+ SAT FEB 27: DANCEHALL! w/ JUDGEMENT & JIMMY SING
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SOUNDS OF GOODGOD NEWS
The limited and stunning CD 'The Intercom' features 7 Spruce Lee originals plus a Hana Shimada illustrated poster and is AVAILABLE NOW at the club or from Sydney's best music store, Spank Records, in Darlinghurst!
Check an interview with Toni that
Spank's Mark Murphy did here.
OFF BEAT
ft KARSTEN JOHN (Germany)
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 3 8pm / $5
Tonight! The very first OFF BEAT! ~ a mid-week selector's sessioning of weird and way out jazz ripe for some dancefloor madness!
Sydney's well-loved Tom Georgiou of old Good Groove Records on Crown St fame is back with this musical offering after the wildly successful Roar Soul night.
Joining Thomas Crown will be local connoiseurs Savage Gordon, Curtis Jones and a very special guest from Cologne, Germany, Kartsen John.
Kartsen (pictured) is in Sydney for the Sydney Festival and a small break from his 12 years running Vinyl Vibes, the rare-funk, jazz and latin soul night which keeps Germany smokey! Prepare yourself for some heavy selections on that beat-nik off-beat!
WAMP WAMP!
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 4 8pm / FREE!
The legendary regular Thursday night WAMP WAMP throwdown returns with captain DJs Kato and Levins (aka old boy Sleater Brockman) at the helm.
The tunes are rap to rave and everything that doesn't suck in between. Completely various and back-slapping - Wamp Wamp is built for FREE good times.
You know back in the days of 2007-2008 these parties were the essential weekly meet with Diplo, Bagraiders and Bang Gang Deejays joining the two residents. Having time off for Ro Sham Bo, Bandits and solo DJ pursuits, these two clowns are ready to get simple again.
KATO & LEVINS will be joined by new residents JIMMY SING, WEDDING RING FINGERS and GENERIC DJs plus special guests.
SIBERIA NIGHTS
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 5 10pm - Late / $5 before 10.30, $12 after
The third and final of the Summer in Siberia series... otherwise entitled: ??-?????? !
From Melbourne, cult favourites Bum Creek arrive for a jam to end all jams alongside Siberia residents FLRL.
Plus... by popular demand the LIVE FULL BAND KARAOKE will be in full effect. Prepare yourself to get out front this powerpiece!
Plus because it's a Friday night this time, plenty of DJs to stomp down til late...Golden Ron, Don and Johnson, Finger Blister (debut!), Smart Casual and Ds Lite.
SATURDAY FEBURARY 6 7pm - Late / Free until 10pm, $5 after
JAY KATZ (Mu Meson Archives / The Naked City, FBi) + TYSON KOH (Loose Joints, FBi / 2SER) + HANA SHIMADA
+ CHIMMY SING
After the last fruity euphoria delivered by Misha Hollenbach, summer's relief - the Southerly Buster - blows again thrusting two more sonic masters onto the floor of GOODGOD.
Presenting ...from 10pm, Jay Katz: infamous curator of the Mu Meson film archives, host critic on SBS' Movie Show, hilarious co-presenter of FBi's The Naked City on Saturday morns and lightning bolt of the long-running Sounds of Seductionparties. With over 20 years of vinyl preservation under his belt, Mr Katz, plays obscure and energetic delights like no other. Expect 60s pop, soundtracks, Eurobeat, goth and straight up rock'n'roll.
And...from midnight, Tyson Koh: a firm favourite of the Sydney airwaves, he hosts the uber popular Loose Joints on FBi (Sunday arvos), Progtology on 2Ser and 17,000 other shows. Each show is revered for excavating gems in a whirlpool of vintage prog, psych, folk, house, punk and soul from around the world. Oh, and he will be forever known for co-conceiving the genius weekly Health Club!
And of course, GOODGOD originals Hana Shimada and Chimmy Sing have some tunes for you also.
THIS SATURDAY WE'RE STARTING EARLY AT 7pm!
SO SWING THRU ANYTIME EARLY OR LATE!
RECENTLY AT GOODGOD...
COMMUNION ft MUMFORD & SONS DJ SET
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 27 7pm / $20, presale available at Moshtix
Mumford & Sons (DJ Set)
+ Sherlock's Daughter
+ Boy and Bear
+ Wim
+ Matt Corby + very SPECIAL GUEST...
Well as it goes, Orstralia voted Mumford & Sons' single Little Lion Man number 1 on Triple J's Hottest 100 yesterday! And tonight they're hosting the party at Goodgod... lookout!
"Communion is a famed folk and indy night in the UK, set up by Ben from Mumford & Sons and Kevin from Cherbourg to foster the growing new folk scene in London.
Over past years, the night has helped launch the careers of Noah and the Whale, Laura Marling and Mumford themselves.
It's also a record label supporting up and coming folk and indy-pop artists with a series of Communion CDs.
Ben from Mumford and Sons is launching Communion in Australia and has selected a line-up of Sydney bands that fit the Communion vibe for the opening night."
Fresh outta the BJB studios with Simon Berkfinger (Philadelphia Grand Jury) Deep Sea Arcade are busting out their first single live.
You know what they say:
"Sydney’s DEEP SEA ARCADE’s reverberated pop recalls
The Beatles at their psychedelic peak" and...
"Ethereal guitars and lyrical quirks will transport the listener
to a dark, watery world of mystery and enchantment."
Plus Smart Casual and Smokey LaBeef will be keeping the jingle jangling between bands.
ROCK POOL PARTY
FRIDAY JANUARY 29 10pm - Late / $10 or $5 in sunglasses and swimwear
STRAIGHT ARROWS [LIVE]
+ DEAD MIKE (Pod Wars)
+ ROCK PIG WARNOCK (R.I.P. Society)
+ THE MULEFACED WOMAN
+ DJ SALINGER
Impressed that some clubs have a rooftop pool with palm trees?
We've got a den of a dive-bar without a pool or palm trees.
But GOODGOD is throwing an indoor pool party for all our down and dirty rock doggs anyway!
That means throbbin', fuzzed out, thrashed and trashed ROCK and F#CKEN ROLL all summer night long. No f#cken house, no f#cken reggae and maybe even no f#cken Beach Boys! And definitely no f#cken pool!
Dress requirement: Sunglasses on the dancefloor
Swimwear and inflatables encouraged.
Some badass DJs will keep ya shaking it plus Sydney's summer babes Straight Arrows will be kicking the jams poolside.
Cheap Beam and Coke all party long.
Flyer by Hana Shimada
GOOD EATING
SATURDAY JANUARY 30 9.45pm - Late / $10
Mucho gusto. Encantado. Me llamo Limbo. Me llamo El Magico.
We came here to party?
A danceathon of massive proportions... MAGIC HAPPENS at the controls for over 5 hours!
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GOOD EATING HOUSE RULES
- Dance accordingly to the music
- Best manners and temperance are expected all the bloody time
- Don’t look fiercely at people, or talk loudly or harshly, but crack a smile and enjoy a yarn at a leisurely pace
- Gentlemen, don’t approach ladies; and if you are so lucky to have one approach you, then rats off to ya. that's good eating
- No hooting, no hollering
- Leave your attitude at the door you turkey
- Back slapping after six drinks should be followed with a high five and six more drinks
- Remember, nothing lasts forever, except for friendship... which lasts forever
WATCH A GOOD EATING TEASER RIGHT HERE...
SIBERIAN NIGHTS
THURSDAY JANUARY 21 9pm / $5 before 10.30 or with ticket from Camera Obscura
PLEASE NOTE THE NEW DATE -
NOW THIS THURSDAY NOT WEDNESDAY!
One of our favourite residents, the Midnight Juggernauts' Siberian Nights, are coming back for their second fortnightly jam at GOODGOD this Summer. Juggernaut DJs
No Art
Finger Blister
Golden Ron
DSi
+
Live karaoke with a FULL BAND!
Yes with the Juggers in town expect some ample back-up for 100% epic classic jams.
Karaoke hosted by Siberia's good friend Chi Chi from Paris.
Free spring rolls all night long too.
Photos from last Siberian Nights with FLRL at Radge Radge.
HOLE IN THE SKY EARTHQUAKE FUNDRAISER ft POND (Perth) & CANYONS
FRIDAY JANUARY 22 10pm / $15 donation to Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund
After Canyons' ecstatic 'Fire Eyes' launch in October they're back at Goodgod to present Hole In The Sky's first ever label night.
Live for the first time in Sydney, HITS brings to you the glamour psychedelic sounds of POND.
The Perth based 4 piece (featuring members of Tame Impala) have been expanding minds over in the west and are now heading east to continue experiencing the people.
Pond are H.I.T.S. newest signing (joining Tame Impala, Jacques Renault, A Delicate Genius and Canyons)... so look out for an album just around the corner.
Extra Dance music on the night from HITS founders Canyons and Steele Bonus.
*** NEW FLASH ***
Following the news of total devastation in Haiti after last week's earthquake, HITS are making this event a 100% fundraiser for Haiti relief funds.
SHIT ROBOT (DFA / Germany)
SATURDAY JANUARY 23 10pm - Late / $15 presale at Resident Advisor
One of the few DFA Records originals still yet to tour Aust, Shit Robot (Marcus Lambkin) cut his teeth as a DJ in NYC through the 90s and early 2000s alongside the likes of James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem and Luke Jenner of The Rapture. After establishing Plant Records and Plant Bar in NYC, Marcus and James Murphy began the now infamous Shit Robot party, named after Murphy’s crap robot drawing.
Shit Robot has since moved to Stuttgart (and stolen the party's name!) and has been producing on the DFA label, putting out a string of acclaimed 12"s.
Last year's Simple Things (Work It Out)offering of new-school old-school house (!) featured in many discerning critics' year end best of lists.
A favourite among chinstrokers and party monsters alike, expect Shit Robot's studio album to be released in early 2010 alongside remixes for the likes of Kaos and Simian Mobile Disco.
But now we look ahead to his Sydney debut, a night of super heavy-slash-fun electronic sounds traversing disco, tech and house from one of the dance world's best, with hand-picked local support of:
Jimi Polar (Future Classic) Diatribe (Deep Impressions)
Dan Cares!
Mirror Mirror
Long John Saliva
WISH BONE
MONDAY JANUARY 25 AUSTRALIA DAY EVE 10pm - Late / $10
Afro-Fuzz! Global Psych! International Freakbeat!
Sweep away those tribal patriotisms of the Oz holiday and get positively outer-national with the premiere of Wish Bone...a monumental Monday night throwdown by the trio of:
? COUNT DOYLE (Dynamite)
? DJ GOOGLE EARTH (Golden Ron / Clamebake)
? JIMMY SING (Goodgod)!
Crack the wish bone and you'll be shakin' and quiverin' to fuzzed out Nigerian Afrobeat, Turkish Thai Pop, Mexican Rock'n'Rollers, Eastern-Euro freakbeat, Brazilian Psychploitation, Colombian cumbias, Hong Kongese garage, Algerian Proto-Rai, Ehtiopique blast ballads and what they call good old "Hard Rock from the Middle East"!
Artwork by Hana Shimada - posters available on the night.
London's Sinden requested a small, exclusive club show for his January tour to throw it down exactly how he wanted to. THIS IS IT!
Jimmy Sing, Levins and Huggz are proud to present him in the intimate setting of Goodgod Small Club.
Mashing together the sounds of dubstep, grime, funky house, and other flavors of underground dance, Sinden, half of production duo The Count & Sinden, conquered dancefloors in 2008 with his infectious single Beeper.
A year later they released the more house sounding cut Everybody Rockin and in 2008 they fully embraced the sounds of grime and garage, releasing Beeper and getting signed to indie label, Domino. That same year, they collaborated with Baltimore vocalist Rye Rye for their Hardcore Girls single and have been working on an album for release in 2010.
Without The Count, Sinden hosts a famed radio show on London based station Kiss FM, runs the Counterfeet label with Switch and has gained continuous support in nightclubs across the globe with his remixes of a huge range of artists, including Lady Sovereign, DJ Mujava, Bjork and Crystal Castles.
"Mr Freer is back for his third visit to Australia, packing some serious Deutsche Wiggle and better equipped than ever to twist some melons.
He's been hard at it since last year's visit, setting up a vinyl only label, Retreat, out of Berlin and mashing synths with his musical partner, Matthias Reiling working on their SESSION VICTIM project.
With releases on Real Soon, Morris Audio and more in the pipeline on Hairy Claw, Retreat, and again on Real Soon, he's a man about town. He lives in Kreuzberg and he loves to eat breakfast."
Get shining that ego for a little bit of magic in the city…
Small Club is throwing a humble balls-out new year bash.
If you haven't locked in your NYE plans - here's the surefire, easy WINNER! It’s cheap and ecstatically cheerful. We promise all sorts of rip-roaring tunes to jig about to. And it all happens in our bomb-proof bunker of yokel love.
Be there before 2009 runs out because there's complimentary champers for the countdown and raging shakedown to be had.
Toni Toni Lee Magic Happens (JUST ANNOUNCED!) Legs le Brock & Excellent Birds (USA) Smart Casual (Jingle Jangle) Perfect Snatch (Gay Bash) Jimmy Sing (GOODGOD O.G.) Continental Breakfast ft Flash Harrison,
Crab Bisque
& Wandering Pelican (Tennis / Mountainfold)
Hosted by the redoubtable Singing Sadie.
And local colour legends Zapattack and Jumbo will be decking the halls.
Poster design and curating by Hana Shimada.
Mindy Legs le Brock's incredible rollercoaster of a video teaser for GOODGOD NYE: ABSOLUTE EGO DANCE
Hope you can be with us to join us see the blue moon bring in 2010. Thanks to all the darlings who
helped us make GOODGOD Small Club a release and reality for Sydney. Here's cheers!
MAD DECENT PARTY feat SKERRIT BWOY
SATURDAY JANUARY 2 10pm / $10
In GOODGOD's second official party presented by Diplo's MAD DECENTlabel...
We have Australia's FIRST EVER dancehall bashment party by...
the legendary, mad, sick and crazy... SKERRIT BWOY!!
If you've ever youtube'd the wild slaprobatic Jamaican dancehall dancing style of daggering you'll know this man. He is THE legend of the game.
Skerrit got fame for hosting the Bronx's famous Ghetto Life dancehall parties on the mic, behind the decks and pon de floor. He dress clean and sharp and dances physical! His dance style has been banned in Jamaica and now he gets toured around the world by his allies at MAD DECENT!
This is his ONLY CLUB SHOW in Australia!
He's got to be one of the world's most energetic, off the wall entertainers - no holds barred.
GOODGOD is proud as punch to have him bouncing off the walls hosting 2010's first big Saturday at the club.
Dress fine this is going to be INSAAAAAAAAAAANNNEEE!!!
NB. Daggering is consensual - it's dancing and it's performance. You're not gonna get daggered by just being in attendance!
