The Underground Stage
“Teenage Dads kick off what will surely be *their* year with one of their zanier concoctions, where wild and weird moments of stream-of-consciousness meld like strange liquids into their more familiar sharp, arty rock. Unstable elements are smashed together, volatile new compounds are formed 🧑🔬”
“There’s a joy and a snarl to the curse-words in the chorus, a bit of bite behind the art school atmosphere. Jangles and tight snares float around like a Smiths song in a dorm room, but there’s also enough snap and snip here to put a bit of blood on the canvas 🩸”
“There’s such terrible melancholy in Lotte Gallagher’s vocal and guitar that when the chorus lets go it’s a blessed catharsis. Fabulous and evocative, it’s another release wracked with fearsome promise from an artist with a dark wisdom beyond her years 🎭”
Since 1993, Regurgitator have defied pigeon-holes and scenes, continually producing sharp, original and witty music, and on the 1st of June, they’ll be back in Sydney for a show at the Roundhouse. Over the course of 12 studio albums – and no less than five ARIA awards – they’ve mashed up elements of grubby punk, […]
Over the last fortnight, Forest Claudette’s track ‘Kobe Beef’ has been all over the best new music playlists in Australia, the latest in a run of releases over the last year that have gained them staunch critic support and a significant amount of new audience. Their latest release was also the most well-supported of the […]
It was a crowded pack this week on the nest new music playlists in Australia, but it was the more emerging acts that won out with Girl and Girl, Nick Ward, and Logan (pictured) all appearing at the top of the pile and bagging the most spots across the board. Most Playlisted This Week 🥇Girl […]
“This focus track from The Terrys’ new album ‘Skate Pop’ makes the most of their woozy swagger, half of it as sharp as a pin, the other half with pupils like dinner plates. It speaks of – and sounds like – escape, a high-speed flight towards a new breaking day on the horizon, chock full of optimism and ravenous hunger 😵💫“
“This slab of atmospheric alt-rock sits in the middle of their ‘Fake Energy’ EP, smushing all of their various influences into a big bag filled with riff and chug. There’s high-octane fuel running through these engines, and it belches out fire and heat and smoke while it tears through the streets 🏎️”
“Sonic Reducer create a fiery, demented concoction, bubbling with dangerous chemicals and threatening to spill all over the road. It gets right up the nose and into the nervous system, a twitching dose of mania that’s gone in just over two minutes but leaves a lasting effect 🧪”