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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.
17.05.12 INTERVIEW: GRIMES
Canada’s Grimes, AKA Claire Boucher, is one of 2012’s breakthrough artists, her album Visions entailing the addictive Oblivion, and evoking an R&B Miss Kittin or futuristic Mariah Carey.
08.05.12 COOKING WITH DENNIS LESLIE
Like most people, I grew up eating rice pudding.
17.04.12 RAGE: 25 YEARS, 25 VIDEOS
This week the iconic Rage celebrates 25 years as the ABC’s flagship music video programme.
10.04.12 LADYHAWKE SWOOPING BACK IN
Ladyhawke has confirmed that she will be making a long-awaited return to venues across Australia this July to perform songs from her forthcoming second album Anxiety.
29.02.12 THE JEZABELS ANNOUNCE TOUR
What a glorious Endless Summer it's been for Sydney quartet The Jezabels.
06.02.12 LIVE: BIG DAY OUT 2012
Did Kanye’s absence ruin the day? Has the 15 years between Soundgarden performances at the Big Day Out been worth the wait? What did the sniffer dogs make of Royksopp’s set in the Boiler Room? Rip It Up sends Ryan Lynch and Scott McLennan along to sort the wheat from the chaff.
18.01.12 COERCE ANNOUNCE NATIONAL TOUR
2011 was a good year for Adelaide bands, so good in fact that two of our local musical acts received ARIA nominations.
04.01.12 GUESS WHO TOPPED THE 2011 ARIA CHART?
If Jessica Mauboy's nomination for an ARIA award last year wasn’t bizarre enough, the final tally of record sales in Australia for 2011 is an even more disturbing insight into what people are really listening to at home.
15.12.11 MARIACHI EL BRONX AND LOCAL BANDS ADDED TO BIG DAY OUT
It’s getting close to that time to scorch under the February sun again, as the timetables for the Big Day Out have been announced alongside some other exciting news.
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.
09.11.11 BIG DAY OUT & HEARTBREAK
Kanye West, The Living End and Mariachi El Bronx will no longer be appearing at the Adelaide or Perth leg of the 2012 Big Day Out due to a decision by organisers for Adelaide to only have one main stage instead of the usual two for next year’s music festival.
12.10.11 DRAPHT, BOY & BEAR AND GOTYE LEAD ARIA NOMINATIONS
A diverse trio of Australian acts lead the ARIA Awards nominations this year, as Perth MC Drapht, Sydney mystic folkers Boy & Bear and popular sonic adventurer Gotye (pictured) all have seven nominations for the 25th Australian Recording Industry Association Awards to be held on Sun Nov 27 in Sydney.
15.09.11 JESSIE J. ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE. WED MAR 14
British urban pop sensation Jessie J is heading to Adelaide to play a headline show at the Entertainment Centre.
29.08.11 INTERVIEW: GOTYE
Words: Nina Bertok It peaked at number one on the ARIA Singles Chart and it’s already one of the biggest songs of the year, so it’s hard to believe when Gotye [AKA Melbourne musician Wally De Backer] says that his current hit Somebody That I Used To Know almost never saw the light of day.
29.03.11 Arcade Fire clean up at the Junos
Adding to their already heaving trophy cabinet, Arcade Fire have collect four gongs at last night's Juno Awards (the Canadian equivalent of the ARIAs).
17.03.11 Cafe Salsa
Whether it’s Gouger St for a vegetarian hot pot, Hutt St for some Japanese or Jetty Rd for pizza, sometimes it really is all about location when it comes to food.
10.03.11 Amadou & Mariam: Welcome to WOMAD
I first came across Malian musical superstars Amadou & Mariam courtesy of another world music superstar, Manu Chao.
