The Underground Stage
“Love Me/Fuck Me open today’s Punk Fest with a set that’s less punk than jangling, but it still carries plenty of curled lip. Stomping and soaring by turns, it’s a flypast display of guitars and melody, a wicked glint in its eye.” Gallery
“Its two and a half minutes of shining song comes and goes like an explosions in the sky, plaintive and cracked melodies giving way to blinding flashes of light and noise – fabulous stuff.”
“Dystopian thumping and driving rhythms give this sharp, vaguely menacing track its velocity and its weight, enough to power it through walls and buildings without losing a lick of speed”
“Joan & The Giants’ gentle, clear-blue pop evaporates the clouds, clears the skies, and brings the sun back out, a breath of pure spring air to drive your ills clear over the horizon”
“Goon Gremlins’ latest is murky and threatening but light still glints clearly off the parts where it’s been honed to a killing edge, a threat it’d be wise to heed”
“Oddball tangents and wonky imagination fuels this eye-meltingly pretty song, another example of just how inventive, empathetic, and clever this blooming talent truly is”
“GRXCE don’t seem to know how to get worse. It’s been a while since I heard many of these songs but they’ve all grown fangs and muscle – again. When a band doesn’t just not get bored of their own songs but clearly spends time refining and punching them up, putting in the work and […]
“Club Halifax move at madly different speeds depending on their mood, jazzed and choppy or full-blown and full-tilt, a set that keeps you guessing what gear they’re in. It’s galactically musical though, the love for their current velocity shining through, whatever it happens to be set to.” Gallery Learn More Instagram | TikTok
“Tiny Chair open up tonight with bags of enthusiasm and a bag full of smartly constructed songs, variable in pace and mood. There’s tons of light and shade here, but the big constant is the wild grins on their faces, and on ours.” Gallery Learn More Instagram