The Underground Stage
Well, I guess this is blowing up. If you want to see what rapid audience growth looks like, look no further than ISHAN, whose numbers have gone ballistic in the last three months. Interestingly though, it looks like it’s all happened so fast that a lot of tastemakers missed it happening at all. First of […]
Straight from the top drawer of legendary Australian artists, Dirty Three return to the Enmore Theatre in June for two dates, their first since 2019 – and this time they’re bringing a new album with them. Warren Ellis, Mick Turner, and Jim White carry with them experience and a track record of the sort that […]
Canadian hardcore punk all-timers Cancer Bats are bringing both the “standard” mayhem of their usual show plus their Bat Sabbath alter-egos to Sydney for the first time in five years, playing two nights in June at – where else? – Crowbar. Seven epically aggressive studio albums in, they’ve lost none of their signature fury, which […]
Most Playlisted This Week Two excellent guitar-driven acts shared the podium this week, with The Buoys and Girl and Girl both receiving the most adds on the country’s most credible new music playlists. Both acts have seen incredibly consistent support across a broad spread of critics and tastemakers – if either band is new to […]
“After the tears and heartbreak of previous track ‘Guard My Heart’, ‘Subject A’ gets back in the ring with dumb men, and in particular any of them dumb enough to have acted the ass within hearing distance of this band. With left-right combos of savage wit and ferocious melodies, The Buoys are back on offense, and the title’s right there for the taking 🥊”
“It’s only MILINA’S second release but this soaring pop carries itself with unusual confidence. Grand in musical scope, personal in lyrical theme, it marries technical prowess with emotional heft. Bags of tune, and bags of promise to with it 👜”
“BoysnLove’s sharp charm is always a pleasure, dreamy and buttery but with a finely-honed edge. Thoughtful and well-read, kind and empathetic, it may have been a while since we last heard from them but it’s as all still as beautifully crafted as it ever was 🖼️”
“Wiggling guitars writhe like snakes among piles of delicious bedroom pop in this tricksy little piece of delight, slipping between your fingers and then gone for good just as you start to get a handle on it. As difficult to get a firm hold of as it is easy to dance your socks off to 🐍”
“A glorious bang of swirling drums and guitars open this dreamscape of woozy distortion, everything inside it bursting out at the same time. Burning ferociously in its first half, the chain reaction eventually breaks down, cracking into smaller pieces until it’s finally extinguished in chaos and exhaustion 🔥”