The Underground Stage
“BESTIES smash open their pop-punk piñata for us to gorge on tonight, a perfectly balanced set of sugar and salt. There’s bags of bouncy fun throughout but the edge is never dull, slicing limb from giddy, flailing limb.” Gallery Learn More Instagram | TikTok
“Down For Tomorrow come back from the dead a couple of days earlier than is traditional this Easter, blowing up The Lansdowne on Good Friday with a glorious set full of unholy wonders. Titanic versions of ‘Good Person’, ‘Sentimental’, or ‘Survive’ remind us of just what we’ve been missing. A little miracle, a privilege to […]
“Bad Juju’s heavyweight emo rumbles and roars from start to finish, big slabs of song brought in by crane. Muscular, meaty, and rarely anywhere except right up in your face, it’s still welcoming and warm, a fiery embrace.” Gallery Learn More Instagram | TikTok
“Girl In Eora are having a whale of a time early doors on Good Friday, a colony of happy Easter bunnies bringing sweet treats made of slow-rolling hip-hop and trappy pop. The beats are rich and low and nod-y enough to pull a neck muscle, but the stage energy bounces to a higher BPM.” Gallery […]
It should come as no surprise to see King Stingray & Gold Fang share the top spot for the most adds on the best new music playlists in Australia this week – Gold Fang is the #2 most-added artist over the last two years, and King Stingray are #1. That support is clearly not going […]
“Julian Munyard’s brand of party funk dominates the set (and it is full strength party-ful)but the parts that damn near make you want to cry are the ‘Let’s Dance’-era Bowie bits – ‘Culture Vulture’ in particular is so sharply dressed it could cut you open. The blood pumps through this whole set so strongly it […]
“ioakim’s lyrical mind ranges all over the place, while the precise pop it produces is focussed and sharp, a set to think about while dancing to. Guitars poke through like spiked traps, unusual notions on their poisoned tips, while the drums and bass rumble underfoot. These songs are smart, sure, but never too clever for […]
“Aodhan’s laid back vibe is fully reclined, but the songs surround it all with a fizz and a buzz that keeps it all moving and shifting underneath you. These are lovely and soaring songs and although they’re delivered with one eye barely open there’s more than enough Big Star-ish crackle and jangle to keep you […]
“Velociraptor raid the Devo files for a sideways jump into a dystopian eight-bit universe of technological overlord-ism. As always, there’s enough of a stifled giggle in the mischief to convince you that it’s really you who’s being laughed at – when you’re having this much fun though, you just don’t care 🤖”