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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.
29.03.12 VAN SHE RELEASING NEW ALBUM ‘IDEAS OF HAPPINESS’
It’s been four years since Sydney outfit Van She released their critically acclaimed debut album V, but now the four-piece are back with a new album in tow, Idea Of Happiness, due out on July 26 through Modular People.
23.03.12 TRIPLE J ONE NIGHT STAND LINE-UP
Triple J’s One Night Stand, a free concert series that brings the big live music experience to youths in rural areas, has announced its annual line-up for 2012.
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.
20.03.12 WATCH LANA DEL REY’S 'BLUE JEANS' VIDEO
It was only a matter of time before staggeringly famous starlet/harlot Lana Del Rey released another big budget music video, and here it is.
06.03.12 MATT CORBY ANNOUNCES ‘THE WINTER’ TOUR
Call your name out to your brother, because Matt Corby’s coming to town.
23.02.12 FU MANCHU ANNOUNCE FIRST OZ TOUR IN A DECADE
It’s been over 10 years since stoner rock veterans Fu Manchu last graced our shores, but this April and May the iconic 90s troupe will return to major Australian cities for an extensive national tour.
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.
13.01.12 BANDS ON TRACK: JAYNE-ANNE POWER
Last night Fowler’s Live was treated to the first heat of Music SA’s Bands On Track competition, seeing The Sun and The Sky, Squeaker, Mase N Mattic, Jayne-Anne Power and The Belle-Phonics all battling it out on the live stage for a spot to perform at Clipsal 500.
28.12.11 RIP IT UP’S Best ALBUMS OF 2011
With the new year set to arrive in a matter of days, it’s time to sit back, reflect and behold Rip It Up's Best Albums of 2011 list.
30.11.11 MATT CORBY LANDS FEIST ADELAIDE SUPPORT
Holy moly, remember this reverent teen back in the day on Australian Idol? It seems all Matt Corby needed was a couple more years to truly flourish – that is, hone his ‘beggar chic’ look and shake off his reality television stigma – as the singer/songwriter has now been selling out venues in Sydney and Melbourne for the better half of this year.
29.11.11 FLORENCE & THE MACHINE BOUND FOR ADELAIDE
You’ve got the love, Florence Welch.
25.11.11 INTERVIEW: ARCTIC MONKEYS
When Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders spoke to Rip It Up backstage at Thebarton Theatre during the band’s first Australian tour in 2006, he was a pimply and enthusiastic teen with a Chopper fetish.
19.10.11 Arctic Monkeys: “The Stone Roses Reunion Is Exciting!”
Ahead of Arctic Monkeys’ summer tour, this morning Rip It Up chatted with drummer Matt Helders about naked actresses, hanging out with P Diddy and singing Katy Perry at karaoke.
17.10.11 COUPLES IN MUSIC
Last year we published a piece about some of the cutest couples in music.
06.10.11 360: LEGENDS OF THE FALL
That massive summer anthem The Festival Song didn’t just turn emcee Pez into an Aussie hip hop star a few years ago – it also brought to our attention his partner-in-crime and fellow rapper 360, also known as Matt Colwell.
11.08.11 FIRST ACTS FOR KANGAROO ISLAND SURF MUSIC FESTIVAL
Rip It Up can exclusively reveal the first line-up of acts for The Kangaroo Island Surf Music Festival with Eskimo Joe, The Beautiful Girls, Ash Grunwald, The Holidays and Hungry Kids Of Hungary among the first announcement of acts for the music and surf event to be held in early November.
10.06.11 HIT THE JACKPOT RELEASING NEW EP ON CASSETTE
Adelaide’s fuzz-pop act Hit The Jackpot have announced that this month they will be going on a national tour to launch their first music release in three years, their new EP Holiday.
01.09.11 Matt, Dan & Maz's Old School Party at The Ramsgate
Matt, Dan & Maz's Old School Party at The Ramsgate
