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Doors Keyboardist Ray Manzarek Dies Aged 74

Ray Manzarek, founding member and keyboardist of The Doors, has died aged 74. The legendary musician passed away today in…

Tue May 21 / news

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Babyshambles Announce Splendour Sideshows

Pete Doherty’s English garage rock outfit Babyshambles are embarking on a string…

Tue May 21 / news

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Live Review: The Rubens At HQ, Thu May 16

The Rubens are well and truly on the rise undertaking their largest tour to date and stepping up…

Mon May 20 / live reviews

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Triple J Unearthed High Opens For 2013

Triple J’s Unearthed High will return for its sixth year this July to find Australia’s best high school…

Mon May 20 / news

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Live Review: Tenacious D At Thebarton Theatre, Tue May 14

The option to stay home and overdose on reality TV on Tuesday night wasn’t even an option knowing…

Fri May 17 / news
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The Place Beyond The Pines Review

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The Place Beyond The Pines Review

Blue Valentine director Derek Cianfrance reteams with Ryan Gosling and also enlists Bradley Cooper to tell a dramatic, three-part story of responsibilities and consequences in The Place Beyond The Pines.

The…

Mon May 20 / Film
Picnic Lane

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Picnic Lane

For two weeks from Tue May 21 - Sun Jun 2 Lindes Lane off Rundle Mall will become the ultimate urban picnic spot, the formerly grimy side street set to…

Mon May 20 / Food and Drink
Print Cult 2013

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Print Cult 2013

The annual Print Cult will return this for it’s third year running this Fri May 17 – Fri May 31 with an exhibition devoted to traditional printmaking methods.

Thu May 16 / Food and Drink
The Mac Factory Review

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The Mac Factory Review

The Mac Factory been pumping out delicious macarons from their Parisian perch on Hutt St since Adelaide’s love for these sweet little treats took off a couple of years ago.…

Thu May 16 / Food and Drink
CheeseFest 2013

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CheeseFest 2013

Beloved South Australian festival CheeseFest will return to Rymill Park this Sat Oct 26 – Sun Oct 27 to host Adelaide's ultimate gathering of cheese appreciators, curd creators…

Tue May 14 / Food and Drink
Romanthony, The Voice Of Daft Punk’s ‘One More Time’, Dies Aged 45

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Romanthony, The Voice Of Daft Punk’s ‘One More Time’, Dies Aged 45

The voice behind one of the most influential dance tracks of the noughties, Romanthony, has passed away aged 45 in his home in Austin,…

Mon May 20 / News
Splendour In The Grass 2013 Sideshows

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Splendour In The Grass 2013 Sideshows

An Opera House performance from post-dubstep legendary James Blake and forthcoming dates from Laura Marling make up just some of this year’s official Splendour In The Grass sideshows.

Joining Blake…

Mon May 20 / news
Battle Of The Bands SA Finalists Announced

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Battle Of The Bands SA Finalists Announced

The Global Battle of the Bands has revealed the nine finalists who will compete in the SA Regional Final on Sun May 26 at the Cavern Club, t

Fri May 17 / news
Q+A With Fishing

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Q+A With Fishing

There’s something about the Blue Mountains and Sydney outfit Fishing are yet another example of that fact. Having already supported the likes of SBTRKT, Cloud Control and Jinja Safari, the production…

Thu May 16 / Interviews
Adelaide Cabaret Festival: Tyran Parke Interview

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Adelaide Cabaret Festival: Tyran Parke Interview

The world premiere of Compositions: A Musical Close-Up is an exciting visual and theatrical melting pot comprising of the vocal talents of celebrated musical theatre tenor Tyran Parke, the stunning…

Thu May 16 / interviews

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Flume, Nina Las Vegas And Chet Faker Cameo In Touch Sensitive ‘Pizza Guy’ Clip

Flume, Nina Las Vegas And Chet Faker Cameo In Touch Sensitive ‘Pizza Guy’ Clip

Flume, Nina Las Vegas, Jagwar Ma, Chet Faker and more reputable Sydney musicians have made cameos in the new Pizza Guy video clip from Future Classic artist Touch Sensitive.

The video features Touch Sensitive, AKA Sydney producer and Van She co-founder Michael Di Francesco,

Tue May 21 / News
Doors Keyboardist Ray Manzarek Dies Aged 74

Doors Keyboardist Ray Manzarek Dies Aged 74

Ray Manzarek, founding member and keyboardist of The Doors, has died aged 74. The legendary musician passed away today in Rosenheim, Germany after a lengthy battle with bile duct cancer surrounded by his wife and brothers.

Manzarek is best known for his work with The Doors who formed in 1965…

Tue May 21 / news
Babyshambles Announce Splendour Sideshows

Babyshambles Announce Splendour Sideshows

Pete Doherty’s English garage rock outfit Babyshambles are embarking on a string of Splendour sideshows with a date included at Adelaide’s HQ on Jul 29.

As part of their very first Australian visit, Doherty and Co will venture to Melbourne, Sydney, Perth…

Tue May 21 / news
Rufus Norris, Director Of Broken Interview

Rufus Norris, Director Of Broken Interview

Rufus Norris, in between other juggled commitments (“I’m trying to find a quiet spot here in BBC Radio, as I had another interview this morning”), recently talked via phone to Rip It Up about Broken, his debut as writer/director drawing from the novel by Daniel Clay. Discussing some of the…

Mon May 20 / Film
Broken Review

Broken Review

Theatre-intensive director Rufus Norris makes his début as cinematic writer/director (adapting Daniel Clay’s novel) with this dark drama saved from despair by beautifully understated playing, particularly by the totally unknown and unaffected Eloise Laurence.

Her ‘Skunk’ is an 11 year old living in North London with:…

Mon May 20 / Film
Live Review: The Rubens At HQ, Thu May 16

Live Review: The Rubens At HQ, Thu May 16

The Rubens are well and truly on the rise undertaking their largest tour to date and stepping up the size of venues, particularly here in little ol' Adelaide, playing to an almost full house at HQ. There is definitely something exciting and a touch a class about…

Mon May 20 / live reviews
Triple J Unearthed High Opens For 2013

Triple J Unearthed High Opens For 2013

Triple J’s Unearthed High will return for its sixth year this July to find Australia’s best high school musical act for 2013. 

Previous Unearthed High winners include Snakadaktal, Stonefield, Hunting Grounds and last year's winner Asta, who has since gone on to play at Pyramid Rock Festival and support Angus Stone and Birds Of…

Mon May 20 / news
Live Review: Tenacious D At Thebarton Theatre, Tue May 14

Live Review: Tenacious D At Thebarton Theatre, Tue May 14

The option to stay home and overdose on reality TV on Tuesday night wasn’t even an option knowing that Tenacious D, featuring the infamous pair Kyle Gass and Jack Black, were in town bringing the

Fri May 17 / news
Franz Ferdinand Announce New Album ‘Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action’

Franz Ferdinand Announce New Album ‘Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action’

Four years since the release of their last album Tonight which bore charting singles like Ulysses, Scottish indie rock outfit Franz Ferdinand have returned with their newest studio effort Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action

Fri May 17 / news
Tyga: Hotel California

Tyga: Hotel California

When you’ve got not talent, just compensate with misogyny. Seems to work for Tyga and his superstar guestlist including Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Wiz Khalifa, 2 Chainz and – no way – Chris Brown. To put it simply, if you hate originality, charisma and intelligence, you should be all over…

Thu May 16 / CD Reviews
Steve Vai Announces 2013 Tour

Steve Vai Announces 2013 Tour

Legendary guitar virtuoso Steve Vai has announced dates for a forthcoming Australian tour taking place this July.

Since picking up a guitar in the 80s to play for Frank Zappa and Whitesnake, the three-time Grammy award winner has gone on to release eight studio albums over three decades amassing over 15 million album…

Thu May 16 / news
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard: Eyes Like The Sky

King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard: Eyes Like The Sky

King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard: right from the start we should have known these guys were up to no good. And barely six months after the release of their celebrated sludgy garage debut album 12 Bar Bruise, the no good varmints reveal Eyes Like The Sky, an Ennio Morricone-devoted…

Thu May 16 / CD reviews
Dido: Girl Who Got Away

Dido: Girl Who Got Away

It’s been five years since we heard that quiet, therapeutic voice nearly drift us into peaceful unconsciousness but Dido is back, this time with a spring in her step.

In a seeming attempt to up the mellowed ante many of the tracks take some confusing risks, including Blackbird and End…

Thu May 16 / CD reviews
Youth Lagoon: Wondrous Bughouse

Youth Lagoon: Wondrous Bughouse

When I think of teenagers, or youth in general, the image of giant walking pimples comes to mind. Bipedal pustules literally about to burst with the white, amorphous pus of sexual frustration, self-pity and unfounded angst.

Usually these sentient abortions spend their awkward years getting fat, making fools of themselves…

Thu May 16 / CD reviews
Spring Breakers Review

Spring Breakers Review

While this looks like it might be a mere teen comedy, the mainstream-ish ‘comeback’ for indie writer/director Harmony Korine (who wrote the ghastly Kids and directed appalling tripe like Gummo), his intentions are much vaguer. Four late teen (yeah, right) besties are desperate to get to Spring Break festivities in…

Thu May 16 / Film

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