The Underground Stage
“Another top-tier track is revealed from the upcoming album, and if this and the previous single are the standard, this glorious band are going to have an album of the year contender on their hands”
“A whirling, deliriously madcap live favourite finally gets a release, where Great Job! admit to the ultimate Millennial heresy – and don’t care at all”
“Taken from their debut EP, Council Grounds fly high indeed on this track, electrically charged and crackling with energy and fizz”
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“Seamus McCorry & The Televised Mind bring bags and bags of tune to their debut Sydney appearance, bounce and drive and soaring tones. The tempo is kept *right* at the level where it’ll draw sweat from your forehead, fabulously musical and giddily fun. It knows exactly what sort of good time you want and it […]
“Dip are in a savage and surreal mood tonight, every note jagged enough to chew through bone while still giving space to a well-sprained sense of humour. As daft as it is dark, as monstrous as it is mischievous, it’s a strange time but a bloody good one.” Gallery Learn More Instagram | TikTok
“Krisp’s set swaggers and wails, all teeth and stomping and raw-throated. While classic notes of British Blues threads through it, it gallops off into other madder directions on a whim, wild in the eyes.” Gallery Learn More Instagram | TikTok
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 […]
“There was once a band called Piranha Deathray, which was – unarguably – the best band name ever. Unfortunately, they weren’t as brilliant as their name. Hellcat Speedracer though have both a top-tier name *and* are totally, barkingly, hilariously brilliant. Like Leftfield or Chemical Brothers before them, this is punk as fuck but done with […]