+ WED MAR 31: Communion ft Bridezilla
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EASTER SATURDAY APR 3: Solo (UK) presented by United Colours
+ EASTER SUNDAY APR 4: Slow Blow Jungle Party!
+ FRI APR 9: Death Strobe label launch
+ SAT APR 10: Captain Franco & Count Doyle present Saturday Night Fish Fry + THUR APR 15: Cabins and Mother & Son
+ FRI APR 16: Everybody Out! Dancehall Bashment with Judgement, Jimmy Sing and Sista Itations (Melb)
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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.
The hilarious and divine Slow Blow duo are running our Easter Sunday with two special guests inna tha jungle...
"SLOW-BLOW returns to on EASTER SUNDAY (long weekend) to bring the true animal out of you all for our first ever JUNGLE PARTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Enter the panthers lair full of vines, leaves...and branches.....and music!!!
Its going to get wild to say the least...SILVER BACK GORILLAS, LOTS OF PANTHERS, AND EVEN MAYBE SOME COUGARS....... We aim to bring the jungle into GOODGOD and the tropical beast out of you!
We have some new peeps joining us this party, as well as our resident cosmic wonder boys SOFTWAR, and of course our selves SLOW-BLOW!! WELCOMING- DISCODELICIOUS(tasty disco from the sahara to the amazon) - will be getting the party fired up with some fleshy pieces of meat...
& DJ LADY FINGERS(watch out tarzan...) - bringing the unknown, deep out of the depths of the.......JUNGLE? It will be an amazing night so come down early and fulfill all your primal needs !!!! love and kisses GEORGE & PARI"
EASTER SATURDAY APRIL 3 9pm - Late / $15 presale at Moshtix & more on the door
United Colours are quickly becoming Sydney's go to guys [and girl] for the emerging tropical / tech house sound [amonst other things] and for Easter Saturday at Goodgod they've hit the jackpot with Italian sensation SOLO!.
Combining elements of world music, tech, house, bass and hip hop sampling culture Solo has developed one of the most fun and exciting dance music fusions of recent times resulting in him recording for labels such as Claude Vonstroke's Dirtybird, Fatboy Slim's Skint, Teki Latex's Sound Pellegrino and Mowgli's Deadfish as well as remixing the likes of Crookers, Wiley, Malente, Teenagers In Tokyo, Zombie Disco Squad and Depeche Mode.
Joining Solo are UC residents KATO, ACT YO AGE, BAD EZZY, WAX MOTIF, CHUX and young guns GENERIC DJ's
Expect to see Goodgod Small Club like you've never seen it before with United Colours crazy decorations plus free easter eggs and watermelon to keep it tropical.
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DOWNLOAD a new mix from Kato that introudces the United Colours sound that you can expect to jive out to! GET IT ~ IT'S FREE RIGHT HERE!
COMMUNION
WEDNESDAY MARCH 31 7pm / $12 pre-sale at Moshtix or $15 on the door
Bridezilla
+
Guineafowl
+
Magnetic Heads
+
Daniel Lee Kendall
+
Wade Jackson & The Champions League
Plus other special guests and whothehell.net DJs.
Communion is the premiere folk and indy night in the UK, set up by Mumford & Sons to help launch the careers of Noah and the Whale, Laura Marling and Mumford themselves. Now, it returns to Australia for a second time to present five of Sydney's best folk and indie-pop acts.
GOOD EATING
feat THE SWISS (Modular Records)
SATURDAY MARCH 27 9.45pm - Late / $15
Here's a message in from the two gigolos of Good Eating:
"After all the rave reviews and masses of fan mail the team at GOOD EATING have deemed it appropriate to “lift their game” and bring “the heat” .
THE SWISS (LIVE AND DIRECT from Adelaide)
Smooth as they are soft and shit, The Swiss are 110% hands down and up one of the best live acts operating in THE WORLD. The fact that they are playing at ONE OF SYDNEY’S BETTER PARTIES only foregrounds the importance of this OCCASION. So lock it in.
+ MAGIC HAPPENS
+ DJ MULL CAKE
PLUS Mr Limbo will be making snacks and that to fill your belly!
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REMEMBER, NOTHING LASTS FOREVER, EXCEPT FOR FRIENDSHIP... WHICH LASTS FOREVER - ¡VAMOS!"
And we at Goodgod can second vouch that The Swiss are Australia's real mccoy disco band - you must listen to their smashing tune Bubble Bath to get the picture! Check the video here.
JINGLE JANGLE
FRIDAY MARCH 26 9pm - Late / $10
JINGLE JANGLE's 1st BIRTHDAY EXTRAVAGANZA!
A year ago, born from ye ole days of yore, when folks danced on tables to the rhythm of bongos and other exotic sounds, when the saxaphone blasted late into the nights, when men were men and women were women, an (almost) monthly night was launched celebrating the spirits of past times, the good times.
To celebrate reaching their 'paper' anniversary, Jingle Jangle are putting on a special night for all the believers...
Get ready for the Jingle Jangle from the 20s through til the 70s ~ classic R'n'B, exotica, soul, jug bands, balladeering and scratchy rock'n'roll!
*** First 50 through the door will receive a limited edition mix from hosts Smokey & Smart Casual. ***
WAMP WAMP
THURSDAY MARCH 18 8pm / Free
KATO & LEVINS
+ WEDDING RING FINGERS
+ JIMMY SING
+ GENERIC COLLECTIVE
The last few Wamp Wamp have been hype! Up to the time rap, dancehall, club, UK Funky, dubstep and straight party classics. ALL FOR FREE!
The Wamp Wamp coalition has grown to include Sydney's yung guns Wedding Ring Fingers and Generic Collective.
Also newly crammed into Small Club is CANTINA LEVINS, a new kitchen run from 8 - 11pm serving up the latest homely, club friendly feeds cooked up by none other than Levins. Think burgers, tacos, wings - all cooked with a lot of love from the back of Goodgod Small Club.
This week from the Cantina:
HOT WINGS WITH RANCH SAUCE
& CELERY STICKS!
SIBERIAN NIGHTS
FRIDAY MARCH 19 10pm / $5 before 10.30, $10 after
The Midnight Juggernauts' extra-curricular territory SIBERIAN NIGHTS is back for a colourful affair - lucky number 7 in fact!
It's a full palette of kraut, no fi, lo-fi, rock n and a rolling jams...
Plus...DJs: Don and Johnson Smart Casual Tara and Jaie (debut!)
And... Spring Rolls all night!!
Also, after 3 big sessions Live Karaoke is here to stay. Take the vocal duties in front of the all-star Siberian house band. This time we have a list of some of the song choices for you to practice up:
Picture Book - The Kinks / Tomorrow Never Knows - Beatles / I Want You - Beatles / Time of the Season - The Zombies / Atomic - Blondie / Controversy - Prince / Just what i needed - The Cars / Parklife - Blur / You really got me - The Kinks / Iron Man - Black Sabbath / Breed - Nirvana / Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed / For your love - The Yardbirds / Louie Louie - The Kingsmen / My Girl - The Temptations / Be your dog - The Stooges / Australia - The Kinks... and many more surprises!
Artwork by Kevina-Jo Smith
ROAR SOUL!
SATURDAY MARCH 20 9pm - Late / $10
ROARRRRR SOUL!
After the incredible jam-packed Al Green afterparty back in January, GOODGOD is ready-set-go for another infectious all-nite, RAW-SOUL danceathon!
We have three of Sydney's best ORIGINAL selectors playing all kinds of soul - Detroit Motown, Northern rarities, New Orleans or Southern barnyard soul... all of it! Just 100% ROARRRR SOUL!
? . . ? GONZO THE MAD PERUVIAN
Gonz is the larger'n'louder than life Sydney vinyl slinger at the Revolve Records counter. He has got the taste for precious 7" gems and VBs that makes the Roarrrr Soul we fiend for! And you know what... it's GONZO's birthday!
. ? ? . THOMAS CROWN
The original Mr. Good Groove of Crown St, Surry Hills is become man about town once again. Chief Roar Soul will be giving us a good 2 hour session this time around.
? . . ? DJ TOON
Whilst DJ Toon is oft found playing those bamboo jams as part of the famed Tiki Two, this time he's playing soul for the heart and hips! Catch DJ Toon on his Eastside FM radio show 'The Vinyl Frontier'!
Evading trends and falling into repetition might be career suicide for most, yet somehow Hawnay Troof, the solo outlet of Vice Cooler, has defied these odds and created a world of his own. An independent man to the end, Mr Troof, has been owning the stage with his hot-headed, hyperactive, stuttering electronic punk-rap for years now.
He's toured with and played with Peaches, High Places, the Boredoms, Chicks on Speed, Quintron, the Vivian Girls and The Gossip. And he's just released his fifth album?!! So get to know.
Hawnay Troof is joined by a line-up of Sydney's most solo, most for real legends ~ Mr Callinan, My Talarico, Mr Soo and Ms Hasslehoof.
WISH BONE II
FRIDAY MARCH 12 10pm / $10
WISH BONE – THE REVENGE!
Afro-Fuzz! Global Psych! International Freakbeat!
After a cracking launch on Australia Day Eve, Wish Bone strikes back with the sequel. Crack those bones and stretch them legs for another night of Hairy Nigerian Afro Beat, Tropical Brazilian Fuzz, Thai Freak Beat, Pakistani Punchers, Ethipoique Anthems, Mexican Garage, Iranian Disco Diamonds, Hungarian Hot Jams¡.......... Get the picture yet?
All this and more with your hosts:
→ COUNT DOYLE (Dynamite / FBI)
→ DJ GOOGLE EARTH (Golden Ron / Clamebake)
→ JIMMY SING (Goodgod)!
Plus very special guest the Minister For Baking & Tourism himself...
→ SENOR SI (Clambake / Sunday Best)
Witness this death defying crew push continental drift into overdrive!!! It's not to be missed. Go on yo...!! Crack Your Wish Bone!!
Artwork by Hana Shimada - posters available on the night.
**************************************** DOWNLOADWISH BONE's FREE MP3 GEM BAG! 15 rare and incredible selections from DJ Google Earth's archives. Download, un-zip and get spinning that playlist! Download here.
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NO FRILLS TECHNO
SATURDAY MARCH 13 10pm - Late / $5 before midnight
JIMI POLAR (Future Classic)
+ MARCOTIX (Earthdance/Subsonic)
+ DIATRIBE (Deep Impressions)
+ WILL ALLEN
+ JORDAN DECK (Chemistry)
+ MSG (Subsonic)
+ DYLAN GRIFFIN (Subsonic)
Well, the GOODGOD will try everything once.
So this Saturday we host our first ever techno party! As our Kompakt Records party featuring Dominik Eulberg and Tobias Becker was cancelled with them not making it to Australia, an allicane of the city's best tech heads have banded together to take over.
So this Saturday, tech house, twisted disco and techno for the heart it is! Bang bang!
GASLAMP KILLER
WEDNESDAY MARCH 3 8pm / $10
Gaslamp Killer (Obey Records, Brainfeeder)
+ Harmonic 313 (Warp Records) + Void DJs
+ Ro Sham Bo DJs
+ Space is the Place DJs
There's been so much talk around Sydney about the Gaslamp Killer's Playground Weekender and sell-out Civic shows that we made sure to organise one more encore performance for him!
Gaslamp is the outrageous DJ and producer from LA known for his mental energy and headbanging mixes between weird world psych, dirty south rap, Bombay vinyl finds and cranking dubstep!
He is part of the Low End Theory posse alongside Flying Lotus, has released with Obey Giant and was chosen to mix the latest compilation for the incredible Finders Keepers label.
And there are a lot of people fiending to check him out again! So get down early tomorrow night for a very cheap let-out with the muthaf$%ken' GASLAMP KILLER!
LISTEN TO HIM LIVE TONIGHT AT 7pm ON RO SHAM BO SUNSETS, FBi 94.5fm or streaming on FBIRADIO.COM
SURF CITY (NZ) & SONGS
THURSDAY MARCH 4 8pm / $10
Presenting a double headline tour from Popfrenzy's finest SURF CITY from New Zealand and SONGS from Sydney City.
One of the few highlight bands at New York's CMJ 09, SURF CITY are finally coming back to Australia. SURF CITY have been busy recording their debut album, which is to be released this year through Popfrenzy. Apart from staying in to finish their masterpiece the band have been playing alongside the likes of MGMT on their recent visit and just recently were everyone’s favourite band at Laneway NZ.
SONGS (kinda from New Zealand too but not really) have been making waves since the release of their debut album, which has seen many credible rave reviews. The beginning of 2010 also marked their first live appearance at Sydney's Big Day's Out.
FRIDAY MARCH 5 10pm / $5 donation to Heaps Decent before 11pm, $10 after
Yo! It's HEAPS BENEFIT benefit o'clock! Yes! Shipped in from the infamous Jang House parties in Philadelphia we present the Australian debut of a mysteriously named...
?????????????????????????? SPANK BLACK & THE WHITES MUSICAL REVUE!!! ??????????????????????????
They're the regular American guys you know and love and have adored up on stage - but this time they're jamming it just a little bit differently... don't ask, just get down, check it out.
Plus! The double-barreled teen-age attraction of local yokels Tyson Koh (Loose Joints / FBi) & Golden Ron ....And! A Jimmy Sing! Expect party! Expect surprises! (Expect psych rock!)
Heaps Decent is... an initiative committed to finding and nurturing the creativity of underprivileged and Indigenous young people and emerging artists. The first workshops were initiated by Mad Decent's Diplo, Levins and Nina Las Vegas and are now organised in partnership with CuzCo, Shopfront, Youth off the Street, Liveschool and Fuzzy. Visiting international artists who have participated in the workshops include MIA, Radioclit, A-Trak, Sinden and Spankrock.
MAD DECENT PARTY
FEAT SAVAGE SKULLS (SWE)
SATURDAY MARCH 6 10pm - Late / $15 presale from Moshtix, $20 on door/ $10 on door with Future Music Festival Wristband
SAVAGE SKULLS (Sweden)
+ ACT TO AGE
+ WAX MOTIF
+ WEDDING RING FINGERS
+ PABLO'S CRUISE
+ SUPER SPECIAL SECRET GUESTS ...
Another installment in GOODGOD's now legendary Mad Decent label Party series. First Paul Devro, next Diplo and Skerrit Bwoy...now the new guns: SAVAGE SKULLS!
They arrive on their first trip to Australia just in time to celebrate their first release on Mad Decent. With releases on Dubsided and upcoming releases on Exploited & Southern Fried this record is a split release with fellow trophouse superstar (and recently in the country) Douster.
This party is sure to keep the Summer vibes flowing into Autumn. As always a Mad Decent party is mad electic - cop everything between troppo house, dancehall and original Club music! See you there!
MASQUERADE BALL
SATURDAY FEBURARY 27 10pm - Late / Free before 11pm, $10 after
All are invited to escape themselves at the inaugural GOODGOD Machiavellian masquerade ball: The Great Pretender.
In the tradition of celebratory costume, disguise and good ol' pretendin' be sure to mask up for a night of intrigue and carnivale.
DJs / hosts: Golden Ron
Perfect Snatch
D.N.Stricker
Music: Slow dances, carnivale samba, doo wop and the campest of camp disco.
Dress: Masks are a must! Full costume only makes a better mask! Some inspiration below...
EVERYBODY OUT!
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 26 10pm - Late / $10
ERRRRRY BODY OUT!
Outta work! Outta the house! Outta the car! Outta the pub!
Inna di DANCEHALL!
Judgement and Jimmy Sing link up for to bring you Sydney's #1 up to di time reggae dancehall bashment!
For any of you that got down for the Skerrit Bwoy daggering xxxtravaganza last month you'd know that GOODGOD is where dancehall gets proper.
Stolen Records (FBi) host Shantan Wantan Ichiban will be warming the place from 10pm with some hip-hop. Then it's Sing & Judgement time!
100% dancehall dust-up!
Live performance by Midas of SoulMaker Sound Crew.
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 25 8pm / Free before midnight, $5 after
Dead Mike (Pod Wars/ Hippies From Hell) Pickled Wizzard (The Blackmail/ The Serps) Barry Reef (Chakra Khan) Ill' Benny (Hippies From Hell) Snake Dog (U.N.O) Olmatic (S.T.D/ The Serps)
nd Xxxtra Special Guest G-Orgy (Slow Blow)
""The Gods have not forsaken EVERYWHERE my friends... there is a gathering..." whispered The Wizzard...
"...a Gathering at a place where the Sea of Shitness parts forth for the pilgrims, where the women WEEP on the streets, a gathering where the people are all OVERCOME-"
He is shouting now - "by ECSTASY OF THE GREATEST CLASSIC HITS AND THE MOST EPIC OF WARM JAMS!!!"
A small voice chimes in - "But... where IS this fabled gathering, O Wise One????!!!..."
Make the pilgrimage to GoodGod Small Cave this Thursday night to feel the Wrath, of God (Jam) !!!
HIGH SPIRITS
SATURDAY FEBURARY 20 10pm - Late / $10
Spiritual pleasures for spiritual people...
Fred Cherry
+
Steele
+ Love's Disciple
+ Valentine
Tropical Social Club's Steele and Paradise Lost's Harry Sounds join forces to create a new, all-night, downtown, downstairs, backroom party built for spiritual times. Lots know these two men for their disco smiles, but prepare yourself for something DEEPER... this is genuine jackin' house music.
Lit by candles and brought to you by all local selectors, High Spirits, are dedicated to bringing the best in hi-fidelity sounds and a true selection of left field dance floor music. Trust, this is about dancing and romancing.
This week's special guest Fred Cherry is one half of GOODGOD favourites, Canyons (DFA / Modular). This man is unassuming to say the least. Hailing from WA, he has well and truly made this city his own with inspired contributions to its music and dance culture.
Keeping up with a regular schedule of DJing, he finds time to co-run an independent record label Hole in the Sky as well as produce music for other cutting edge labels both here and abroad. Most importantly he's a friend of the High Spirits family and so are you!
HEADROOM
Compilation Launch!
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 19 9pm - Late / $10
+ Edseven (Straightup Recordings)
+ Westernsynthetics (Sub Continental Dub)
+ Studio Tan
+ Monk Fly
+ Jonny Faith
+ Roleo
+ MoR
+ Know-U
Headroom, Sydney's premier night for future beats, makes its way to to GOODGOD for a special launch of their first CD compilation documenting the local producers of wonky, bass-heavy, skwee, instrumental hip-hopand electronica that the night has come to represent.
On the night six of the artists featured on the CD will be playing live. Plus Monk Fly and Jonny Faith, Headroom orginators and presenters of For The Heads radio on 2SER FM, will play a mashup set of the compilation plus some other cutting edge sounds catching their ear at the moment.
Check the CD available for download on iTunes now or grab it on the night.
Wamp Wamp homies Levins and Kato are joined by new guns Wedding Ring Fingers and Generic DJs for the "rap, rave and everything in between that doesn't suck" party!
Or, like they said in the old days: "CRUNK, HYPHY, BALTIMORE CLUB, BAILE FUNK, MIAMI BASS, DANCEHALL and PARTY JAMS." Now including dubstep, UK Funky and ... Brrrap! Brrrap! Brrrap!
Get even more excited because this Thursday is the debut of CANTINA LEVINS - yes, a Wamp Wamp kitchen running from 8 - 11pm.
Cantina Levins will be
serving up the latest homely, club friendly feeds cooked up by none other than Levins (it's his Cantina!). Think burgers, tacos, wings - all cooked with a lot of love from out back of Goodgod.
(And this is the Gadget Birthday Edition of Wamp Wamp!)
SLOW BLOW
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 20 10pm - Late / $5 before 12, $10 after
Our Slow Blow disco darlings are rubbing their hearts in preparation for a XXXTRA SPECIAL VALENTINE'S!
Since the euphoric January party led by DJ Buttf#ck and crashed by Karen O and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, there's been a lot of talk! But the message remains the same:
"CALLING ALL LOVERS, COME TEAR THE DANCE FLOOR APART LIKE YOUR LAST BROKEN HEART.
FOR YOUR PLEASURE-
THE CUPID KIDS SOFTWAR WILL BRINGING THE COSMIC LOVE.
RETURNING TO HAVE BUTT LOADS OF FUN BREAKING HEARTS DJ BUTTF#CK.
WELCOMING THE NO.1 LOVER WHO NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION DJ TOECUTTER- SPINNING SOME OF HIS FAVORITE PINK VINYL.
AND AS ALWAYS YOUR HOST SLOW BLOW MAKING YOU BLOW OH SO SLOW
SO JOIN US FOR A NIGHT OF DISCO, FUN & ROMANCE...
LOTS OF LOVE & KISSES
GEORGE & PARI "
JINGLE JANGLE #9
Garage Edition ft. The Frowning Clouds!
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 12 9pm - Late / $10
Jingle Jangle, Sydney's favourite dusty tunesman return for another session this time featuring, Geelong's raucous R'n'B infused garage showstoppers THE FROWNING CLOUDS ~ LIVE!
And in support Owen of the Straight Arrows throws down a wild set of blistering garage tunes from
his personal 7" collection!
And as always, hosts Smokey LaBeef & Smart Casual will take you into
the wee hours with they're own mix of 50's Rock & Roll, R'n'B,
soul, exotica and girl groups sure to keep you struttin' till sunset !
For those of you that made it down to the Halloween Special, expect a similar night of mayhem - it's gonna to be a blast !
Photographer Darren Sylvester wrote and produced an album on vinyl for exhibition. It was snapped up by Unstable Ape (home to Bird Blobs, Sir, Love of Diagrams) and Remote Control records (home to The XX, Vampire Weekend) and has been released to critical acclaim.
The album takes its cues from Avalon-era Roxy Music and Berlin-era Bowie. Sylvester’s live experience is of the new-new-wave performed solo with guitars, drum machine and synthesizer.
“A ghostly collection of synthetic recordings for Karen Carpenter, Phil Spector, remembered authenticity and pure pop fiction. Roxy Music, Japan, The Pretenders and The Cars all feature musically.” ThreeThousand
“What he came up with just happens to be a contender for the slickest pop album of the year.” Inpress
“a mix of wit, homage and melodic brilliance… making this strange art-pop artefact an unqualified success.” EG, The Age
SOUTHERLY BUSTER
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!
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.
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.
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!
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...
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
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.
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."
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.
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
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.
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.
HALF MAD presents
SESSION VICTIM (Germany)
SATURDAY JANUARY 16 10pm - Late / $20 presale at Spank Records
"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."
SINDEN (UK)
Only Sydney club show!
FRIDAY JANUARY 15 10pm / $25 at Moshtix, Limited $30 release on door at 10pm
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.
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!
