FEATURED GIG: Each January, street press mag RIP IT UP picks six acts they think are gonna go places in the proceeding year. For 2015 they’ve covered a wide variety of genres, picking WIREHEADS, LONELYSPECK,BROKERS, DELIA OBST, HORROR MY FRIENDand STRICT FACE. To showcase their picks [and host one hell of a party], Rip It Up invites you to The Jade this Thursday to see them for yourself.
Thursday January 29
The Jade – Rip it Up Hot Six Party feat. Brokers + Delia Obst + Lonelyspeck + Strict Face + Wireheads
Also on Thursday:
Crown & Sceptre – Rachel Clark [melb] + Mary Webb + Simon Peter
Enigma – Caligula’s Horse + AlithiA + Dyssidia + For Millennia
Exeter – Weekday Wolves
Grace Emily – Invisible Mantra
Hotel Metro – Jono Lattin + Genghis Cardigan
Semaphore & Port Adelaide RSL – Point 05
The Austral – SCALA Live feat. The Self Preservation Society + Brillig + Blue Yellow Bus
Wheatsheaf – The Bearded Gypsy Band + Max Savage & The False Idols
Friday January 30
TOP PICK: Hello, Yes – From The Pit [Exhibition Launch] feat. Naomi Keyte + Luke Carlino + Matthew Hayward
Also on Friday:
Crown & Sceptre – Local Revolution + The Devlin Tree + Iridescent
Enigma – Black Market feat. Cruel Intentions + Isolated + Overlord
Exeter – EMPRA [melb] + Alice Haddy
Governor Hindmarsh – Summer Feels feat. Young Offenders + Charlie Monsoon + Carpedenim + Tomorrow Rising
Grace Emily – Velvet Moth + Vic Conrad & The First Third
Hotel Metro – Kissing Booth + Canidae + Post War
Jive – King Of The North
Pirie & Co. Social Club – Young Offenders + Tall Enough To See + Seventeen Fifty Seven + Kitten Kong + Baja Bleeders
Rocket Bar – Cats feat. Lost Woods + The Rocketeers + The Informers + Dan White
The Backpackers, Glenelg – Holy Serpent [melb] + Filthy Lucre + Mind Remover
The Promethean – Brothers, Angels & Demons
Wheatsheaf – Mary Webb + Cal Williams Jr
Worldsend – Evil Twin [melb] + Rat Ta’Mango + King Indecisive
Saturday January 31
TOP PICK: The Jade – The Villenettes [Album Launch] + The Reprobettes + Stabbitha & The Knifey Wifeys
Also on Saturday:
Crown & Anchor – The Ape + The Sloe Ruin + Kitchen Witch
Crown & Sceptre – Miss Fellows + The Skeleton Club + Neon Tetra + Luna Rosa
Governor Hindmarsh [Band Room] – Red Emmett & The Katz
Governor Hindmarsh [Front Bar] – Muddy Road
Grace Emily – Colourwheel + Michael Plater
Jive – Jackson Firebird + Filthy Lucre
The Backpackers, Glenelg – Evil Twin [melb] + Gun It + Flower Punch
Wheatsheaf – Spiral Dance
Worldsend – Holy Serpent [melb] + The Dead Bells + ThirteenBlack + Dead West
Sunday February 1
TOP PICK: Wheatsheaf – Max Savage & The False Idols [EP Launch] + Carla Lippis
Also on Sunday:
Exeter – The Faction
Hampshire Hotel – Mick Kidd + Dave Blight
The Jade – Made My Baby Cry feat. Jon Mortimer + Tony Marshall & Becky Tucket + Juliet Hunter + Naomi Keyte + heaps more!
The Saracens – Chris Adams Fundraiser feat. Johnny from Parachute Youth + Borna + Ed Trainer + Jordan Schmidt + heaps more!
Monday February 2
TOP PICK: Exeter – Ghyti + Sasha March
Also on Monday:
Grace Emily – Billy Bob’s BBQ Jam
Wheatsheaf – COMA Live feat. R.Domain + Josh Baldwin Group
Tuesday February 3
TOP PICK: Fowler’s Live – Chiodos [USA]
Wednesday February 4
TOP PICK: Rocket Bar – Punk Ass Kids feat. Those Things! [syd] + Jungle City + Fresh Kills
Also on Wednesday:
Gaslight Tavern – SCALA Live Midweek Melt
La Boheme – The New Cabal