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04.05.12 THE SKIN I LIVE IN
Rip It Up has five copies of the DVD 'The Skin I Live In' featuring Golden Globe nominee Antonio Banderas to give away for this month's newsletter.
19.03.12 WATCH THE DEATH STARRS
Gold Coast/Melbourne hip hop duo Death Starrs have won the 2012 Triple J Unearthed Hilltop Hoods Remix Competition with their take on the track Now That You're Gone from the Hoods' new album, Drinking From The Sun.
15.02.12 LIVE REVIEW: LANEWAY FESTIVAL
A number of band competitions were held this year in conjunction with Adelaide’s fifth annual Laneway Festival, but it seems one of these contests is merely hypothetical.
27.01.12 STEERING BY STARS ADDED TO LANEWAY LINE-UP
After a hotly contested evening of local musicians showing their skills, proggy foursome Steering By Stars have been selected as the winners for the Alleyway Band Competition granting them a place in this year’s Laneway Festival on Fri Feb 10.
17.01.12 SNAKADAKTAL ANNOUNCE MARCH TOUR
2011 was a big year for triple j Unearthed High winners Snakadaktal.
13.01.12 BANDS ON TRACK: JAYNE-ANNE POWER
Last night Fowler’s Live was treated to the first heat of Music SA’s Bands On Track competition, seeing The Sun and The Sky, Squeaker, Mase N Mattic, Jayne-Anne Power and The Belle-Phonics all battling it out on the live stage for a spot to perform at Clipsal 500.
19.10.11 WINNER OF KI SURF FEST ANNOUNCED
Rip It Up is proud to announce local pop act Gemini Downs as the winner of our Kangaroo Island Surf Music Festival competition.
06.07.11 A Q&A WITH PAUL MAC
Electronic artist Paul Mac is a staple in Australian music.
27.06.11 2011 ART OF NATURE COMPETITION NOW OPEN
Fancy yourself pretty skilled at putting a design on a t-shirt and have an equal amount of love for nature? Now you can put those talents to good use, as the official Art Of Nature t-shirt competition for 2011 opens today.
10.06.11 MAKE THE NEXT MUSIC VIDEO FOR THE MIDDLE EAST
QLD folk collective The Middle East are seeking aspiring film makers across Australia to make a music video for the next single off their debut album I Want That You Are Always Happy.
03.06.11 RED BULL BEDROOM JAM 2011: ROUND TWO
The Red Bull Bedroom Jam 2011 is returning for Round Two this year with a mission to discover, via webcam, teenage bands rehearsing in their bedrooms across Australia.
31.03.11 Vanda & Young songwriting comp open
Entries for the second annual Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition are open now, with more than $60,000 worth in cash and prizes up for grabs.
24.03.11 Nova's I Am With The Band top 10
Delamare and Saving Savanah have been announced as the two SA representatives in the top 10 of Nova's second annual I Am With The Band competition.
16.03.11 Bar On Gouger
Its location on South Australia’s premier Asian eatery strip might explain why the unassuming Bar On Gouger offers such a mighty curry meal to its patrons – tough competition has ensured the dishes here aren’t just sloppy creations relying on mediocre supermarket bases.
16.03.11 Launch Your Band Comp
If you're looking to take your band to the next step but are having trouble with the Russian roulette of triple j Unearthed, Perisher Ski Resort and Playstation might be able to help with their Launch Your Band competition.
08.02.11 I Am With The Band registrations open
Nova FM's I Am With The Band competition is open for entries in 2011.
29.11.10 Channel [V] name Short Stack Oz Artist of 2010
The people of cable television land have voted and elected three scraggly-haired young pups by the name of Short Stack as their Channel [V] Oz Artist of the Year.
04.11.10 2011 Adelaide Fringe Poster unveiled!
It's become one of the most iconic facets of the Adelaide Fringe - the poster that characterises the festival year in, year out.
01.09.10 Red Bull Bedroom Jam
Are you aged 14-19 and in a wickedly awesome band? Well you're in luck because those winged folks over at Red Bull are staging a nation-wide teenage band competition.
27.08.10 20th Century Graduates take out Nova's Heaps Good comp
Multi-membered indie-pop purveyors 20th Century Graduates have topped a who's who of emerging Adelaide talent to take out Nova's Heaps Good band competition.
08.09.11 Underground Sound DJ competition Grand Final at The Oriental
Underground Sound DJ competition Grand Final at The Oriental
"We worked in this amazing studio at the top of this tower, it was just majestic."
