[gigs] Benga & Skream

Yet another festival! Dubstep producers Benga & Skream will join Public Enemy plus a bunch of other acts at the Summer Break Festival at Bonython Park on December 28. Benga was the first dubstep DJ I saw live when he played at Rhino Room, and it’s still probably the best dubstep show I’ve been to. The first dubstep cd I got was by Skream, so it’s great to have a chance to see both of them in Adelaide.

Benga & Coki – Night

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Skream – Oskilatah

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OCTOBER

  • 30th Ian Wadley and Chris Smith at the Grace Emily.
  • 31st Ian Wadley and Chris Smith at the Exeter.
  • 31st – The Sea Thieves at the Jade Monkey with Hope Diamond and Horse & Cart.

NOVEMBER

  • 1st Qua and Mountains in the Sky at the Rocket Bar
  • 3rd Howe Gelb at the Jade Monkey.
  • 7th Clue to Kalo at Rocket Bar.
  • 8th Hit the Jackpot and The Moonies at the Metro.
  • 8th Dubstep at the Crown & Sceptre with Tes La Rok (Finland).
  • 15th Hit the Jackpot and Wasted Truth at the Exeter.
  • 21st – Pivot at the Rocket Bar.
  • 22nd Ninetynine at the Metro.

DECEMBER

  • 7th – Mountain Goats at Fowlers.
  • 28th – Summer Break Festival at Bonython Park, acts include Benga, Skream and Public Enemy.

JANUARY

  • 9-10th All Tomorrow’s Parties at Mt Buller with the best damn lineup of any festival that Australia has seen, including Laughing Clowns, Saints, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Harmonia, M. Gira, The Necks, Robert Forster, Silver Apples, Spiritualized. And there are more to be announced in November.
  • 14th – Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds at Thebarton Theatre.
  • 19th Cinematic Orchestra at Her Majesty’s Theatre.
  • 30th Big Day Out, at Wayville Showgrounds, with Neil Young, Arctic Monkeys, The Living End, The Prodigy, Sneaky Sound System, My Morning Jacket, Pendulum, Bullet for My Valentine, TV on the Radio, Simian Mobile Disco, The Ting Tings, Tiki Taane, Cut Copy, Cog, Birds of Tokyo, TZU, Eddy Current Suppression Ring.

FEBRUARY

  • 7th Laneway Festival. Stereolab, Daedelus, Fourtet, Pivot and many more. Lineup here.
  • 17th Chick Corea and John McLaughlin at Her Majesty’s Theatre.

On the Stereo

  • Department of Eagles – In Ear Park cd (4AD)
  • Harmonia – Deluxe cd (Lilith)
  • Pivot – O Soundtrack My Heart cd (Warp)
  • Cinematic Orchestra – Live at the Royal Albert Hall cd (Domino / Ninja Tune)
  • Cinematic Orchestra – Everyday 2LP (Ninja Tune)
  • Amon Tobin – Permutation 2LP (Ninja Tune)
  • Mira Calix – Peel Session EP (Warp)
  • Stereolab – Fab Four Suture 2×10″ (Duophonic)
  • Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy with Harem Scarem and Alex Neilson – Is It the Sea? cd (Domino / BBC)
  • The Necks – Hanging Gardens cd (Fish of Milk)

One reply

  1. Peter Hollo says:
    November 2, 2008 at 7:05 pm

    Actually, I think that (what’s still) this year’s Sydney Festival had the best line-up of any Australian festival so far, but if a few things rumoured and un-rumoured come true (e.g. Grizzly Bear) then with help from ATP @ SydFest, the 2009 festival will beat it 😉

    That’s because M. Gira is the one gigantic draw-card for me for ATP. Other than that, although I know that Laughing Clowns reunion is awesome an’ all, it’s still not that majorly, intensely incredible.

    Oh, by the way, speaking of Laughing Clowns, I should let you know that Stephen Creswell from Glebe Markets has setup shop on Glebe Pt Rd for a while, in the shopfront that Recycled Records occupied. He’s calling it “Everything That Flies” 🙂 He’s there Weds to Fri, and it’s open Saturday (but he’ll still be at the markets). Hopefully it’s there for a while, and next time you come up to Sydney you can visit!

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