Lists Wet Lips weigh in on the definitive playlist of women who rock in Aussie music right now by Happy There’s no denying that women are absolutely slaying it in Aussie music now more than ever – and not just in the higher reaches of pop stardom to where they…
News Bjork, New Order and more to play Vivid LIVE 2016 by Emily Mathison Get ready to light the sails, Vivid LIVE is back for 2016 in a big way with a huge artist line-up. This year’s event has expanded to include 23 nights…
News More acts announced for triple J’s One Night Stand by Emily Mathison As promised with the first artist line-up for the 2016 One Night Stand, the special guests who will be featuring the event have been revealed. Joing Alison Wonderland will be…
News Gang of Youths, Raury, Mansionair and more revealed for full Secret Garden lineup! by Shayen de Silva Secret Garden is happening this weekend, and now after selling out the full lineup has been revealed! Local legends Gang of Youths, Gordi, Mansionair and more will be joining the lineup,…
News Hayden James, Hiatus Kaiyote, Sampa The Great and more are heading to Secret Garden 2016! by Shayen de Silva Afetr months of waiting, the first round of artists to play the magical Secret Garden festival is here! Billed as the ‘tip of the iceburg’ by the festival, Secret Garden…
News Noisey and JD Future Legends join forces to present the Next On Tour, featuring Sampa The Great, Tempura Nights and more by Emily Mathison Noisey and JD Future Legends have collaborated to present the Next On Tour, a series of live summer shows that will feature emerging local talents. The first event will kick off…
News Urthboy shares new track Second Heartbeat feat Sampa the Great and Okenyo by Emily Mathison Just a matter of weeks before the release of his new album, Urthboy has shared his new single Second Heartbeat. The track sees the hip-hop artist team up with up Sydney…
News Royal Headache, Shining Bird and more win big at the 2015 FBi SMAC Awards by Emily Mathison The FBi SMAC Awards went down yesterday at Carriageworks, seeing acts like Royal Headache, Shining Bird and Sampa The Great walk away from the evening victorious. The awards have been running…
Lists Our call on the 5 acts we think will explode in 2016 by Happy We pride ourselves on having a pretty firm grasp on up and coming bands in Australia. If a band did something cool in 2015, we wrote about it. The past…
Live Sampa The Great’s 6 dream collaborations by Happy We’ve been blessed to have some mesmerising hip-hop drop during this year. L-Fresh the Lion, Baro, Remi and Ivan Ooze have all pumped out some great work, giving us some…
News Sampa The Great takes remixing to a whole new level with reworking of Hiatus Kaiyote’s Choose Your Weapon by Emily Mathison It is normally an impressive feat for an artist to remix or cover a song and do a respectable job of it, but apparently that wasn’t enough of a challenge…
News FBi Radio reveals 2015 nominees for the SMAC Awards by Emily Mathison FBi Radio has announced the nominees for the 2015 Sydney Music, Arts and Culture Awards, which spans across 11 categories. The awards have been running since 2008, and pay respect…
Music Is Sampa The Great the next big thing in Aussie hip-hop? The Great Mixtape is a very promising start by Lucille Sadek Sampa The Great, aka Sampa Tembo, has always been interested in how music has the power to inspire humans. This is because over the years music has had such a…
