25 OCT - 31 OCT
2012
THURSDAY 25/10
DANCEFLOOR OF THE WEEK
Cooker and more bring the fun from 8pm.
DONNY BENET @ NORTH PERTH BOWLS CLUB
UPCOMINGS
King Cornelius & His Silverbacks, Monkey La Minge, Les Sataniques, GoGo Gorilla and Jungle Disc Jocks Spinnin’ Primal Dance Floor Stompers. $10 from 6pm, dress ape-like.
Donny Benet is a one-man funk machine with a live show that delivers raw sexuality and street heat in glowing excess! He’s joined by MmHmMm plus DJs Jacques du Pôle, Willy Suede and Mike David. $10.
JAY SEAN @ EVE
DEATH DISCO/PURE POP @ CAPITOL/AMPLIFIER
British R&B singer/songwriter Jay Sean is fast becoming a global phenomenon, the proof being in the press, the sales, the fans and, of course, the music. Tickets via Ticketmaster.
Indie-dance bangers from Death Disco DJs, DJ Ryan spinning ‘80s classics upstairs and Eddie Electric indie/classics from midnight in Amps - spooky Halloween vibes abound.
CAM AVERY & FRIENDS DJS @ THE BIRD
THE AVENUE
METRO FREO
Weekly bass music at the Velvet Lounge, free entry from 8pm.
DJs Roger Smart, Ben Carter and Wazz keep the party tunes rolling in the big house.
STUDENT NIGHT @ ROSEMOUNT
JAY SEAN: OCT 25 Eve DOUSTER: OCT 26 Ambar DOCTOR WEREWOLF: OCT 27 Shape COLOURSPLASH PAINT PARTY: AJAX, STARFUCKERS, ROYALSTON: OCT 27 The Overflow MADLIB, J ROCC, EGON: OCT 27 The Bakery DONNY BENET: OCT 31 North Perth Bowling Club SWANKY TUNES: OCT 31 Villa SPIT SYNDICATE: NOV 2 Ya Ya’s; NOV 3 Mojo’s + MARK FANCIULLI: NOV 2 Geisha HEAVYWEIGHT SOUNDZ: LONDON ELEKTRICITY, XILENT, DYNAMITE MC: NOV 2 Metro City COURT FULL MOON STREET PARTY: WYNTER GORDON, NINO BROWN, DAN MURPHY, BOY & GIRL, KITTY GLITTER: NOV 3 Court Hotel SNAP!: NOV 3 Villa ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, ALISON WONDERLAND: NOV 3 Metro City GET WEIRDER: MOULINEX: NOV 9 Ambar JESSE BOYKINS III & MELO-X: NOV 9 The Bakery SANTIGOLD, CRAZY P: NOV 14 Metro City + HEDFLUX, VANDAL: NOV 16 Geisha BEN SIMS: NOV 16 Ambar NINA LAS VEGAS: NOV 16 Metropolis Fremantle; NOV 17 Amplifier + DJ PP: NOV 17 Geisha PREFUSE 73, TEEBS: NOV 17 The Bakery FLOATING POINTS, ALEXANDER NUT, FATIMA: NOV 22 Ambar STEREOSONIC: TIESTO, GESAFFELSTEIN, DILLON FRANCIS, DESTRUCT, CALVIN HARRIS, AVICII, EXAMPLE, CARL COX, MAJOR LAZER, LAIDBACK LUKE, MARTIN SOLVEIG, CHUCKIE, JFK MSTRKFT, MR OIZO, DASH BERLIN, INFECTED MUSHROOM, MARKUS SCHULZ, SANDER VAN DOORN, ALY & FILA, SIMON PATTERSON, MARLO, LOCO DICE, ADAM BEYER, JORIS VOORN, PORTER ROBINSON, BASSNECTAR, TOMMY TRASH, BRODINSKI, ZEDD, FOREIGN BEGGARS, DIPLO, FLUX PAVILLION, EXCISION, CASPA, DATSIK, KAZ JAMES, TREASURE FINGERS, ALVIN RISK, FEENIXPAWL, BART B MORE, MC STRETCH, MC GUNNER, STRANGE TALK and locals: NOV 25 Claremont Showgrounds + ADANA TWINS, DR DRU: NOV 30 Honey Lounge THE POTBELLEEZ: NOV 30 Prince Of Wales; DEC 1 Metropolis Fremantle 2MANYDJS: NOV 30 Villa + KID KENOBI: DEC 1 Ambar NATURAL NZ MUSIC FESTIVAL: SHAPESHIFTER, KORA, LADI6, TRINITY ROOTS, MAISEY RIKA, DAVID DALLAS, P-MONEY and more: DEC 1 Red Hill Auditorium EPROM: DEC 1 The Bakery PERTH DANCE MUSIC AWARDS: DEC 2 Court Hotel SETS ON THE BEACH: MARK FARINA, MIAMI HORROR DJS, THE KNOCKS, TODD TERJE: DEC 2 Scarborough Beach Amphitheatre NICKI MINAJ, TYGA: DEC 8 Perth Arena
JAY SEAN
Jon Ee gets you ready for the weekend.
THE CRAFTSMAN Roger Smart gets pumped for the weekend with commercial chart toppers and classic party anthems.
R’N’R KARAOKE @ DEVILLES A great night out with your vocal chords every Thursday, Free entry from 6pm.
ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Sons Of Rico DJs take over the decks outside.
CULTURE CLASH @ NEWPORT The Mills Culture Clash crew take over the front room with all the broken beat bootyshaking you can handle.
FRIDAY 26/10 DOUSTER
MADLIB, J ROCC & EGON @ SOMEWHERE For the first time in over eight years, Californian DJ, multi-instrumentalist, rapper and producer Madlib is back in Australia. Madlib’s production talents are unrivalled – there’s no genre of music he hasn’t touched successfully. Be it his Jazz fondlings for Blue Note or with his own fictious group Yesterdays New Quintet, his Latin album Jackson Conti, hip hop production for and as part of Madvillain, Lootpack, Jaylib, Mos Def, Ghostface Killah, Talib Kweli, Alkaholiks, De La Soul and everything and everyone else in between, Madlib has always lead the pack. Perhaps just the descriptor legend would be applicable here. And not only is he making a long-awaited return, he’s bringing a couple of ultra classy colleagues with him in original party rocker J Rocc, and a name synonymous with the whole Stones Throw operation, Egon. The trio hit The Bakery this Saturday 27 October for what promises to be a pretty special night. Tickets via Now Baking. Halloween decor, lighting, lasers and more. $30 in costume, $50 without.
HIGHER FYAH @ BAR ORIENT Help Mumma Trees celebrate her birthday with General Justice, The Empressions, H-Mut, Ed Case, Gridlox, Calvin and Sista Che. Free from 7pm.
plenty of pretty colours to be thrown upon you to the tunes of Ajax, Starfuckers and Royalston, plus locals Invictus and Travis LeBrun. Tickets via Moshtix. ANDREW SINCLAIR
Jamie Mac spins indie/alt classics from midnight at Amps, while Caps satisfies your ‘90s desires with DJs from 11pm.
DOUSTER @ AMBAR Young Frenchman Douster brings his brilliantly eclectic set – house, bass, electro, world ghetto, rave. $20 door from 10pm. MC XSESSIV
Frat House Fridays and the Death Disco DJs rock bangin’ indiedance, plus red cups, cheerleaders and college-themed craziness.
RHYTHMATISM @ THE BIRD Free entry, mind-massaging rhythms and house party vibes from 8pm with Ben T and Move friends.
PLUSH @ GEISHA Broken down dirty underground house meets tech with Baden, Professor Hush, Saul Bliss and Ryanair. $5 before 12.30am, $10 after.
NATIONAL DNB MIX COMPETITION @ SHAPE In order to crown one DJ Australia’s Homegrown FreQ, the Perth final goes down with the final sets plus special guests 2011 winner DJ Mercenary and MC Xsessiv. Phetsta, Greg Packer, Dart and Sempy judge. $10 from 10pm.
METRIC HALLOWEEN @ VILLA Metric’s Halloween Party will see ghoulish tunes from the Metric alumni plus plenty of rad costumes and more. Tickets via Moshtix.
EVE NIGHTCLUB DJs Don Migi, Dannyboi and Francesco bring the party anthems all night long.
INCEPTION HALLOWEEN @ HONEY LOUNGE
THE AVENUE The Friday night party rocks till the sun comes up with Amanda Power.
CLAREMONT Jon Ee lays down the funk and fires up for the start of the weekend.
EXTREME AGGRESSION @ ROCKET ROOM DJ Cain spins high-voltage rock and metal from midnight.
PARTY ROCKERS @ NEWPORT HOTEL Party Rockers play live favourites from the likes of Jay-Z, LMFAO, Kanye and many more.
SATURDAY 27/10 AJAX
Inception’s resident DJs bring the tunes, you just need to dress up! $10 from 8pm til 1am.
Vertical Transport (QLD), Miss Behaviour (VIC/WA), Trout Soup, Molochi, Mr Hazington, Monty, Sheiox, Alien Wisdom, 20Hz, Space Pixie, S & M and more bring the spooky sounds to the spooky surrounds of Red Hill, featuring Zombie burlesque dancers,
COLOURSPLASH PAINT PARTY @ COURT HOTEL Prepare yourselves for a night of colourful debauchery at Coloursplash Paint Party – The Nightmare Before Halloween. Dress in white and prepare for
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The coolest house east of London and funkiest sounds west of Chicago with Lee Wilson, Richard Lee, Darren J and Flex. $8 before 12.30am, $12 after.
DON’T SLEEP! HALLOWEEN BA$H @ THE BIRD
For the first time in eight-andhalf years, Madlib returns with the Madlib Medicine Tour, joined by original party rocker J Rocc and Stones Throw legend Egon. Tickets via Now Baking.
CHALLENGER READY: HALLOWEEN DRESS-UP PARTY @ AMBAR FTW, Benny P, Blend, DNGRFLD, Marty McFly, Tee EL, Black & Blunt, Marko Paulo and Oli battle it out. $15 from 10pm.
THE ANIMAL BALLET HALLOWEEN @ 464 SMART SPACE It’s a Monochrome Masquerade event (black, white, grey dress only) for a unique visual experience, with tunes from J.Boxxx, Petrohex, Travis Døøm, Manimal and Craig Hollywood, visuals by Yaegar.
HALLOWEEN @ EVE Prizes galore for best dressed, with tunes provided by DJ Crazy Craig, free from 9 til 10pm, more after.
Two Rooms, DJs that can beat match, jungle juice, party and costumed craziness everywhere. $15 entry.
PARTY @ NORFOLK BASEMENT Joe Macc, Lady C, Sparklehaus,
DJ Anton Maz brings you postpunk, indie-pop and rock goodies outside in the beer garden for free.
WUB WUB @ BOULEVARD TAVERN
James Nutley rocks ‘On Tap’ house music all night long.
BLANK WEDNESDAYS @ SHAPE
THE AVENUE
Blank Wednesdays fire up downstairs with free pizza all night, drink specials, half-price student entry, sweet DJs and party tunes.
Jon Ee brings the funk, hip hop, house, breaks and everything in between.
THE WEMBLEY Once again Lokie Shaw fires up the Saturday night soundtrack.
ROCKET ROOM
LARTERSTYLES
BACKYARD STEREOSONIC DISCO @ AVIARY Stereosonic Festival launches at Backyard Disco, with Larterstyles, JAck Mcgee, Jordan Sweeting, Electonic DJs and more, plus ticket giveaways all afternoon, streamed live to The Backyard Project.
BODEGA @ MOJOS Bodega hosts Simmo T, RAE, DNGRFLD, Ol Wright, The Empty Cup and Philly Blunt. $5 entry before 6pm, $10 after.
THE AVENUE Az-T rounds up your Sunday Sesh.
ASAP & MARKSMAN @ THE MOON Experience a new lyrical collaboration between ASAP & Marksman, with DJ Silence hitting the 1s & 2s from 8pm.
WEDNESDAY 31/10 SWANKY TUNES
HALLOWEEN @ METRO CITY
BIG APE HALLOWEEN @ SHAPE
ROULETTE @ VELVET LOUNGE
DJs and MCs mixing up the best dubstep, drum’n’bass, electro and general bass music free from 7pm.
Hyper-coloured Halloween club music featuring Good Company’s Andrew Sinclair, pirate radio badman Mike Midnight, Clunk, DYP and more. $5 from 8pm.
MADLIB, J ROCC, EGON @ THE BAKERY
Cam and boys keep you rocking, rolling and dancing all night long. Free from 8pm.
THE GENEROUS SQUIRE
SUNDAY 28/10
Over two nights (the other next Saturday), Metro City goes all out with DJs and dancers, just come dressed in a sexy/scary outfit and be ready to boogie.
WAKE THE DEAD @ RED HILL AUDITORIUM
ELEMENT @ GEISHA
Kickstart play live cover tunes and DJ Mel spins rock, metal and punk post-midnight.
AMPLIFIER/CAPITOL
FHF @ METRO FREO
NITE OF THE BLOODY APES @ DEVILLES PAD
HALLOWEEN DRESS UP PARTY @ VILLA This year Villa’s Halloween Party is back for more dressed up bloody mayhem with international guests Swanky Tunes alongside Ace Basik, Paul Scott, Tape Heads and Axen. Tickets via Moshtix.
UPCOMINGS HEAVYWEIGHT SOUNDZ @ METRO CITY
Head honcho of Hospital Records, touring the world and still producing big tunes, London Elektricity is showing no signs of an early retirement and he’s bringing more surprises with him this time round for another Australian-only exclusive tour along with Dynamite MC. He’ll be joined by special guest from Audioporn Records Xilent, who has been smashing the charts with his latest Ultrafunk EP as well as a stream of huge remixes. Heavyweight Soundz returns to Metro City Friday 2 November.
STREET PARTY @ THE COURT The Court Street Party returns after the the Pride Parade this year on Satuday 3 November with its biggest headliner yet, the Dirty Talker herself Wynter Gordon, plus Aus’ urban king DJ Nino Brown, Sydney’s Dan Murphy, Skarlett Saramore’s new duo Boy & Girl and Sydney DJ Drag Queen Kitty Glitter. It’s a Full Moon Party with a free shisha bar, massages, bouncy castles and more. Tickets via courtstreetparty.eventbrite.com.
MOULLINEX @ AMBAR Moullinex (Gomma/Discotexas) launches his album Flora at Ambar Friday 9 November, where the Portuguese man-o-war will spin his distinct blend of synthesised aurality and dance incitement at the next edition of Get Weird - Get Weirder. Support from Manimal, Paper Plane, J’aimez Brune and Lightsteed. $15 via Boomtick.
PREFUSE 73, TEEBS @ THE BAKERY Guillermo Scott Herren’s seminal experimental hip hop project Prefuse 73 predated the recent explosion of LA-based beat experimentalists by at least five years. He’s now found a kindred spirit in fellow Californian beat dreamer and Brainfeeder Teebs, and the twosome play The Bakery Saturday 17 November supported by Mei Seraswati, Move DJs, Arn One and Arms In Motion. $35 plus BF via Life Is Noise, Oztix, Heatseeker, Now Baking and the usuals.