Last Friday night we partied hearty at Santos Party House with Bad Rabbits, Party Supplies, and World’s Fair. Where you there? Aw, you weren’t. Unlucky duck you. Don’t worry. We captured that shit for perpetuity. Or at least some other people did. We were too busy dancing and imbibing and generally making merriment.

Shouts to Forthethrill for the photos, the rest of which you can see on there site here. As you can see, everyone had a great time and Action Bronson was there and rapping happened and then some funk n stuff too. For more rapping, check out a video of World’s Fair performing their track “Float” as captured by Brook Bobbins. Thanks everyone for a great time!

Lookin for something to do tomorrow night Los Angeles? Look no further than the back of your head, because Check Yo Ponytail 2 is back in full effect, and ready to tear this mother down. This shit is gonna be mad real, mad sleek, and mad retrofuturistic.

If you’ve ever been to a CYP2 before then you already know it’s a real barrel of monkeys, and if not then this is the perfect time to start. One of my faves, New Jersey’s very own Com Truise will be there with guaranteed amazingness.

He’ll be joined by Teengirl Fantasy, who’ve thrown down at CYP2 in the past and are more than ready to do it again. Sweet sounding Pacific Northwest synth pop two piece Soft Metals will be there to make you feel romantic and whatnot.

Finally, there’s Los Angeles’ Greenhorse. What a lineup, eh? But it gets even better. Com Truise has personally crafted an original mix to get you in the mood to party. Download Com Truise’s Check Yo Ponytail Mixtape below, and we’ll see you at the party.

Tuesday February 7th, 9PM
Echoplex
1154 Glendale Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
18+, $15 Tix

Not being from Chicago (or having spent much time there), it took me a oddly long time on the internet to figure out exactly where this new event we’re sponsoring there is. After all, Chicago Blackhawk Post 7975 didn’t exactly strike me as a catchy bar name. After some judicious sherlocking, I’ve surmised that it’s a veterans club that frequently rents out their main hall to young kids to get fucked up and do karaoke in. This place sounds amazing.

Which is why you should go to Easy there this Thursday night! All kinds of hot Chicago artists (not to mention artistes) are going to be there, and you will be too! Right? It’s 17 and up so even our youngest fans can go get their #seapunk on. Featuring performances from the likes of Zebo, Ultrademon, The Sleepers, Greg Corner & Midas, Brock, Gun Love & The Boy, there is most certainly no shortage of stuff going going down at Easy. Plus it’s hosted by tumblr heros Mollysoda, Zombelle, and Deathface. Go to a weird place. Do fun things. Tell ur frendz.

Thursday February 9th, 10PM-2AM
Chicago Blackhawk Post 7975
1000 North Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, IL
17+

More dubstep you say? Sure, why the heck not. I know you like Mishka sponsored parties (especially since you’re gonna be at the Bad Rabbits/Party Supplies show at Santos tonight, right?) and we’ve got another one coming up next Tuesday at the Highline Ballroom.

This time it’s heavy bass quartet Helicopter Showdown, coming over from the Left Coast to drop a subwoofin’ bomb on the big apple.

If you’re gonna bring your grandparents, make sure to outfit them with earplugs ya hear?! Accompanying Helicopter Showdown will be New Jersey’s Snake Child, Alex Plus, and the cities own Max Mischief. Time to get wobbly.

Tuesday February 9th, 9PM-4am
Highline Ballroom
431 W. 16th Street
New York, NY
$15/All Ages

More p-p-p-parties for the earf, this time for our friends across the water in Europe. Are you in Paris? Do you feel like flying to Paris this weekend on a whim? Are you Nicolas Sarkozy? If you answered yes to any of these, then you’d best be attending Shake Dat Ass this Friday night at Nouveau Casino. It may be au francais, but booty poppin’ translates to any language. This party is all about juking glutes, hellzapoppin’ ghettofab beats and probably some sort of energy drink. These are hip words/things right?

Shake Dat Ass is gonna tear the house down with its collective vibrations. Starting things off is gonna be 4 Playerz’ very own Mister Ries. Then it’s all about artists from Booty Call Records. There’s Raziek who, according to the poster is there to “get tha coochie” (nice! sorta gross?), as well as Kaptain Kadillac and DJ Kesmo. Finally the Nightmare Juke Squad will make sure everyone is fully 4 to the floor.

Friday February 3rd, 2012
Nouveau Casino
109 Rue Oberkampf, Paris, France
Free Before 1AM

Start of your Superbowl weekend with some super dancing at the only place to party, Santos Party House. It says it right there in the name! Finna get funky fresh?

Five piece funk fusion dudes Bad Rabbits will be there, unlocking your hip joints and making you dance in ways you never thought you could.

Then there’s Party Supplies, the MPC remixing maestro who can blend breakbeats and pop hooks with the best of them. He’ll be accompanied by New York rap collective World’s Fair, who feature Children Of The Night among others. It’s gonna be a hell of a party, see you there.

Friday February 3rd, 7:00PM
Santos Party House
96 Lafayette St.
New York, NY
16+/$15 Door

In anticipation of tonight’s two-year anniversary party for CULT, the dance party at Berlin in Chicago, the Chicago Reader‘s Miles Raymer did an interview with #seapunk magnates Zombelle and Ultrademon, nom de plumes of young bluehairs Shan Beaste and Albert Redwine. If you’ve found yourself asking “what exactly is #seapunk anyways?” then here’s the scoop straight from the sources (you could, of course, read Pictureplane‘s exhaustive breakdown on the Bloglin).

Conversely if you find yourself asking “how exactly do I get all of this teal hairdye out of my pillowcases?” then check out this interview to hear more from your fave tumblr phrendz. Also be sure to download the newest release on #seapunk oriented Coral Records, Curtis Vodka‘s Untitled EP which dropped earlier this week. Those of you in the Windy City, put on your seafoam Keep Watch Leggings and head over to Berlin tonight to see Ultrademon, Zombelle, Physical Therapy, Mykki Blanco, and more. PLUR 4 LYFE.

Thursday, January 26th
Berlin
954 West Belmont Ave
Chicago, IL
RSVP Here/21+

Cold Cave were responsible for one of the best records of 2011 with their stadium-filling sophomore effort Cherish the Light Years and while they hit the road for their veritable victory lap as just a tight knit trio of Wesley Eisold, Prurient’s Dominick Fernow and drummer Alex Garcia-Rivera, the band have gone ahead and booked a select series of six small club dates up the West Coast playing as just the stripped down duo of Wes and Dominck. The first of those sets was held on Friday the 13th at LA’s very own Slow Motion (formerly Killing Spree) and organized by our friends Zane, Gibby and N|GHTCH|LDE.

This very intimate set held at the former Killing Spree den Medusa Lounge, was packed to the brim with 300 0r so fans eager to find rejoice in our own little Underworld USA (to put this size in context, the last time Cold Cave played LA, they quickly sold out a 1000-capacity venue). Playing a brief set that included a special hometown appearance from former Cold Caver (and current member of Bleached) Jennifer Clavin to sing on set-closer “Life Magazine,”  the night was also kept well and moving by the Slow Motion brigade of DJs all night long. This intimate five-city tour continues Feb. 3rd in SF and moves up the coast to Seattle, Vancouver and Portland before closing in San Diego. Photos from the night by The Holloweyed.

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Los Angeles, are you ready to get ruffed up by the Bruiser Brigade? This weeks edition of Check Yo Ponytail 2 is getting the pyrite treatment, becoming Check Yo Fools Gold Takeover! Leading the charge is Detroit’s finest Danny Brown, one of the best rising rappers in the game.

And you know he knows how to party. Hard. Just announced is the addition of Kid Sister, and she’s bringing along Sinden as her DJ as well. Hot diggity dog!

Next up is a little dose of the Mishka magic, with California’s Main Attrakionz stepping up to the plate to bring the house down. Squadda and Mondre are the perfect duo to keep the night going strong. The lineup is rounded out by Fools Gold producers/partiers/playboys Party Supplies, and DJ (thee) Mike B.

This is one of the best CYP2 lineups I’ve seen in a minute, and if Fools Gold is behind it it’s guaranteed to be an incredibly memorable time. Once you work through the hangover that is. See you there this Tuesday!

Tuesday January 24th 2012, 9pm
The Echoplex
1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
$15 Advance Tix | 18+

After the holiday slump, the family dinners and the NYE hangovers we all powered through, what better way to break in the first few weeks of the 2k12 with another hoopla of a party from the fine folks at CYP2 to settle the nerves? Well thank God for IHEARTCOMIX, Media Contender, The Echo and crew who brought out French heavy-hitter squad Club Cheval to a roused-up Echoplex crowd. Without any other acts besides IHEARTCOMIX honcho Franki Chan opening, the four piece crew–consisting of producers Canblaster, Myd, Sam Tiba, and Panteros666– hit the stage just after 10pm to deliver their calculated blend of house, booty friendly bass, IDM and R&B straight up for the next four hours- happy new year indeed; nobody could touch ‘em.

Photos from the night by none other than myself, The Holloweyed.

The CYP2 gang returns this month with a double set of parties including Diplo, Skrillex and Fool’s Gold mates Danny Brown and Kid Sister. For those in Smog City, you better act fast as tickets are going fast.

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