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21.05.12 COOKING WITH DENNIS LESLIE
Winter is close by and people will really want to start cooking comfort foods.
11.05.12 LISTEN TO OLD MATE’S EP ‘WORD IS BOND’
After muscling down the past few months laying down their newest material, Keswick dudes Old Mate have finally put forward the results of their labours – their new EP Word Is Bond.
30.04.12 HAS DELTA RIPPED OFF ARCADE FIRE?
Is Delta Goodrem Sitting On Top Of The World or about to sit on top of a big plagiarism lawsuit? The former Neighbours star and judge on The Voice has recently landed herself in the media facing accustations of ripping off Canadian alt-rock heroes and multi-award winning troupe Arcade Fire with her latest single, Sitting On Top Of The World.
20.03.12 LISTEN TO NEW ARCADE FIRE SONG 'ABRAHAM'S DAUGHTER'
Joining the likes of Trent Reznor and Karen O, Canadian indie darlings Arcade Fire are the latest musical outfit to add a big budget Hollywood film score to their resumes.
17.01.12 JOHN FOGERTY ROLLIN’ IN TO BLUESFEST
The fourth line-up announcement for Byron Bay Bluesfest has been announced with the last minute headliners only adding to the five-day festival’s already incredible line-up of The Who’s Roger Daltrey, Earth, Wind & Fire and The Pogues.
21.12.11 ARCADE FIRE DROP NEW ‘SPRAWL II’ INTERACTIVE VIDEO
After a long wait since their epic Spike Jonze-directed clip The Suburbs, Arcade Fire have finally dropped a new music video, this time based around the vibrant synth splendour of Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains).
05.12.11 NEW ORDER ADDED TO FUTURE MUSIC FESTIVAL!
Trailblazing Manchester indie dance outfit New Order have been added to the already impressive Future Music Festival line-up along with Friendly Fires, Mark Ronson, Dubfire, Gym Class Heroes and plenty more to make the 2012 Future Music Festival the biggest party of next year.
29.11.11 FLORENCE & THE MACHINE BOUND FOR ADELAIDE
You’ve got the love, Florence Welch.
28.11.11 BOY AND BEAR CLEAN UP THE ARIAS
Whoever penned ‘nice guys finish last’ might need to do a rewrite, as it is nice guy quintet Boy and Bear that cleaned up the 2011 ARIA Awards ceremony last night in Sydney after taking home five gongs for their stunning self-produced debut album Moonfire.
25.11.11 INTERVIEW: ARCTIC MONKEYS
When Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders spoke to Rip It Up backstage at Thebarton Theatre during the band’s first Australian tour in 2006, he was a pimply and enthusiastic teen with a Chopper fetish.
16.11.11 BLUESFEST 2012 SECOND LINE-UP
A couple of weeks ago the first line-up announcement for Byron Bay’s Bluefest 2012 was released, citing a stellar list of headlining bands such as The Who’s Roger Daltrey, My Morning Jacket, Earth, Wind and Fire and, for their first Australian appearance in over two decades, Celtic band The Pogues.
16.11.11 LIVE: KINGS OF LEON
Despite concerns that they wouldn't make it down here due to Qantas cancellations, Editor Scott McLennan did manage to seee Kings Of Leon for their first Entertainment Centre performance in five years.
03.11.11 FIRST LINE-UP FOR BLUEFEST 2012
The first acts for Byron Bay’s Bluefest 2012 have been announced, with next year’s festival to feature a high-wattage rollcall of acts like My Morning Jacket, John Butler Trio plus music royalty The Pogues, Steve Vai and Joe Satriani, The Who’s Roger Daltrey and 70s disco legends Earth Wind and Fire.
27.10.11 INTERVIEW: RYAN ADAMS
Off the drugs, out of Manhattan and happily married to Mandy Moore, Ryan Adams stresses to Rip It Up that these days he’s far from the alt-country problem child of legend.
17.10.11 COUPLES IN MUSIC
Last year we published a piece about some of the cutest couples in music.
16.10.11 RIP IT UP TV: SAATCHI UP LATE
The other week Rip It Up TV headed along to the opening night of Saatchi Up Late, a four-week retro garden party held on Friday nights as part of the Saatchi Gallery In Adelaide: British Art Now exhibition.
04.08.11 BOY & BEAR'S ALBUM TOUR
Now here’s an album launch we’re excited about.
02.08.11 KIMBRA TO TOUR DEBUT ALBUM WITH F!SR,F!
You’d be crazy if you haven’t heard of Kimbra by now.
10.07.10 Life Like, Varliiba and Day On Fire at The Crown & Anchor
Life Like, Varliiba and Day On Fire at The Crown & Anchor
"We worked in this amazing studio at the top of this tower, it was just majestic."
