The Underground Stage
“The second album from Body Type in the space of twelve months sees them in a gloriously bright temper. The mood on this title track runs throughout the whole, all sunshine in the melodies, and savage wit in the words ☀️”
“Echoes of The Cult’s ‘She Sells Sanctuary’ explode into a giant gorilla of a track, balancing the plaintive and the triumphant on a blade of shiny stadium-sized sound. Heart strings tugged, hairs on neck raised 🦍”
“High-tempo jangle orbits an immediately addictive core on the new one from Anatomy Class, skittering like a kitten on an ice rink. An instant whack of loveable charm straight to the core of the brain ⛸️”
“West Thebarton’s EP drops into the ears like a brick into a glass of water, the resulting chaos spread all over the floor, with the distinct danger of blood being drawn. Savage but grinning like a goon, it’s a return to the fray with ferocious intent 🧱”
“More NC than O.C, more Chapel Hill than Newport Beach, this is a track with a thunderous, chaotic energy, swan-diving from a dizzying height into turbulent waters. If this *had* been playing when Marissa pulled the trigger on Trey, she’d have damn sure pulled it more than once 🌊”
“Avalanche light the fuse on their Duke Of Enmore residency tonight, foot-to-the-floor and hair-on-fire and stacks-of-Marshalls and white-tigers-in-the-swimming-pool. The thing is, you know how sometimes you just *need* someone else to cook for you? This is a set that’s difficult and technical and hard to do, but when someone serves it up to you on […]
“Radicals are down a guitarist, but we’re still a distance from stripped-back. Without the solos – which are usually awesome, to be fair – there’s a strange, pounding attraction to a set made of unforgiving chords, a barrage of six-string artillery landing squarely on the top of your head. “ Gallery Learn More Facebook | […]
Last month’s insane show from Downgirl makes this month’s cover, a glorious display of lunacy and mayhem. There was a ton more goodies to be found across May though, and this issue features shows from Loser and Acacia Bloom, as well as the madcap return to Sydney of West Thebarton, plus a bunch more. Off […]
VV Pete‘s latest track “Jordan 1s” – a collab with UTILITY – was the most added track across the best Australian new music playlists this week, appearing on over a third of the playlists I track. Most Playlisted This Week 🥇VV Pete 🥈GUM 🥉Aodhan, BLESSED, Gretta Ray, Jack River, The Teskey Brothers GUM’s latest was […]