The Underground Stage
“Girl In Eora are having a whale of a time early doors on Good Friday, a colony of happy Easter bunnies bringing sweet treats made of slow-rolling hip-hop and trappy pop. The beats are rich and low and nod-y enough to pull a neck muscle, but the stage energy bounces to a higher BPM.” Gallery […]
It should come as no surprise to see King Stingray & Gold Fang share the top spot for the most adds on the best new music playlists in Australia this week – Gold Fang is the #2 most-added artist over the last two years, and King Stingray are #1. That support is clearly not going […]
“Julian Munyard’s brand of party funk dominates the set (and it is full strength party-ful)but the parts that damn near make you want to cry are the ‘Let’s Dance’-era Bowie bits – ‘Culture Vulture’ in particular is so sharply dressed it could cut you open. The blood pumps through this whole set so strongly it […]
“ioakim’s lyrical mind ranges all over the place, while the precise pop it produces is focussed and sharp, a set to think about while dancing to. Guitars poke through like spiked traps, unusual notions on their poisoned tips, while the drums and bass rumble underfoot. These songs are smart, sure, but never too clever for […]
“Aodhan’s laid back vibe is fully reclined, but the songs surround it all with a fizz and a buzz that keeps it all moving and shifting underneath you. These are lovely and soaring songs and although they’re delivered with one eye barely open there’s more than enough Big Star-ish crackle and jangle to keep you […]
“Velociraptor raid the Devo files for a sideways jump into a dystopian eight-bit universe of technological overlord-ism. As always, there’s enough of a stifled giggle in the mischief to convince you that it’s really you who’s being laughed at – when you’re having this much fun though, you just don’t care 🤖”
“It’s been an indecently long shift between releases, but when a comeback is this confident and strutting, it’s like no time has passed at all. Twitching itself into knots while high art cascades into early-hours psychosis, it’s an attention-grabbing return to the fray, a high-voltage reminder of what they’re capable of ⚡️”
“ISHAN has quietly been building up pressure recently but this most recent release sounds a lot like the sort of sunny blast to crack it all wide open. A lost-boy cute vocal, a soaringly positive message in the lyrics, a group-singalong chorus – it’s almost lab-grown to feed a broken heart, patch up a wounded ego, or just soundtrack one hell of a night out 💣”
“Battlesnake go full concept on Alpha & Omega, veering to within touching distance of the lunacy levels of a Tenacious D or a Spinal Tap. As close to parody as it gets though, it never once lets go of a deep, obvious love of the source material that gives you permission to join right in. Epically mad, madly epic 🤘”