The Underground Stage
“Itchy and the Nits distil it right down to the important bits, in particular the bits you shake when you’re having undiluted fun. It rumbles and it thumps and it saws while having so much of a good time it might grin its face clear off. “ Gallery Listen
“Boiling Hot Politician’s relentless electronic throb and twitchy yelp is a hypnotic, something you stare at while immobile as the waters rise around you. You’re definitely going under, but you kind of just don’t care.” Gallery Listen
“Hard-Ons’ thunderous noise blows the bricks off the walls of Metro Social tonight, a howlingly loud set made of melodic chaos and muscular punk. The room is packed for this masterclass in songs at unsafe speed and volume, and despite the hurricane from the speakers – as well as basic common sense – trying to […]
“You walk away – assuming you can – from a Chimers set with your skull ringing like a struck bell. Rhythms pound like a migraine, the single guitar doing the work of at least three, and the songs pealing around in your mind like loosed, hungry, carnivorous birds. Blistering and brilliant.” Gallery Listen
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 […]
“BIG NOTER are like all the good things about being hit in the face with, say, a fridge. Heavy as hell, generationally angry, and relentless in rhythm and rhyme and riot, it’s a blast you’ll struggle to get up from but one you’ll never regret taking squarely on the chin. Quality, quality mayhem.” Gallery Listen
“DOWNGIRL’s explosive noise fills The Chippo’s basement until the floor above it bulges and cracks, the sound of the building collapsing on top of quite the most marvellous party. End of the night, end of the world – it’s hard to tell the difference and I honestly don’t care a single bit.” Gallery Listen
“The Rubens celebrate ten years of their ‘Hoops’ album tonight and while the band and (most of) the fans in the crowd have aged alongside it, they’ve aged like good wine, a patina of experience and familiarity. It’s a long way from pure nostalgia too – we get brand new material tonight, which fits seamlessly […]
“Last Quokka’s edge is both as jagged as ocean rocks but as sharp as a freshly-whetted blade, furious rage landing with murderous precision. If you’re on their side, as angry and infuriated as they are by the injustices of the world, then you’re in the clear, and it’s a party fit to take the breath […]