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03.05.12 INTERVIEW: WAVVES
Frontman of Californian surf punk/noise rock outfit Wavves, Nathan Williams, has never been one to deny a penchant for illicit substances.
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.
19.04.12 INTERVIEW: BLEEDING KNEES CLUB
Fresh from the Bleeding Knees Club’s most recent overseas stint touring the UK and US, Alex Wall’s Surfers Paradise brogue greets me with as much enthusiasm as a party-hardy young fellow can possibly muster on a Tuesday afternoon.
23.01.12 STICKY FINGERS HIT ADELAIDE
2011 was a productive year for Newton outfit Sticky Fingers, who recently wrapped up things with a couple of festival appearances and a JJJ Hottest 100 nomination for single Happy Endings.
23.01.12 LIVE: DRESDEN DOLLS
Following a packed out ninja performance in Adelaide's CBD that afternoon, our writer Miranda Freeman headed along for a second serving of Dresden Dolls at The Gov the other week.
06.12.11 RIP IT UP TV: KI SURF MUSIC FESTIVAL PART 2
The second episode of Rip It Up TV at Kangaroo Island Surf Music Festival is here, in which we asked all the big questions backstage to The Shiny Brights, Big Scary, The Salvadors and Gemini Downs.
18.11.11 RIP IT UP TV: KI SURF MUSIC FESTIVAL (PART 1)
Here's the first part of our Rip It Up TV episodes down at the beautiful Vivonne Bay for Kangaroo Island Surf Music Festival.
18.11.11 LIVE: KANGAROO ISLAND SURF MUSIC FESTIVAL
Our writer Karina Carroll crossed the seven seas - well, at least one passage of water - to get to the inaugural Kangaroo Island Surf Music Festival at Vivonne Bay.
03.11.11 KANGAROO ISLAND SURF MUSIC FESTIVAL TIMETABLE
Read up on the timetables for KI Surf Music Fest right here on your iPhone!.
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.
11.08.11 FIRST ACTS FOR KANGAROO ISLAND SURF MUSIC FESTIVAL
Rip It Up can exclusively reveal the first line-up of acts for The Kangaroo Island Surf Music Festival with Eskimo Joe, The Beautiful Girls, Ash Grunwald, The Holidays and Hungry Kids Of Hungary among the first announcement of acts for the music and surf event to be held in early November.
24.05.11 KANGAROO ISLAND SURF MUSIC FESTIVAL COMING IN NOVEMBER
Kangaroo Island will host a music festival with camping facilities for up to 5000 people that will run in conjunction with a six-star ASP World Tour surfing event.
07.02.11 Donavon Frankenreiter announces tour
Surfer folk guitarist and Jack Johnson's former opening act Donavon Frankenreiter returns to Australian shores this month for a lengthy tour in support of new album Glow.
20.01.11 Internet Killed The Video Star
Thu Jan 20 IKTVS has taken a bit of a break over the past couple of weeks while we wait for this January lull to subside and some cool new music to crop up.
21.12.10 Editor Vs Editor: Singles of the year (30-21)
It's a tastemaking clash of the titans as Rip It Up's magazine editor Scott McLennan takes on online editor Jimmy Bollard in an epic singles of the year countdown.
19.11.10 Betty Airs backing into Adelaide
Betty Airs - the new garage surf project helmed by former Gerling frontman Darren Cross - are gearing up for a national tour in support of their debut 7" single Reverse Now.
23.09.10 Klaxons: Myth Busters
From the astronautical space cat adorning their cover art to lyrical themes of trans-dimensional travel to the swarm of rumours and half-truths surrounding the release of their second album Surfing The Void, Klaxons certainly do live an other-worldly existence.
09.09.10 Jack Johnson bringing out the big guns
Acoustic surf-rocker Jack Johnson will be heading to Australia at the end of the year for a massive headline tour.
03.04.11 La Mar Sundays featuring The Seabellies and The Honey Pies at Glenelg Surf Lifesaving Club
La Mar Sundays featuring The Seabellies and The Honey Pies at Glenelg Surf Lifesaving Club
05.06.11 The Little Stevies at Glenelg Surf Club La Mar Sundays
The Little Stevies at Glenelg Surf Club La Mar Sundays
21.08.11 La Mar Sundays at Glenelg Surf Lifesaving Club
La Mar Sundays at Glenelg Surf Lifesaving Club
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.
