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10.05.12 INTERVIEW: FRANK TURNER
English troubadour Frank Turner, whose four folk punk albums have won him a legion of fans, has enjoyed previous Australian solo tours so much that he’s now heading back with his band, The Sleeping Souls.
08.05.12 GEOFFREY O'CONNOR ‘PROUD’ TOUR
Vocalist of The Crayon Fields and Melbourne’s leading synth ‘sensualist’ Geoffrey O’Connor has just released his brand new single, Proud, taken from his melancholic and breezy debut solo album Vanity Is Forever.
20.04.12 JACK WHITE SPLENDOUR SIDESHOWS
Aside from his headlining Splendour In The Grass spot, former White Stripes frontman Jack White has revealed two east coast sideshows for this July in support of his solo album debut Blunderbuss.
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.
03.04.12 INTERVIEW: STEVE EARLE
American troubadour Steve Earle plays the Governor Hindmarsh tonight (Tue Apr 3) in solo mode and Rip It Up’s Robert Dunstan speak to him prior to his visit.
23.03.12 INTERVIEW: NICK LOWE
You've got to be cruel to be kind, especially if you're English singer songwriter Nick Lowe.
07.02.12 INTERPOL’S PAUL BANKS CUTS NEW RECORD
Interpol frontman, Paul Banks, is reportedly set to release his second solo album later on this year.
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.
16.01.12 LOU BARLOW’S SOLO TOUR
Having just wrapped up a triumphant come-back tour with Sebadoh last September, one of the most prolific songwriters of his generation and co-founder of Dinosaur Jr.
10.01.12 OFFICIAL COACHELLA 2012 LINE-UP
This morning Coachella announced the official three-day festival line-up for 2012 and it’s an absolute corker, even featuring Australian solo debonair Gotye on the bill.
29.11.11 KIKUYU ALBUM LAUNCH AT THE GRACE EMILY
Next week at The Grace Emily solo Melbourne micropop artist Kikuyu, otherwise known as Sez Wilks or 'Whistling Nancy' of Aleks And The Ramps, will be launching her debut album Hunter Gathered.
25.11.11 LIVE: STEVIE NICKS
Our arts writer Robert Dunstan went to the Adelaide Entertainment Centre to see a unique solo performance from Fleetwood Mac's front woman Stevie Nicks supported by The Eurythmics co-founder Dave Stewart.
24.11.11 LIL WAYNE POSTPONES SOLO OZ TOUR
Lil Wayne’s solo shows of Australia, including his Adelaide date scheduled for this Sunday, have been postponed due to “scheduling conflicts” until 2012.
04.11.11 THE RETURN OF BETH ORTON
UK chill out and folk queen Beth Orton will return to Adelaide and Australia for a run of solo acoustic shows early next year.
26.10.11 INTERVIEW: AFTER DARK FILMS
MDB spoke to writer/director/producer-cum-After Dark Films co-founder and CEO Courtney Solomon recently while he was in Sydney.
30.09.11 IS KELE SLEEPING WITH THE NME?
Bloc Party singer and solo star Kele has taken to his blog to have a go at NME and journalists after it was reported that Bloc Party were going to audition new singers.
22.09.11 INTERVIEW: TORI AMOS
Twenty years ago this month, Tori Amos was working from a London apartment and awaiting the October 1991 release of her debut solo EP, Me And A Gun.
01.07.11 MOJO JUJU’S ‘HORSE NAMED REGRET’ SOLO TOUR
Over the past five years Juju has performed at a number of established festivals, including Woodford and Bluesfest for the past two years.
04.04.11 Live: Gareth Liddiard
Jive - Fri Apr 1 As frontman of The Drones, Gareth Liddiard is one of the most imposing figures in Australian music.
25.11.11 Gazing Hereos - A Solo Exhibition by Lisa King at Magazine Gallery
Gazing Hereos - A Solo Exhibition by Lisa King at Magazine Gallery
29.01.10 - 21.02.10 In My Own Skin
Following on from her solo debut Road To India, SA visual artist Joslin Koolen presents the sequel exhibition, an exploration of contrasts, extremes, acceptance and beauty.
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.
