KATIE CUNNINGHAM and CAITLIN WELSH report on the first day of Vivid Sydney, which saw the illumination of the Opera House and performances by Florence + The Machine and PVT. Photos by PRUDENCE UPTON . With the sails of Sydney’s Opera House lit for the fist time last night (May 25), Vivid Sydney was officially on. This year, German design collective Urbanscreen handled the visuals: think giant dancers beamed across the Opera House sails and geometric shapes building up and crumbling away. We spoke to Vivid LIVE creative director Fergus Linehan about Efterklang, Karen O in Stop the Virgens , the collaboration ...

Budgie fra hedengangne Siouxsie & The Banshees og The Creatures er ny mand i gruppens liveband

WHAT:  Movement Electronic Music Festival WHEN: May 26-28 WHERE: Detroit, MI WHO: Public Enemy, Major Lazer, AraabMuzik, Actress, SBTRKT, Lindstrøm, Tiger & Woods, Todd Terje, Photek, Radioslave, more WHAT: Vivid LIVE WHEN: May 25 - June 3 WHERE: Sydney, Australia WHO:  Karen O's "Stop the Virgens", Sufjan Stevens with Bryce Dessner & Nico Muhly, Janelle Monae, Zola Jesus, Danny Brown, Florence + the Machine, Shut Up & Play the Hits (LCD Soundsystem documentary), My Brightest Diamond, Amon Tobin, Efterklang, MED, more WHAT: I Love This City WHEN: May 25-26 WHERE: San Francisco, CA WHO: James Murphy, AraabMuzik, Holy Fuck, Holy Ghost!, Duck Sauce, Cut ...

A collection of 4AD  music and artwork is being auctioned on eBay  to raise money for  Natasha Laflin , a British artist and illustrator who suffered a near fatal bain aneurysm in 2008. Funds will go towards helping Laflin move from a care-home back in with her family. Read more about her life here . The auction items include a Grimes cassette single, a test-pressing of the reissue of Dead Can Dance's 1988 record  The Serpent's Egg , a 2009 Japanese label sampler CD featuring selections curated by various 4AD artists, a vinyl compilation of 4AD Session performances, and a book ...

This was only Sharon van Etten ’s second visit to Manchester, the first being “ four years ago when I played solo ”. Heather Woods Broderick from three-piece backing band had been to the Deaf Institute before however with Efterklang : “ it was Fancy Dress Halloween AND we had a robot war ”. Well tonight may not have contained kick-ass battling androids but it was special and memorable in its own way. I’m normally uninterested in a musician’s appearance but I was surprised to see Sharon van Etten was in 3.5 inch stiletto heels, black lacy top, red lipstick and generously ...

Peter Broderick http://www.itstartshear.com [Bella Union; 2012] by Nathan Shaffer Rating: Recently, my friend and I were talking about the internet — that the website, as a canvas, is like a new Chauvet or Lascaux, only less tangible and with a predilection for whims. Prehistoric horses and deer and rhinoceroses and, perhaps, humans seemingly have no need for pretense. (Perhaps my opinions regarding prehistoric representation are too conservative.) They may or may not function as symbols (we don’t know). But, self-reflecting, we don’t suppose they’re empty, that is, vacuous images. People like Georges Bataille, John Berger ...

I oktober præsenterer Efterklang deres nye album "Piramida" live i Konservatoriets koncertsal

KAREN O IN ‘STOP THE VIRGENS’/ FLORENCE + THE MACHINE / THE TEMPER TRAP / BRYCE DESSNER, NICO MUHLY, SUFJAN STEVENS / JANELLE MONAE & THE ARCHANDROID ORCHESTRA / AMON TOBIN LIVE BEYOND 3D ‘ISAM’ / EFTERKLANG & SYDNEY SYMPHONY / PVT / SHUT UP AND PLAY THE HITS / MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND / SEEKAE / DANNY BROWN / MED/ ELLESQUIRE / HALFWAY CROOKS DJS / ZOLA JESUS/ LIGHT ASYLUM / FORCES/ MODULAR / FUTURE CLASSIC / GOODGOD DANCETERIA / URBANSCREEN

While in Byron Bay for Bluesfest, Larry Heath caught up with French musician Yann Tiersen after his first performance. The show I got to see of you was incredible. It sounded great. How do you feel about the show? Really good. It’s kind of growing so it’s a good feeling. It’s the first big festival so you’re always afraid of stage sound and everything so... it was really good, I enjoyed it. Are you doing another set before you leave? Yeah tomorrow. Looking forward to it? Yeah! (Laughs) Well it was great to get to see ...

Der dänische Electronica-Produzent Anders Trentemøller präsentiert ein brandneues Musikvideo zu seiner Single "My Dreams". Das Cover der US-amerikanische Post-Punk Band The Gun Club aus den 80er Jahren befindet sich nicht auf "Into The Great Wide Yonder", dem letzten Studioalbum des Musikers. Es ist ein spezieller Release für den anstehenden Record Store Day am 21. April und soll auf einer limitierten 7-Inch Vinyl erscheinen. Als Sängerin fungiert Marie Fisker , welche Trentemøller auch während seiner Live-Konzerte begleitet. Das Stück ist außerdem ein Dankeschön für alle Besucher der erfolgreichen Touren der letzten Monate. Der Clip selber unterstreicht das und untermalt den eingängigen Song ...

You know that tip-of-the-tongue familiarity that you get when listening to music? That teeth-grinding frustration that eats into your daily routine? This is what happens when you delve into Mesita ‘s latest release, save for the unclenched teeth. The Coyote constantly jumps between syncopated Radiohead rhythms, darting Efterklang melodies, bluesy Black Keys riffs and airy Bon Iver falsettos, to name but a few comparisons. It seems as if all of these artists, and more, have been soaked up by James Cooley (under his moniker, Mesita) – a bedroom producer and multi-instrumentalist from Colorado, USA. Not only is Cooley a bit of ...

Exposure is our scrapbook of our favourite new bands. Today's exposure features experimental-pop artist Bon Arrow aka Kirsten Taylor. Name : Bon Arrow Location : North-West Genre : Experimental Pop For Fans of : Bjork, Efterklang Website : Website There's painfully little information about Bon Arrow , aside from being the solo project of Kirsten Taylor based in the 'North-West'. Yet this ambiguity in fact serves to perfectly backdrop the adventurous, unique and experimental sounds of Bon Arrow.

Efterklang are to collaborate with the Northern Sinfonia on a series of upcoming shows. Efterklang have always had grand, lush leanings. The artful Danes have a history of mixing experimental whims with rock songcraft, so when news came through that the band were preparing to work with the Northern Sinfonia nary an eyebrow was raised. Sitting at the forefront of classical music, the Northern Sinfonia will join Efterklang to interpret the band's music in new, striking ways. The project - titled The Piramida Concerts - will focus on Efterklang's forthcoming album 'Piramida'. To pull the project together the Danish band ...

Following the recent news that Efterklang would be premiering their new album Pyramida at the Sydney Opera House this May, the band have announced a bunch of UK dates for October. The dates are as follows: 23 Gateshead - The Sage 24 Edinburgh - Usher Hall 27 Coventry - Warwick Arts Centre 28 Brighton – Dome 29 Manchester - Bridgewater Hall 30 London – Barbican Pyramida is set for release later in the year through 4AD.

Efterklang are planning an exciting and innovative series of events in collaboration with Northern Sinfonia, orchestra of The Sage Gateshead, entitled The Piramida Concerts. Another epic scale project from this ever resourceful and imaginative band, the concerts, and Piramida the album, due for release later this year, originated from and were informed by, a special expedition undertaken by the band in 2011, about which they have yet to share any details or information. Performing music from their forthcoming album ‘Piramida’, Efterklang have engaged classical arrangers Missy Mazzoli (Kronos Quartet, Victoire), Karsten Fundal (Under Byen, Oh Land) and Daníel Bjarnason (Sigur ...