The Underground Stage
“Over recent years, Maddy Jane didn’t release much – until just last week – but it’s made rapidly clear tonight that during that gap something she also didn’t do was get worse at performing. A voice with as much power as trill, songs with as much fun as feelings (plus a sense of humour to […]
“Carla Wehbe’s Christmas-themed set tonight is a finely wrapped and carefully chosen gift, her interpretations of seasonal songs peppered with her own tracks to create a crackling fireside of a set, something to stretch out in front of. I spent a bunch of Decembers working in retail as a teenager, suffering through *that* shopping mall […]
“Thom Bastick’s rich solo set is a clear night sky, an enveloping darkness filled with myriad pinpricks of brightness. A velvety blackness might set the mood, but it’s the multitude of tiny shining points that ends up lighting up the room.” Gallery Listen
🌶️ Sydney’s got some spicy gigs on offer this week, including: Carla Wehbe closing out her excellent three-week (free!) residency at Metro Social, Private Function taking it to the high seas, Sophisticated Dingo (pictured) making a visit to Bootleggers, plus plenty of energetic doings at the Lazy Thinking all-dayer, featuring a co-curated lineup with Barbara […]
“Pricey and his band carry history from his previous life in The Chats, but it doesn’t weigh them down, not even a little bit. Two things jump out like monkeys from a box: first, these songs are just sheer wicked-ripping fun, but second, my word how Pricey can PLAY. The noise coming from that guitar […]
“Airheart’s instantly addictive punk rings all the right bells, finely honed and harmonised, sparking like a severed mains cable. Bags of energy, bags of tune, and hideously good fun, it’s got that *just* right balance of being wild but welcoming, confused seas to dive headfirst into without a second thought.” Gallery Listen
“The Bancrofts mix theatre into their fizzing and varied set to keep your attention squarely front-facing, with buzzing indie rock, Stones-y riffs, and inventive hard-left squalls keeping the pulse beating and the feet moving. It’s all made of pleasure, rhythm and rush, jerking and jumping.” Gallery Listen
Every week I scour the latest releases from emerging, DIY, and independent artists in Australia. The best of them end up on the playlist. Follow The Playlist Listen to this week’s edition here, 100% made up of the best brand-new music from the best new artists in Australia – never pay-to-play, and always only new […]
Lock it in (and start planning now!) SXSW Sydney has announced that the dates for the 2025 edition of the event (their third) will be happening 13-19th October 2025, which runs the full Monday to Sunday. If memory serves, that’ll make it the first year that officially runs right up to the Sunday – in […]