Spank Rock will come through for a special DJ set this Friday. With Le Royale stalwartsMarc-Alan Gray, Chain Smokers, and Lucas Walters from Sweatshop Labor.
Spank Rock will come through for a special DJ set this Friday. With Le Royale stalwartsMarc-Alan Gray, Chain Smokers, and Lucas Walters from Sweatshop Labor.
Since Pieces of the People We Love dropped and killed it, The Rapture have been laying pretty low. They put out a mix CD on !k7 and pushed a single for Grand Theft Auto, but not much else. Now, however, they pop up for one of their rare DJ sets, here at the club. Also spinning will be Marc-Alan Gray, Chain Smokers, and Lucas Walters from Sweatshop Labor.
The DJs start at 11:00PM, with live performances starting at 8:00PM by Jonny D of Jonny Lives, Last Generation, The Last Broadcast and Rock ‘n Renew
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forthebeat launches their efforts to change the indie rock and electo for the better this Thursday. For their first show, they feature performances by Bad Veins, Paul and the Patients and Nite Club. WIth DJ sets by Z Studios and F**k Shirts.
Have we got a packed house for you this Friday. We’ve got 10 DJs lined up, three performers, and three flyers for the same night! An event so big, it needed two nights to do it justice. What’s the occasion you say? Well. Well, well, well. Only Machinedrum’s new album release party, we say.
His style is a mixture of instrumental hip hop, soul-stylin’, vintage synths and rich, structured glitchiness. Oh, and wolf paintings by my high school art teacher. Tons of ‘em.
At 11, he’ll perform with Addiquit and Jesse Boykins III. Then at midnight, the DJ thing blows up, with Mux Mool, Mike Slotts, Are Dad, HeartMe!, Throwy, Marc-Alan Gray, Lucas Walters, Mike Dextro and the Chain Smokers.
Here’s “Fresh Kids,” an instrumental off Want to 1 2?.
This month’s Mel’s World party - an electro-rock, global funktronic dress up party - features live performances by Koko Dozo, Tulips for Tina and Fuckhead; DJ sets by Mel Merio, Christopher Just, Glow and Reade Truth; and is presented by the Australian Cultural Forum.
Matt tong, the drummer from bloc Party, will spin a guest DJ set for Le Royale Friday. Marc Alan Gray, Steve Lewis, and Alex Pall and Rhett will also assist the booty shake.
Street wear aficionados Mishka got Trouble and Bass to put together their most recent Keep Watch mix installation, and listeners will easily adhere to the title; it’s hard not to focus on the mixtape. T&B has a penchant for solid, excitable mixes, and this one - which mostly thrives in the grey area between bassline and dubstep - is decent evidence of that. The Mike Tyson punch drums and wile out, wonky bass will keep you up better than a level orange siren. Plus, there’s rarely a period where they let too many bars go by without switching it up. Even though some of the switch ups might be too subtle for some tastes, there’s usually something in there to find to move to. In the end, there’s never enough time anyway for a dance to devolve into an imperceptible crawl before some new impact drops from the speakers to make everyone jump. And their attention to the beat count creates certain level of predictability in Trouble sets which makes keeping rhythm with the beat easy like you knew every song. You know they figured something out when you can tell someone else is spinning without looking up.
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For the wistful rocker who digs hip hop: Shake Party. Featuring Apollo Heights, Samuel! (a fellow blogger), MC Prophit. Support from DJ Shorty.
Boys Noize Records added to its pile of accolades with the recently released album by Shadow Dancer, Golden Traxe. A standout track off this album was “Drivetime.” It’s syncopated percussion starts off the the pace, before arpeggiated vintage bass rolls pick up the momentum and the resulting charging rhythm breaks through the stratosphere into high dark matter. Up in the ozone, the brain is kept stimulated by counter and harmonic rippled melodies assisted by break downs every minute or so that could even be called choruses. Oscillated madness adds perfect tension just before swinging pops and snares bring it all back safely. It may not be a new sound, but nobody seems to be complaining about throwbacks. We were a little bit late on this one, but couldn’t overlook it. Are they named after the video game? Go grab “Drivetime” or the whole album.
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