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Dizzee Rascal: Talkin' bout Big Day Out
by the elektro kitten on January 8th, 2010
Australia again has the opportunity to be delighted by the wonder and talent that is Dizzee Rascal. Always famous for playing the song of the second and getting people dancing, Dizzee just wants everyone, including himself, to have a good time. [more]
Dizzee Rascal [Audio]: The perfect equation
At the rather tender age of 23, Dizzee Rascal has enjoyed a career arc most of his contemporaries will spend a lifetime working away at. He's back in Australia for Parklife this month, listen in as he speaks with inthemix! [more]
No doubt one of the most unique identities to have emerged on the music scene in recent times, almost 5 years after his critically acclaimed breakthrough album 'Boy In Da Corner' UK rapper Dizzee Rascal continues to maintain an enviable position. [more]
Although his debut album, 'Boy In Da Corner', has been on shelves now for almost a year, the effect of its release is still being felt in shockwaves the world over. With his new LP nearing release, and his first Australian tour planned for July, ITM's i_have_ADD tied Dizzee down for a quick chat. [more]
Dizzee Rascal gets mighty pissed with news.com.au journo
Can you blame him? We reckon we’d get a tad irritated if we were getting grilled over something inane while preparing for the Big Day Out, but Dizzee Rascal apparently got really damn pissed during an interview with news.com.au last week. [more]
Win Big Day Out sideshow tickets on ITM
Tickets for the 2010 Big Day Out tour sold out in record time, so if you missed your chance be sure to check out the comps we have online to win entry to Groove Armada, Calvin Harris and Dizzee Rascal sideshows, presented by inthemix! [more]
NZ favourite Scribe to open Dizzee Rascal's BDO sideshows
New Zealand’s favourite rapper Scribe will open for London’s hip hop party boy Dizzee Rascal at his Big Day Out sideshows in Sydney and Melbourne this January. [more]
Big Day Out sideshow bonanza! Groove Armada, Calvin Harris & Dizzee Rascal, presented by ITM
The annual Big Day Out juggernaut has already sold out every last show across the country, so if you missed out on a ticket and you’re keen on sideshows, you're in luck as Groove Armada, Dizzee Rascal and Calvin Harris have all been announced. [more]
Dizzee Rascal writing his memoirs
Oscar Wilde, Ernest Hemmingway, Dizzee Rascal. Spot the odd one out… [more]
Faithless and Dizzee Rascal do Global Gathering
It’s a milestone year for international clubbing identity Global Gathering, which will celebrate its tenth birthday this year. [more]
2010 Brit Award nominations
Last night the nominations for 2010 Brit Awards were announced, sans the Best Dance Artist category that was revoked a couple years ago. [more]
GQ name Dizzee Rascal a 'best dressed' man
Normally we wouldn’t be all that interested in who GQ feel are the best dressed men, but with forthcoming Big Day Out visitor Dizzee Rascal cracking the top 10 we had our interest piqued. [more]
Long-time children’s entertainer, and one of Australia's most famous musical exports, Rolf Harris has revealed he has been courted by the likes of Dizzee Rascal and The Chemical Brothers for musical collaborations. [more]
You’d think that Dizzee Rascal would’ve met his collaboration quota by now, but it turns out he's got more big team ups in the works, specifically one track with the mighty Tiesto! [more]
With his new album Ready For The Weekend due out in just a few weeks, Calvin Harris is already getting tired of the limelight. [more]
Clearly, Dizzee Rascal is taking this whole dance-crossover thing seriously, as he's now lined a gig at Ibiza’s infamous Pacha nightclub. [more]
Icons of all things electronic, The Prodigy, have revealed they'll be teaming up with the man-of-the-minute, Dizzee Rascal, for a new record. [more]
Having smashed both the clubs and the charts with Dance Wiv Me, Calvin Harris and Dizzee Rascal are teaming up again for a brand new track, sure to blow people's brains. [more]
Having scaled the top of the UK charts in 2008 with his Calvin Harris collaboration Dance Wiv Me it’s clear that much hyped rapper Dizzee Rascal has developed a taste for the good life, nabbing the second #1 position of his career this week. [more]
Following the success of his crossover hit Dance Wiv Me in 2008, Dizzee Rascal is obviously keen on merging the worlds of hip hop and dance event further if his next release is anything to go by. [more]
He may have created disco (tongue in cheek, of course), but it doesn’t mean Calvin Harris was cool enough to nab an invite to the NME Shockwaves Awards recently... even though he was nominated, and won! [more]
UK rapper Dizzee Rascal was picked up by the police late last week over an incident allegedly involving a baseball bat. [more]
Clearly impressed with Barack Obama’s historic win in the US election this week, grime posterboy and recent Australian visitor Dizzee Rascal has revealed he’s got his sights set on the UK’s top job... maybe. [more]
To celebrate its 25-year anniversary, UK dance monthly Mixmag brought the “25 biggest names in electronic music” together for a truly iconic cover shoot. The guest-list included Daft Punk, The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, Faithless, Paul van Dyk and Sasha! [more]
Dizzee Rascal’s highly anticipated third album, Maths & English, has confirmed a tracklist, cover art and US and UK release dates. [more]
Berlin Clubbers Surrender To The World Cup [more]
UK Rapper Dizzee Rascal was arrested earlier this week in London [more]
Cheeky ravers partied throughout the night at the Queen's country retreat at Sandringham last weekend prompting the Daily Telegraph to suggest Prince Harry should track down the organisers and party with them on their turf. [more]
Sunday 31st January produced a glorious day for the Perth Big Day Out. [more]
Flemington Racecourse, Australia Day. January 26th, 2010. [more]
Then, an email from my editor asked me if I wanted the review spot, suddenly my cynicism dissolved. Sasha, Kasabian, Simian Mobile Disco, Girl Talk – fuck yes! [more]
Big Day Out @ Royal Adelaide Showgrounds, Adelaide (29/01/10)
by the elektro kitten on February 1st, 2010
There was one major contrast between the BDO of 2010, versus the final of the last decade: it was at least 10 degrees Celsius cooler. Hooray. You could actually enjoy the act you were watching, rather than feel lke you’re watching a dream sequence [more]
Dizzee Rascal performed a killer show, flowing effortlessly between his recent party beats, and his old school grime-oriented gems. [more]
Lily Allen w/ Dizzee Rascal and Calvin Harris @ Brisbane Riverstage (19/1/10)
by mofo549 on January 22nd, 2010
I was living in London in 2006 when Lily Allen released her debut single Smile. I disliked it. I disliked the ska/reggae style of the track. I disliked her chav-tastic style. I disliked her attitude and I was never a big fan of her father Keith. [more]
International artists often comment on how they love the Big Day Out tour because it feels like a two week traveling holiday under the sun. [more]
International artists often comment on how they love the Big Day Out tour because it feels like a two week traveling holiday under the sun. [more]
You couldn’t have had it any better if you’d sunken over a whole bottle of magic Jaegermeister and been granted three wishes by the 'Fuzzy Festival Elf'. Parklife 2008 smashed it hard with a deliciously fantastic start to the summer season. [more]
25,000 loyal fans of Queensland’s music scene, or those who just want to be seen, literally park-ed their life for the day to attend the capital’s biggest festival Parklife. Come October, it seems the New Year’s resolution for some has been pushed... [more]
Parklife can only mean one thing. Well, maybe two things - it’s almost the start of summer, and it's most definitely the start of festival season. Get your beroccas and credit cards ready kiddies, summer is here and won’t be leaving for a fair while. [more]
I arrive at the Corner Hotel on Swan Street in Richmond just in time to catch the end of support band True Live. The local boys do their best to warm things up for the sell out crowd but tonight, it’s all about foreign imports with Dizzee Rascal. [more]
Parklife has been one more stepping stone for my personal journey in falling in love with the festival circuit all over again, and I've become its loyal foot soldier for many more years to come. [more]
Parklife. The very mention of the name warms you up. After slugging through the cold winter months, the announcement of the Parklife lineup heralds the coming of another hot, sweaty summer. And wasn’t this years line up a beauty? [more]
Big Day Out 2008 lived up to the promise of it's lineup with something for everyone to see them through the day. [more]
The annual Big Day Out circus rolled into Adelaide once more, selling out in record time. And there is something enjoyable about an event that is an annual must attend regardless of who is playing! [more]
The first thing that struck me about this was that Dizzee Rascal had come a long, long way from the East London grime scene that spawned him. I wondered how it would all translate, if at all. Did these kids 'get it'? [more]
Nothing says “I’m here to rock n’ roll” quite like having no plan, a ticket and a smile, so I organized a lift an hour before it started and off I was to arguably the biggest event of 2008. Check out the ITM review of the QLD Big Day Out experience! [more]
Big Day Out 2008 @ Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne (28/01/08)
by onetwothreefour on January 31st, 2008
There are some aspects of the long-running Big Day Out festival that will never disappoint. Among them, the line-up. 2008's entry into music history, featuring Bjork, Silverchair, and a reformed Rage Against The Machine, could again do no wrong here. [more]
The king of the UK grime scene hit sydney to show off his wears and get us all skanking. Entertaining, nice visuals, engaging, skilful, too brief; all praise to the rascal. [more]
A life changing performance from Rage Against the Machine. A Smashing closing set in the Boiler Room from Carl Cox. Faultless Organisation. All of these things combined and more made 2008 edition of the Big Day Out one of the best. Ever. [more]
What does one write when attempting to describe the wonder that is Splendour in the Grass? The grand old chestnut of 'words fail' really does ring true. A two-day festival held in sleepy Byron Bay in Northern NSW saw some 14,000 excited punters converge on the town to triple its population. [more]
Dizzee Rascal - Tongue N Cheek
Dizzee Rascal’s newest album is a successful departure from his past, launching himself headlong in to the exalted companies of Calvin Harris, Tiesto, Armand van Helden and Shy FX. [more]
Dizzee Rascal - Maths + English
Cocky he may be, but Dylan Mills (aka Dizzee Rascal) has every right to be. He's turned negatives into positives then multiplied and square rooted them. [more]
Various Artists - Outta Space (VIP Mix)/Back Off The Wall (Nick Thayer Mix)
this first 12" offering from Hot Cakes pairs a reworking by UK booty breaks doyen Deekline of The Prodigy's classic ragga-rave anthem 'Outtaspace' alongside a highly capable electro-breaks bootleg reworking of Dizzee Rascal's 'Back Off The Wall' by Melbourne producer Nick Thayer. [more]
Brash, Cockney and sounding more British than an episode of the bill Dizzee Rascal's voice grabs your attention as it bursts through the speakers on his debut long player. [more]
Onelove - Classics
Onelove celebrate ten years in style, with the new 'Classics' compilation looking back at the decade in clubbing. [more]
Dizzee Rascal - Live at Nova Studios
The UK’s grimiest rapper Dizze Rascal was recently in Australia touring with Parklife. Here we see him getting down at radio station Nova’s studios. Dance wiv me, indeed! [more]
Dizzee Rascal feat. Calvin Harris - Dance Wiv Me
The Rascal is back, and this time he's got Calvin Harris on board as well. Check out the clip for their massive UK chart hit 'Dance Wiv Me' ahead of Dizzee's tour next month! [more]