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09.02.12 BEACH BOYS TO REUNITE AT GRAMMYS
The Beach Boys will kick off their 50th Anniversary Tour this weekend at the Grammy Awards with some surprise guests.
25.01.12 INTERVIEW: WEEKEND
Weekend star Chris New recently spoke to Rip It Up about writer/director Andrew Haigh’s film, and candidly discussed his casting in this, his bigscreen début, as well as the particular pressures of appearing in such a minimalist and intimate production.
01.12.11 LIVE REVIEW: GORGEOUS FESTIVAL
Rip It Up Editor Scott McLennan headed down to McLaren Vale last weekend for the inaugural Gorgeous Festival to discover Icehouse are still a great southern band during their comeback shows.
16.11.11 ICEHOUSE GET TOGETHER FOR GORGEOUS
Rip It Up just returned from crashing an exclusive preview of next weekend’s Gorgeous Festival in McLaren Vale, where Icehouse’s Iva Davies and Paul Gildea performed four tracks on a rooftop for invited guests.
11.11.11 THERE IS NO WEEKEND LIKE A PLAYGROUND WEEKENDER
Quality beats and experimental indie will be the order of the weekend for Playground Weekender 2012, as UNKLE, Modeselektor (pictured), Chic, The Orb, Roots Manuva, Hudson Mohawke and Boy & Bear are some of the highlight acts for the three-day March festival in NSW.
21.10.11 COOKING WITH DENNIS LESLIE
I love blue cheese, and coupled with potato gnocchi it’s absolutely unbeatable! It might be hard to make gnocchi for the first time, but trust me – once you know the ‘feel’ of how it the gnocchi should be you’ll be making it every weekend.
17.10.11 LIVE: THE WOMBATS
Rip It Up writer Karina Caroll went along to see The Wombats over the weekend at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre with Owl Eyes & Faker.
07.10.11 LIVE: COUNTER REVOLUTION
Our writer Owen Heitmann, despite a chest infection, braved the burly crowds at Counter Revolution over the weekend at Fowler's Live.
29.09.11 A Q&A WITH: CITY RIOTS
With their launch around the corner at The Ed Castle this weekend for their second EP Matchsticks, Rip It Up caught up with Adelaide born-and-bred band City Riots prior to their show to find out about recording and general touring natter.
25.08.11 Bob's Bits 25/8
Bob’s Bits are hoping that they don’t get their Abberleys and Applebys a bit muddled up this coming weekend….
01.08.11 THE MIDDLE EAST BREAK UP AT SPLENDOUR
Something was in the air at this year's Splendour.
28.06.11 A Q&A WITH SPLIT SECONDS
Just in time for their performance supporting The Panics this weekend at Adelaide Uni Bar, Perth outfit Split Seconds took some time to have a brief chat to Rip It Up about their EP release, winning 'Best Promising New Act' at the WAMi Awards and recording percussion with a Sulo Bin.
20.06.11 LIVE: ADELAIDE CABARET FESTIVAL PT. 1
Rip It Up writer Catherine Blanch recently attended the opening weekend of Adelaide Cabaret Festival at Adelaide Festival Centre and was magnetised by UK act The Magnets, dragged into Drag! and got greased-up for Olivia Newton-John.
09.05.11 GYPSY & THE CAT TO SUPPORT KYLIE IN JUNE
While it was only on the weekend that they wrapped up the Adelaide leg of their Jona Vark tour, Sydney duo Gypsy & The Cat are gearing up for their biggest support slot yet – with none other than the Aphrodite pop princess herself Kylie Minogue.
05.05.11 VIDEOS OF THE WEEK
It's nearly the weekend, so why not get excited with a handful more videos? This time it's a HUGE week, and we mean both names and production size.
04.04.11 SW Revolution unveil 17th band
The Word Alive have been unveiled as the 17th band on the Soundwave Revolution line-up.
04.04.11 Stream the new Foo Fighters album
Foo Fighters have given fans a very special treat ahead of the release of their seventh studio album Wasting Light - they're streaming it in full! A stream of the new album popped up on the band's Soundcloud page over the weekend, one week before its release on Fri Apr 8.
17.03.11 The Stag
While it may draw a young crowd on the weekends to drink and dance the night away, The Stag Hotel on Rundle Street is a completely different scene at dinner time sporting a more reserved business crowd.
17.03.11 Queen Street Cafe
Croydon’s Queen Street Café, which is actually on Croydon’s Elizabeth St rather than the nearby Queen St, used to do a roaring daytime and weekend evening trade back in the early ’90s.
06.05.10 Vampire Weekend at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre Theatre
Vampire Weekend at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre Theatre
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
