The Underground Stage
“Australian post-punk has been hitting its stride recently, and Tasmanian outfit Teens join the fray with this menacingly bubbly twitcher. Shuddering like a fucked train, it’s equal parts amphetamine cheekbones and feral teeth 🚂”
“Scrappy and charming – and with one of the best band names in the game – Alright Psycho’s latest is a burst of scuttling energy and bite, nipping at your ankles like a mad thing. It might look cute, but it’s got claws that’ll leave a mark 🦀”
“Like smoke in a still, cold night sky, Human Noise float and twist around your head, catching the light but impossible to grab hold of. It’s got its own physics, its own laws, and it demands you bend to it, regardless of how uncomfortable it makes you. Brilliant and baffling, dense yet danceable, there are […]
“Elizabeth Fader returns after literally years away, but does so with a set so chock full of loveliness and grace it makes you wonder how we ever survived without her. It’s beautifully constructed and it’s sharply cut, crystal-clear songs made of twang and thrum and harmony that demand you stare and stare and stare until […]
“Sevilles switch effortlessly between a soft crash and a hard landing, jazzier moments giving way to wigout distortion. It mostly reaches out with velvet gloves, but the iron fists inside occasionally wrap themselves around your throat, a killer behind the caress.” Gallery Learn More Instagram
“DINGE crash together classic rock and modern hip-hop, six-strings and hot mics, live drums and fast bars – it’s like early Roots and Pearl Jam set up shop in Western Sydney. It’s incredibly rich stuff whichever mode or gear they settle into, thick and dense and toughened like leather.” Gallery Learn More Instagram | TikTok
“Lemon Larry & Rold Pigeon take turns at the front of the stage but the whole flows neatly between one and the other. Lemon Larry’s funky smoothness opens it up but while the delivery remains rapid and flawless, the mood turns darker through the set – the early tracks hit the feet but the later […]
“It’s wild weather out in Sydney tonight but it wouldn’t take much to convince me that it’s all coming from the hurricane of mayhem that is smallways.’ set. From start to end it’s relentless, battering, hilarious, sharp-edged, manic, high-velocity fun and is more than capable of causing meteorological – if not geological – disturbances. Bloody […]
“Boyfriend Material aren’t dark but more foggy and misty, with danger lurking somewhere out beyond your limited visibility. There’s a superb use of shading too, daubs and spatters of colour that erupt out of the fog when it goes for it – it’s all very cinematic, even if you’re clutching the cushions while you watch.” […]