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17.11.10 Talk It Up: Afro Celt Sound System
After a hiatus from music for a couple of years and spending time on other projects and with their families, the guys from Afro Celt Sound System have reunited with renewed musical energy, and are very excited to be playing again at WOMADelaide! “We’re looking forward to it!” band singer Iarla Ó Lionáird explained to Rip It Up when he called recently from his Irish homeland.
05.11.10 Talk it up: Wavves
Just announced on the line-up for next year's Golden Plains Festival in Meredith, Victoria, Wavves frontman and poster boy Nathan Williams (far left) checks in with Rip It Up to tell us, well, not much really.
28.09.10 Talk It Up: Peter Hook
The former Joy Division and New Order bass player tells all in this unedited interview about his decision to reincarnate the sacred songs of Unknown Pleasures.
01.09.10 Talk It up: Darwin Deez
Darwin Deez, real name Darwin Smith, will be out in Australia in a few weeks' time to dance up a storm onstage as part of the Parklife Festivals.
24.08.10 Talk It Up: Wolf Gang
In another life Max McElligott might have been the CEO of a big law firm or the dean of an Ivy League college.
29.07.10 Talk It Up: Delphic
Friendly Fires have dropped off the radar, Does It Offend You, Yeah? have lost themselves in the delayed the release of their second album, it’s taken Klaxons three years to come up with a decent follow-up to Myths Of The Near Future – it seems the world has had enough of the indie-rave genre.
03.06.10 Talk it Up: Foals
In the wake of our very special Foals announcement last night, we thought we’d continue our love of the Oxford quintet.
13.05.10 Talk it Up: Gillian Armstrong
In 1975, sometimes Hollywood director Gillian Armstrong began a study what it's like to a be a 14-year-old girl in working-class Adelaide.
04.05.10 Talk It Up: The Golden Filter
The blogosphere has opened us up to a whole new world of weird and wonderful new music.
27.04.10 Talk it up: Vampire Weekend
Ahead of their eagerly awaited tour of Australia this month, Rip It Up went one-on-one with Vampire Weekend drummer Chris Tomson to discuss life on the road, college attire, and their awesome star-studded music video for single Giving Up The Gun.
19.04.10 Talk it up: Philadelphia Grand Jury
For the past 18 months (yes it really has only been that short a time), Philadelphia Grand Jury have been shaking the foundations of just about every music venue across Australia.
12.04.10 Talk it up: REGINA SPEKTOR
Returning Down Under after notching up her first Australian top 10 album with 2009’s Far, dazzling New York talent Regina Spektor is hoping the countdown until her Aussie trip is a little less catastrophic than last time.
08.04.10 Talk it Up: Sally Seltmann
It seems that Sally Seltmann has turned a corner in her life.
28.12.09 Talk it up: the best quotes from rip it up in 2009 pt. 2
There are four days left in 2009 so that gives us four more days of pointless end of year filler that everyone can't seem to get enough of.
23.12.09 Talk It Up: The best quotes from Rip It Up in 2009 pt. 1
The year is drawing to a close.
