Speaking In Tongues Tour

After the release of their number 1 Platinum album, Drinking from the Sun the Hilltop Hoods are heading out on the road for their only headline tour for 2012 and there bringing a few friends along for the ride. 

Holding down the main support for the tour is Solo on the Mic and Adit on the fader from Sydney's Horrorshow crew. With Horrorshow one of the country's most promising Hip Hop acts with an ARIA nomination, multiple sold out national tours, festivals and international spots under their belt all before they hit the age of 23. Not to mention that all of this has been achieved without the help of a hit single. Horrorshow have built a huge support base as well as gaining critical acclaim for their sharp lyricism and hard hitting production. 

Along for the ride is none other that none other than the fat controller from the GE Crew, that is Briggs. Hailing from country Victoria he joins this high calibre line up after dropping his debut album, The Blacklist. BRIGGS has been a staple on the local Hip Hop touring circuit. While supporting countless local and international artists BRIGGS has been hard at work on his highly anticipated sophomore album, which is scheduled for release later this year.

It wouldn't be a Hilltop Hoods gig without going all out and when we caught up with Pressure he had this to say.

I remember seeing you guys at the Horden in Sydney when you toured State of the Art on the Still Standing Tour and you came out with the Hilla-Toppa jackets on in the encore, which just blew us all away and I remember going to my mates going what the fuck is going on here. Can we expect anything as big or as mind-blowing on the national tour later this year?

Hahaha Yes defiantly, of course we have always gotta do something new and crazy, something no one else is doing. Thats always been our thing, we always try and do something different. If its something as cheesy as coming out in some jackets that light up then you know. Something that people can take away and have a laugh about or say that was funny or clever or dope you know. We will always try and work something into it. And thats the beauty of doing your own shows in compared to festivals, you get longer on stage you get to crazy things like that and have control of the whole show. Very much looking forward to coming back touring the new album later this year and doing some crazy shit with it.

The Dates

Thursday 28th June – Plantation Hotel – 18+ - COFFS HARBOUR

Friday 29th June – Eatons Hill Hotel – Lic/AA – BRISBANE (All persons under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a responsible adults

Friday 27th July – Adelaide Entertainment Centre – Lic/AA - ADELAIDE T

Saturday 28th July – Splendour in The Grass – Lic/AA – BYRON BAY

Saturday 4th August – Hordern Pavilion – Lic/AA - SYDNEY

Thursday 9th August – Ballarat Uni – 18+ - BALLARAT

Friday 10th August – Kay St Entertainment Complex – 18+ - TRARALGON 

Saturday 11th August – City Hall – Lic/AA - HOBART 

Wednesday 15th August – Station Resort – 18+ - JINDABYNE

Friday 17th August – Challenge Stadium – Lic/AA - PERTH 

Saturday 18th August – North West Festival– Lic/AA – PORT HEDLAND (Tickets will go on sale at 9AM on Thursday 10th May) 

Friday 24th August – Setts – 18+ - MILDURA

Happy Daze for the Big Village Crew

So the Daily Meds seem to have remembered to take their meds as its Happy Daze for the DM crew and family at Big Village after the release of their first album. Its been w while since they have dropped anything, their last ep was dropped way back in three years. However as everyone knows theres no such thing as a holiday for a hip hop act. Since the release of their debut ep the Meds have been busy traveling round the country, building up their fan base and working on collaborations with the rest of the Big Village Crew. 

Since the release of their first ep its safe to say that this crew has one hell of a reputation as Sydney's underground party crew. Happy Daze sees yet more soulful hooks, poignant rhymes and beats that are diverse and take it to a whole new level.

Without saying too much about the actual album, leaving you to for your own opinion on the album check out their new video clip for their lead single, Dance from Happy Daze and head down to your local record store to pick up your copy of the album which rightfully deserves a spot on the classics shelf of your album library. 

Chance Waters Approaching Infinity

So Chance Waters is heading out on his first headline tour and is taking it to Infinity and beyond. The Approaching Infinity Tour kicks off on the 27th of April in Coffs Harbour and works its way along the east coast of Australia. Supported by Forbes at all stops on the tour this is sure to be one massive party so make sure you get down to your local gig. Get in and grab your tickets early. If you havnt taken the time check out Chance's new award winning video clip for the track Infinity make sure you do it is not only an amazing song but an amazing video clip. For tour dates and details see below.

Friday 27th of April - The Plantation Hotel - Coffs Harbour - Free

Saturday 28th of April - The Byron Bay Brewery - Byron Bay - Free

Saturday 5th of May - First Floor - Melbourne - Tickets Here

Friday the 11h of May - Chatswood Club - Chatswood - Tickets On The Door

Friday 18th of May - Beaches Hotel - Newcastel - Free

Saturday 19th of May - FBI Social - Sydney - Tickets Here

Satuday 26th of May - X&Y Bar - Brisbane - Tickets Here

Feature Artist Of The Month, April - Pressure Emcee, Hilltop Hoods

After the release of yet another successful record from the Hilltop Hoods, Pressure took some time out to catch up with us and speak all things Drinking from the Sun and Hilltop. Check out part 1 of the interview below and stay tuned for the following parts out later this month.

The three part musical adventure that is, The Thirst is something that you guys haven't really done before, that is a series of short tracks throughout an album. Part one focus's on the past three years or so and what you have achieved since the release of State of the Art. What do you think was your biggest achievement or most memorable moment since the release of State of the Art?

Most memorable moment from State of the art would have to be touring and playing at Glastonbury in England which was a huge highlight for all of us. To play at the biggest and most prestigious music festival in the world. That was an amazing experience we managed to get a crowd of somewhere between 8000 - 10 000 people under a small tent when we actually thought we might be playing to a crowd of 80-100 was amazing.

That must have been an awesome feeling to travel to the other side of the world when you come from a culture that 5-10 years ago didn't have much recognition in its own country never mind world wide.

Yeh its like relating to what you were just saying about The Thirst. I open the album by talking about touring in various parts of the world and how amazing it is to go to a shore where we thought we had no accolades and no one knew us to getting a reception like that it's amazing. Sometimes you have no idea that you are even know in these countries and people come to your shows and know the lyrics to your songs, its a bit of a you gotta step back and pinch yourself kind of thing.

Part two of The Thirst explains what Drinking from the Sun is and how Australian Hip Hop is an underground culture and is drinking from the mainstream above. Do you guys still see yourself as an underground act or a mainstream act that belongs to an underground culture?

I mean the album just went Gold in the first week, I couldn't claim to be an underground act or an underground rapper but i think were true to our roots and make underground music and thats the music we've connected with people for so long and are still prolific in the Australian music scene ten years later.

For sure its evident that through out Drinking from the Sun you can still feel the connection between the tracks and the audience can relate to the tracks.

Yeah well that's it I just think that the matter of making music for yourself and making honest music and i think that it will always connect with people.

Part three of The Thirst is really interesting and most exciting part of the album for myself. The outake at the end of the track says, "from day one we were writing two albums". Firstly when is the part two going to drop? and secondly why did you you decide to write two albums at one time instead of focusing all your efforts on one album?

Basically we wanted to do a double album, I can't give you an exact due date on the next album as I don't know the due date just yet, but its kinda like a to be continued … but i can say that the next album will be out much sooner than the three year gap between State of the Art and Drinking from the Sun.

Was there a reason that there was a three year gap between releases, was it that you wanted to take some time to get away from the music or that we were just going to take our time to perfect this next one?

Nar its funny people are like its been three years since the last album where the hell you been and I'm like were been touring our arses off for a year and a half and then worked rock solidly in some respect weather Suffa was out digging or debris was looking for cuts or practicing scratching. But we were working on that album for a year and a half. A lot happened in that year and a half as well where we went physically away on tour. We did a tour with Eminem, the Big Day Out tour and a tour in Canada we made a DVD and so many other day to day things that unfortunalty is a business element that comes into it when you run your own label and taking care of everything else. We took one month off each in that three year period and after that we worked our arses off cause people don't hear from you in a while the just think that your sitting on a beach somewhere having a holiday but your not.

How was the tour with Eminem I'm sure that it would have been an amazing experience to play with someone of that calibre, I read the interview with Rolling Stone and it seemed as though you sort of got pushed to the side but I'm sure that it would have been an amazing feeling.

Yeh I've actually been an Eminem fan since my ruckas days and i really dig a lot of his music, not all of it but i do dig a lot of it. So to be able to play support for him and who is actually the biggest entertainer in the world at the moment period was just an amazing experience. Its defiantly one of those once in a life time experiences that will be with us for ever.

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