Grimes

Although the set comes and goes all too quickly, by the end there’s no denying that young Claire Boucher has knocked it out of the park tonight.

Only Genesis, with a melody that transcends music itself, really brings everything together and realises the banging community gathering Boucher is aiming for. The Meredithians no doubt found an easier way.

"I really like the violent, female protagonistic girly-pop in all those [Hayao] Miyazaki movies and stuff like that. I like that Asian culture still really embraces the action in all the music videos.”

You'll need to be quick though.

She'll play on the east coast.

The ticket ballot is open.

Grimes tells Three Magazine how she re-invented herself into the next big thing.

Like sticking your finger in a power outlet, Grimes has a kind of electricity to her that is somewhat shocking. Pleasantly so.

She may shun her own press, fearful of people saying mean things about her, but Claire Boucher puts a lot of thought into brand Grimes, the indie ‘IT’ girl tells Anthony Carew.