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The epically awesome Parklife festival returns to Australia this September/October, and this week an appetite-whetting line-up was announced, not least the long-awaited return of electronic royalty, The Presets. As well as their unmissably massive performance, you can see the likes of Nero, Passion Pit, Citizens and Brighton's Rizzle Kicks. Also, we're especially looking forward to catching Tame Impala, Chairlift, that sweary scoundrel Plan B and electro pop queen, Robyn. 

And the best news? We've teamed up with our mates at Fuzzy to bring you a ridiculously good deal. Click on the above picture or click this link to get $25 off the cost of a ticket. For reals! 25 Bones! All you have to do is follow the link and enter the promo code SIXER to take advantage of this insane generosity.

Grab your ticket now (the offer wil expire at midnight on June 25th). We'll see you at Parklife and will gratefully accept you buying us a beer with some of the 25 bucks we just saved you.

Check out the full line-up for the festival - which visits Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide - on the Parklife website.

Plan B at The Basement, Sydney

Last night I went to see Plan B play a showcase at The Basement. I have been raving about this man for a long time, so I was excited to finally get to see him perform live.Plan B is Ben Drew, a London-based performer who raps over acoustic guitar. Arriving onstage at 11.30pm, he started his set by treating the anticipatory crowd to a handful of acoustic numbers from his outstanding album Who Needs Actions When You Got Words, including Kidz, Mama (Loves a Crackhead) and Charmaine. In amongst the bile-fuelled, witty, confrontational and controversial rapping, there were delicate choruses which showed this guy really can sing beautifully.

He ditched his guitar and was instead joined by a DJ for the second half of the set, where he busted out tracks like No Good and a disturbing adaptation of Leonard Cohen's Suzanne. The excited crowd were going nuts, and after two encores were still hollaring for more.

It was an incredible and dexterous gig, and proved that Plan B has talent in abundance which transcends the initial quirkiness of seeing a rapper strumming an acoustic guitar. This guy is a serious, intelligent and important figure in modern music. I hate to say I told you so (alright), but I told you so.

Here is a short clip from Mama (Loves a Crackhead) which illustrates how he juxtaposes angry verse with a beautiful singing voice (please excuse the sound quality):