Author results: Nadia Saccardo
The Canyons DJ
WHAT
THE CANYONS DJ
WHERE
GOOD GOD SMALL CLUB, 53-55 LIVERPOOL ST, CITY
WHEN
FRI OCT 3, 10PM
HOW MUCH
FULL $10, MEMBERS $5
I'm not a big one for disco, but a new appreciation for spangled pants emerged when The Canyons hit my playlist. Maybe the pants are overstating it, but ‘Leo Frostwave' and ‘Fred Cherry's' style mashes early house with hip hop, a sprinkling of soul and disco beats. They play live this Good God.
Event: DJs
Stimulus: C
The Temper Trap / Flying Foxes / Songs
WHAT
THE TEMPER TRAP / FLYING FOXES / SONGS
WHERE
OXFORD ART FACTORY, 38-46 OXFORD ST, DARLINGHURST
WHEN
THUR SEPT 25, 8PM
HOW MUCH
$12 + BF HERE
WIN
ONE OF TWO DOUBLE PASSES. JUST EMAIL WIN@TWOTHOUSAND.COM.AU WITH THE SUBJECT 'BUST A LUNG'
So Temper Trap are from Melbourne - but they love Sydney. It's true. They're part of a growing breed that gloss over our Rugby players and prossies with beaches and babes. How can we not love them in return? Especially when Dougie is busting his lungs and Lorenzo's on the keys. We've waxed lyric about these ratbags before, so we won't bend too many ears now.
Event: Bands
Stimulus: E
Urban Art Tour
WHAT
URBAN ART TOUR, PART OF 2042 ART ON THE STREET
WHERE
305 KING ST, NEWTOWN
WHEN
SAT SEPT 20, 11AM AND SAT SEPT 27, 11AM
RUNS UNTIL OCT 6
HOW MUCH
FREE
Slip, slop, slap and experience Newtown's 2042 Art on the Street festival by foot. Wander through bars, alleys and cafes where over 50 separate installations have been embedded by a range of Sydney artists. Our pick? Sam Ash at STA Travel and Melbourne stop-motion artist Ingrid K Brooker in the window of Allegro Cafe.
Event: Launch
Stimulus: C
Anode
Animation in café windows...installations in a carpark...world music in pubs...books at a wine bar. Where the hell are we!? Melbourne!?
It seems Sydney can put on a fine arts show of the less-established variety. Some might say underground, which would be fitting as one of the venues is the Domain car park.
Straight Arrows 7" Launch
WHAT
STRAIGHT ARROWS 7" LAUNCH
WHERE
THE HOPETOUN, 416 BOURKE ST, SURRY HILLS
WHEN
SAT SEPT 20, 8PM
HOW MUCH
$10
If any band of now needs to be heard live or on a 7", it's the Straight Arrows. Their live set is Jagger struts, disjointed guitar and daisy chains, best experienced in a garage or somewhere with similar acoustics. To compare the Hopetoun to a car hole is a little rough, but if there's one pub that can do the Arrows justice, this is it.
Event: Bands
Stimulus: S
Visionaire in the Basement
A few months back, VISIONAIRE packaged up 50 issues and sold them for US$150,000. Unless you are some Trump-like character, there is no way you will ever afford one, let alone 50, of these ridiculously beautiful publications (which have come as light boxes, toys and vinyl sound under the watchful eye of Testino, Kawakubo and Jonze).
Pikelet
WHAT
PIKELET
WHERE
THE HOPETOUN, 416 BOURKE ST, SURRY HILLS
WHEN
SAT SEPT 13, 8PM
HOW MUCH
$10
Really, bless Mistletone. First they bring over Beach House and now we get Pikelet. The latter didn't have as far to travel, but the accordion crunching, hauntingly vocalled Melburnian is definitely worth your Saturday night. Although credited as ‘the little pancake' by a bizarrely intoxicated Zach Condon from Beirut (when supporting the band in Sydney earlier in the year), Pikelet ain't flat fry.
Event: Bands
Stimulus: S
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