Duck Sauce - The Quack is Back (#FINALLY!)

PHARRELL is in the house!

His new album is now streaming on iTunes radio but click over here to hear a couple of tunes from the record. He has guests galore on this album and I am expecting a much different record to his 2006 solo debut "In my Mind".

The album officially is released March 3 right after his March 2 Oscar performance of chart topping tune "Happy".

Pharrell is in the house!

Album of the Year 2013 - New Video

Single #5 and my favourite track from the album now has a rad music video. I love these girls from Haim, check it out below:

Final Summer Countdown - Sun 23 February 2014‏

20 - Lily Allen - Hard out Here

19 - Mikhael Paskalev - I Spy

18 - Ellie Goulding - Goodness Gracious

17 - Chet Faker - Talk is Cheap

16 - Peking Duk - High

15 - Flume & Chet Faker - Drop the Game

14 - Ed Sheeran - I See Fire

13 - Lorde - Royals

12 - Vance Joy - Riptide

11 - Avicii - Hey Brother

10 - Eminem - Monster {Feat. Rihanna}

9 - London Grammar - Strong

8 - Eminem - Headlights {Feat. Nate Ruess}

7 - Lily Allen - Air Balloon 

6 - Aloe Blacc - The Man

5 - Joel Fletcher & Savage - Swing

4 - Rudimental - Free {Feat. Emeli Sande}

3 - Avicii - Addicted to You

2 - Clean Bandit - Rather Be {Feat. Jess Glynne}

1 - Pharrell Williams - Happy

Urban Albums of 2013 - Summer Music Lists Special - Part Eight

1. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2
2. Bliss N Eso - Circus in the Sky
3. Kanye West -  Yeezus
4. Jay Z - Magna Carter Holy Grail
5. A$AP Rocky - Long Live A$AP
6. Illy - Cinematic
7. Horrorshow -King Amongst Many
8. Tyler the Creator - Wolf
9. Chidish Gambino - Because of the Internet
10. Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady
11. Danny Brown - Old
12. Earl Sweatshirt - Doris
13. M.I.A. - Matting
14. Kid Cudi - Inicud
15. Pusha T - My Name is My Name
16. Chance the Rapper - Acid Rap
17. Joey Bada$$ - Summer Knights
18. Run the Jewels - Self Titled
19. Angel Haze - Dirty Gold
20. Dizzee Rascal - The Fifth

It's Coming...

And I can hardly wait!

My Party Starters of 2013 are bringing the Party

In 2013 their debut SETTLE really brought the party and recently I announced this was my Party Starter album of 2013 and now they have announced sideshows in support of their Groovin the Moo shows.

The wonderful Disclosure will bring the party as below:

Thurs 24 April 
Hordern Pavilion 
Sydney + (Wave Racer,Touch Sensitive & Lancelot)

Thurs 1 May 
The Forum 
Melbourne (+ Motez)

Thurs 8 May 
Eatons Hill 
Brisbane (+ Wave Racer)

Fri 9 May 
Metro City
Perth (+Wave Racer)


Can I please lock in Thu 24 April for one hell of a party night? Hell yes cause Anzac Day is the next day!

Disclosure, can't wait to have you back in Australia.
x

Summer Countdown - Sun 16 February 2014

20 - Ellie Goulding - Goodness Gracious

19 - Lily Allen - Hard out Here

18 - Bliss N Eso - My Life {Feat. Ceekay Jones}

17 - Flume & Chet Faker - Drop the Game

16 - Peking Duk - High

15 - Lorde - Royals

14 - Chet Faker - Talk is Cheap

13 - Eminem - Monster {Feat. Rihanna}

12 - Avicii - Hey Brother

11 - Eminem - Headlights {Feat. Nate Ruess}

10 - Ed Sheeran - I See Fire

9 - Vance Joy - Riptide

8 - London Grammar - Strong

7 - Aloe Blacc - The Man

6 - Lily Allen - Air Balloon 

5 - Joel Fletcher & Savage - Swing

4 - Rudimental - Free {Feat. Emeli Sande}

3 - Clean Bandit - Rather Be {Feat. Jess Glynne}

2 - Avicii - Addicted to You

1 - Pharrell Williams - Happy

Dance Albums of 2013 - Summer Music Lists Special - Part Seven

1. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
2. Flume - Deluxe Edition
3. Avicii - True
4. Rudimental - Home
5. Rufus - Atlas
6. Empire of the Sun - Ice on the Dune
7. Disclosure - Settle
8. Major Lazer - Free The Universe
9. James Blake - Overgrown
10. ShockOne - Universus
11. Jagwar Ma - Howlin'
12. Cut Copy - Free Your Mind
13. Mat Zo - Damage Control
14. Classixx - Hanging Gardens
15. Holy Ghost - Dynamics
16. The Knife - Shaking the Habitual
17. AlunaGeorge - Body Music
18. Kastle - Kastle
19. Robert deLong - Happy
20. Sub Focus - Torus

Ur Saturday Nite Starts RIGHT Here

The best MixTape I have heard in a while, hey:

TOURING - this fine brown land

RUFUS:

Hit Sydney's Iconic Enmore Theatre, June 21st, TAKE ME TONIGHT as these boys show off their Atlas album of the year nominated album in their home town.



Art V Science return to Sydney at the Oxford Arts Factory on April 11, so get your FLIPPERS on!



Sexy Sally Seltmann co wrier of Feist's mega hit 1,2,3,4 is heading to Sydney at the wonderful Vanguard on April 4th.



Dizzee Rascal will be out here for the fantastic GROOVIN THE MOO festival and will also be doing a headline gig at the wonderful Enmore Theatre on May 7.



Vance Joy was number 1 in the Hottest 100 with his little tune "Riptide" and like Dizzee Rascal above he will be doing GROOVIN THE MOO and the iconic and sensational Metro Theatre on May 16.



St Lucia will be bringing Sydney group The Griswolds along for a national tour and stopping at the one and only OAF on April 6 to play all their hits.



The Presets are going to start May off in the best possible way with a small club show @ the Metro Theatre, MY PEOPLE will all be saying YIPPIYO-AY & why are all YOUTH IN TROUBLE in 2014? It's going to be huge, it's going to be epic, it's all happening May 1 and this one will sell out. GOODBYE FUTURE!



Finally if you want to see Macklemore and Ryan Lewis share some SAME LOVE after Valentine's Day (tomorrow) then head up to Newcastle's every sexy Entertainment Centre. They will open their THRIFT SHOP for business on March 5.



Coming this weekend a new countdown and another Summer music list. Until then it's almost V Day!

Summer Countdown - Sun 9 February 2014

20 - The Aston Shuffle - Tear it Down

19 - U2 - Invisible

18 - Ellie Goulding - Goodness Gracious

17 - Lorde - Team

16 - Lily Allen - Hard out Here

15 - Eminem - Headlights {Feat. Nate Ruess}

14 - Flume & Chet Faker - Drop the Game

13 - Bliss N Eso - My Life {Feat. Ceekay Jones}

12 - Lorde - Royals

11 - Clean Bandit - Rather Be {Feat. Jess Glynne}

10 - Avicii - Hey Brother

9 - Eminem - Monster {Feat. Rihanna}

8 - Vance Joy - Riptide

7 - Ed Sheeran - I See Fire

6 - London Grammar - Strong

5 - Aloe Blacc - The Man

4 - Joel Fletcher & Savage - Swing

3 - Avicii - Addicted to You

2 - Rudimental - Free {Feat. Emeli Sande}

1 - Pharrell Williams - Happy

Dance Trax of 2013 - Summer Music Lists Special - Part Six

1. Daft Punk - Get Lucky {Feat. Pharrell & Nile Rogers}
2. Avicii - Hey Brother
3. Avicii V Nicky Romero - I Could be the One
4. Calvin Harris - I Need Your Love {Feat. Ellie Goulding}
5.  Robert deLong - Global Concepts
6. Empire of the Sun - Alive
7. Avicii - You Make Me
8. Joel Fletcher & Savage - Swing
9. Rudimental - Fee {Feat. Emeli Sande}
10. Avicii - Addicted to You
11. Calvin Harris & Alesso - Under Control {Feat. Hurts}
12. Calvin Harris - Thinking Bout You {Feat Ayah Marer}
13. Duke Dumont - Need U (1005) {Feat. A*M*E}
14. Flume/Chet Faker - Drop the Game
15. Flume - On Top {Feat. T.Shirt}
16. Rudimental - Right Here {Feat. Foxes}
17. Peking Duk - Feels Like
18. Peking Duk - The Way You Are
19. Disclosure - White Noise {Feat. AlunaGeorge}
20. Duck Sauce - It's You

A Mix for the Weekend {Saturday}

XO music lovers

HAIM - Laneway Festival

So my Album of the Year girls turned it up for their showing at this year's Laneway Festival. The festival is one of the rare success stories this year and late last with music festivals in this country.

Big Day Out Perth reportedly discounted door tickets over the weekend and have also announced their will be no Perth Big Day Out 2015. Homebake, Harvest, Supafest and a few smaller festivals meet their end in 2013, so where will music festivals be at the end of 2014? Time will tell, but Laneway seems to have all the right ingredients. Good capacity, good venue and most importantly great line up.

So back to Haim, these girls really have had a wonderful career (so far) with an epic album and live shows galore these girls are really killing it.

So there set commenced with my personal two favourite tracks, "Falling" & "If I Could Change My Mind", then they popped out a cover of "Oh Well" by Fleetwood Mac. A lot of reviewers and music folk have compared their sound to Fleetwood Mac and claiming the girls lack originality. I beg to differ, these girls put it down.

The 9 track set continued like a best of (which is scary as they only have one release) including hits "Don't Save Me", "Forever" & the big crowd favourite "The Wire". My only thing would be "The Wire" would have been a perfect finish but they went on to finish with "Let me Go".

2014 should be a HUGE year for Haim, and I have a funny feeling the girls will be back here soon....

Summer Countdown - Sun 2 February 2014‏

20 - The Kite String Tangle - Given the Chance

19 - The Presets - Goodbye Future

18 - The Aston Shuffle - Tear it Down

17 - Busta Rhymes - Thank You {Feat. Q-Tip, Kanye West & Lil Wayne}

16 - Eminem - Headlights {Feat. Nate Ruess}

15 - Ellie Goulding - Goodness Gracious

14 - Lily Allen - Hard out Here

13 - Lorde - Team

12 - Bliss N Eso - My Life {Feat. Ceekay Jones}

11 - Eminem - Monster {Feat. Rihanna}

10 - Avicii - Hey Brother

9 - Flume & Chet Faker - Drop the Game

8 - Ed Sheeran - I See Fire

7 - Lorde - Royals

6 - Aloe Blacc - The Man

5 - Joel Fletcher & Savage - Swing

4 - Vance Joy - Riptide

3 - London Grammar - Strong

2 - Rudimental - Free {Feat. Emeli Sande}

1 - Pharrell Williams - Happy

Australian Albums of 2013 - Summer Music Lists Special - Part Five

1. Flume - Deluxe Edition
2. Bliss N Eso - Circus in the Sky
3. Birds of Tokyo - March Fires
4. Bernard Fanning - Departures
5. Boy & Bear - Harlequin Dream
6. Karnivool - Asymmetry
7. Rufus - Atlas
8. Empire of the Sun - Ice on the Dune
9. The Cat Empire - Steal the Light
10. Illy - Cinematic
11. Dead Letter Circus - The Catalyst Fire
12. ShockOne - Universus
13. Josh Pyke - The Beginning and the End of Everything
14. Jagwar Ma - Howlin'
15. Horrorshow - King Among Many
16. Violent Soho - Hungry Ghost
17. Cloud Control - Dream Cave
18. Sticky Fingers - Caress Your Soul
19. British India - Controller
20. Big Scary - Not Art 

Australian Tour Announce - Bliss N Eso - Circus under the Stars