NEW GIGS

Evidence made his name as a part of the legendary trio Dilated Peoples, alongside Rakaa Iriscience and DJ Babu. Starting with The Platform in 2000, the group released four well received albums that contained several hit singles, including the Kanye West assisted smash "This Way."

In 2007 Evidence released The Weatherman LP, one of the most commercially and critically successful underground rap albums of the year. A solo effort ripe with introspection that ran the gamut from all his haters to the tragic passing of his mother, it was the album his fans were waiting for. With a foundation of sample-based hip-hop classicism (something that remains important to Evidence today), his debut wove together towering bangers like "Mr. Slow Flow" and uplifting cuts like "Chase the Clouds Away." He then released The Layover EP on Decon Records and The Layover Mixtapewith DJ Skee in 2008—showing marked improvement in his lyrical style—and he's been touring ever since.

Evidence's long-awaited sophomore offering, Cats & Dogs, was released on Rhymesayers Entertainment in April 2010. The album reunites the powerhouse production team from The Weatherman—including long-time friend and collaborator Alchemist, Dr. Dre-protogé DJ Kalil, DJ Babu, and Evidence himself.

Catch Evidence at The Espy playing free in the front bar Friday October 22nd.

Savage (NZ) Performing Live At The Espy In Melbourne!

Friday Sept 3

With Support from:

Mareko (NZ)

Surreal (AUS)

Neeq (AUS)

Kid Mac (AUS)

Kay Z (AUS)

with more to be announced!

Tickets $30 + booking fee, Available from Espy.com.au, Espy Bottle Shop, Oztix 1300 762 545, Polyester Records, Greville Records & Fist to Face

BUY TICKETS HERE

Mike GNACADJA (aka MikIX The Cat and MOMMA'S BOY) is that cool young Parisian dude who grew up listening to hip hop, dance music as well as afrobeat.

He starts djing in 2005 after a couple of happy mistakes on a cheap music software, he get into beats production and thew rest is history...

In 2009 the workaholic cat collected so many different tracks that he had no other choice but to give birth to Momma's Boy, (who took no time to catch Sound Pellegrino's attention) and Wedouwdou EP was born.

Unpredictable producer, Mike Gnacadja is constantly focused on bringing something different to the table when making music or djing. "Even though my music is made out off a computer, I do it with my soul. Technology is great but i try not loose the essence of house music. It's like food, you have to cook it with love"

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Catch Momma's Boy playing a free set in The Espy front bar, Saturday Sept 4 with Mu-Gen, Scattermish, Mat Cant & Lewis Cancut.

http://www.myspace.com/msbismusic

Having spent most of the winter in hibernation, Deep Sea Arcade will emerge on the first day of Spring with a new live show and a limited edition 7-inch of their upcoming single “Keep On Walking”.

“Keep On Walking” is the highly anticipated follow-up to the band’s recent alternative airwave favourites “Lonely In Your Arms” and “Don’t Be Sorry”. It’s equal parts 60’s psych, 90’s trip hop and stoner rock.

Catch Deep Sea Arcade playing a free show in the front bar on SAT SEPT 18with guests

MELODRAMAS (UK)

THE FROWNING CLOUDS

MATT SONIC

MARK SEYMOUR OF HUNTERS & COLLECTORS - THURSDAYS IN OCTOBER.

FREE ENTRY, FRONT BAR

THURS 7TH OCT

THURS 14TH OCT

THURS 21ST OCT

PEACE MUSIC PRESENTS

SOUTH RAKKAS CREW (MAD DECENT) FEAT MC SEROCEE

THE STIMULUS PACKAGE TOUR

Following a string of massively successful Australian festival tour dates in 2009, Canadian dancehall futurists SOUTH RAKKAS CREW will be stimulating dancefloors across Australia & New Zealand this September, returning with a swag of new material and a killer new live show featuring one of the UK’s best, MC SEROCEE, performing for the first time ever in Australia.

Rugged dancehall, shameless pop, hipster electro bangers, rude dubstep – f**k it, South Rakkas does it all. A duo comprised of veteran producers Alex Greggs and Dennis “Dow Jones” Shaw, South Rakkas Crew have been responsible for some of the hottest dance floor fillers around, both their own, and others. Heavy hitters M.I.A, T-Pain, Lily Allen, Kelis, Bounty Killer, Beenie Man, Justin Timberlake, Beck, Yo Majesty, Tricky and Duran Duran have all benefited from and SRC’s genius studio skills and talents for fusing hook-laden song structure with sound-system destroying beats.

Kicking off 2010 with energy, South Rakkas dropped their 16-track album STIMULUS PACKAGE (on Diplo’s tastemaker label Mad Decent) to unanimous praise from critics and the blogosphere worldwide - and the Stimulus Package marks only the beginning of SRC’s plan for world domination in 2010, with a new genre bending single, “Robot’s Revenge” (on superstar DJ Adam Freeland’s Marine Parade label) already getting much love from BBC1.

2010 also sees the unveiling of SRC’s new live experience, to be witnessed for the first time in Australia this September, featuringToddla T’s hype man Serocee (UK) who recently joined them for the summer festival season in Europe, which included a blazing takeover of Serbia’s Exit festival in July.

“Australia is one of my favorite places to tour. The people really know how to party. This year I'm bringing Serocee all the way from the UK, and we can't wait to touch down!”

-DJ Dow Jones (South Rakkas Crew)

South Rakkas Crew, live at The Espy Saturday September 18. Tickets on sale now through www.espy.com.au and all Oztix outlets.

TICKETS HERE

Download album (free): sub.maddecent.com/stimulus

Saturday September 11

ELECTRIC MARY

NAT COL & THE KINGS

MY SECRET CIRCUS

SHARAYA

Tickets $12 plus bf from

http://theespy.oztix.com.au/default.aspx?Event=17370

DEEP ROOTS PRESENTS...

THE BLACK SEEDS, BONJAH, PUBLIC OPINION AFRO ORCHESTRA AND MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED!

SATURDAY OCT 15

TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE

BARONESS

Rising from the Savannah swamplands in 2003, BARONESS have exploded onto the musical landscape with a sound built upon a resolute sense of purpose and shaped by hundreds of explosive live shows, which has elevated them from the rest of the metal pack.

Their debut ‘Red Album’ sat the metal community fairly and squarely on its ass with its sonic vision; colossal riffs and haunting vocals rolling like thunder across epic songs spanning both the intense and the sublime. The album was so impressive Revolver Magazine named it Album of the Year.

Yet, their sophomore release ‘The Blue Record’, has truly lifted the bar again. It’s a ferocious album that’s not afraid to be genuinely beautiful and “truly depicts a band at the peak of their powers.” – Alternative Press

Touring nationally with Metallica throughout October and November, BARONESS will be playing 3 intimate shows only in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.

TICKETS ON SALE THROUGH OZTIX AND TICKETEK, FRIDAY 20 AUGUST 9AM

BONE THUGS –N- HARMONY

THE WORLDS ENEMY AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2010

The rise of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony is a classic example of the American Dream – a group of five young men who had a goal and would not allow any barriers to stop them from attaining it. Layzie Bone, Krayzie Bone, Wish Bone, Flesh-N-Bone and Bizzy Bone went from being broke, hungry and homeless in 1993, to watching their unique brand of fast-paced, flowing, rapid-fire, harmonized rap, dubbed the “Cleveland Sound”, hit the top of the charts. With over 30 million albums sold worldwide, and tracks recorded with some of the most respected names in the business including 2Pac, Notorious B.I.G, and Mariah Carey to name but a few, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony are back with a new album entitled “Uni-5: The World’s Enemy” and are celebrating the release with an Australian Tour in November with shows in Newcastle, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Wollongong and Darwin.

In 1993, Eazy-E signed the group to Ruthless Records and they released their remarkable debut EP “Creepin’ On Ah Come Up” in 1994. The lead single “Thuggish Ruggish Bone” became one of the most requested songs of 1994 and shot to the top of the R&B and Rap Charts, making it a US summer anthem. Amid the fervor, the Cleveland rap group entered the studio immediately and emerged with the album “E 1999 Eternal”. The album topped the charts and spawned the worldwide smash hit single “Tha Crossroads” which won the group a Grammy, and took on an unexpected meaning following the death of Eazy-E. In fact the single was so popular that it tied the Beatles 32-year-old record for the fastest rising single and remained at the number one spot for 8 weeks in the US.

In the time leading up the long-awaiting release of the double-album Art of War in August 1997, Bone broadened their reach, putting out an album as Mo Thugs Family featuring a roster of the group’s peers. They followed this up with “The Art Of War” which spawned two hits “Look Into My Eyes”, and “If I Could Teach The World”. Bone Thugs then took a break as a group and various members released solo albums - Bizzy Bone's Heaven'z Movie (1998), Krayzie Bone's Thug Mentality (1999), Flesh-N-Bone's 5th Dog Let Loose (2000) -- two more Layzie Bone-executive produced Mo Thugs Family albums -- Chapter II: Family Reunion (1998), Mo Thugs III: The Mothership (2000) -- and a best-of album: The Collection, Vol. 1 (1998). In early 2000, the group released their critically acclaimed comeback album BTNHResurrection.

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony remain one of the most popular groups in hip-hop and continues to have a devoted cult following to this day. The group put Cleveland, Ohio on the hip-hop map and was one of the first major acts to come from Midwest. With one hour and 20 minutes of all their classics, plus tracks off the brand new album, this promises to be a classic show for all lovers of hip hop.

*Support acts to be announced shortly*

Saturday November 13th – Melbourne, The Espy Tickets from www.moshtix.com.au or 1300 GET TIX

Peace Music, keepup.com.au and The Espy proudly present:

Phife Dawg & Ali Shaheed Muhumad of A Tribe Called Quest

Saturday 27th November, The Esplanade Hotel Melbourne

On the eve of their first ever Australian tour, hip hop legends A Tribe Called Quest are set to blow the roof off what will be the only 2 shows they’ve played in the Southern Hemisphere during the entire course of their 20 year career.

In response to the massive outpouring of love and the hundreds of requests from people in cities outside of Sydney and Melbourne for A Tribe Called Quest to present additional Australian shows, band members Phife Dawg and & Ali Shaheed Muhumad have confirmed that they will return to Australia in November to play a series of intimate live shows intended to profile their careers as solo artists while also referencing their roles in the creation of A Tribe Called Quest.

Phife D and Ali will take you on a guided tour down the Paths Of Rhythm as they present The Native Tongues Mixtape, a live recreation of Phife’s brand new solo material, classic Tribe Called Quest and Native Tongues tracks interwoven with covers from artists who have influenced the artistic careers of both Phife and Ali.

And just when you thought these shows couldn’t get an better, Phife D & Ali have confirmed that they’ve invited several other international guests from the Native Tongues stable to share the stage with them on their Australian dates. Keep watching www.peacemusic.com.au for more information on this unique, groundbreaking hip-hop event.

Tickets available HERE

Lil Kim Melbourne Show Cancelled

It is with great sadness that we must announce the cancelation of the upcoming Lil Kim Melbourne show, which was scheduled to take place on Thursday Sept 16th at the Esplanade Hotel.

All of the organizers worked day and night to make this show happen, but in the end, due to circumstances beyond our control, were unable to get Lil Kim into the country for the scheduled performance.

All tickets purchased previously will be refunded in full by the outlet they were purchased from. We are very sorry for any inconvenience caused by this cancellation.

If you need any further information, you can contact the following people.

Ran-Dee

Joint Adventure / Basic Equipment

ran-dee@basicequipmentcrew.com

David Barrett

The Esplanade Hotel

dave@espy.com.au

Collage artists range from gentle acoustic, thumping roots, indie and alternative style and rock and roll. Collage is held in the front bar on the main stage at the Espy Tuesday and Wednesday from 8.30pm with three to six acts playing nightly.

sept 1st wed

Michael Gambino

Mimi Velevska

Joel Spence and the mercury drive

Mangoat transformer

Draw card

sept 7 tue

jenny biddle

Guthrie

Dudley nightshades

Dave Cosma

The Word

sept 8 wed

Tim Mcmillan (Solo Show)

The Hosies

Matthew fagan and Juan Martinez

+ special guest

sept 14 tue

Freya Stafford

May hishmeh

Mimi Velevska

Gabriel Lynch

Better than the wizards

Sept 15 wed

The Glorious

Waterford

Firepower (adelaide

Signal X

Sept 21 tue

City of Cool

C.O.B

Lecia Mcphail Bell (qld)

Michael Gambino

sept 22 wed

Matt Katsis Band

Adam Cousens band

Sam Cole and the mornings

Brett Goldsmith

sept 28 tue

Curley Joe

Tim Woods

Michael Fein

Alicia C

Paul Orourke

sept 29 wed

Andrew Higgs

Lemya

Lecia (qld)

Johari Window