The Underground Stage
Every week I pick out a bunch of interesting shows featuring emerging, DIY, and independent Australian artists. The full list of shows this week are below – those are the ones to get out to in the next few days. Don’t forget, there’s also a futuristic-y dashboard here that lets you look ahead if you […]
“Good Moon’s set is pensive and deliberate yet still wildly oddball, not to mention butterfly-wing light in its touch. The wispy, hypnotic stream of songs sound like they’ve been sprung from some giddy mid-ground between dream and reality, balmy in their comfort but disconcerting in their strangeness. It’s raw material for the intellect and jet […]
“Elvis’ delicate and delightful acoustic songs seem perennially askew, slightly off from true, like a jaunty hat or a slightly loosened tie. If it was any more perfect it’d be a lot less charming – it rattles in its box and hasn’t got a solid right-angle in sight, and it’s because of that, not despite, […]
This week’s data-driven roundup of artists killing it around the world and in Australia this week Get this in your inbox every Sunday by signing up to the Substack Start next week right by getting across the biggest and the hottest new music around – as usual, I’ve taken a look at which artists are […]
“Lazy Haze move with confidence and poise, purpose in their kinetic, but sunny, indie rock stomp. Breezily immediate but hefty with rumble, it’s nimble and agile but still rattles the windows as it screams past.” Gallery Listen
“The Cheaks snap like elastic, satisfying twangs and occasional shocks to the nerve ends. Bouncing like rubber but moving with speed and precision, it’s all good clean fun until you realise you’re carrying more than few bruises.” Gallery Listen
“SLIM JIMZ add some concrete notes to their surf-y indie, a band looking at the supermarket trolleys in the canal as much as far out to sea. Dark and textured, it takes what you’d expect and twists it into delightfully surprising shapes.” Gallery Listen
“There’s a high shine on Josh Evans’ set, quality ingredients delivered with skilled prep. Smooth and freshly whipped, it’s full of air and lift, chock full of flight and delight.” Gallery Listen
“JoshjosH adds the thinnest film of sea foam to truck-sized stomp and twang, meaty and thrumming but with just a pinch of salt air. Plenty of hot tarmac and hotter metal, with a glorious ocean view.” Gallery Listen