Del Piero smells

The Italian diving, I mean football team are somehow through to the World Cup final, after beating what we all thought was a bet-your-house-on-it-chance-to-win-the-whole-thing Germany. Norton Street was going off apparently, and Australians everywhere were even further lamenting what could have been if Grosso did not take that dive. Oh well, the wbdf crew are behind Portugal to do the job and knock both the Bleu and Azzuri off.




MP3: Panica - Bezerk

If you are like me and think this whole 'Aussie Hip-Hop' thing is a load of crock, you would want to steer clear of anything that remotely resembles Hip-Hop being produced locally. I don't care what anyone else says, I think Australian accents and rapping in most cases seems wrong, and people criticising rappers from Oz who don't rap with an Aussie accent is even more wrong which has happened to Mr 1200 Techniques NFA. But what do you think about an Aussie chick rapping? Just forget Maya Jupiter ever existed OK, because it can work.

Panica is a DJ/Producer/MC from Melbourne and sounds just as her press release states, creates 'a blend of hip hop, drum n bass and electro squelch beats'. It is Australian Hip-Hop sans the swagger and arrogance, and it really has a soul. Panica is lyrically poigniant and talks about themes close to home. I don't think i've given up on the genre down under just yet after hearing such a great artist.


MYSPACE: The Valentinos - CCTV (Bang Gang vs Van She Don't Stop Remix)

The Valentinos, who are recoding new material as we speak, have just released a new remix of CCTV, mixed by Bang Gang DJ's and Van She which can be checked out at the bands MySpace page. I liked it.