home :
05.04.12 INTERVIEW: DZ DEATHRAYS
Brisbane duo DZ Deathrays relish in the fact that people often confuse them for a hip hop outfit.
09.03.12 TOM GLEESON: RIP IT UP BLOG #3
In his third Rip It Up online blog, Tom Gleeson touches upon the paternal subject of being a father.
06.02.12 BLOOD ORANGE TO SUPPORT FLORENCE &THE MACHINE
Devonté Hynes, the man behind eclectic musical ventures Test Icicles and Lightspeed Champion, is taking his newest project, Blood Orange, on the road in support of Florence & The Machine for their upcoming Australian tour.
15.12.11 INTERVIEW: THE VACCINES
After a whirlwind 2011, The Vaccines’ Árni Hjörvar is retreating to his Icelandic homeland for a festive feast of smoked lamb and Christmas ham.
25.08.11 LIVE: JORDIE LANE
Our writer Miranda Freeman checks out Melbourne artist Jordie Lane during his Blood Thinner Adelaide stopover.
08.08.11 THE AMITY AFFLICTION NATIONAL TOUR
The Amity Affliction are hitting the road this October as part of their headlining Fuck The Reaper tour with Asking Alexandria and Gold Coast outfit Skyway.
01.08.11 THE MIDDLE EAST BREAK UP AT SPLENDOUR
Something was in the air at this year's Splendour.
23.03.11 Automated Day Dreaming
Being Human (US) Do vampires, werewolves and ghosts (Oh My!) have feelings? What would it be like if you still had to do all of the everyday normal things that you do, but also had to feed on human blood? Or hunt every full moon? Or were unable to do anything at all because you no longer had a body?.
23.02.11 Automated Day Dreaming
Lights Out The first time we meet Patrick “Lights” Leary he is a man beaten.
09.02.11 Live: Big Day Out Part 2
Royal Adelaide Showgrounds - Fri Feb 4 The numbers might have been a bit down on 2010's blockbuster sell-out event, but it didn't detract from the massive party going on at the Big Day Out in 2011.
13.01.11 The Hot Six: Meet The Bands
Welcome to Rip It Up’s fourth annual Hot Six, where the Rip It Up Publishing team devote a cover story to highlighting the Adelaide acts set to make a play for national attention in 2011.
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.
01.12.10 The Seabellies attacked in Melbourne
The Seabellies' Melbourne residency has come to a bloody end with the band violently attacked after playing their final show at the Evelyn Hotel on Brunswick Street.
27.09.10 Big Day Out 2011: The Line-Up
Defying the leakers and the rumour mills alike, it's another blast from the Big Day Out past as Tool and Rammstein are set to headline the iconic Australian festival in 2011.
14.09.10 Zombie Walk 2010
It's coming up to that time of year again when the streets will run red with blood.
13.09.10 The Amity Affliction confirmed for Soundwave
After their sophomore album Youngbloods skyrocketed to the ARIA top 10 earlier in the year, The Amity Affliction have been rewarded with the rarest of prizes for an Australian act, a spot on the Soundwave bill.
05.08.10 A splendid weekend part 2
The conclusion to Scotty Mac's Splendour reflection features a stunted Florence Welch, a sedated Julian Casablancas and a sloppy Richard Ashcroft.
10.01.10 Midsummer Circus: 2ManyDJs, Sinden & Fake Blood, Krafty Kuts, The Proxy, Technotronic, Philadelphia Grand Jury, Ajax and more
The folks at Fuzzy and Electric Circus are putting on one hell of a party. Be amongst the first to experience the fun and frivolity of Midsummer Circus
