Posts in tag

Vivid Live

Backseat DownunderGalleryLive ReviewMusic

Touring ‘Frog in Boiling Water‘, their first album in five years, DIIV brought their thick, slow-dripping sound to life with a set that doubled as a collage of cult consumerism, protest, and digital rot. Across the huge screen behind them, ads flickered like computer viruses: Soul-Net, ExxonMobil, fake slogans, anti-slogans. Aesthetics lifted from American mall …

Read More
0 23
Backseat DownunderGalleryLive ReviewMusic

One moment the Concert Hall was full of chatter, the next it was all brass and a single giant spotlight – Ezra Collective had arrived to perform their Vivid LIVE showcase, and they weren’t waiting around.The stage had been opened up for this one, with the audience wrapped around all sides like a sunken dancefloor, …

Read More
0 14
Backseat DownunderGalleryLive ReviewMusic

It simply felt like a dream. That’s the only real way to describe Ichiko Aoba’s performance at the Sydney Opera House for VIVID LIVE. In the middle of a festival that thrives on sensory overload, Aoba offered us something slower and beautifully detached from the teeming cityscape outside. The Japanese artist had transformed the theatre …

Read More
0 36
Backseat DownunderGalleryLive ReviewMusic

Masked and mysterious, Pale Jay stepped onto the stage of the Sydney Opera House for his first Eora/Sydney appearance and only his second show ever. As part of this year’s Vivid LIVE program, the rising soul artist delivered an excitingly curated set for a room full of undoubting fans. Known for the signature red balaclava …

Read More
0 37
Backseat DownunderGalleryLive ReviewMusicNews

Post-punk with pop smarts — G2g tear it up at the Sydney Opera House for Vivid LIVE.

Read More
0 56