This past weekend saw the debut of a new festival hitting the shores of Australia. In a festival ecosystem that has seemed to take a bit of a hit over the past decade (besides the radical continued success of Laneway) Move My Way looked to cement itself as a new force in the single day festival landscape. Couchdog attended the Naarm leg of the festival's 2 city pitstop and we came away with a singular experience that immediately placed this new festival in the ‘must attend’ c

All Photos in this review are credited to Eli Haney Photography & easte Couchdog is taking a quick detour from showcasing the amazing art created within the city of Melbourne/Naarm to review this new LP from Las Vegas based rapper shane arnold. With his third album, Better Things see’s this talented MC and producer curate a 12 track album that features blemishes from a wide array from genres packaged into the familiar wrappings of cloudy, vibe based Hip Hop. The album immedia

Written by Fred Carlyle Matty Yousa on the Left, Marcus Kech on the right It was late last year in that limbo stage where spring and summer briefly intertwined together when I found myself in what proved to be quite a unique interviewing experience. While talking to Marcus Kech and Matty Yousa on the back-end of their first-ever gig with discarded beer barrels opposite the Leadbeater hotel serving as our night's seating arrangement: it was here where I interviewed the duo tha