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ONLINE GIGS
LIVE STREAMS ON SPOTIFY
Music streaming giant Spotify's newly launched live-stream concert series is yet another sign that virtual gigs are not going away any time soon.
Taking place this month and in June, the line-up features five acts from an assortment of genres.
Grammy-winning American blues rock duo The Black Keys kicked off the series with a set from Blue Front Cafe, an iconic juke joint in Mississippi, yesterday.
British soul singer Rag'n'Bone Man performs from London's Roundhouse theatre on Thursday. American indie band Bleachers, fronted by producer Jack Antonoff, perform on a bus in New York City and New Jersey on June 10. American soul singer Leon Bridges sings from Los Angeles hotel Gold Diggers on June 17, while Norwegian indie singer-songwriter Girl In Red does a set from Oslo on June 24.
WHERE spotify.live WHEN Every Thursday, 6pm, until June 24 ADMISSION $17
ONLINE DJ SETS
TOP 100 CLUBS 2021 VIRTUAL WORLD TOUR
Influential dance-music publication DJ Mag's online world tour celebrates global club culture which is under threat from the pandemic.
Launched in conjunction with its annual Top 100 Clubs poll, the virtual DJ sets highlight an assortment of clubs from around the world, both big and small.
The tour includes Singapore nightlife institution Zouk, with a set by resident DJ Ferng. Also in the line-up are American DJ Kaskade, doing a set from popular Los Angeles club Exchange, and Chinese DJ Panta.Q's live stream from Galame, a club in Guangdong, China.
WHERE DJ Mag's Facebook, YouTube and Twitch pages, including bit.ly/3bY9Lup WHEN Ongoing
REVIEW
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Olivia Rodrigo
4/5 stars
With her debut album Sour, singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo proves there is a lot more to pop music's newest wunderkind than her massive debut single Drivers License.
A glorious collection of teenage break-up tunes, the tracks double down on the complex emotional turmoil that follows the end of a relationship.
Like many of her peers, who grew up on the universal jukebox that is Spotify, the 18-year-old Disney star does not stick to one genre.
She dresses up her canny knack for hooks in an assortment of styles - from the pop-punk spunk of Good 4 U to the folksy inflections of Enough For You to the emotional power balladry of Traitor.
And it works - the concoction of sounds is a potent painting of the beautiful chaos that goes on in a teenage girl's mind.
