GoodGod Small Club Listings March & April

What: OSCAR + MARTIN
When: Saturday 31 March 9pm
Price: $ 15 from www.moshtix.com.au

+ The Belligerents,MC Gaff E, Nakagin & DJs til Late

On march 31st Goodgod Small Club is hosting the Sydney launch party for new creative agency ‘Hand Games’. Party time. Melbourne’s dreamy pop duo Oscar + Martin are headlining the night with support from Brisbane boys, and triple J favorites The Belligerents, UK based wild child Mc Gaff E and recent addition to the Hand Games booking roster, Nakagin.

What: GOODGOD’S GOOD FRIDAY EVE! A Public Holiday Shakedown
When: Thursday 5 April 9pm
Price: In the front bar – free from 9pm

GIRLS GONE MILD
HANNAH & ELIZA REILLY
+ More Broads on Board!
BAD EZZY
POWER SUIT (Gay Bash)
BATTY BOOP

And in the Danceteria ~ $5 from Midnight

CLUB AL-STARS
LEVINS
CAPTAIN FRANCO
CHARLIE CHUX
RADGE
CLERIC APTON

We’re sleeping in Friday!

…Here’s why ~ Thursday night – a Goodgod public holiday eve shakedown! Epic proportions of doggone EGGcellent party tunes and freaky dancefloor goodies..

Tunes spun bysome of our favourite disc spinners. Foxy ladies in the front from 9pm – Hanna & Eliza Reilly, Bad Ezzy (FBi), Power Suit (Gay Bash), & Batty Boop.

And in the Danceteria ~ a cave of auditory adventure with Club-Al Stars. From midnight featuring Levins, Franco, Radge, Chux and Cleric Apton!

What: WOLF & CUB
When: Thursday 5 April 8pm
Price: $12 + BF from www.moshtix.com.au

+ Sures & Machine

Two years since the release of their acclaimed second album Science and Sorcery, Adelaide’s Wolf & Cub are back with a cracking double A-side single featuring the tracks See The Light and All Through The Night. Produced, recorded and mixed by studio wunderkind Burke Reid (Gareth Liddiard, Jack Ladder, Dan Kelly) at Big Jesus Burger in Sydney, both See The Light and All Through The Night offer documented aural proof of a continually evolving band at the height of its collective creative powers. See The Light is primarily driven by a snaky bass line, the reverb rich vocals deliver a subtle but persuasive hook tempered by chiming delayed guitars. All Through The Night is a dreamy pop gem floating on a fragile falsetto vocal, its amphetamine bass pulse, broad sonic guitar brush strokes and sparse drumming burrow into the subconscious giving the impression that it may refuse to ever leave.

What: EASTER SATURDAY with Shantan Wantan Ichiban
When: Saturday 7 April 11pm
Price: Free

This Easter Saturday ~ the brains behind such smash-hit parties as Badonkadonk and The Player Haters Ball, the gigolo MC himself, Mr Shantan Wantan Ichiban will be holding down the Front Bar!

He’ll have you jumpin like the energiser bunny to a supreme selection of party classics old and new.

In amongst the euphoric selections will be your chance to WIN BIG! Shantan’s giving away an Easter Hampster through an Easter Egg Hunt and a Jive Bunny Dance Off.

What: CUTTERS PARTY! Feat.BEN BROWNING ‘Love Motion’ EP Launch
When: Saturday 7 April 10pm
Price: $12 from www.moshtix.com.au

+ ERIK OMEN (Live), Bobby Boomerang (Cut Copy), G.L.O.V.E.S, Tunnel Signs, Francis Chang

Cutters records is proud to announce the arrival of BEN BROWNING as the shiniest, newest addition to their stable of artists, and to celebrate his release, Ben is preparing to perform two exclusive shows in MELBOURNE and SYDNEY in April. Ben is of course no stranger to the Cutters crew, being the bassist in CUT COPY and now he reveals his own talent for penning perfect crystalline pop with his first EP on Cutters Records. Lover Motion salutes both the past and the future, with 5 tracks laden with classic melody and ethereal synthesizer tones. His 12 single release I Cant Stay from the EP gained praise from Pitchfork, and displays the trademark Ben Browning touch: delicately strained melodic and harmonic stylings, with a seeming fragility which belies its true versatility.

Supporting in Live is Erik Omen whose music is a seamless blend of 1970s Californian surf jams combined with a cosmic vision of the future.Their sophomore release on Siberia Records is a favourite at Cutters. The party doesn’t stop there! It ain’t a Cutters Records party without CUT COPY’s BOBBY BOOMERANG (Dan Whitford) bringing the party to a rhythm-fuelled climax. Hot off the heels of a Grammy nomination for their most recent album Zonoscope, the Cutters O.G. is primed for party as always!

More? for sure! G.L.O.V.E.S, “The Synth Shaman”, bike slut and occasional tennis enthusiast is also down to disco with extra support from TUNNEL SIGNS (Death Strobe Records) and Francis Chang, we’re ready to “bring it” all night long.

What: MY DISCO + Guerre
When: Friday 13 April 8pm
Price: $20

My Disco return to Australia this April for a run of dates throughout Sydney, Melbourne and Geelong. The three-piece have taken a well deserved break over the past 4 months, with members residing in Berlin, London and their hometown of Melbourne.

Prior to their hiatus, 2011 was a busy year for
the band which began with a headline slot at Camp A Low Hum in New Zealand, and ended with a 5 week European tour which included performances in locations such as Serbia and Macedonia.

What: IATUS KAIYOTE “Tawk Tomohawk” EP Launch + Ninja The Bungee
When: Saturday 14 April 8.30pm
Price: $15 on the door

In their short time as a band they have created a dazzling complex sound held together by Nai Palms smoke drenched vocals and foreign melodies, Simon Mavins knowledge of synthasizers, keyboards, latin and jazz structures and how to party with them in 2012, Perrin Moss’s slippery drum beats and soul clap rhythms and Paul Benders waterfall thumbs of bass guitar and sample wizardry.

What: ANGUS GRUZMAN – A 6 Hour Long Dancefloor Journey!
When: Saturday 14 April 11pm
Price: $5 on the door

aka Gus Da Hoodrat
aka DJ Buttfuck

Angus Gruzman – the artist formerly known as Gus Da Hoodrat aka Dj Buttfuck invites you on a journey through his personal vortex, and down the cerebral cortex to the centre of his soul (located right near the anus).

This personal pilgrimage through all things brown, broken, bold, beautiful, bassy, banter, bi-lateral, bi-sexual and bi-polar will demonstrate how one man can lose his sanity and re-discover it with-in one short night out.

If its confusion that you thrive on when making whoopy to the dance floor then don’t cross your eyes any further away from this one – let this peripatetic wayfaring alien help you transcend the bi-zones into a new dimension of freak and funk and safari through all the genres in his personal collection. Deep horse hits from the vault, classic clonk donk, hypno haus, tough man techno, safari disco, cosmic cookie cutter kraut and their counterparts will be present for the role call.

Don’t sleep. Bring your lunchbox and fill it with the ultimate answer to life……. music from the heavens and hells…

What: TIN SPARROW
When: Thursday 19 April 8pm
Price: $12 + BF through Moshtix

Tin Sparrow fans are in for a treat this April, as the Sydney four-piece has announced they will be embarking on an intimate run of East Coast tour dates to support the release of their highly anticipated second EP. A follow up to the well-received debut From The Sun – Tin Sparrow has called upon the talents of producer Liam Judson (Belles Will Ring, Cloud Control), to record the as yet untitled EP – which is due for release in April.

Having released first single – the Mark Myers produced track ‘Hector Myola’ late last year, the indie-folk quartet will be releasing the EP’s next single ‘Azzuro’ in early March. This new single was co-written by Tin Sparrow’s lead singer Matt Amery and drummer Mark Piccles. When asked about the song-writing experience Matt said, “I think Mark and I are more focused now and have been trying to write more and more together. ‘Azzuro’ was just one of those moments where it just came from nothing – hopefully that’s a good sign.”
Discussing what their fans can expect of their new material Matt continued, “I think our new material is still happy but a little more colourful. We are definitely looking forward to playing our new songs live.”

2011 saw the Sydney group off to a blistering start. From a sold out single launch and national airplay for track ‘Hector Myola’, to landing the main support on Husky’s national tour. And 2012 looks set to be even brighter. Having secured the coveted spot of national support on the sold out Matt Corby tour, Tin Sparrow will then take to the stage at Secret Garden Festival in March. Stay tuned for the announcement of the special guests who will be joining Tin Sparrow on their April tour.

What: THE MEDICS – “We Built Walls” Launch
When: Friday 20 April 8pm
Price: $10 + BF through Moshtix

+ Glass Towers

Originating from Far North Queensland and now well and truly part of the fabric of the Brisbane music community, THE MEDICS have started 2012 on fire.

THE MEDICS were recently anointed as one of Triple J’s next crop artists. This places them in illustrious company as a band to watch in 2012. This summer they nailed
their intense, guitar-driven performances at Festival Of The Sun, The Dreaming, Woodford, Big Day Out, Laneway and Perth Festivals.

The second single, from their forthcoming debut album, is the brutal, live favourite “Joseph” and is receiving Triple J airplay over summer. The “You Built Walls” tour is designed to celebrate its release.

What: BEN UFO (UK)
When: Friday 20 April 11pm
Price: $15 + BF through Moshtix Coming Soon!

+ Kato
+ Bad Ezzy
+ Max Gosford
+ Preacha

Widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in recent UK dance music, Ben UFO really is one hell of a guy.

He’s got immaculate, forward thinking taste. He’s got crazy skills behind the decks. He holds down a coveted spot on London’s ex-pirate radio station Rinse FM. As co-founder of Hessle Audio (alongside Pangea and Pearson Sound (Ramadanman)) he’s been responsible for some of the most diverse and groundbreaking releases of recent years from the likes of Pearson Sound, Objekt, Blawan, Untold and James Blake.

His influence in disintegrating boundaries of dubstep is undeniable; both as a DJ and through Hessel Audio Ben UFO has paved the way for a broadening of genres which sees brand new cuts from the UK underground rub shoulders with house, techno and experimental music from across the globe.

On top off all this, he has banged out podcasts for the likes of Resident Advisor, Red Bull Music Academy, XLR8R, Fact Magazine as well as releasing an acclaimed mix in the Rinse FM series.

What: Jason & The Lyrebird – EP Launch
When: Friday 21 April 7.30pm
Price: $9 + BF through Moshtix

+ Love Parade
+ Rascals & Runaways

Jason & The Lyrebird release their debut EP “In A Tee Pee We Shall Lay” an eclectic 6 track offering from this Sydney arcane indie band that explores manydifferent themes & moods with the title track already receiving regular plays on FBi radio as well as plays on ABC’s Triple J & Rage.

The band has been honing their live show of late and after returning from Adelaide Fringe festival in February they are set for a big launch show. Catch their energetic live show before they head off on their first national tour in June.. with special guests Love Parade as well as Rascals & Runaways.

What: JINGLE JANGLE! Celebrating their Third Birthday
When: Saturday 21 April 11pm
Price: $5

DJs: Smokey La Beef + Smart Casual

Sydney was a very different place in 2009 all glitz no glamour. No small bars. No rock & roll or rhythm & blues.

Born of frustration at a lack of good ole fashioned fun, Smokey approached friend and fellow sonic explorer Smart Casual about starting a night with the aim of bringing back long lost forgotten gems from 60’s pop to southern soul to exotica and all stops in between.

After searching high and low for an appropriate dive without luck Smart Casual approached friend Jimmy Sing about using a venue in the Spanish Quarter, La Campana. Sing had been putting on impromptu nights in the back room called Goodgod . Having settled on the venue the next step was finding a name for the night. While recently organising a house party, Smokey remembered an apt line from his girlfriend prior to the party starting – “I hope you’re not going to play that 50’s jingle jangle all night”. Jingle Jangle was born!

The first few parties were great fun, and the numbers turning up made it worthwhile. Then Halloween hit. No one knew what to expect, but when over 500 people packed the Twin Peaks themed party it was clear Jingle Jangle had touched the right nerve.

After a 6 month hiatus, Jingle Jangle returns to Goodgod to celebrate it’s 3rd birthday!

Smokey LaBeef & Smart Casual playing dance music all night.

What: NICK CATCHDUBS (NYC) – Anzac Day Eve Dance Party!
When: Tuesday 24 April 10pm
Price: TBC

+ Levins
+ Nina Las Vegas
+ Jimmy Sing

One of New York’s finest DJs NICK CATCHDUBS is returning to Goodgod for Anzac Day Eve! Known for his versatile sets that travel seamlessly through genres of music both old and new, Nick keeps himself busy with a tonne of remarkable projects outside of DJing.

Since 2007 Nick and his buddy DJ A-Trak have run Fool’s Gold Records, a label with a roster almost as diverse as Nick’s music taste that has seen releases from Kid Sister, Crookers, Kid Cudi, Duck Sauce and Danny Brown. Nick has made remixes with rappers Wale, Jackie Chain and more – and his production work both by himself and with NY’s Proper Villains has resulted in remixes played in clubs all over the world.

Not one to shy away from nostalgia, Radio Friendly Unit Shifter, a series of mixtapes made with Mr Drucker, compiles Nick’s favourite rock and alternative songs from the 90’s mixed together with finesse. Nick has a long history with Goodgod – DJing with Levins and Jimmy with Ro Sham Bo when he first toured in 2006 and then returning in 2008 to play at one of the legendary first nights at Goodgod, back when it was a sometimes party at the back of La Campana. We’re keeping the supports in the family with sets from Levins, Jimmy Sing and Nina Las Vegas on the night. Come celebrate the night before a public holiday with one of the best party DJs there is.

What: ANZAC DAY EVE!
When: Tuesday 24 April 5pm
Price: Free

DJs:
TYSON KOH (FBi’s Loose Joints)
POWER SUIT (Gay Bash)

Every public holiday eve at Goodgod has been burstin at the seams! This one ain’t gonna be any different. Steady-thick and free flowing eclectic and euphoric tunes to steam train you into your hard earned day off!

We’ve got Tyson Koh of FBi’s best and freakiest rare grooves show Loose Joints, along with Power Suit of the excess-party-machine that is Gay Bash supplying the rump shakery for you aaaallll night!

The Dip Kitchen will be getting deliciously patriotic with the return of their AUSSIE WORKS BURGER, and to welcome our DJ mate from NYC playing the danceteria ~ The Nick Catch Dog!

What: BOMBORA! with Surf Guitar Legend Martin Cilia
When: Thursday 26 April 8.30pm
Price: $10 + BF through Iwannaticket

MARTIN CILIA (The Atlantics’s Surf Guitar Legend!)
+ The Atom Bombs
+ DJs: Blackbear and Flash & Crash (Wolf Call)

It’s time to say goodbye to summer with one last bliss out! Route 66, Sailor Jerry Rum, and Goodgod are throwing the biggest surf party to hit sandy shores.

Featuring Australia’s very own king of surf guitar, MARTIN CILIA from legendary 60’s surf instrumental group The Atlantics!

And to keep us upright, it’s Goodgod party favourites and surf revivalists THE ATOM BOMBS!

DJ’s Blackbear and Flash & Crash DJs (Wolf Call) spinning rare, raucous and raging surf 45’s til the break of dawn…

$5 Sailor Jerry drinks all night to keep you hangin’ loose!

and get in the mood with this mixtape from Flash & Crash DJs!~

What: CAIRO KNIFE FIGHT
When: Friday 27 April 7.45pm – 10.30pm
Price: $10 + BF through Moshtix

CAIRO KNIFE FIGHT
+ Corpus
+ Super Best Friends

Cairo Knife Fight, New Zealand’s electrifying power rock duo, will soon be in Australia for three very special shows after adding their unique sound to this years 2012 SXSW Festival line-up in Austin, TX.

Though the band is only comprised of two men, drummer/lead vocalist/bass synth man Nick Gaffaney and guitarist and loop pedal genius Aaron Tokona, this duo deliver a tidal wave of complete sound that is imbued with a sense of urgency. A sound so intense that Alternative Press Magazine chose them as one of their bands you need to know in 2012.

What: SLOW BLOW – Family Reunion
When: Friday 27 April 11pm
Price: $10 on the door

It’s a celebration bitches! A celebration of family, coming together, new beginnings, the future, friends, getting dimensional, good music, dancing, lasers, smoke, sweat and ofcourse ~ SLOW BLOW!

Goodgod’s go to party men arm themselves again with crates full of the most hedonistic of house records and the toughest of of techno cuts for another smoke filled, lazer beaming hoo haaaa!

It’s the original Slow Blow fam – the one that has built this party fireball from the ground up – on the 1s and 2s all night! They are:

DJ JUNGLE SNAKE & DJ DREAM CATCHER
(Slow Blow)

PINK LLOYD & CHESTER CASTLE
(Softwar)

Dress smart, casual, or just don your favourite turtleneck sweater for some awkward family photos.

What: CHET FAKER with special guest FLUME
When: Saturday 28 April 8pm -10.30pm
Price: $12 + BF SOLD OUT!

CHET FAKER
+ FLUME

Shrouded in secrecy, hidden behind an alias and disguised by a beard, Chet Faker enjoys the mystery.Hailing from the tight-knit disco and house music scene in Melbourne, Australia and taking elements from an acoustic past, Chet Faker has carved out a unique style that fuses personal stories of love and loss with an electronica soul that reaches far beyond his homeland.

Chet quickly came to everyone’s attention when his cover of ‘No Diggity’ by Blackstreet hit #1 on the worldwide indie music aggregator, Hype Machine.

The debut EP ‘Thinking in Textures’ will be out in Australia through Remote Control/Opulent on 23rd March. The first track to be heard from the release is ‘Terms and Conditions’, a gorgeously penned track hard to categorise from this part jazz, part soul and part electronic artist.

BBC Radio 1’s Zane Lowe played ‘I’m Into You’ in his Next Hype section, and Mary Anne Hobbs from XFM has also been giving ‘Terms and Conditions’ a few spins.

He recently supported Toro y Moi and Washed out for their shows in Australia and is heading to SXSW in March, where he will be appearing at the Filter Magazine showcase. He’ll be back in Australia for an east coast tour in support of the new EP, and with previous shows in Melbourne and Sydney selling out, be quick to avoid missing out on tickets!

Joining Chet Faker on the night will be Sydney’s golden child of electronica and Future Classic signee FLUME.

What: BOOTY CITY – 90s & 80s R&B & Hip Hop
When: Saturday 28 April 11pm – late
Price: $5 on the door

DJs: JOYRIDE, SHANTAN WANTAN ICHIBAN, YELO FEVA,WENDY SAMANTHA, PABLO CALAMARI

The ever charasmatic Stolen Records honcho Shantan Wantan Ichiban has rallied up a crew of DJs and party crusaders to take you back!

Back to a time where parachute pants, bandanas and air force 1s reigned supremed. Before people started half-stepping. When Naughty By Nature had everyone screaming Hooorrrayyy for hip hop. When A Tribe Called Quest could still kick it. Back to when Biggie had you hypnotized. When TLC had every boy drooling over their crazy, sexy, cool. When Puff Daddy was still a bad boy.When all Pac wanted was some changes. And back to when the running man was a social acceptable party trick.

As De La Soul once said “IT’S SAAATUURRDAYYY!”, so get down to the sounds of your favourite all time 80’s and 90s hip hop and R&B jams. $5 all night!

COMING SOON…

BEARHUG ALBUM LAUNCH – Friday May 4
CHASM ALBUM LAUNCH w/ DJ NEIL ARMSTRONG (USA) – Saturday May 5
KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD – Thursday May 10
PEEP TEMPEL + THE FIGHTING LEAGUE – Friday May 11
KATE MARTIN – Thursday May 17
BLAWAN & PARIAH (UK) – Saturday May 12
8 MILES HIGH with WITCH HATS, SISTER JANE + more – Friday June 15
SPLIT SECONDS & UNDERLIGHTS – Thursday May 24
CLAIRY BROWNE & THE BANGIN’ RACKETTES – Firday May 25
DEEP CHILD – Friday June 8