The Underground Stage
“The gentle twangs of the opening chords quickly collapse into a full-throated roar, yelping and bounding and howling at the skies. All teeth and claws, it grabs at the neck and doesn’t let go 🐺”
“Pounding day-glo mayhem runs gleefully out of control on RedHook’s latest, taking all the bits we already love them for and turning them all up to eleven. Deafeningly loud in both volume and colour, it’s proof that more is, in fact, more 🔊”
“Taken from his ‘Memory::Loss’ album, William Drummond channels something akin to Black Grape on this tubthumping slice of baggy fun. Crackling with voltage, twitching and tumbling, dancing as wildly as we are ⚡️”
“Princess Unit’s second upload brims with just as much promise as their first – complex but fun, whip-smart but engagingly daft. It pulls you in on its tractor beam and leaves you wanting, very much, to believe 🛸”
“As sweet and lovely as it is short, this one-minute gem packs more lyrical pleasures and earwormery than a song five times its length. Everything you ever need in a track, in a package you can carry around with you all day long 💎”
Frontman of the scene-defining Hüsker Dü, and writer of more gloriously buzzing and roaring guitar masterpieces than it’s easy to count, Bob Mould is one of the all-time undisputed heavyweight champs. On Nov 29th, he’s bringing his solo show to the Metro Theatre. Appearing in Australia for the first time since 2012, this show is […]
“Martha Chess Phelps veers between chugging indie and soaring soul without warning, but it all fits together like it’s got glue on its edges. Sharp and witty in parts, softly shining in others, it’s a soundtrack for the voice in your mind that can’t quite work out what mood it’s in. It knows it wants […]
“Lindsey’s set, complete with a seven-piece band, pushes the walls out musically as much as it fills the stage physically, bulging with enormous song. The tracks roll in like big waves, lulling you into the quiet bits before dropping tons of liquid weight onto the top of your head. Rich and lovely and weighty and […]
“Eva Diana’s solo set is as much a vehicle for rich songwriting and a clean knockout blow of a voice as it is designed to tug at the emotions. The skills might catch your attention, but it’s the feels in the air that’ll rip the heart right out of your chest.” Gallery Learn More Instagram […]