The Underground Stage
“Creeping Jenny barrel about in both literal and metaphorical darkness tonight, chaos behind a smokescreen, strobed mayhem just out of focus. Epically loud, roaring in voice and energy, it’s a danger lurking just outside of the light of the fire.” Gallery Listen
“Airline’s flavour of shoegaze is one half as introverted and bookish as the genre requires, but there’s another half that is as hardcore and screaming as you might ever need. The swirling noise will draw you in but its the bits where it properly loses its temper that’ll keep you pinned to the back wall.” […]
👁️ Got my eye on some corking gigs in Sydney this week, including: Patrick James back at Low 302 (Fri), Punish launch their album at The Duke (Sat), 1-800 Death Trap bring the show to The Lady Hampshire (Sat, pictured), plus Jebediah and Grinspoon’s Phil Jamieson hoist the colours for another sea-going edition of Schooner […]
This week was kind of an on-ramp for the year, with only the truly committed – or the canny – releasing new tracks in what is always a quieter week before the competition heats up.
“Marilyn Maria’s wonky and wayward arty post-punk jinks and swerves, odd angles and hard left turns. Crackling energy accompanies arched eyebrows, both animal and aloof.” Gallery Listen
“Dxvndre is today’s only hip-hop act and makes a repeated point that he can’t play an instrument – make no mistake though, this is as tricksy and complex as a Van Halen solo. Complicated, dense bars and plus-sized beats dominate, story and metaphor packed into every line, a predominantly indie-oriented audience feeling every bounce. Hard […]
“Kate Moth’s music comes in like a storm over calm seas, clear blue waters turning black and turbulent with little notice. Smooth jazzy notes rapidly become noisy squalls, an easy swell rising to swamp the decks before you can adjust course.” Gallery
“Mia Petra’s delicate guitar work is on solo show today, distilled down from its normal six-piece band format. Its dreamlike quality floats with equal quantities of colour and darkness, moody and atmospheric, hard to grasp a hold of but surrounding you and thickening the air.” Gallery Listen
“emeris opens today’s launch event for the shiny new Dogs Run Free team, who are putting on shows as part of the staunch work done by PUSH magazine. Playing solo, this is calming and tranquil stuff, emotion running through it all but landing like sunshine on skin. A set to bask in and soak up.” […]