Some of you may have noticed a bit of dubstep creeping into my On the Stereo lists at the end of gig guide emails. I’ve been thinking for a while it would be great if someone would put on a dubstep night in Adelaide … well, it’s even better than I expected. Not only is there a dubstep night on at the Rhino Room this weekend, but it features one of the big names in dubstep, Benga, all the way from the UK. Just when you think it couldn’t get much better than that I could point out that it costs just $10!

If you want to know more then you can check out Benga on myspace, or a feature on the BBC site which includes a short documentary film, or this feature at Resident Advisor, or get yourself a copy of the May issue of The Wire for their excellent dubstep primer (obviously anything with Mark E Smith + Mouse on Mars on the cover is essential anyway).

By the way, for former gig guide email readers who know about the gig challenge – it’s done for this year (but I’ll keep going to gigs obviously).

Also, Little Ice Age fans take note – they may have played their last gig as a full band (and it was an excellent show), but they still have a couple of acoustic shows coming up.

SEPTEMBER

• 8th – Benga at the Rhino Room.
• 8th – Paul Kelly at Her Majesty’s Theatre.
• 14th – Fourplay at the Space Theatre.
• 15th – 200 Motels with Young Husband at the Exeter.
• 18th – Hoodoo Gurus, Radio Birdman and The Stems at the Gov.
• 20th – Little Ice Age (acoustic) at the Grace Emily.
• 21st – 200 Motels at the Crown & Anchor.
• 22nd – No Through Road at the Prince Albert for the end of an era.
• 22nd – Hit The Jackpot at the Exeter with Spider Vomit.
• 23rd – Parklife Festival at Botanic Park featuring Adam Freeland (England), Ajax, Busy P (France), DJ Craze (USA), Derrick Carter (USA), Digitalism (Germany), DJ Delicious, Freq Nasty (NZ), Goose, Greenskeepers, Justice (France), K.I.M, Lyrics Born (USA), M.I.A., MSTRKRFT (Canada), Muscles, Riot in Belgium, Scratch Perverts, Shapeshifter (New Zealand), Stereo MCs (UK), The Herd, The Sounds, Yacht, Yelle

OCTOBER

• 6th – Little Ice Age (Acoustic) at the Jade Monkey.
• 12th – Art of Fighting at Jive.
• 19th – Grinderman at Thebarton Theatre.

MOVEMBER

• 10th – Bill Callahan at the Jade Monkey.

On the Stereo

• Kode9 (feat. the Spaceape) – Dubstep Allstars Vol.3 cd (Tempa)
• Burial – s/t 2LP (Hyperdub)
• Skream – Skream! cd (Tempa)
• Mira Calix – Skimskitta cd (Warp)
• Plaid – Peel Sessions EP (Warp)
• Exile – Pro-Agonist cd (Planet Mu)
• Venetian Snares – Hospitality cd (Planet Mu)
• Kid606 – Who Still Kill Sound? cd (Tigerbeat6)
• Jason Forrest – Shamelessly Exciting cd (Sonig)
• Arthur Russell – The World Of Arthur Russell 3LP (Soul Jazz)