Guests include Sydney-based singer-songwriters Tiffi and Mikayla Pasterfield, but the real star of the show will be Ivy’s expert blend of funk, hip-hop, R&B, soul and dance, which draws from disparate influences ranging from Marvin Gaye and Diana Ross to the bright psychedelic sampling of the Avalanches and J Dilla.
TV Girl
Hordern Pavilion, July 17 and 19
For all the brouhaha about the evils of TikTok, the app does have a few things going for it. Case in point: enabling songs from any era or genre to become surprise viral hits that go on to generate enormous streaming numbers. Self-described “hypnotic pop” trio TV Girl are one such semi-obscure band to suddenly gain new levels of fame thanks to the social media platform. Their 2014 song Lovers Rock, which features a looped sample of the intro to the Shirelles’ 1960 B-side The Dance Is Over, hit algorithmic paydirt in 2022. More than 3 billion streams later, the so-hot-right-now Californians will be playing their ’60s-influenced, sample-heavy, Gen Z-friendly indie-pop at the Hordern twice, after being upgraded from a single show at the Roundhouse (thanks again, TikTok).
Kim Gordon
Art Gallery of NSW, July 18-19
As a member of New York City’s Sonic Youth, Kim Gordon pushed the boundaries of what rock’n’roll could be for 30 years, becoming the epitome of indie-rock cool in the process. When that band – and her marriage to Sonic Youth co-founder Thurston Moore – ended in 2011, Gordon kept busy with new bands, visual art exhibitions, acting gigs and writing a memoir.
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