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Event recap: Melbourne – Lil B, The Hi-Fi, June 13

See what went down at this #veryrare performance

Things we saw at the Lil B show: superfans holding cooking utensils aloft; a young woman licking the sweat off the BasedGod’s chest; ”$80,000 BasedGod shoes” (their value had appreciated…

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Shooting From the Hip: The Girl Code

The Obnoxious Owl lays down a set of rules for maintaining harmony amongst womankind

The Girl Code is the code that protects women from one another, preventing utter mayhem from reigning amongst the fem crowd. Basically, without the Code, the gloves are off. The …

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The Vine Intervention: Friday June 14

Our picks from social media's newest player

Vine is really starting to blow up. With major media outlets like Atlantic Monthly writing about how RiFF RaFF is the king of the blossoming social media platform and mad …

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ACCLAIM Magazine Turns 30… Sorta

To celebrate our 30th issue we're offering 2 Year Subscriptions at $30

For one week only!

ACCLAIM Magazine is turning 30! We’ve made it through the hedonistic years of our youth, and now we’re staring down the sights of middle age. Now, …

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The Vine Intervention: Friday June 7

Our picks from social media's newest player

It’s not just famous people who are owning the Vine scene. It’s the normal people with over-the-top personalities or some kind of artistic perspective they can channel through an iPhone …

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Shooting from the Hip: Feeling hot hot hot

The Obnoxious Owl on women, unrealistic expectations and choosing to be happy

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Right now I am sitting on a flight from Sydney to Melbourne and I have written several paragraphs and then deleted the entire thing because I feel …

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Interview: Jess Scully – Festival Director of Vivid Ideas

Speaking on the climate of Australia's creative industries and tips for hardworking women

For 18 magical days, Vivid Sydney transforms the city into a playground of light installations, musical acts, and over 100 creative industry events. Behind Vivid Ideas is Jess Scully… –

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Event Recap: Kraftwerk at Vivid Live 2013

The German group credited with profoundly shaping today's popular music share their back catalogue

EDM owes a great debt to Kraftwerk. In fact, few other groups have a back-catalogue so widely influential. Having directly influenced an infinitely broad range of artists, from David Bowie…

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    Event: Melbourne – The People’s Market Street Party, Sunday April 28

    Collingwood's People's Market is hibernating for the winter, but not before one last bash

    You’ll notice we’re quite the fans of The People’s Market, having had our Issue #28 Launch Party there and …

    Posted By ACCLAIM Staff | 23-Apr-2013
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    Watch: CARBON X adidas Originals ‘Colliderscope’ Recap Video

    see how it all went down last Saturday night at Carbon Festival and Adidas' special event

    As you may have heard, we held a little creative event/party/Instagram photo-opp called CARBON over the weekend here in Melbourne. …

    Posted By Sean Irving | 17-Apr-2013
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    Event: Adelaide – Oi You!, opening Saturday April 20

    An immense street art festival opens in Adelaide this weekend, including the largest exhibition of Banksy's work to visit South Australia

    Oi You!, a street art festival of mammoth proportions, will set Adelaide’s CBD ablaze this weekend. The six-week event, which …

    Posted By James Hopkins | 17-Apr-2013
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    Event recap: CARBON X adidas Orginals presents ‘Colliderscope’

    Worlds collide as adidas and Carbon throw a very special party

    Someone said to me that there were lots of “global eyes” watching the adidas Originals Presents ‘Colliderscope’ event that went…

    Posted By ACCLAIM Staff | 15-Apr-2013
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    Listen: oOoOO – Stay Here ft. ML

    check the latest single from the With Your Love LP

    San Francisco’s oOoOO (or Chris Dexter if you prefer) has dropped his new single ‘Stay Here (feat. ML)’ in the …

    Posted By ACCLAIM Staff | 10-Apr-2013
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    Patrick O’Dell’s Skateboard High School

    The Epicly Later'd showrunner drops the video camera and displays some of his still work

    For those who love skateboarding and aren’t aware of Patrick O’Dell’s Epicly Later’d show are missing out on some serious …

    Posted By Matt Handby | 10-Apr-2013
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    EVENT: Daft Punk to premiere their new album in Rural New South Wales

    French electro pioneers take to the Australian Outback for their global launch

    Have you seen that poster that’s been doing the rounds promising a too-good-to-be-true triple bill Australian tour of Daft Punk, …

    Posted By Sean Irving | 10-Apr-2013
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    Exhibition: Boston – Barry McGee, ‘Drawing in the Street’

    The influential San Francisco–born artist's upcoming exhibition is an exploration of his works thus far

    Held at The Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, Massachusetts is talented graffiti artist and cult figure Barry McGee‘s …

    Posted By ACCLAIM Staff | 6-Apr-2013
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