Osman Faruqi
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Sydney, NSW, Australia
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People Absolutely Love This Metalcore Cover Of The Cranberries 'Zombie' For Some Reason
US metal band Bad Wolves have released a cover of The Cranberries iconic hit 'Zombie' and it's already rocketing up the charts. → Read More
From 'Da Club' To Parramatta Park: 15 Years Later, 50 Cent Still Has It
15 years on from the release of 'Get Rich Or Die Tryin'', 50 Cent visited Australia for an anniversary tour. But does the album stand up? → Read More
Tassie Festival Adds Kirin J Callinan To Their Line-Up Because He’s “Provocative”
Tasmanian festival Party in the Paddock as added Kirin J Callinan to their lineup and made him an MC of the event, alongside a Greens MP. → Read More
Why This Year's Hottest 100 Is Shaping Up To Be Historic
If the predictions are correct this year's triple j Hottest 100 countdown could break a number of records. → Read More
Australia, We Desperately Need To Talk About Your Music Taste
The 2017 end of year ARIA music charts have revealed what music we listened to the most, and there are some interesting, and depressing, trends. → Read More
Omar Musa’s Explosive New Music Video Is A Scorching Takedown Of Racism In Australia
Queanbeyan rapper, author and poet Omar Musa has dropped a fiery new video taking aim at the state of race-relations in Australia. → Read More
The Government Wants To Overrule Triple J's Decision To Change The Hottest 100 Date
Communications minister Mitch Fifield has written to the ABC board asking them to step in and overrule triple j's decision to change the Hottest 100 date. → Read More
Here's How People Are Reacting To Triple J Changing The Date Of The Hottest 100
triple j have announced they are changing the Hottest 100 from Australia Day and the public reaction so far as been pretty positive. → Read More
Sorry Guys, Even Though Taylor Swift's New Album Is Out Today You Won't Be Able To Stream It
The streaming wars are back. → Read More
Analysing MangoGate: How A Year 12 Facebook Group Became Ground Zero For Harassment And Abuse
We spoke to the students involved in MangoGate. → Read More
Eminem Just Dropped A Scorching Freestyle Ripping Into Donald Trump
It is fire. → Read More
The NSW Government Is Cracking Down On Ticket Scalpers, But Is It Enough?
About time. → Read More
"I'mma Go Harder": Macklemore Hits Back At "Angry Old White Dudes In Australia"
In case you’ve missed it in the confusing maze of absurd bullshit that is Australian politics, conservatives are extremely mad at the fact that Macklemore is going to be performing his number one song ‘Same Love’ at this year’s NRL grand final. The US rapper is going to perform four songs during his NRL and it makes sense one of them would be ‘Same Love’, his third highest selling single in… → Read More
Taylor Swift Losing The #1 Spot On The Charts Is About So Much More Than Music
All hail Cardi B. → Read More
A Few Reasons Why That Dumb Music Festival Poster You've Seen Doing The Rounds Isn't Real
A killer new summer music festival in 2020?! → Read More
We Ranked All 9 Versions Of ‘Despacito’ From Worst To Best
Please enjoy this 2000 word essay on 'Despacito'. → Read More
An Apology To Seal
We're sorry. → Read More
Seal Slammed Lorde On ‘The Voice’, Sit The Fuck Down Seal
Lorde’s sophomore album ‘Melodrama’ has received universal critical acclaim and it’s just become her first number one record on the Billboard music charts, after selling 109,000 album equivalent units (a measure that tracks both traditional album sales and streaming) in its first week. Her performance at Glastonbury last weekend is also being hailed as “bold and brilliant”. Basically, she’s… → Read More
The Hackers Targeting Drake And Kanye Are Threatening To Leak More Music, If You Pay Up
Drake, Kanye... Maroon 5? Music Mafia want Bitcoin in return for new tunes. → Read More
Watch Tim Freedman And Horrorshow’s Solo Go Deep On ‘No Aphrodisiac’ And Live Aussie Music
The Whitlams' frontman reviews Horrorshow's cover of 'No Aphrodisiac' for Like a Version. → Read More