All About The Hot Barbeque
Indie, hip hop, rock, electro and soul, all lined up on the hot BBQ cook top! This is a modern Australian party; the Hot Barbeque. Operating from midday through to 10pm, the festival will embody a commitment to arts culture and top of the line production standards to create a new breed of open-air event within the City of Melbourne. Capacity will be strictly limited to ensure everyone can enjoy the day comfortable and there will be first class facilities to ensure a boutique experience – no waiting, no queues and no disappointments!
Plump DJs [Audio]: Ladies love it Plump too
If you don't know who the Plump DJs are, where've you been hiding? To repeat a terminally overused phrase, they're the 'phattest duo in breakbeat', and having toured Australia too many times to list, they're back for another NYE/NYD session. Yeehaw! [more]
Gotye [Audio]: Learning all the way
by JackT on December 20th, 2007
Gotye doesn’t do things by halves. All his music was crafted with a minimum of resources and a surfeit of inspiration, and last year's 'Like Drawing Blood' propelled him to festival headliner: of which we'll be seeing plenty of this party season. [more]
Is Uffie the official pin-up girl of the French electro movement? Part of the ever-popular Ed Banger crew, since appearing on the radar she's gone on to tour the world, feature on magazine covers everywhere and become an all-round style icon. [more]
With seven albums to their name and another in the works, De La Soul is not a group to trade on past glories. Here they speak to ITM about both the group’s legacy that they have behind them, as well as what lies ahead. [more]
One of the most intriguing artists to hail from Detroit, Amp Fiddler bears no musical prejudices. While his two albums, including last year’s 'Afro Strut', carry the ‘neo-soul’ tag, he’s equally informed by raw funk, house, techno and hip hop. [more]
Win the ultimate festival experience with Smirnoff & inthemix
Smirnoff and inthemix are giving away the ultimate festival experience to one lucky ITMer and three friends. Tickets to two festivals in your home town, plus tickets, airfares and hotel accomodation to another of your choice anywhere in Australia! [more]
3rd Class Hot BBQ after party with Bang Gang DJs
Looking for somewhere to continue your January 1st party this NYD? Whether you're heading to The Hot Barbeque or not, you should keep the official after party on your radar. [more]
Stanton Warriors pop the cork down under
Bona fide members of the breakbeat elite, the Stanton Warriors are set to make bassbins shake in Australia this summer. [more]
Plump DJs getting heavy again this summer
With memories of their last tour still fresh in the mind of fans across the country, news that the phattest duo in breakbeat will be heading back to once again celebrate the New Year down under should be enough to set you into a spin. [more]
Two of the Ed Banger label's brightest stars are heading to Australia to ring in the New Year, with Uffie and Feadz set to do their indie-electro thing around the country this summer. [more]
The remaining lineup of artists for Melbourne's newest NYD event has been announced, with Future Entertainment taking the wraps off - arguably - their most diverse array of performers to date. [more]
Following last week's announcement that Q-Bert would be playing Perth's legendary Breakfest event on Boxing Day, we did a bit of scouting to see if any further dates had been confirmed for a national tour. [more]
The hottest ticket - literally! - this summer seems to be festivals, with new ones popping up almost by the day. To keep you up to date on all the latest festival news and info, we've pushed play on a bunch more dedicated pages this week. [more]
Shedding a tear that Summadayze on NYD has now sold out? Perhaps you were more interested in escaping the hoards come January 1st, and had your heart set a decidedly more unique event? [more]
The minute Cut Copy DJs Dan Whitford and Tim Hoey enter the booth (or rather a pyramid-shaped, multicoloured fairy-lit blast from 3rd Class’s Daft Punk Afterparty past) our ears are treated to fresh, new selections to dust out the cobwebs. [more]
Another year over, another festival to welcome the year and what an absolute scorcher of a day it was! New Years Day 2008 saw Melbourne’s Birrarung Marr, situated on the scenic banks of the Yarra River, transformed into the inaugural Hot Barbeque. [more]
inthemix podcast session 48; our last broadcast of 2007. We speak with the Plump DJs and feature their new single, as well as tracks from Spank Rock, Malente, Bass Kleph and more! [more]
Bang Gang mini-mix
*With a brand new mix CD coming out on Modular very soon, titled 'Light Sound Dance', to get you salivating we've got a super succinct Bang Gang mini-mix for your listening pleasure. [more]
The Hot BBQ on NYD 2008, Melbourne
Following its successful launch in Melbourne on NYD 2008, word on the street is that The Hot BBQ will return once again on January 1st, 2009. Here’s a clip to remind you what went down. Crazy times! [more]
Bumblebeez: Learn the 'Dr Love' dance
So we've all seen the film clip by now, and the super fresh moves are rapidly turning into a worldwide dance craze. The Bumbleez have put together this instruction video for you, so you can learn how to "do the Dr Love"... [more]
Bumblebeez - Dr Love (Making Of...)
Wondering what went on behind the scenes when the Bumblebeez made the video for their single 'Dr Love'? Check out this clip to see what went in to the painstaking process of temp tattooing the cast! [more]
The Bumblebeez - Dr Love
Dr Love is the burning arrow to the heart of a new single by Braidwood via Brooklyn, Bollywood, Brixton and Botswana act The Bumblebeez. [more]