Ripe is an online music publication that covers the Australian music scene, and its best emerging artists. Established in 2012, it is run by a dedicated core team of music lovers, with the help of a small group of talented contributors.

The Ripe was founded in 2012 by Huw Nolan (Good Manners) and Tom Pitney (The Vine), who worked tirelessly to build it into a credible source for the best new music. Having become Ripe in 2015 with a new focus on only Australian music, Brandon John (Tone Deaf) took over operations, running the site with the help of a small team of music-lovers. As of 2017, Ripe is now co-run between a number of the alumni made up of Marcus Rimondini, Sarah Chavdaroska, Alex Gleeson and Matt Bladin.

Marcus Rimondini

Managing Editor & Music Editor

 

marcusrimondini@gmail.com

Sarah Chavdaroska

Managing Editor & Photo Editor

 

sarah.chav@hotmail.com

Matt Bladin

Managing Editor

 

mattbladin@ozemail.com.au

Alex Gleeson

Managing Editor & Live Co-Ordinator

 

alex@thegasometerhotel.com.au

Georgia Hamilton-Myers

Writer & Line Editor

 

georgiahamiltonmyers@gmail.com

Kitty Chrystal

Editor

 

Kitty.c.m@hotmail.com

Brandon John

Executive Editor – Now at Tone Deaf

 

Contributors

Sam Chesbrough

Writer

Jasper van Daatselaar

Writer & Photographer

Kassie Junkeer

Writer

Blake Creighton

Writer

Ollie Leonard

Writer

James McNiece

Writer

Over the past few years, we’ve been lucky enough to work with a lot of talented and driven people who have contributed not only to the site, but the local music scene as a whole. They brought their passion and expertise to the site as it grew, and we can’t thank them enough:

 

Adrienne Gyori – Alana Scully – Alastair Price – Alex Byrne – Alison Erlanger
Anna Gilfillan – Anna Nodrum – Chantelle Matutini – Chelsea Dennison
Dan Soderstrom – Dave Ross – Edward Pitney – Dec Gleeson – Elyse Moore
Georgie Nolan – Grace Goodfellow – Jacobo Arenas Gonzalez – Jake Cleland – James Butler
Jamie Harris – Jarrod Watters – Joshua Butler – Kim Mihaljevic – Lachlan McKenzie
Lydia Crisp – Mark Stanjo – Matt Nielsen – Nikola Kamien-Sarbinowski – Pip Davies
Mich Doan – Scott Armstrong – Sean Kirkpatrick – Sim Berman – Sonia Miles-Khan
Stef Italia – Stephanie Jane Hume – Tim Stubbs – Tracey Chen