Written and Photos by Bang Ho
Alice Longyu Gao was just in Austin for SXSW 2024 and is already back again, this time opening for 3 year new Austin resident Danny Brown. ALG is categorized as hyper pop, but she doesn’t really fit neatly into that package that is difficult to define to begin with. Performing with braids and a cute white dress singing bubble gum pop melodies, but then the song abruptly shifts to her screaming into her mic, juxtaposing the extreme ends of the spectrum. Her show is dynamic as well, leaving you guessing as to what’s coming next. One minute she might be singing softly, then she might be on the barricade reaching to the crowd, perhaps then she’s on the looper/drum pad, and then plucking on a mid size harp. One thing is for certain, it is impossible to be bored at her show.
