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The new issue of Rip It Up is available now, featuring the mighty Beastwars on the cover – designed for Rip It Up by award-winning illustrator Nick Keller. We also talk exclusively to Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Karen O, as well as Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump, Justin Timberlake, Vampire Weekend, Maynard and Danny from Tool, Dave Grohl, Shaun of the Dead and Star Trek Into Darkness star Simon Pegg, rock icon Joan Jett, The Knife, Chicks on Speed, Bad Religion, Suede, Stone Sour, Ghost Wave and many more.
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  • SINGLE OF THE WEEK: Tom Odell - Another Love

    SINGLE OF THE WEEK: Tom Odell - Another Love

    'Another Love' is our Single of the Week from the British singer-songwriter Tom Odell. Tom with his boyish blond locks released his debut EP Songs from Another Love in 2012 and we're finally getting a wave of the Tom Odell goodness down here. Tom actually spent some of his childhood living NZ and p...
  • WIN: 1 of 5 copies of P-Money's new album Gratitude

    WIN: 1 of 5 copies of P-Money's new album Gratitude

    P-Money makes a triumphant return with the release of his highly anticipated new album Gratitude. Gratitude is a record that marks P-Money’s return to his hip-hop roots and boosts an all-star line-up of featured artists.
  • WIN: Daft Punk's new album Random Access Memories and a 3D Helmet Mask

    WIN: Daft Punk's new album Random Access Memories and a 3D Helmet Mask

    Daft Punk's massively anticipated new album Random Access Memories is now - May 17. The 13 track album, the duo’s first since 2005’s Human After All, is out May 17 on Columbia Records and features collaborations with Pharrell Williams, Julian Casablancas, Panda Bear, Nile Rodgers, Giorgio Morode...
  • WIN: 1 of 5 copies of Rihanna's 777 Tour DVD

    WIN: 1 of 5 copies of Rihanna's 777 Tour DVD

    Rihanna made history in November 2012, when she took a group of 256 international journalists (representing 82 countries) and die-hard fans, aboard a chartered Boeing 777 twinjet to 7 countries in 7 days for 7 shows, flying toward the release of her 7(th) album Unapologetic on November 19(th) . Riha...
  • WIN: 1 of 5 copies of MS MR's new album Secondhand Rapture

    WIN: 1 of 5 copies of MS MR's new album Secondhand Rapture

    NYC-based, indie-pop duo MS MR has announced that their debut album, Second Hand Rapture. Lizzy Plapinger (MS) and Max Hershenow (MR) began their musical collaboration in December of 2010, recording in secrecy, at Hershenow’s home studio in Brooklyn, NY over the course of 2011.
  • FREE DOWNLOAD THIS WEEK: Cavell - Supernova

    FREE DOWNLOAD THIS WEEK: Cavell - Supernova

    This week we have a special Rip It Up free download from NZ singer/songwriter Cavell. Supernova is Cavell's wicked new track, which hasn't been officially released yet. We're stoked to share it with you for FREE all this week.
  • WIN: Matt Langley's new album Virginia Avenue and double passes to his tour

    WIN: Matt Langley's new album Virginia Avenue and double passes to his tour

    Virginia Avenue is named after the street in Broad Bay on the Otago Peninsula where Matt lives and wrote the album. Produced by renowned pairing Brett Stanton (The Phoenix Foundation) and Riki Gooch (Trinity Roots, Eru Dangerspiel), the album also features some of New Zealand's finest musicians incl...
  • WIN: 1 of 5 Beck's - The Record Label Project Prize Packs

    WIN: 1 of 5 Beck's - The Record Label Project Prize Packs

    To celebrate Beck’s Record Label Project. We’ve got five wicked prize packs up for grabs each including Ghost Wave’s debut album Ages, a dozen of Beck’s and a double pass to Ghost Waves National tour. To enter the draw, simply click the link below and fill out your details. You must be 18 ye...
  • WIN: NZ Music Month 2013 prizes

    WIN: NZ Music Month 2013 prizes

    Thirty-one days of music across our clubs, libraries, airwaves, screens of all sizes, schools, parks, and theaters starts today.
  • WIN: 1 of 3 copies of The Veils new album Time Stays, We Go

    WIN: 1 of 3 copies of The Veils new album Time Stays, We Go

    Time Stays, We Go shows The Veils at the very height of their creative powers so far, deftly combining two distinct sides of their personality, or as frontman Finn Andrews calls it, “The Pop & The Snarl”.
  • WIN: 1 of 5 copies of Paramore's new album and t-shirts

    WIN: 1 of 5 copies of Paramore's new album and t-shirts

    The band’s first all-new release in more than three years, Paramore marks the eagerly anticipated follow-up to Brand New Eyes. The self-titled album is Paramore’s fourth full-length studio recording, was produced by Grammy-nominated producer Justin Meldal-Johnson.
  • WIN: 1 of 5 copies of Phoenix's new album Bankrupt!

    WIN: 1 of 5 copies of Phoenix's new album Bankrupt!

    Bankrupt! is the first album from the quartet since the release of their breakthrough Grammy Award winning album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix four years ago. The album, propelled by hits like ‘1901’ and ‘Lisztomania’, introduced Phoenix’s synth-filled, toe-tapping tunes to a world that welcome...
  • WIN: 1 of 5 copies of British India's new album Controller

    WIN: 1 of 5 copies of British India's new album Controller

    The Melbourne foursome released their first LP in 2007, shortly after exploding onto the independent music scene. Guillotine featured the brash punk of Black & White Radio, the lo-fi rock of Tie Up My Hands and the #22 ARIA single Run The Red Light. It took out the AIR Award for Best New Independent...
  • WIN: A Smashbox Love Me Collection Set

    WIN: A Smashbox Love Me Collection Set

    World-renowned graffiti artist Curtis Kulig and Smashbox have joined forces to create Smashbox’s latest limited edition collection Love Me. The collection, inspired by Kulig’s signature Love Me design seamlessly merges what Kulig and Smashbox are all about – art, photography, and, of course, b...
  • WIN: 1 of 5 copies of Yeah Yeah Yeah’s new album Mosquito

    WIN: 1 of 5 copies of Yeah Yeah Yeah’s new album Mosquito

    “We would love for this music to make our fans feeeeel something, for it to stir some shit up inside of them, whatever that may be,” says Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer Karen O. “So much feeling went into this record, it was the rope ladder thrown down into the ditch for us to climb up and dust oursel...
  • Rip It Up Best of Kiwi with Old Mout Cider

    Rip It Up Best of Kiwi with Old Mout Cider

    Rip It Up Best of Kiwi brought to you by Old Mout Cider, the official unofficial NZ Music Month Awards. Vote for your favourite Kiwi music and go in the draw to win a year's supply of Old Mout Cider and be in to win 1 of 10 Old Mout prize packs including two 1.25L bottles of Old Mout Cider, Old Mout...
  • WIN: 1 of 2 pairs of Converse Well Worn or Fade Out hi-tops

    WIN: 1 of 2 pairs of Converse Well Worn or Fade Out hi-tops

    Spend enough time in the sun, and everything gets a bit washed out—it’s the Chuck Taylor sneaker faded and broken-in just right. Converse Chuck Taylor All Star Well Worn and Fade Out Sneakers – premium washed canvas with a broken-in look, right from the start.
  • WIN: A Rip It Up April/May prize pack

    WIN: A Rip It Up April/May prize pack

    This issue’s cover stars bring it in planet-sized spades when it comes to massive sludge metal riffs. Be in to win their brand new album Blood Becomes Fire on 12-inch vinyl with beautiful gatefold packaging by epic fantasy artist Nick Keller, the man responsible for the cover of this issue, as wel...
  • WIN: 1 of 4 Primal Earth packs worth over $50 each

    WIN: 1 of 4 Primal Earth packs worth over $50 each

    Primal Earth Men's Natural Active skincare range is made in New Zealand from 100% natural plant ingredients such as aloe vera, green tea and harakeke. These skin-conditioning ingredients help to gently cleanse, hydrate and protect sensitive skin.
  • WIN: 1 of 5 copies of Depeche Mode's new album Delta Machine

    WIN: 1 of 5 copies of Depeche Mode's new album Delta Machine

    Depeche Mode have announced they will release their highly anticipated 13th studio album, entitled Delta Machine, on March 29th worldwide via Columbia Records. The album, recorded over the last year in Santa Barbara, California and New York City, was produced by Ben Hillier and mixed by Flood.
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