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21.02.12 THE JADE MONKEY AND TWO SHIPS FORCED TO CLOSE
It’s a sad day for the Adelaide’s local music scene, as one of our staple music venues, The Jade Monkey, has confirmed that it will be closing down in October due to new inner city hotel developments on Grenfell St.
15.02.12 FUSE FESTIVAL EAST MEETS WEST
Drawing a line down the middle of Adelaide like the South Australian version of the Berlin Wall, Fuse East and Fuse West sees both local and national musicians taking sides and performing at venues across Adelaide as part of Fuse Festival.
02.02.12 RIP IT UP TV: BANDS ON TRACK
Over the past few weeks we’ve seen up to 15 local bands battling it out on the live stage to win a place at the concert series of this year’s Clipsal 500.
01.02.12 BANDS ON TRACK: LADY STRANGELOVE
With Jayne-Anne Power securing the spot with The Potbelleez and rocker outfit Dexter Jones winning a place alongside INXS, the final heat of Bands On Track at Fowler’s Live was at fever pitch last Thursday as five local bands fought it out to win a place next to The Living End at this year's Clipsal 500.
27.01.12 STEERING BY STARS ADDED TO LANEWAY LINE-UP
After a hotly contested evening of local musicians showing their skills, proggy foursome Steering By Stars have been selected as the winners for the Alleyway Band Competition granting them a place in this year’s Laneway Festival on Fri Feb 10.
24.01.12 BARRIO ANNOUNCES LATE NIGHT MUSIC LINE-UP
With March not far away it's time to get excited for Barrio, the new late night festival club opening at Hajek Plaza as part of the Adelaide Festival.
23.01.12 FRINGE OPENING NIGHT ANNOUNCES ACTS
For the second year running the main showcase event for FUSE Festival will coincide with the celebrations of Adelaide Fringe, this year seeing a fantastic list of up-and-coming locals taking to the stage for the opening night.
22.01.12 BANDS ON TRACK: DEXTER JONES
The second heat of Bands On Track has wrapped up, with the second local act handpicked by Music SA to perform alongside INXS at Clipsal 500 on Sat Mar 3 being local indie-rock foursome Dexter Jones.
20.01.12 RIP IT UP’S HOT SIX 2012
Welcome to Rip It Up’s fifth 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 2012.
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.
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.
10.11.11 SIX THINGS FROM THE AMCATS TOUR DIARY
Local Adelaide duo The Amcats were recently invited to showcase at New York City's CMJ along with fellow Australian acts Gotye, The Grates, Boy & Bear, and Little Red.
25.10.11 TRACER TOUR DIARY
Amidst their European tour to promote their new album Spaces In Between, local outfit Tracer keep us up-to-date with an tour diary while on the road.
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.
12.10.11 MUSIC VIDEOS THIS WEEK
You could have guessed, but this week we look at the bombastic new (and allegedly plagiarised) music video from Beyonce, plus some more from Lord Huron, local troubadours Lyla, Metronomy, Bleeding Knees Club, Tyler, The Creator and DJ Shadow.
10.10.11 ADELAIDE FRINGE 2012 POSTER REVEALED
The poster for the 2012 Adelaide Fringe has been revealed with local artist Sue Ninham creating the winning poster, or more precisely, posters.
18.09.11 6 ON THE ST: THE DOCUMENTARY
The 6 On The St journey started sometime last year when the crew of Your Take Sessions got together and decided that the Adelaide traps needed their own version of ‘Sideshow Alley’.
16.09.11 WANT TO PLAY AT KI SURF MUSIC FESTIVAL?
Are you in a local band or a solo act? Want to get a head start by playing on a stage to 5,000 people alongside acts like Ash Grunwald, The Beautiful Girls and Eskimo Joe? This could become your reality this November, as Rip It Up Publishing is looking for a local act to fill the line-up for the Kangaroo Island Surf Music Festival at Vivonne Bay.
15.09.11 INCUBUS RISE FROM THE DEPTHS FOR OZ TOUR
After a long break, which saw guitarist Mike Einziger attend Harvard Music School, Incubus is back in 2011 with a new album If Not Now, When? and as an extra bonus for local fans of the indie funk rock troupe, the Californians will be playing the AEC Theatre on Mon Feb 6.
16.08.11 KANGAROO ISLAND SURF MUSIC FESTIVAL TICKETS NOW ON SALE
While there's still more to come, Rip It Up is pleased to exclusively reveal the local acts who will be joining bands like Eskimo Joe, The Beautiful Girls and Ash Grunwald down at Vivonne Bay this November as part of the KI Surf Music Festival.
29.11.09 - 23.12.09 LITTLE TREASURES
An exhibition of affordable art and craft by 46 local artists. Highlights include contemporary glass bowls by Barbara Davis and fun and quirky toys by Helen Hedding. There’ll also be vintage fabric bags, handmade toys, trinkets and decorations, photography, paintings, delicate necklaces, fine pendants, bracelets, beaded earrings, pottery, textiles, ceramic animals, wood, glass and more for purchase!
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.
09.04.10 - 30.04.10 SHORT CIRCUIT
Concerned with the growing issue of electrical waste, photographer Sam Oster has photographed discarded appliances from suburban hard rubbish and local dumps. The images highlight our electrical dependency and the environmental impact of our high consumption.
01.06.10 - 25.07.10 ARANCIO
CIBO Espresso is showing its support of talented local artists with CIBO Galleria - a series of four seasonal art exhibitions to be held across 2010. Following the huge success of Giallo, the second exhibition in the series - Arancio - kicks off at 10 CIBO Espresso bars across Adelaide, featuring the works of 24 local artists.
Not only does Tom Gleeson make you laugh, he also blogs. Read his first blog here.
The first Fringe Wrap is here! Keep your eyes on our website for daily show reviews.
With Fuse Festival on this week, familiarise yourself with some of the locals on offer..
Solo troubadour City & Colour is bringing his ghostly tunes to Adelaide in May
