Our bum-chums at Polaroids of Androids (the most outspoken hive of music-dweebs this side of the Mess+Noise forums) are having a party tonight and you're invited. Come get felt up and leered at inappropriately by the Polaroids crew plus Ernest Ellis and the Panamas (pictured), The Fighting League (Sydney album launch), Unity Floors, and Sean Lockhart (from Collarbones). Cheap brews, annoyingly cerebral Sydney music and a high-chance of daterape. Plus entry is free! WHAT: Polaroids of Androids XMas Party WHERE: Oxford Arts Factory WHEN: Tonight! HOW MUCH: FREEEEE Sons and Daughters by Ernest Ellis

An interesting collaboration between internationally acclaimed photographer and graphic designer Christopher Doyle and local wunderkind The Jezabels will take residence at Mart Gallery from Thursday evening. Chris has been creating The Jezabels' otherwordly, abstract artwork since the very beginning. This exhibition collects all the pieces together, along with unseen and test works. Sam from The Jezabels: “Chris is so important to us. With our releases, he has repeatedly been able to understand the underlying message of our music, as well as our somewhat strange musical aesthetic. He has time and time again come up with beautiful, surreal, sublime and uncanny visual translations of the music we make. We talk about this between ourselves in the band - the way that Chris has helped us define what we do." WHAT: The Jezabels @ Mart Gallery WHERE: 156 Commonwealth Street, Surry Hills, NSW 2010 WHEN: Thursday Dec 8th - 14th Dec, 12:00pm-5:00pm Daily HOW MUCH: FREE

Following the sweat-stained success of the GoodGod Birthday Long-Weekender, Jimmy Sing and co are throwing some equally out-there events to celebrate XMas / Eat Everything Day. The GoodGod XMas Party is Thursday December 8. Entitled BOOTY BOOTY BOOTY (ChristmASS Everywhere), expect low-clearance beats and trouser thundering booty rap vibes from two stars US stars - Big Freedia, a cross dressing, gender-bending rapper at the forefront of the New Orleans Bounce scene, and  Juiceboxx, a Milwaukee native mashing indy-punk aesthetics with the seriuz bizness of rap. WHAT: GoodGod XMas Party feat Big Freedia / Juiceboxx / DJ Sveta / Love Kings WHEN: Thursday 8th December WHERE: GoodGod Small Club, Liverpool St, Sydney CBD HOW MUCH: $25 from Moshtix

Bondi's Camera Club presents Meet The Locals - an international photographic exhibition of street-style snaps from all over the planet. Twenty of the world's leading fashion photographers and street fashion bloggers have each selected five photos for a paste-up style display in the first globally curated event at The Camera Club. There’s submissions from bloggers as far afield as Malaysia, New York and Beijing plus a healthy contingent of Sydney snapperazi. Check out some profiles on the artists here. The exhibition kicks off Thursday at the Beach Road Hotel and it’s FREE WHAT: Camera Club pres. Meet The Locals WHEN: Thursday, 1st December @ 7:00pm WHERE: Beach Road Hotel, Bondi

SELF EST. is a 3 day series of micro art events in Surry hills .The line-up features DMOTE (NYC), JEFF CANHAM (SAN FRANCISCO), BEN BARRETTO, (PERTH), HORFÉ (PARIS), and ROID (LONDON).Curated by the directors of Lo-fi collective and Monster Children galleries, Self Est explores contemporary art from alternative backgrounds - presenting work created on the fringes of the institution that has managed toinfiltrate the mainstream art world.  From Thursday until Saturday this week, there are exhibitions and talks taking place across Surry Hills and Darlinghurst:Thursday 17th at 6pmSee Paintings and installations by Roid, Horfé & DmoteKind Of gallery, 72 Oxford St, DarlinghurstFriday 18th at 6pmPaintings and installations by Jeff Canham & Ben BarrettoGallery A.S. 53-55 Brisbane St, Surry HillsSaturday 19th at 12-1.30pmConversations: A discussion and Q and A with Self Est. artists and experts on unconventional sources for fine art.Cameron Macauliffe (AUST) - public art expertGallery A.S, 53-55 Brisbane st Surry HillsSaturday 19th from 4:00pm Drinks, a wall mural display and sign painting by Horfe and Jeff Canham on the corner of Kippax St& Lt Riley St in Surry HillsAll events are free and open to the public. More information at http://selfest.com.au/

Two of our favourite Brisbane bands, Velociraptor and Dune Rats.Get on the (traditional spiced) Rum Train at GoodGod Small Club, November 23rd.$10 on the door for good times.xDS

What are we excited about?Festival First NightWHEN: Saturday, January 7thWHERE: EVERYWHERE in the cityHOW MUCH: FreeNorman Jay on a double decker bus dropping world grooves for 8 hours straight, Holly Throsby rocking her album for kids live, people running up the sides of buildings, old Jamaicans playing Amy Winehouse covers - all accompanied by a hip-flask tucked into the front of your pants. Best night of the year to be in the city, and tonnes of action for anyone with ears and eyes.Whitest Boy Alive + New Navy WHEN: Saturday, January 21st WHERE: Keystone Festival Bar @ Hyde Park BarracksHOW MUCH: $52The best! And free tunes from our bros at Future Classic when the gig finishes. Perfecto.Nick Zinner performs 41 StringsWHEN: Sunday, January 22ndWHERE: Opera HouseHOW MUCH: $45 - $60Part of the Vice Creators Project (which is really cool and worth a visit) - Nick Zinner put together an orchestra and wrote a 'modern symphony' about Earth Day. "Fie, fie, this is a show for them hipster types innit!", you say... but have a listen, it's really pretty. Plus Nick Zinner is from the Yeah Yeah Yeah's which makes this automatically a "cool event" to attend and perhaps "micro-blog" about.41 STRINGS by creatorsprojectWhat else is on? Deerhoof, TuneYards, some wank with Megan Washington, The Famous Spiegletent of world music wonders, Beth Orton, Dj Koze and a stack more.Start saving your pennies! And by pennies we mean $50 notes.xDS

The surreal experimental sounds of the muscial genius Don Van Vliet AKA Captain Beefheart, and his Magic Band have been brought to colourful life through the paintings and drawings by Aoife Milson in her exhibition Trout Mask Replica - Replica opening at Kind Of Gallery this Thursday night.Listening soley to the music of Beefheart while she worked, and titled in homage to his epic album 'Trout Mask Replica', Milson's artworks encapsulate the inspirational conversation between two creatives.She has visualised the fusion of jazz, blues and psychedelia of Beefheart's music through weird and compelling images in 'a reaction to Beefheart in all his Glory' - like this... The exhibition delivers a very personal insight into the relationship between two artists and how two mediums can become indelibly linked as one inspires the other. A rare experience not to be missed.Check out Beefheart and his Magic Band live at Cannes in 1968 here.What: Trout Mask Replica - ReplicaWhere: Kind Of Gallery, 72 Oxford Street, DarlinghurstWhen: Opening Night - Thursday 25 October 7pm - 9pm Exhibition runs 25 Oct - 6 Nov (Thurs - Sun 12-6pm)Link: http://kindofgallery.com/Liz de Fegely: liz_defegely@hotmail.com

As part of the Crave International Food Festival, night markets are being held at Taylor Square.Featuring food markets, art installations and music, "Eat and Meet" at Taylor Square is free and open for business from 5:00pm - 9:00pm every Thursday in October.Eat and Meet kicks off next Thursday the 6th of October at Taylor Square with live performances from Nikki Thorburn, Fanny Lumsden and live visuals and sound curated by Punk Monk Propaganda.WHAT: Eat & Meet @ Taylor Square, Darlinghurst WHEN: Thursdays 5pm - 9pm, October 6, 13, 20 & 27

ARTCORE Art Fair teams up with the Sydney Fringe, Marrickville Council and Dendy Cinema for a one off night market of local artists showing and selling their work. Scratch up your silvers, cause everything is for sale - you can pick up a bunch of Sydney art for a veritable steal, with original works starting at just $1. Artcore is both aesthetic and affordable!Inner West Artists like Vectorpunk, Glenn Smith, Flutter Lyon, Birdhat and 35 others will be selling their works, while DJs and performers will lend some community market vibes.The Dendy Cinema in Newtown have kindly donated their carpark on Lennox Street for the evening.Check out more Sydney Fringe events right here - http://thesydneyfringe.com.auArtcore Guerilla Art FairThursday Sept 15th 5pm - 11pm.Dendy Carpark, Lennox St, Newtown

As if St. Patrick’s Day wasn’t enough of a marathon in itself, requiring at least a year to get over, there is a new day on the Irish (and therefore International) calendar in which we must give thanks for drinking Guinness, by drinking Guinness. Makes sense, more sense than ‘celebrating’ St. Patricks day anyway. The day in question is in fact Arthur’s Day. The day in which old Arthur Guinness signed a 9000 year lease on the St. James gate brewery in Dub-Town (Dublin). As part of these celebrations, Guinness has decided to share the love with an international music contest that will culminate in an all out festival in Dublin. Supporting local music talent, Guinness Live Thursdays have been separating the men from the boys and we’re now down to the semi-finals. Head down to PJ O’Briens on King Street this Thursday to watch Iron Bar Hotel take on Tortured Willow as voted by Guinness Australia Facebook fans. If you're further out of town, head to PJ Gallagher's Parramatta to catch Luke Dickens Band take on a yet to be decided wild card entry. Winners will be decided by judges and fan votes, with the 4 best bands heading to Sydney to compete at The Gaelic Theatre. The winner of the final, heads to to Dublin to represent Australia at the Arthur’s Day celebrations.You can get involved through the Facebook page, follow and vote for the bands and help some awesome local talent earn a spot on stage in Dublin and quite obviously an education in how real (Irish) men drink Guinness. The finals kick off this Thursday 8th September with two free gigs in Sydney:Iron Bar Hotel vs Tortured Willow – at PJ O’Brien’s King Street, SydneyLuke Dickens Band vs a wildcard finalist – at PJ Gallagher’s ParramattaDiscover all the artists and vote for your personal favourite at www.Facebook.com/GuinnessAustralia.

Snowboarding, of all action sports, has to be the most photogenic. Sweeping, high-altitude vistas lend a terrifying sense of scale to the exploits of freaks who call it a career. Presented by Transfer Magazine and MountainWatch, Lets Get It On features a collection some of boarding's brightest photographers. There's a booze sponsor too. Probably some free drinks afoot. Lets Get It On Upstairs, Beach Road Hotel, Bondi Beach Launch: Thursday 18th August @ 7pm