Get Familiar: Local Tracks You May Have Missed In June 2016

Every month, we've been poring through the most interesting, unique, and ground-breaking local artists to bring you all of the best joints and jams. Our latest installment is seriously stacked, with a whole bunch of Aussie rappers dropping some fire new material to heat up this freezing winter.

In this edition, we catch up on singles from Baro, Manu Crook$, Ta-ku, Beatrixx Kiddo, George Maple and more. You can check out our playlist for the month by taking a look below, and make sure to shoot back in July for the next episode.

It's probably not particularly controversial to bet that an artist like Beatrixx Kiddo is very likely to be a big deal sometime soon, but we'll certainly put it out there now to make sure we were one of the first to say it.

The Melbourne rapper is riding high after having her slick-spitting remix of "Panda" managed to get some play on Fox FM, but this slightly more introspective joint is a very strong look for her, showing us she knows how to switch it up while still staying true to herself.

With both WSN and George Maple heading out on national tours very soon, it's only right that the guys who brought us "Gemini" and Tkay Maidza's "Ghost" link back up for a new banger, this time bringing Atlanta's Rome Fortune along for a wild ride. The song is apparently about our internal tussles with our vices, and it comes along with a beautifully shot under-water video that aims to "capture a sense of struggle and turmoil".

The track follows What So Not's recent single "Lone" with GANZ and Joy., and George Maple's latest heater "Sticks and Horses", two songs that are both making major waves across radio – it's only a matter of time before we hear this one becoming just as ubiquitous in the coming weeks.