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24.05.12 INTERVIEW: MARINA & THE DIAMONDS
In a world where pop stars such as Rihanna and Lady Gaga appear to live in airbrushed fantasy realms beyond regular social anxieties, Marina Diamandis is an anomaly.
17.05.12 INTERVIEW: GRIMES
Canada’s Grimes, AKA Claire Boucher, is one of 2012’s breakthrough artists, her album Visions entailing the addictive Oblivion, and evoking an R&B Miss Kittin or futuristic Mariah Carey.
03.05.12 INTERVIEW: GRAVEYARD TRAIN
If Texas Chainsaw Massacre were materialised into a musical, it’d probably sound a little bit like Melbourne horror alt-country outfit Graveyard Train.
01.05.12 LIZ MARTIN TO TOUR ‘A LITTLE'
Normally major reconstructive surgery can leave you a little downcast, but in Australian songstress Liz Martin’s case, the recovery period bloomed into her light-hearted and candid third studio album, Dance A Little, Live A Little.
18.04.12 THIRD BAND CONFIRMED FOR SPLENDOUR
The full Splendour In The Grass line-up is set to be announced tomorrow morning, but yet another early confirmation has snuck its way in thanks to detective work of music journalists.
16.04.12 JACK WHITE FOR SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS?
Thanks to some cluey fans, the first piece of the Splendour In The Grass puzzle has inadvertently been solved.
13.04.12 KATE MILLER-HEIDKE TOURING ‘NIGHTFLIGHT’
With her brand new third album Nightflight in stores today, Kate Miller-Heidke has announced a run of coinciding dates around the country this August to be joined by special local support act The Beards.
12.04.12 INTERVIEW: KATE MILLER-HEIDKE
“I was recently recognised during a full-body massage by the bloke who was kneading my thighs at the time,” Kate Miller-Heidke recalls with horror.
09.03.12 TOM GLEESON: RIP IT UP BLOG #3
In his third Rip It Up online blog, Tom Gleeson touches upon the paternal subject of being a father.
28.02.12 FRINGE WRAP: MON FEB 27 (PART 3)
The third and final instalment of the weekend's Fringe shows.
06.02.12 TENACIOUS D’S FENIX WILL RIZE IN MAY
Actor Jack Black’s musical venture, Tenacious D, has announced that the band’s third album will be released in May.
02.02.12 ALEKS AND THE RAMPS BRING THE FACTS
Flourishes of the accordion, 50s doo-wop and jangly guitar riffs at an indie-pop centric core? No, this isn’t an advert for the latest on-the-go snack craze being gobbled down by hipsters.
31.01.12 JACK WHITE TO RELEASE NEW SOLO ALBUM
It’s been nearly a year since The White Stripes sadly announced that they would be splitting up, but it’s apparent that the de-banding hasn’t left any bitter taste as musical go-getter and producer Jack White has already unveiled the first single from his debut solo project, Love Interruption.
18.01.12 HOLLY THROSBY & THE HELLO TIGERS HEAD OUT
Fresh off the back of their successful cathedral tour all around the country, on third of the Seeker Lover Keeper all-girl outfit, Holly Throsby, will be heading out this March to perform her own run of intimate performances with her band The Hello Tigers.
22.11.11 LIVE: PORTISHEAD
Adelaide enjoyed a series of Harvest Festival sideshows last week, with our staff writer Robert Dunstan venturing along to Thebarton Theatre on Thursday to experience Mercury Rev and Portishead.
18.11.11 BUSH ADDED TO SOUNDWAVE
The third and final announcement for Soundwave 2012 has landed with ‘90s British rockers Bush heading to Australia with new Soundwave additions In Flames, The Black Dahlia Murder, Holy Grail, These Kids Wear Crowns and more all joining the already huge line-up for the hard rocking and punk festival.
21.09.11 KASABIAN: WE'RE DOING THE BDO
After months of rumours, Kasabian frontman Tom Meighan has confirmed to Rip It Up that the veterans of the 2007 and 2010 Big Day Out will be in Australia for their third Big Day Out dates in 2012.
21.06.11 ARCADE FIRE’S ACOUSTIC RECORDING SESSION
While the world (and award ceremonies) are still prising their jaws off the floors after the release of Arcade Fire’s Juno-winning, Grammy-winning, NME Award-winning and Brit Award winning third record The Suburbs, the band continue to kick about doing awesome things.
24.03.11 Joan As Police Woman tour
This June marks the return of sultry American songstress Joan Wasser and her band Joan As Police Woman.
22.03.11 More bands announced for Soundwave Revolution
American groups This Providence, The Swellers and Terrible Things have been outed as the second, third and fourth bands to play the mysterious Soundwave Revolution festival, thought to be happening this September.
13.05.10 - 29.05.10 VERY REMOTE
Visual artist Peter Drew is throwing together his third solo exhibition - and you’re invited. The paintings, based on his travels through remote Aboriginal communities in the Tiwi Islands, comprise of pixelated images.
“For me the pixelated images convey the possibility of communication between different cultures despite the fact that details are often lost in translation,” he tells Rip It Up.
