What happens when dozens of the country’s most exciting artists descend on Oxford Square? Volumes 2017 is the answer to exactly that.

Pairing their trademark layered soundscape with an immersive lighting spectacle, local favourites Dappled Cities lit up the City Recital Hall stage.

Described as his generation’s Leonard Cohen, Bill Callahan treated an intimate Vivid Live audience to an evocative performance.

Unleashing her magnetic restlessness on stage, Laura Marling brought her modern folk-pop melodies to life in a stirring live show at the Sydney Opera House.

Talk about an audio visual spectacle! Art pop pioneers Goldfrapp returned to our shores for Vivid 2017.

Together with Blacktown Arts Centre and MusicNSW, FBi Radio took Music Open Day on the road for Tracks – a music industry Q&A and free party!

Taking the reigns for May, FBi Radio curated the latest instalment of Red Bull Sound Select. SK Simeon, Cassius Select and friendships controlled the dancefloor until the early hours.

Further cementing the sonic shift from Chet Faker, Nick Murphy returned to the Opera House under his own name, mixing past and present influences with heavy beats and soulful jams.

Throwing back to their famed LP Moon Safari of 1998, the enigmatic French duo performed twenty years worth of space-rock classics.

Breaking their hiatus for a string of special Vivid Live appearances, Fleet Foxes reclaimed hearts throughout the Concert hall stalls.