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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.
10.05.12 LIVE: GOSSLING
Sharni Honor went along on a rain-freckled evening to the cosy Wheatsheaf Hotel to check out Gossling in her headline performance, supported on the night by local Cookie Baker.
10.05.12 BEASTIE BOYS’ ALBUM SALES SKYROCKET POST MCA’S DEATH
Seven Beastie Boys albums reached the Billboard Hot 200 charts this week, just days after the passing of founding member Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch.
07.05.12 MCA FUNDRAISER TRIBUTE NIGHT: WED 9 MAY, SUGAR.
With the tragic news of Beastie Boys’ founding member Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch losing his battle with cancer over the weekend, Sugar will host a fundraiser with all funds from the door going to the SA Cancer Council.
02.05.12 2012 APRA AWARDS NOMINEES
The Australian Performing Right Association (APRA) has announced the 2012 nominees for its highly prestigious awards ceremony scheduled to take place next month.
17.04.12 THE BLACK KEYS ANNOUNCE AUSTRALIAN TOUR
Nearly a year after cancelling their Big Day Out performances, Ohio’s The Black Keys will no longer keep Australian audiences waitin’, waitin’, waitin’ with the news that they’ll finally be hitting our shores this October for a six-date tour.
22.03.12 NOMINEES FOR APRA ‘SONG OF THE YEAR’
If you haven’t yet considered having sex with a bearded man yet, now’s the time.
06.03.12 FRINGE WRAP:MON MAR 5 (PART THREE)
Part three! Featuring Ghostboy, Modern Zebra Safari, Dr.
06.03.12 FRINGE WRAP: MON MAR 5 (PART TWO)
The second installment of Monday's Fringe Wrap from the weekend, with appearances from The Mile High Club, Mojo Juju, Space Cowboy, Laughapalooza 2012, Guitar Sketches, Peter Berner, The Jane Austen Argument and Aluka.
02.03.12 FRINGE WRAP: FRI MAR 2
Let's Zumba! Or, let's read today's Fringe Wrap, which includes Harley Breen, Peter Helliar, Squidboy, Rhino Room's Late Show, Eddie Ifft, Marie Wilson and Rose Parker and Jane Austen Is Dead.
24.02.12 Adelaide Fringe Q&As Volume Two
With so many amazing performers currently showcasing their wares around town during the Adelaide Fringe, Rip It Up is trying to frantically keep up with all the shenanigans.
13.02.12 BOY & BEAR 'REMEMBER MEXICANS' FOR TOUR
Boy & Bear has announced that they will be embarking on a national tour to thank their fans and supporters for the success that they have found as a band.
09.02.12 BEACH BOYS TO REUNITE AT GRAMMYS
The Beach Boys will kick off their 50th Anniversary Tour this weekend at the Grammy Awards with some surprise guests.
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.
27.01.12 GOTYE TOPS TRIPLE J HOTTEST 100 POLL
The results for the Hottest 100 are in with the #1 single for 2011 unsurprisingly going to the meteorically successful Gotye and Kimbra collaboration Somebody That I Used To Know.
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.
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.
13.12.11 HOTTEST 100 VOTING SET TO OPEN
Will Boy & Bear have another stellar year? Will Art Vs Science’s stupidity finally be boycotted by the listening public? Will Jack Ladder’s supreme tune Cold Feet finally be lauded as the finest Aussie single of the year? It’s time to vote in the Triple J Hottest 100 poll.
06.12.11 TRAILER PARK BOYS SET TO TRASH THE FRINGE
Jesus Murphy! In one of the most surreal announcements ahead of the 2012 Adelaide Fringe season, the Trailer Park Boys have announced their debut appearance in Adelaide.
02.12.11 2012'S DELIGHTFUL GARDEN LINE-UP
The East End Fringe hub, The Garden Of Unearthly Delights, has unveiled its 2012 line-up with big name and edgy cabaret performers, acrobats, musicians and comedians all booked to perform at the popular arts hub and meeting spot.
12.12.09 Short Stack (NSW)
Pretty boys at the Thebby
12.12.09 - 13.12.09 Spirit Festival
with Jessica Mauboy, Christine Anu, Jimmy Little, Archie Roach, Dan Sultan, Emma Donovan, The Last Kinection & Mark Atkins (free entry)
22.01.10 Boys Of Summer Tour 2010
with Every Time I Die (US), 50 Lions (Vic), House Vs Hurricane and Mary Jane Kelly (Wollongong)
