The Underground Stage
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 […]
🥵 Limber up, Sydney’s got some live shows to get you sweat and hottie this week: —- thu 19th fri 20th sat 21st sun 22nd —- 🤤 Want more gigs? Hey, there’s also a futuristic-y dashboard here that lets you look ahead if you want to see similar shows a bit further out. —- 🤔 […]
Most Playlisted This Week Three artists appeared the most across the best Australian new music playlists this week, but The Terrys’ collab with Nooky stood out firmly as the most popular choice. 🥇The Terrys 🥈Angie McMahon 🥉 Surf Trash 🍟 Takeouts: —- 📸 Photo credit: me, shot at the old House Of Music & Booze […]
“Woozy and swirling, but with enough sharp corners to require careful handling, it keeps you bouncing and delighted all the way through without pausing for a single breath”
“Brilliantly twitchy and staring, Destrends pound you over the head and take out your ankles, relentlessly knocking you off balance until you collapse onto the floor with them”
“Its loping introduction lulls you into false security before launching into a fabulously stompy whirligig of a track that’s the time of its life and insists you join in”
“Julia Why? returns (hurray!) with their first upload in aaages, and they’ve lost none of their dreamy menace, the dark notes and whorls of shoegaze lurking inside the deceptive calm like traps for the unwary”
“The latest from Jess Day shines and glints with impeccable pop bounce, striding with a confident pace and a spring in its step, both looking and moving forwards with determination and poise”
“ixaras might be playing with fewer years than most under her belt, but she and her killer band do it with more presence, songwriting chops, and sheer bloody energy than nine out of ten cats. It’s hard to overdo it about how impressive this set is – forget the age chat, just about every artist […]