The Underground Stage
“GRXCE are impeccably built, yet are never too showy. It’s precisely put together but doesn’t lose any emotional sharpness, shiny-bright and still carrying bags of meaning. Balanced like a fine Japanese blade, it cuts deep without you even noticing.” Gallery Learn More Instagram | TikTok
“RAGEFLOWER haven’t played a show in two years, apparently, but you really can’t tell – as the set builds, it goes from gentle melody all the way through to explosive guitar pop made of large noises and fireworks. If this is the first-time-back warmup, the full-pelt version will be spectacular.” Gallery Learn More Instagram | […]
One of the most exciting bands in Australia right now, Radio Free Alice are ticking the boxes with both audiences and critics, picking up increasingly hefty playlist support and fast-growing amounts of followers all at the same time. It’s still early days, sure, but the speed at which things are happening for this band are […]
In a truly glorious lineup of supernova guitars, poppy shoegaze pioneers Ride are returning to Sydney – and bringing cosmic innovators Mercury Rev with them – for a killer night at the Enmore Theatre on 9th Aug. Both bands trail impressive histories behind them. Ride, of course, burst into view during the shoegaze explosion of […]
Most Playlisted This Week For the second time in two months, Milan Ring took out the most spots on the Australian new music playlists, with tracks from her full-length ‘Mangos‘ arriving with a burst of support from across the spectrum. 🥇Milan Ring 🥈The Buoys 🥉KUČKA, Elizabeth M. Drummond Only a smidge behind though, The Buoys […]
“Mashing the best bits of early Skint Records – think the battier rhythms of Bentley Rhythm Ace – with an updated, more soulful, Beck-ish slacker sound, this is an absolute gem of a track. Someone find some sun and shine its rays through it, a kaleidoscope of giddy, stoned ecstasy. I *defy* you not to dance 💎”
“Like a dark dream of a half-remembered child’s story, Radio Free Alice once again conjure both magical atmospherics and lurking threat. The honed edge of post-punk slices through the jangly, floaty mood to create a truly beautiful picture, but one where danger waits for you in the distant shadows ⚠️”
“This one goes straight to the feet and the spine. Sung in language learned from endless elders and played with a joy you can damn near touch, few songs will hit as deeply as this, or as instantly, or as directly to the core of your brain as this magical little wonder. A hit of inhibition-free dancing straight to the blood, music for its sheer and visceral pleasure, a spell you just can’t escape 🪄”
“Lo-fi indie shuffle gets – no, literally – horny as hell on Restless Leg’s latest, with sharp bursts of brass in the chorus adding a renewed sheen to the cracked leather of the worn DM boots that lie underneath. Take the weight off, take a deep breath, and let the day’s worries flutter away off into the grey skies 🥾”