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20.05.12 INTERVIEW: MAX SAVAGE
Just a few weeks ago Rip It Up 2012 Hot Six nominee, Max Savage of The False Idols, found himself picked up by the same international booking agent that hosts Annie De Franco, Graveyard Train and Cash Savage.
18.05.12 INTERVIEW: LADYHAWKE
When you’ve got some of music’s biggest heavyweights like Kylie Minogue, the Scissor Sisters and Courtney Love in your corner, it’s hard to imagine why you’d call your hotly-anticipated sophomore album Anxiety.
18.05.12 Santigold
NME’s Queen of All Pop 2008, Santigold, recently returned with the release of her eagerly anticipated sophomore album Master of My Make Believe and thanks to Warner Music Australia we’ve got five copies up for grabs.
17.05.12 THE WIGGLES (EXCEPT THE BLUE ONE) ALL RETIRING
Shock news to pre-schoolers everywhere - three of The Wiggles, the much loved and award winning children’s musical quartet, are officially retiring.
16.05.12 LIVE REVIEW: GRAVEYARD TRAIN
Our writer Miranda Freeman went along to The Gov Hindmarsh to indulge in tales of witches, ghouls and graveyards through a medium of - wait for it - country music.
10.05.12 INTERVIEW: SPARKSPITTER
Local trio Sparkspitter don’t subscribe to normal music conventions.
08.05.12 ATTENTION ALL BUDDING MUSIC VIDEO DIRECTORS!
Want a chance to make the video for Van She’s new single Idea Of Happiness, as remixed by French producer SebastiAn?.
08.05.12 GEOFFREY O'CONNOR ‘PROUD’ TOUR
Vocalist of The Crayon Fields and Melbourne’s leading synth ‘sensualist’ Geoffrey O’Connor has just released his brand new single, Proud, taken from his melancholic and breezy debut solo album Vanity Is Forever.
04.05.12 KENNY ROGERS HITTING ADELAIDE
Country superstar and contemporary music icon Kenny Rogers has announced that he will be bringing his band and a truckload of hits to the Adelaide Entertainment Centre this August with special guest Beccy Cole.
04.05.12 LISTEN TO GLISK'S DEBUT ALBUM 'HERMAION'
A few months after being nominated asmost electronically capable of Rip It Up's 2012 Hot Six, local electro whiz Glisk has finally unveiled his debut album Hermaion.
03.05.12 INTERVIEW: GRAVEYARD TRAIN
If Texas Chainsaw Massacre were materialised into a musical, it’d probably sound a little bit like Melbourne horror alt-country outfit Graveyard Train.
02.05.12 LANA DEL REY SPLENDOUR SIDESHOWS
American songstress and music phenomenon Lana Del Rey has announced two Splendour In The Grass sideshows for Melbourne and Sydney.
27.04.12 INTERVIEW: SPUD
Aussie Troye Sivan, star of Spud, spoke to RIU’s MDB recently, and discussed the pressures of carrying such a film, the pleasures of working with co-star John Cleese and his burgeoning music career.
24.04.12 LIVE REVIEW: BIG SCARY
Returning to South Australia for the first time since November's Kangaroo Island Surf Music Festival, Big Scary arrive at Adelaide Uni Bar to warm up a drizzling Saturday evening.
23.04.12 MISSY HIGGINS RETURNING TO RAZZLE DAZZLE
After nearly five years of absence, Rip It Up is excited to announce that our much-loved Australian songstress Missy Higgins will be returning to the musical fore this June and July with a brand new single Unashamed Desire and her first national tour since 2007, The Ol Razzle Dazzle.
18.04.12 ASH GRUNWALD ANNOUNCES TOUR
Next month Australia’s favourite roots troubadour Ash Grunwald will put forward his new dubstep-tainted record, Trouble’s Door.
18.04.12 THIRD BAND CONFIRMED FOR SPLENDOUR
The full Splendour In The Grass line-up is set to be announced tomorrow morning, but yet another early confirmation has snuck its way in thanks to detective work of music journalists.
08.03.10 Future Music
Featuring The Prodigy, Franz Ferdinand, Empire Of The Sun, David Guetta and heaps more!
05.03.10 Whirled Music Festival at Casablabla
05.03.10 Whirled Music Festival at Casablabla, photos by Aaron Schintler
20.02.11 Natuzzi The Parade Food, Wine & Music Festival
Natuzzi The Parade Food, Wine & Music Festival
23.02.11 Roxy Music at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre
Roxy Music at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre
19.03.11 Multicultural Youth South Australia Incorporated presents My Music and Culture Festival
Multicultural Youth South Australia Incorporated presents My Music and Culture Festival
26.02.10 - 14.03.10 Twenty Six Tracks
Photographers Zac Kaczmarek and Graham Denholm join forces to display a selection of their fave live music images.
18.02.10 - 14.03.10 TWENTY SIX TRACKS
Photographers Zac Kaczmarek and Graham Denholm join forces to display a selection of their fave live music images.
07.05.10 - 23.05.10 I’M GONNA KRILL YOU!
After surfing some fun little waves, artist Brad Lay slipped on a rock and sliced his foot open. Six stitches later, I'm Gonna Krill You! draws inspiration from the ocean, mythology and music.
"We worked in this amazing studio at the top of this tower, it was just majestic."
