The futuristic wonderland of 20ten is upon us and although we haven’t been enslaved by sentient beings or destroyed by our own sun, with the eye-popping array of gigs in our not too distant future another much more apparent apocalyptic destiny confronts our youth – death by partying.
River Phoenix, I’m looking at you.
Summer is already bursting with more oomph than the swept forward emo helmet of an angsty hipster and we drag our sweaty selves forward into the first quarter of the year possessed with the need to forget the worries of the working week and fling ourselves head first into the clubbing calendar… I am bound by law to finish that sentence with ‘not literally.’
I’ll start with Chuckie. What is there to say about this man that hasn’t already been said about Jessica Alba’s underpants. If you love good Dirty Dutch house music, do not miss his one and only Canberra show on Friday February 19 at ALLIANCE @ Academy. Let the Bass kick!
By god this is a great month for us beat junkies in the nation’s capital. After their stellar Jaytech gig, Effigy are bringing my personal favourite Phil K back to Canberra on Saturday February 20 to play a 100 ticket only intimate show at Hippo Bar. If you miss this then… well, you don’t really like dance music do you? Tix are available on the door for the ridiculous price of $10 and supports include Fourthstate, Beat-It, Gabriel Gilmour, Yohan Strauss and Andy Roberts.
Kids, it’s time to get those bright orange knee-high tassle boots that you never thought you would wear again out of the wardrobe because the rave kings of Canberra, Lighter Massive, are back with yet another large scale event at the UC Refectory onSaturday February 20. Mark EG (UK), Log:One & Wragg (UK), Thera (NL), Louk (UK) plus interstate and local supports round off a monumental lineup of fist pumping proportions. Tickets available from the usual places.
PANG! seem to be busier than Tiger Woods’ attorney, pumping out a fresh round of gigs at a rate that would make Dr Richard Jordan Gatling turn over in his grave.
Firstly, we all know Hubert is quite the philanthropist, and Thursday February 18 he teams up with the lovelySEAO team to bring us another free party at the HaHa Bar featuring Dutch maestro Bart B More, get on board!
Secondly we have everyone’s favourite German, Boys Noize, taking over the UC Refectory on Friday February 26 alongside AJAX (Syd), The Aston Shuffle and newcomers The Swiss (live, Adel). Tickets are on sale now!
For all you DJs out there who love to support the local scene, there are a lot of Australian producers out there dropping absolute fire at the moment. Check out new releases by Two Fresh, DCUP, Nick Thayer and Dave Winnel for some true blue club destroying electro mayhem. Until next time, dance like no one is watching… unless that person is Jason Coleman.
