Underworld: Vivid Live – Sydney Opera House – 1st June 2019
It’s evening two of a four night (Concert Hall hosted) Vivid one-off performance extravaganza crafted…
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Karl Hyde (Underworld): “Respond but not follow and also not become a pastiche of our ourselves.” Interview by Ruth Bailey.
“Rick was ahead of me in his vision for the dubnobasswithmyheadman album and he’s done…
A Guy called Gerald: “Music is actually a celebration of freedom.” Interview by Ruth Bailey.
The dance eras of England through the eighties, nineties and noughties are periods characterised by…
Nils Frahm: Sydney Opera House 14th of October 2018
Nils Frahm, the Berlin based, Hamburg born German pianist and composer parades before The Sydney…
St Vincent: Vivid Live – Carriageworks Sydney 17th of June 2018
Two live acts and one short film prequel directed by the artist herself – titled…
Mazzy Star – Vivid Live: Sydney Opera House 11th of June 18
To say it was a long-awaited gig down-under, the premiere show for California’s Mazzy Star…
José González – Sydney Opera House: 31st of March 2018
The Sydney Opera House audience travelled a winding and philosophical journey last night with Swedish…
Devon E. Levins (Morricone Youth): “Nothing is really a secret anymore.” Interview by Ruth Bailey
When George Miller, the director of the renowned post-apocalyptic film Mad Max, gives his blessing…
Ryan Norris: “Completely in the Opposite Direction.” Interview by Ruth Bailey
What happens when you take an Alabama-born country lad living in Nashville, Tennessee and place…
Dave Miller (PVT) “There is a bit more fluidity around what we can do.” Interview by Ruth Bailey
Their recent album New Spirit was put to bed almost two years ago (although only…
Daniel Hart (Composer, A Ghost Story): “When I see something that is filmed, I think about music for it immediately” Interview by Ruth Bailey.
To say musician and sometime film composer Daniel Hart embraces the serendipity life affords would…
Xiu Xiu: “That Gum You Like is Going to Come Back in Style” Rescoring Twin Peaks. Interview By Ruth Bailey
Twin Peaks. For popular culture fiends its return to our screens recently, as promised some…
Jane Weaver: “Drawing From Your Own Universe.” Interview by Ruth Bailey
Manchester based, folktronic implosive, psychedelia-progressive-pop artist, Jane Weaver, receives her ideas as full visions transposing…
Steve Gunn: “A Bit More Of An Edge.” Interview by Ruth Bailey.
Standing on a street corner in Rome, Brooklyn-based musician, Steve Gunn is waking up. Forced…
Ane Brun: “Getting the brain working a little.” Interview by Ruth Bailey
Ane Brun. When at home, she’s a Norwegian-national living the majority of her time, in…