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11.05.12 INTERVIEW: PRINT CULT 2012
With the annual Print Cult taking place next weekend at Tooth & Nail gallery, an event allowing Adelaide's most prominent printmakers to display a variety of work with many different techniques, Rip It Up spoke to artist and gallery curator Jake 'One' Holmes about the shifting direction of South Australian art and the return to manual methods.
11.05.12 RETURN OF THE STEEL PANTHER!
Drawing a massive midday crowd out to Soundwave this year (and apparently blowing Alter Bridge off the stage at Sidewaves interstate), LA’s nutty hair metal lads Steel Panther are getting their Balls Out during a new tour announced for October.
10.05.12 I AM GIANT AUSTRALIAN TOUR
New Zealand and UK-based rockers I Am Giant have announced plans for a second headline tour around Australia this June to promote their latest single Purple Heart.
09.05.12 TOM GABEL: I WAS A TEENAGE TRANSGENDER
Rolling Stone magazine has today revealed details of Friday’s US issue, in which Against Me! frontman Tom Gabel details his intention to live life as a woman.
09.05.12 LANA DEL REY LEADS 2012 SPIN OFF LINE-UP
Missed out on tickets to Splendour In The Grass this year? Don't sweat it Adelaide, as Lana Del Rey, Kimbra and Band Of Skulls are just some of the headliners set to lead the inaugural Spin Off 2012 festival line-up - an event exclusive to our city that will bring some of the best acts from Splendour right into our own backyard!.
04.05.12 LISTEN TO GLISK'S DEBUT ALBUM 'HERMAION'
A few months after being nominated asmost electronically capable of Rip It Up's 2012 Hot Six, local electro whiz Glisk has finally unveiled his debut album Hermaion.
02.05.12 2012 APRA AWARDS NOMINEES
The Australian Performing Right Association (APRA) has announced the 2012 nominees for its highly prestigious awards ceremony scheduled to take place next month.
02.05.12 LANA DEL REY SPLENDOUR SIDESHOWS
American songstress and music phenomenon Lana Del Rey has announced two Splendour In The Grass sideshows for Melbourne and Sydney.
01.05.12 THE BRIDE TO TOUR 'PRESIDENT RD'
This June and July Sydney’s hard hitting outfit The Bride will see themselves performing shows across the country to officially launch their landmark 2011 record, President Rd.
27.04.12 SPLENDOUR SELLS OUT IN 43 MINUTES
If last year's sales were a bit dismal the 2012 line-up for Splendour In The Grass has redeemed the festival’s reputation for impossibly hard-to-get tickets with the entire event selling out in under an hour this morning.
27.04.12 LIVE: HENRY ROLLINS
Holding the same stance for 150 minutes as he held Her Majesty's Theatre verbally captive, Henry Rollins delivered a volley of anecdotes to his Adelaide fans as single beads of sweat dripped down his tensed microphone arm.
13.11.09 Ladyhawke at HQ
The last time Ladyhawke ventured to Adelaide she played to a packed house at Rocket Bar, but what a difference 11 months makes - it was a near-capacity HQ that greeted the Kiwi turned Australian turned UK cool pop sensation.
05.03.10 Whirled Music Festival at Casablabla
05.03.10 Whirled Music Festival at Casablabla, photos by Aaron Schintler
14.05.10 2010 Finesse Lingerie Show at The Russian Hall
2010 Finesse Lingerie Show at The Russian Hall
07.11.10 A Day On The Green 10th Anniversary Show at Leconfield Wines
A Day On The Green 10th Anniversary Show at Leconfield Wines
21.12.09 Deez Nuts
Deez Nuts, featuring JJ Peters formerly of Adelaide band I Killed The Prom Queen along with someone who looks suspiciously like a tattooed barperson at the Grace Emily, are heading back to town to play yet another of their crazy, metal-infused rap gigs. This time it will be with Gold Cost act Mourning Tide and NSW band Mark My Words as a licensed all-ages affair at Fowler’s Live on Mon Dec 21.
29.11.09 - 10.01.10 EIGHTH ANNUAL CITY OF MARION COMMUNITY ART EXHIBITION
An exhibition of artwork (approximately 150 pieces) in various media by residents of the City Of Marion.
04.12.09 - 19.12.09 MARK THOMPSON
One of Australia’s leading theatrical designers and artists, Adelaide-trained Mark Thompson, returns to town to exhibit a series of 19 new paintings, one of which was a finalist for the Archibald Prize.
05.12.09 - 16.12.09 DOT. DOT. DOT.
For the very first time, 28 South Australian School Of Art, Architecture And Design Visual Arts graduates will host a stand-alone exhibition of their work in the SASA Gallery. On display will be various mediums including sculpture and installation, painting and drawing, history and theory, photography, jewellery, glass, ceramics and printmaking.
Concludes Wed Dec 16
11.12.09 Pugsley Buzzard (Syd)
& Wheatsheaf Sat Dec 12
11.12.09 - 12.12.09 Extortion (WA)
(w/ Stolen Youth and Prisonbitch) & Worldsend Sat Dec 12 (w/ Robotosaurus, Corrupters, Sex Wizard & B.C.F.)
06.12.09 - 19.01.10 A NEW COLLECTION OF WORKS BY TREVOR MCNAMARA
South Australian artist Trevor McNamara's 11th exhibition at Greenhill Galleries features 30 abstract pieces (mixed media on canvas), each with clever use of colour and texture, celebrating the Australian outback.
22.01.10 Boys Of Summer Tour 2010
with Every Time I Die (US), 50 Lions (Vic), House Vs Hurricane and Mary Jane Kelly (Wollongong)
29.01.10 Big Day Out 2010
Featuring: Muse, Powderfinger, Eskimo Joe and so many more!
SOLD OUT!
05.02.10 FUNDRAISING EXHIBITION
Head along to the Adelaide Central Gallery on Fri Feb 5 to check out beautiful artworks from ACSA students, lecturers and friends. The not-to-be-missed event will run from 6pm to 8.30pm, and will cost you $100 which includes drinks, nibbles and a piece of artwork! Phone Adelaide Central Gallery on 8364 5075 with your name and postal address and payment details to reserve your ticket.
