MAGGIE ROGERS Heard It In A Past Life (EMI) (A version of this review appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald’s Spectrum section.) Maybe it is the tenor of the times, a period of extremes politically, socially and artistically, that being moderate just doesn’t wash at the moment. As even T. Swift, an artist whose confidence and sales would normally insulate her from merely human requirements, acknowledged late last year, you’ve got to commit. What Maggie Rogers brings to the pa

Maggie Rogers writes her songs, plays her songs, produces her songs. On her terms. In her time. This should not be a surprise, even without hearing her confident, slightly sinuous electro-pop songs which position her somewhere between Lorde and The xx. Yes, she may be 23, has only released a handful of EPs, that began as banjo-led folk, and only recently started racking up the gigs after being chased by major labels through 2016, but there’s something straightforward and with