The lure of impromptu week-night boozing is irresistible these days. Mid-week art exhibitions and spontaneous parties have always been an Adelaide institution for the close-to-the-city-dweller. At Home Slice we think its time to say goodbye to school night sanction taboo and when you live 2 blocks from the scene it’s a no brainer. Think of the city as an extension of your living room and its vast entertaining night-time happenings as your TV. Stop watching Big Bro and whatever other reality TV shit fight the commercial stations are ramming down your neck disguised as entertainment and get off your butt and see what this city has to offer. Inner city pressure?

bringin' back fridays "girl"

adelaide has some pretty fantastic females, so as a tribute to these lovely ladies, home slice presents a special girls friday event at mint vintage.

there'll be girls supplying the music, girls painting live, girls home made cupcakes, girls choice of drinks, and boys at your service! so girls, grab your favourite boy thing and get down early friday straight after work for some fun times.

there's also going to be a little after party run by the girls from square one at rhino room.

When: Friday 13th June, 6pm - 10pm
Where: Mint Vintage, 13 Frome st, city
Map: tinyurl.com/3kg643
F***book: event page

Bliss cupcakes!

Cupcakes or fairy cakes for our British friends are so called because they are the appropriate size for diminutive fairys to share (wiki trivia!). But I’m no fairy and I love them, the way you can cradle them in one hand, the pretty little shape, the way they taste, they are gorgeous! Aw!

Bliss Cupcakes is a new Adelaide venture by young entrepreneur Jess Moschetti. But don’t let the E word scare you, they are made from the finest local biodynamic & free range ingredients, with no artificial colours and flavours. They even come in mini sizes. Gorgeous! Aw! Perfect for impromptu tea parties or big events. We challenge you to look at the photos and not have saliva running down your chin.

Link: blisscupcakes.com.au
Order by phone: 0433 933 774
Order by email: info@blisscupcakes.com.au
Where: Find them at the Farmers Market every Sunday 9am - 1pm at the Wayville Showgrounds

The Revelation of Town
An exhibition by Chris and Kara Town

Bold colours and gracefully sinuous line-work all toying with religious motifs characterise the brilliant work of Chris and Kara Town. They draw influence from each other and their diverse art interests - Mike Giant’s tattoo work and traditional print techniques among them. All wrapped in the Town’s customary kitsch, the art of this family duo is up at A Room of Her Own during June and July.

Come along for the opening on Saturday June 14, 6-8pm, drinks provided.

Where: A Room of Her Own,
5 Elizabeth st (Queen st precinct), Croydon
Map: tinyurl.com/6na9f5
When: Saturday June 14th, 6-8pm
Website: aroomofherown.com.au

paperhorse presents: B/W

the time of quirky art/design studios is now, and paperhorse is leading the way. this second floor ex-balet hall leads a double life. professional graphic design & illustration house by day, exhibition art space by night.

so who lives there? nine of adelaide's most talented emerging arts kids, that's who!

you all loved the first opening show, so what's in store next? an exhibition of black and white illustrations.

Where: paperhorse studios,
suite 1, level 2, 93 rundle mall, city
(enter from lindes lane)
Map: tinyurl.com/6a3lvt
When: Thursday 24th July, 7pm - 10pm

Comedy - Dave Callan

The Hairy Irishman Dave Callan from Triple J is Back in Adelaide July 4th to play some Grand Theft Auto 4 with the local comics. Oh and to get onstage at Rhino Room make Adelaide Audiences piss themselves laughing. Supported by some SA's best comics this garantees to be a brilliant night of side splitting laughter for just $10. With live music on after the show it will be the hottest ticket in town to kick off the Uni Holidays. Check adelaidecomedy.com for details.

Where: Rhino room, 13 Frome St, City
When: Friday July 4th, 8pm
Cost: $10

GRENADIERS
Demo (Independent)

The first time I saw local four-piece Grenadiers play live, I was drunk on home-distilled whiskey and the white hot rock ‘n’ roll on display scorched itself into my brain the same way the spirits burned my throat. Since then I’ve seen the band play several times while I’ve been sober and they have continued to rock my face off – they even covered The Stooges’ I Wanna Be Your Dog and didn’t sound entirely prepubescent in comparison to the original, and that’s a big ask.

This four song demo (available for free at their live shows) does a pretty good job of getting their sound on tape. Transmissions kicks things off, and there’s a slight country influence buried under the distorted riffs and rolling drums. But although Good Advice also namechecks Johnny Cash, the band’s aggressive, uncompromising rock sounds more like The Bronx. There are restrained moments, though: Leave It In Your Pocket offers raucously stomping verses but incorporates a more subdued, melodic chorus – it’s pretty much the polar opposite of the confrontational Oh, Learned One!’s hostile refrain, “fuck your anecdotes”. But it’s Good Advice that’s the prime cut here, its visceral fist-pumpin’ riffs and fiery attitude coalescing into pure, irresistible adrenaline.

As far as I’m concerned, Grenadiers – alongside God God Dammit Dammit and SA Waste – are one of the most vital bands currently performing in Adelaide, and hopefully this demo will be just the first of many recordings from them.

Words by Oh-Banger

Nouns by No Age
(Sub-Pop)

On Nouns, LA duo Randy Randall and Dean Spunt have successfully created a sound derivative of a seminal era, but still completely their own. Where bands like Blood On The Wall have made commendable records drawing on a similar influence, the end result has ultimately lacked exclusivity. Dominantly Nouns is reminiscent of late eighties Dinosaur Jr, totally rocking and irreverent.

The most pleasing aspect of this album, is the manner in which it works AS AN ALBUM. Individual tracks stand beautifully on their own, but when put into context they shine much brighter. Billowing two-minute pop songs are soothed by moments of introspective contemplation. Some people will label tracks like Impossible Banquet and Keechie as filler, but they turn what would be a thirty-minute mess of fuzzy guitar and drums into a structured released.

Developing their sound from the abstract predecessor Weirdo Rippers, Nouns has transformed No Age into a raucous and sophisticated art-punk force.

Listen: Teen Creeps & Cappo
Watch: Eraser
Watch: myspace.com/nonoage

Words by Nick

featured artist: NICKAS

Nickas hails from Adelaide, South Australia where as a child she amused herself by keeping cages full of snails, climbing trees, making things out of paper and junk she found on the ground, and primarily, drawing. This tendency grew over time into a nice healthy obsession. Nickas gets quite grumpy if she doesn’t draw daily. Nickas mostly draws, paints and builds things, although she has been known to create the occasional animated short or TVC.

Want to see her in action? see her at bringin' back fridays this friday at mint vintage.

Website: flickr.com/photos/grizz_mo
Email: oh.nickas@gmail.com

featured artist: LISA KING

My name is Lisa King and I am an artist, a designer and a craftslady! My world is a wonderland full of color, contrast and pretty pictures and am totally addicted to it. There is no escaping my artistic journey...i live it, breathe it, sleep with it and most importantly CREATE it. My first artistic experiences derived from a young girl when me and my father drew pages of scribbles and then found pictures within and built stories beyond. My drive comes from the addiction of the drug L.H.S.C.S " Lisa's Hyper State of Creative Satisfaction". This high, this feeling, this overwhelming mood can only be explained by the chemical gratification to the joy of the making and the creating man! I am an artist, a designer and a craftslady and my name is Lisa King!

Want to see her in action? see her at bringin' back fridays this friday at mint vintage.

Email: lisakingdesign@gmail.com

Joel VDK's solo exhibition

home slice slept in this month.. so we missed the opening on the 6th, but when we finally got there we were pretty impressed and we think you will be too!

so engage your midweek exploration head and check it out, it'll be up all the month of June.

Where: Tapedeckrazorblade, 36 east tce, city
When: Tuesday-Thursday 10:30am-5pm, Friday 11am-10pm, Saturday 12pm-6pm, Sunday 12pm-4pm

Ps_ We hear a rumour TapeDeckRazorblade has a supreme new coffee menu arriving soon full of hot wintry delights… Not sure when but Home Slice will be all over it like a fat kid on a smarty when it drops so keep your ear out..