Tuesday, November 10, 2009

ex nuns (upstairs) - friday november 20 - spectrum

(the bigger that flyer gets the better it looks. totally.)

ex nuns

friday november 20

spectrum, doors 8pm

call the medic, call the nurse!! (last show ever) cleaned out + a decent opener you are going to miss anyway

$5 jagerbombs between 9 and 11pm
$4.50 tap beers all night
$5 house spirits all night

come see spectrum looking all pretty and party till you need to go to church

entry is a fuck-all $10 or $8 if you bring a flyer along with you - or print one out. alternatively get on one of the lists for $8 entry as well

our djs will be playing punk, some not ridiculous hardcore and a bunch of other songs that i'll put $10 on right now that you will enjoy. our sexy request sms line will be in operation so shoot any songs you want to hear to 0466 284 454

bring a crew, have a brew, try not to spew

see you at the bar kids, get keen


Sunday, October 25, 2009

ex nuns (downstairs) - friday nov 6 - phoenix


Due to popular demand, EX NUNS is returning to the official party pit - Phoenix Bar.

Prepare yourself a night of smashing jagerbombs, dancing a hole in the floor and breaking your heels to be best selection of punk/hardcore/pop punk music in the darkest, dirtiest, debaucherous venue on Oxford St.

The UTOH ALL STARS will be out in full force and everyone is welcome to come and request songs or send your request to our SEXY REQUEST PARTY LINE - 0466 284 454, or even just send a SMS to our DJs saying they are Q-Ts.

EX NUNS
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 6
PHOENIX - 9PM

$5 JAGER BOMBS 9-11PM
$4.50 BEERS, $5 HOUSE SPIRITS ALL NIGHT

ENTRY ONLY $10, PARTY GOES ALL NIGHT

www.myspace.com/exnunsparty
www.facebook.com/uptoourhips

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

seven seven seven is back, for one night only


On Sunday October 4, SEVEN SEVEN SEVEN will be summoned from the nightclub graveyard and take over Spectrum for the spectacular long weekend party send off the old girl never received.

For those that missed out, SEVEN SEVEN SEVEN was pretty much a kind of chill but fun night out (or depending on your circumstances it could be a complete rager). The idea was to sidestep the blog music scene and get back to basics with great tracks from 50's till the early 90's or so that actually pick you up off your chair or your corner of the bar and start doing the dancing for you. It was a shit load of fun.

It was buried about 12 months ago but we thought it was time to maybe get Weekend At Bernie's on her and give her one last spin around the dancefloor. This time round we are bringing bands into the equation, with BORDER THIEVES, VIRGO RISING, POCKETS and PAPER MOON playing across the evening before we clear the stage and get a whole lotta shaking going on.

Guest DJs for the night include the MEWBURN J. GIRLS DJs, the washed up boys from SAILMAKER (new EP 'BEG' out now) with the always reliable, recognisable and ravishing UP TO OUR HIPS DJs making up the numbers and filling in the blanks.

Things kick off at 8pm, bands start 830 and you no doubt can at least guess how it plays out from there. Get ready to see our Spectrum renovations - you wouldn't recognise the place. As usual for HIPS events, it'll be cheap drinks and good times for the entire evening.

AND FINALLY, please come and request songs - everyone has their favourites so get amongst it. No work Monday means good times.

$8 entry.

www.myspace.com/clubsevensevenseven


sex and glue - friday october 2 - phoenix




This Friday we are bringing SEX & GLUE back with a new venue, new artwork, new drink specials and new level of rage.

The debauchery of SEX & GLUE in Oxford Arts will now be concentrated into a venue a quarter of the size and a ceiling half as high which essentially results in ten times as much party.

Your favourite DJs from UP TO OUR HIPS [and other popular clubs somewhat of this style] are champing at the bit to play all your favourite pop-punk tracks in our purpose built CAVE RAVE. Seriously, they are so keen we have a phone number to SMS requests to - 0466 284 454. Save it, and start sending us the songs you want to hear. *

On a side note, fucking hats off to MARK C for this week's artwork. Ignore the fact it says October 3 on it instead of October 2 we were just so stoked on how it looked we unleashed it on the world prematurely. THAT'S THE ONLY THING PREMATURE OVER AT UTOH HQ THOUGH IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN!

There will be $4.5 BEERS and $5 SPIRITS all night, $5 JAGERBOMBS from 9-11 and FREE FREE FREE ENTRY till 10pm to celebrate our move. Come take advantage of our hospitality.

facebook event
sex and glue on myspace

* POP PUNK SMS REQUEST SEXY PHONE is COPYRIGHT OF UP TO OUR HIPS

Sunday, September 20, 2009

daylight [pa] sydney shows - sunday october 11

UP TO OUR HIPS, hand in hand with DPB touring are pleased to present the Sydney leg of the upcoming DAYLIGHT tour.

To hear some tracks head over to www.myspace.com/daylightpa

For more information check out myspace.com/daylightaustralia

Thursday, September 10, 2009

ex nuns - friday september 18 - spectrum


In our never ending pursuit perfection, we are moving EX NUNS up to Spectrum to make the most of the head crushing PA and sound system that is otherwise just chilling out and not being used.

Doors 8pm

Live: RUN HIDE + EASY COMPANY + SIREN LINES

Bands start at 10pm.

UP TO OUR HIPS DJs playing punk and hardcore tracks all night and in-between the bands.

We are going to party all night. Try to keep up.

Oh yeah, and we have a smoking balcony now.

Cheap Drinks:
$5 Jagerbombs from 9-11pm
$4.50 House Beers all night
$5 House Spirits all night

ENTRY $10 / $8 WITH A FLYER or ON A LIST


Tuesday, September 1, 2009

ex nuns - friday september 4 - phoenix

Ex Nuns is back again this Friday. Our apologies that the dates have been a little all over the place but we are now settling into what I'm assured is a completely solid regular rotation of the first and third Fridays of the month.

This week we have HOMEWRECKER & SNAKEFACE playing down on the floor in Phoenix.

Djs and kids going nuts all night. Killer punk rock DVDS on the screen. Q-Ts dancing on the stage.

Cheap Drinks:
$5 Jagerbombs from 9-11pm
$4.50 House Beers all night
$5 House Spirits all night

Saturday, August 1, 2009

[new date] ex nuns feat. cleaned out + [tbc] - saturday august 15 - phoenix

ATTENTION: DUE TO A LITTLE MIX UP, EX NUNS HAS BEEN MOVED FROM SATURDAY AUGUST 8 TO SATURDAY AUGUST 15. SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE, BUT ON THE BRIGHT SIDE WE ARE NOW HOSTING THE SOMETHING WITH NUMBERS AFTER PARTY FOR THEIR SHOW AT THE METRO THAT NIGHT. PARTY.

Just to keep everyone on their toes and make sure you are paying attention, we are hosting EX NUNS on a Saturday this week.

Pretty excited, although setting everything up in the middle of a bender is going to be interesting.

Playing this week are CLEANED OUT and TAIPAN. They are both heaps good.

As usual we have amazingly cheap drinks:
$5 Jagerbombs from 9-11pm
$4.50 House Beers all night
$5 House Spirits all night

After the band we'll have the WORLD FAMOUS UP TO OUR HIPS DJS making a mess and playing all your favourite punk jams. They also love taking requests, so hassle them HEAPS.

Friday, July 17, 2009

the retreat - all ages instore - saturday july 25- utopia (broadway)

THE RETREAT are playing a FREE ALL AGES instore this Saturday in Sydney at Utopia on Broadway. Come down, it'll be a blast!

They will also be giving away some sampler cds with two songs off their upcoming EP

www.myspace.com/ilovetheretreat

Thursday, July 16, 2009

ex nuns feat. akaname / schrodingers cat / ornithologist / hira hira - friday july 24 - phoenix


This time we are pushing are own limits and bringing you FOUR BANDS. As you can no doubt read on the flyer, AKANAME and ORNITHOLIGIST are coming up from Melbourne for this one, with raging locals SCHRODINGERS CAT and HIRA HIRA, fresh from the LA DISPUTE supports, coming along for the ride. Check some videos below.

All the bands will be playing short sets, starting around 9.30pm (unless we are running mad late)

Cheap Drinks:
$5 Jagerbombs from 9-11pm
$4.50 House Beers all night
$5 House Spirits all night

DJs dropping punk/hardcore jams till the sun comes out. Lock out at 2am so don't push your luck.

We'll have the wonderful new UP TO OUR HIPS tote bags on sale this week so come grab one before they are sold out. It was a pretty limited run and I think about half are accounted for so far.

AKANAME - NANNAMASTER [LIVE]



ORNITHOLOGIST - THE NORTHERN SHOVELLER


Wednesday, July 1, 2009

ex nuns feat. between the devil and the deep / animal shapes - friday july 3 - phoenix


Plugging in this week are our mates BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP and ANIMAL SHAPES. Both are awesome Sydney bands you should know if not seen and we are oh-so-excited about the show.

Prediction: Davey Jones will. go. nuts.

Times will roughly be:
DEVILS 11pm
ANIMAL SHAPES 10pm

Be aware times can and will probably change.

Cheap Drinks:
$5 Jagerbombs from 9-11pm
$4.50 House Beers all night
$5 House Spirits all night

DJs dropping punk/hardcore jams till the sun comes out. Lock out at 2am so don't push your luck.

We'll have the wonderful new UP TO OUR HIPS tote bags on sale this week so come grab one before they are sold out. It was a pretty limited run and I think about half are accounted for so far.

Also be ready for a bunch of LA DISPUTE songs because they are kicking off their tour next week. To start getting familiar head to www.myspace.com/ladispute - We might even have a few tickets to their Spectrum show to throw around!

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Thursday, June 18, 2009

sex and glue - friday june 19 - oxford arts factory


This Friday we are going back to our roots with an absolute flat out pop punk mega cave rave. We have DJ's from EX NUNS, HOT DAMN and GHETTOBLASTER playing all those tracks know and love.

Some of the mad shit we play:

against me / alkaline trio /all time low ataris / bad religion / bigwig / blink 182 bodyjar / bouncing souls / brand new dropkick murphys / enter shikari /fall out boy / four year strong / frenzal rhomb / get up kids / getaway plan goldfinger / good charlotte / green day / head automatica / hellogoodbye jimmy eat world / kisschasy / lagwagon less than jake / matchbook romance / midtown / millencolin motion city soundtrack / mxpx my chemical romance / new found glory no use for a name / nofx / paramore pennywise / rancid / relient k rufio / saves the day / say anything set your goals / something with numbers story of the year / strung out sum 41 / taking back sunday the academy is / the early november the matches / the offspring the used / thrice thursday / underoath unwritten law / vandals / yellowcard

The lovely folks at OXFORD ARTS are also putting on $4 house beers and $5 house vodkas for you all. So lovely.

Entry is a tiny $10, or $8 on a guestlist.

Doors are at 11.45pm

Friday, June 5, 2009

ex nuns + yeah bears + pockets + fistmouth + floor show - friday june 12 - phoenix


Our little brains have been ticking over since the last EX NUNS. We've been plotting and planning and drinking and dabbling, staying up all night on research missions with pens pressed to pages and bottles glued to lips. Now the wait is over and we are really, really fucking excited. This week down in PHOENIX we got bands. Three of them. On the floor. Being noisy. Being fucked up.

Welcome YEAH BEARS, POCKETS and FISTMOUTH to the first ever EX NUNS FLOOR PARTY.

We'll be dragging a PA in, sticking the bands in the corner and turning everything up really loud. We know we lost the plot there for a bit. I blame it on the benders. Fuck it. We still have the same amazing drink specials. We still have plenty of eligible young humans. We'll have DJs playing dirty punk and hardcore jams till way early in the morning. This is the party you wanted. Yeah, you're fucking welcome...