Chateau Rdio hits Melbourne and Brisbane

Rdio is a pretty frickin awesome music streaming service that has been blowing Australia’s mind for a few months now. But while they’ve officially launched in Sydney – packing out the Beach Road Hotel with bands including Das Racist, Twin Shadow, Austra, Canyons, Collarbones and Jonti – Rdio and Vice are yet to treat Melbourne and Brisbane to the experience.

This May, that’s set to change. Taking over Fitzroy’s Workers Club and The Valley’s Coniston Lane, they are cramming their stages with GOLD FIELDS, CUT OFF YOUR HANDS, BLEEDING KNEES CLUB, DIE! DIE! DIE!, LOVE CONNECTION, FORCES, VELOCIRAPTOR and CANNON. They will also be helping themselves to the venues' kitchens, bars, studios and pretty much any space that you can swing a cat in, with amazing guest DJs playing all your favourite music.

A limited amount of doubles passes are on offer for each show - so RSVP at facebook.com/rdio for your chance at entry. You should also grab the shit out of the free seven-day Rdio trial, to get stuck in to the 13 million songs on offer, and follow Vice Au for your chance to win a Sonos, an iPad, and a one year subscription to Rdio.

Here are the deets of the parties: 
Thursday May 3 @ Workers Club Fitzroy, Melbourne 
Featuring: Goldfields, Cut Off Your Hands,  Die! Die! Die! Love Connection,  FORCES and DJs


Friday May 4 @ Coniston Lane Fortitude Valley, Brisbane 
Featuring: Goldfield, Bleeding Knees Club,  Velociraptor,  Cannon and DJs

Vice's launch party for Rdio - the video

To launch Rdio in Australia, VICE recently created Chateau Rdio - a heaving Bondi hotel full from top to bottom with all types of music. Doing their thing was Das Racist, Canyons, Alpine, Collarbones, Jonti and more. There were DJ sets from Twin Shadow & Austra too. Check the above clip to see how it went down.

Wondering what Rdio is? Well, it's an ad-free music subscription service which allows you to play the music you want, when you want, discover and share music through friends, influencers, facebook and twitter, sync music to your iPhone, BlackBerry or Android and listen while offline.

In other Vice news, the final El Jimador party is taking place in Sydney tonight. If you haven't RSVP'd, it's too late. You snoozed, you, erm, losed. Lost. You lost. 

Vice throws a Bondi party to launch Rdio in Australia!

We've been to our share of Vice parties in our time, and they are always pretty frickin awesome, so we're looking forward to next Saturday (Feb 4th) where, to celebrate the launch of Rdio, they are taking over Bondi’s Beach Road Hotel and cramming it full of bands. Doing their thang will be Das Racist, Canyons, Alpine, Collarbones, Jonti and more. There’s gonna be DJ sets from Twin Shadow & Austra too.

There’ll also be a one-year Rdio subscription in it for one lucky punter, so head along to rdio.vice.com for your chance to get your hands on one of 300 double passes – and to grab your free 7-day Rdio trial. For those Aussie-based readers outside of Sydney, there’s even the chance to be flown (with three mates) to the show and to be put up in a hotel room – plus the free 7-day trial, too. Not bad, hey?

Wondering what Rdio is? Well, it's an ad-free music subscription service which allows you to play the music you want, when you want, discover and share music through friends, influencers, facebook and twitter, sync music to your iPhone, BlackBerry or Android and listen while offline.