to being trapped in a multicoloured ball pit, DoloRRes blends hip-hop, experimental rock & electronica to create his unique world of whacked-out sound & mind-bending visuals. Today, premiering via Acclaim, DoloRRes shares the new video for his latest single D.T.R and announces his debut EP, It’s All Happening Somewhere Else dropped on Wednesday 11 August.

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BLISS N ESO ANNOUNCE 7TH STUDIO ALBUM THE SUN OUT FRI 27 AUG+ NEW SINGLE 'OG'S (FEAT. CHILLINIT)' OUT NOW

Australian hip-hop titans Bliss n Eso are elated to announce their highly anticipated 7th studio album The Sun (out Friday 27 August). An album packed full of energy, swagger and some exciting collaborations, sees Bliss n Eso at their hungry best after a four year wait between albums.

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ADA/WARNER MUSIC AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP DEAL WITH GOODNA BASED EMCEE LISI AND HIS LABEL CASTILLE RECORDS

ADA/Warner Music Australia announced today a new partnership with New Zealand-born and Goodna-based rapper Lisi and his Samoan-owned record label Castille Records. 

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BROTH RECORDS ANNOUNCES NEW GIG SERIES ‘SOUP KITCHEN,’ FIRST EDITION ON JUNE 9 AT THE GREAT CLUB

Following last month’s launch of Joji Malani’s new independent label venture, Broth Records today announces their upcoming live music event, Soup Kitchen, taking place on June 9 at The Great Club on Midjuburri/Marrickville. Tickets available HERE. 

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FLIGHT FACILITIES SHARE NEW SINGLE ‘LIGHTS UP’ FEAT. CHANNEL TRES, OUT NOW VIA FUTURE CLASSIC/GLASSNOTE

Today, ARIA-award winning artist duo Flight Facilities return to their beloved fanbase, delivering a new single immersed in a feeling of West-Coast Californian cool imparted by guest vocalist, Channel Tres. Released on Future Classic & Glassnote, “Lights Up” marks the band’s first release of 2021 following the launch of their app, Flight Deck late last year.

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RED BULL LAUNCHES FOURTH SEASON OF RED BULL 64 BARS SERIES FEATURING A.GIRL, JAECY, SHADOW & JK-47

Red Bull today launches the fourth season of their Red Bull 64 Bars series, shining a light on some of Australia's brightest and most diverse voices in rap and hip-hop. In 2021, Red Bull 64 Bars invites Western Sydney's A.Girl, Bankstown's Jaecy, Perth's Shadow and Bundjalung MC JK-47 to deliver quick-witted and sharply spun raps to music lovers.

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BLISS N ESORELEASE NEW SINGLE'GOOD PEOPLE (FT. KASEY CHAMBERS)'+ ANNOUNCE NATIONAL AUSTRALIAN TOUR FOR JUNE/JULY 2021

Featuring Australian country music royalty Kasey Chambers – ARIA Hall of Fame inductee with 5 x ARIA #1 albums to her name – ‘Good People’ is an emotive slice of pop-driven rap that drives home the value in surrounding yourself with truly good people.

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CHURCH & AP SHARE NEW SINGLE 'ON!ON!ON!' + AT THY FEET SIDE TWO OUT MAY 7

Today, NZ hip hop game changers Church & AP share their brash new single ON!ON!ON!, taken from Side B of their album AT THY FEET, out May 7th. Made to be played on max volume, the haunted instrumental shows off off-the-wall flows from Church in the first verse, complimented by laid back punchlines from AP in the second. The combination exhibiting why the duo are 'built different'. 

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COAST AND OCEAN SHARES CRUISY NEW SINGLE ‘LOST!’, TOURING THROUGHOUT APRIL AND MAY

Coast and Ocean is Alex Johnson. Growing up on the South Coast of NSW, with the ocean by his feet has certainly influenced his fresh musical style of R&B, surf hip-hop & soul. Today sees him release his new single ‘Lost!’.

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DUGONG JR SHARES NEW SINGLE 'CERAMIC (FEAT. IJALE)' + SIGNS TO MOVING CASTLE

Today, Melbourne-based multidisciplinary creative Dugong Jr shares his new song 'Ceramic' featuring rising hip-hop artist IJALE. Following the release of last year's acclaimed EP Pleasure Principle, 'Ceramic' is another deeply textured and atmospheric track, with IJALE’s melodic bars perfectly weighted against Dugong Jr’s finessed house production. The release coincides with the announcement that Dugong Jr has re-joined his friends at Moving Castle. 

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YIBBY SHARES NEW SINGLE 'CHESS NOT CHECKERS' FEAT. ARNO FARAJI

Today, Sydney hip-hop artist YIBBY returns with his new single 'Chess Not Checkers', featuring Arno Faraji. The track, which was premiered on triple j, flips the energy upward from February's darker, slow-burning cut ‘Cigar’ and last year's 'No Sweat', with grime-inspired hip-hop production by Clockwork Odyssey and Kid Fiction. Fusing Yibby and Arno Faraji's equally inspired flows, 'Chess Not Checkers' makes for an excitable and commanding record with the two local trailblazers signature stamps all over it. 

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ZEKIEL REVEALS RELAXED HIP HOP SINGLE “LIKE GOLD”

Sydney-based rapper ZEKIEL has graced us once again, this time with “Like Gold”, a relaxed hip hop track facing the heavy weighted topic of alcohol addiction. A mellowed journey into the mind and introspective reflection of the alternative pop artist, “LikeGold” is a calming lofi voyage, comparable to the styles of Post Malone and TheWeekend. 

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