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triple j’s Tom & Alex have announced Gotye’s ‘Somebody That I Used To Know (Feat Kimbra)’ as the number one song in the Hottest 100 of 2011, as voted by triple j listeners.

Each year more and more people have their say in the world’s biggest musical democracy and this year was no exception. An incredible 158,258 voters from 144 countries registered 1,378,869 million votes (up 9% on last year) in triple j’s Hottest 100. Add to that 3924 Hottest 100 parties held by listeners across Australia and internationally – the biggest poll yet. Read more>

Are you a master detective knowing every single new bar opening up in Perth? Do you know the latest music tracks and want to tell the world about them? Do you like to have fun?

Well then you might be the one we are looking for.

Empire of Perth is looking for a news editor on a voluntary basis with an expected workload of about 6 hours a week. The hours are flexible and the job is perfect for someone with a bit of spare time or student available to work from home.

Your responsibility will be to update the news content on Empire of Perth on a weekday daily basis as well as maintaining contacts and relationships with promotion companies around Australia.

Journalism experience as well as basic Photoshop knowledge isn’t necessary but preferred and we will give you all the tools needed to master the job.

For more information or to send in your application email Therese@empireofperth.com.

Dj Yoda is heading to our shores on saturday and thanks to the Boomtick family we now have a few tickets to give away!

Yoda ain’t just a DJ, yo. He’s like the culture collector you always wanted to be and the exhibitor you never could be for every style of music and entertainment you can wrap your head around. Applying his ridiculously astute ear for mixing and blending 12” a capellas on top of seemingly disparate genres, DJ Yoda will take you on a tour from underground rap to TV themes, nursery rhymes, country, soul, reggae, drum ‘n bass and 80s pop – and then add in the visual element.

DJ Yoda quickly joined the ranks of genre-bending DJs like Z-Trip and 2manyDJs who both technically and creatively transformed the landscape of club culture with their ferocious mixing style that eventually became known as ‘mashup.’ Yoda began to incorporate visuals into his set until he came up with the most fully-realised vision of what club music and the greatest collection of cult footage could be. Think Count and Sinden’s ‘Beeper’ vs ‘The Big Lebowski’s beeper and you’re not even close.

It’s like DJ Yoda is taking you on a date to the movies and the club at the same time.

So what do you need to do to get your hands on the tickets?

Easy! Fill in the form below and tell us what you like the most about Empire of Perth. Winners will be notifiend Thursday 26 of January by email. Read more>

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After massive success with two previous tracks, “You need me, i don’t need you” and “The A Team”, here is another great song for you all to get your Monday started with!

So there you go – Heatwave bites the dust.

“We regret to inform you that due to circumstances out of our control, HeatWave Perth has been cancelled. All ticket buyers will be refunded fully. MURDA-US Productions apologises to Perth for what is a great loss to us all. We thank you for all of your support, and again sincerely apologise to everyone affected.”

The day before the event it seems well, a bit short for an explaination, and it shows with the sheer level of feedback on the group’s facebook page.

It’s not with much surprise that it came to this length after poor ticket sales, D-12 not showing up for the South Australia Set and then bailing on the festival entirely, and then of course – My personal favourite – Gravity Ponds had knives thrown at them while they were on stage.

“I think this is more of a SECURITY PROBLEM actually, seeings performers are getting KNIVES wove at them while playing!!! where were the metal detectors? We continued our set no matter what… Why werent these 6 people taken away immediatly? I agree with the self control to a certain extent but when there is someone in the crowd with an actual knife someone needs to step in NOT the acts…Can u even imagine what tech9 or obie trice or ANY act would do if that were them? No artist will put up with that shit…”

So that’s it – If you had tickets hit up the crew at ticketmaster and follow any direction from the Heatwave team to get your money refunded!

On a more ironic note – Heatwave would have been on a cold, rainy stormy day if it had gone forward…

With Sets on the Beach mere hours away from its 5th consecutive sellout they couldn’t wait any longer to let the cat out of the bag and give all their favourite party people what’s in store for Volume 6!…aiming to keep it fresh they’re shaking things up and bringing a little bit of the old and little bit of the new…. They have all bases covered with a line-up that won’t disappoint!

Legendary UK Act SOUL II SOUL will be hitting our shores in Sound System mode, led by group founder Jazzie B who is also bringing amazing vocalist Caron Wheeler and Mc Chickaboo along for the party… creating a seductive, deep R&B sound that borrowed from Philly soul, disco, reggae, and ’80s hip-hop, with anthems such as “Back to Life”, “Get a Life” & “Keep on Movin”, number 1 albums in the UK & 2 Grammy awards to their name – prepare to get your groove on.

FLIGHT FACILITIES – As no stranger to Sets on the Beach, this Australian production/DJ Duo blew the crowd away at their debut show in December 2010! If you haven’t heard their massive tracks you must be living under a rock! Following on from the worldwide smash hit “Crave You” Flight Facilities have given us the disco flavoured “Foreign Language” – another absolute cracker that is in DJ crates round the globe! In such high demand and a hectic international touring schedule we’re ecstatic to have them tear up the beach one more time.

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Yes, you read correct! The “Teacha” is embarking on a month long boat cruise from the United States to school Aussie’s on the true origins of the urban-street culture known in the world today as “Hip Hop”.

It was KRS-One who first argued that “rap is something we do; Hip Hop is something we live”. Appearing on the rap scene in 1986 as part of Boogie Down Productions, with the late DJ Scott La Rock, KRS made it clear that he was “the Teacha” with the release of his first hit single “South Bronx”. KRS, an acronym for “Knowledge Reigning Supreme”, is not only Hip Hop’s first true philosopher, as an emcee/rapper, he is considered the best live Hip Hop emcee of all time. With abilities covering rap, reggae, spoken word, and even classical music, KRS-One reminds you as to why you fell in love with Hip Hop.

With twenty published albums to his credit, KRS-One has literally written the most rhymes in Hip Hop’s history. From establishing Hip Hop as an international culture at the United Nations (2001), KRS-One has single-handedly held the history and original arts of Hip Hop together now for over two decades.

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Multi-platinum rockers My Chemical Romance have premiered the new video for The Kids from Yesterday in Australia this week!  The new single is the thematic centre piece from their latest album Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys.

“This will be the last single released from our album Danger Days, and we decided what better song to end on than our collective favorite. This song means a lot of different things to us individually and we hope it speaks to you as well,” posted guitarist Frank Iero on the bands blog a few days ago.

When working on ideas for a clip for the single, the band decided on a ‘video collage’ to illustrate the progression of the band over the past ten years. They began collating footage and stumbled upon a video by American college student Emily Eisemann that perfectly fit the bill.  The band contacted her, merged their videos together and the end result can be seen here.

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Pretty please Metric can we have another Wonderland sometime soon before the Summer is out?!

Best news this month! Laneway have finally released set times for the Perth leg of their festival!

Hitting Perth Saturday the 11th of February this one is set to be an amazing day, we were fortunate enough to drop in last year and we couldn’t have hoped for more! So if you find yourself in the City/Northbridge, don’t hesitate to stop by the Laneway!