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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.
14.05.12 AZEALIA BANKS UNVEILS NEW TRACK ‘JUMANJI’
Produced by Hudson Mohawke and Nick Hook, Azaelia Banks has revealed a brand new track to be featured on her upcoming mixtape Fantastic.
10.05.12 INTERVIEW: SPARKSPITTER
Local trio Sparkspitter don’t subscribe to normal music conventions.
09.05.12 TOM GABEL: I WAS A TEENAGE TRANSGENDER
Rolling Stone magazine has today revealed details of Friday’s US issue, in which Against Me! frontman Tom Gabel details his intention to live life as a woman.
02.05.12 A Q&A WITH: KIMBRA
It's been nearly a year since we last chatted with Kimbra and since then she's had a meteoric flood of attention.
13.04.12 INTERVIEW: LIFE IN MOVEMENT
Adelaide-based filmmaker Bryan Mason recently spoke to Rip It Up's MDB about his work upon Life In Movement, and his own investment in this most personal of documentaries.
13.04.12 ACSA: A REFLECTION OF US ALL
A Reflection Of Us All features the work of four established local artists and ACSA artist lecturers – Nona Burden, Trena Everuss, Rob Gutteridge and Yve Thompson.
05.04.12 GRAVEYARD TRAIN AT THE GOV
Melbourne’s best foot stomping, chain bashing, hell raising folk/blues outfit Graveyard Train will be returning to Adelaide following their packed out audience at Barrio this May for a performance at The Gov.
03.04.12 THE BEARDS LAUNCHING NEW ALBUM AT UNIBAR
Stints in-studio at Triple J and a spot in the Hottest 100? An APRA award nomination for single of the year? For a band that “never expected to play more than one show,” Adelaide’s own The Beards have certainly come a long way.
03.04.12 INTERVIEW: STEVE EARLE
American troubadour Steve Earle plays the Governor Hindmarsh tonight (Tue Apr 3) in solo mode and Rip It Up’s Robert Dunstan speak to him prior to his visit.
02.04.12 INTERVIEW: AMERICAN PIE: REUNION
Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg discussed, rather chaotically, the production of American Pie: Reunion during their recent visit to Australia with several of the film’s stars, and touched upon the challenges of updating the American Pie franchise and one of the more “interesting” days on set that they’ve ever had.
29.03.12 INTERVIEW: BEST COAST
Around two years ago a 23-year-old girl called Bethany Cosentino from LA with sticker-like tattoos and a cat became a pivotal figure in the music industry.
23.03.12 INTERVIEW: NICK LOWE
You've got to be cruel to be kind, especially if you're English singer songwriter Nick Lowe.
19.03.12 INTERVIEW: A HAPPY EVENT
Co-writer/director Rémi Bezançon was recently in Sydney for that leg of the 2012 Alliance Française French Film Festival and, with help from Artistic Director and interpreter Emmanuelle Denavit-Feller, spoke fondly about his latest pic, A Happy Event (Un Heureux Événement).
15.03.12 TOM GLEESON: RIP IT UP BLOG #4
In his fourth and final Rip It Up blog, comedian Tom Gleeson divulges some words of wisdom about one of his favourite Fringe shows so far, 'Sir Robert'.
15.03.12 FRINGE WRAP: WED MAR 15
With the thunderstorms and puddles now evaporating after last night's torrential downpour, it's time for us to dry up with some of the driest humour this side of the Fringe Festival.
09.03.12 FRINGE WRAP: FRI MAR 9
Today's Fringe Wrap features the folk-rock twangs of idosyncratic musician Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (pictured), the feathered and coiffed aplomb of The Lovebirds, the gay innuendos of Craig Hill, the pulsing Ad Nauseam, The Madness of King Lear, The Donkey And A Parrot and more.
05.03.12 FRINGE WRAP: MON MAR 5 (PART ONE)
Another weekend gone, another Fringe Wrap.
05.03.12 INTERVIEW: SIONE'S WEDDING 2
Robbie Magasiva recently spoke via phone to Rip It Up Online about his involvement in Sione’s 2: Unfinished Business, and discussed how he was tempted back to star in this follow-up to Sione’s Wedding, how comedy can conceal serious themes, and more.
04.12.09 - 14.02.10 COLOUR COUNTRY
This exhibition features art from Roper River - the Wagga Wagga art gallery to be precise. This touring exhibition features rarely seen works produced by major Ngukurr artists from Arnhem Land, alongside new works from the community.
06.12.09 - 19.01.10 A NEW COLLECTION OF WORKS BY TREVOR MCNAMARA
South Australian artist Trevor McNamara's 11th exhibition at Greenhill Galleries features 30 abstract pieces (mixed media on canvas), each with clever use of colour and texture, celebrating the Australian outback.
18.02.10 - 15.06.10 HEYSEN TRAIL EXHIBITION
This inaugural exhibition features original works from 25 local artists, depicting aspects of or inspired by SA's most famous walking trail. Running simultaneously across six galleries throughout the state - this spectacular showcase is an engaging mix of oils, acrylics, watercolours and photography. Exhibiting artists include John Whitney, Janet Bridgland, Nik De Masi, Peter Coad, Tom O'Callaghan and Catherine Fitz-Gerald.
06.03.10 - 27.03.10 MARCH EXHIBITION
The March exhibition features artists Robert Bader (NSW) Painting, Ruben Bermudez (Spain) Photography, Karen Paris (SA) Photography and Sam Evans (SA) Illustration.
27.02.10 - 02.05.10 BEFORE AND AFTER SCIENCE
Before And After Science lands at the Art Gallery as part of the Adelaide Festival Of Arts and with it brings 22 of Australia’s most innovative and exciting contemporary artists. Here, they present installation and sculpture using traditional and non-traditional materials which feature strongly alongside collage, film and painting; most wrapped around the concepts of alchemy and transformation.
