The Underground Stage
“lovemedo’s glorious set of pop and guitars lights up this particular school night, touching and earnest while still loving every second. The melancholy mixes into mile-high euphoria, a sad sigh matched with a lung-busting roar.” Gallery Learn More Instagram | TikTok
“Pulling an Aerosmith-vs-Run-D.M.C. is always a tricky move, but this seemingly unlikely pairing fits like a jigsaw to produce a joint effort as urgent and rowdy as its individual pieces would suggest. A *perfectly* executed – but gloriously faked – social media beef between the two (yup, fell for it!) hooked us in the buildup to release, but this track is more than enough of a punchline to deliver on the fabulous promise offered by both artists 🧩”
Rolling, propulsive drum and bass kicks in with a near-zero wait time here, setting up a backdrop for Becca Hatch’s precision-weapon vocal. It’s all as tough as tempered steel but still somehow floats effortlessly, hovering and striking at will. It’s fast, accurate, and it comes at you from the air 🦅”
“A perfect late-summer shuffle, KIAN’s latest lopes and strolls with an easy charm and a relaxed confidence. Sun out, windows down, volume up 🌅”
I scour through the gig guides to see if I can find those artists that have truly had an effect on the culture after decades of being in the game. Anyone I can find ends up on this curated gig guide of legend-only shows in Sydney. nb If you’re on a mobile, you might want […]
Nine studio albums, two Grammies, two Brit Awards, and a quarter-century into a hugely influential career, The National are bringing their potent mix of soaring song and ruthless introspection to the ICC Sydney Theatre over two nights in March. The band that helped spur a thousand others – the xx, Arcade Fire, and Fleet Foxes […]
Pop Will Eat Itself, madcap and genre-fluid, first got together in 1986 in Stourbridge, England. With ten-ish proper albums (plus a bunch of other live and compilation records) now under their belt, their three-plus decades in the game has seen them inspire many, yet rarely be precisely emulated. While never achieving significant commercial success, their […]
“Both capping off a run of excellent singles and kicking off her ‘Final Girl’ album, this synthy banger moves with light feet despite the weight of the melancholy it carries. It’s a little bit tear-stained, but it’s still dancing its bloody socks off 💃”
“Emotive and atmospheric, this mostly acoustic track soars as much as it sears, a jaunty and rippling little number that hides its scars well. It’s a beautiful (and beautifully sung) song that packs a punch, and it’s the contrast that makes it work, salted caramel for the soul🧂”