The Underground Stage
“Bronte Alva’s outstanding song chat is as witty and sharp as the storytelling in her songs. When the big notes come it’s enough to blow the sweat off our foreheads.” Gallery Learn More Instagram
“Taken from Sesame Girl’s self-titled second EP, Payphone closes a collection of sparkly, near playful-sounding tracks that carry deep sadness and occasional savage fury at the state of an uncaring, patriarchal world. Glorious music with lyrical bite 🦷”
“Growling then roaring, Gypsy Road return in a wall of distortion, somewhere between The Hard Aches and Smith Street Band, jangling and ringing and smashing. It starts in high-gear and stays there, a heavy accelerator foot mashed into the floor 🏎️”
“A pure delight of a song, giddy and funny and a bit wonky, where heavy holiday feelings are pondered, yet the whole thing is wrapped in bouncy and head-nodding indie-pop. The perfect stocking filler🎄”
“Long-serving guitar-slingers Antiskeptic keep the edges sharp on their latest, keen enough to wound, and heavy enough to leave a bruise. Clever and accurate, right on the mark 🎯“
“Bloody Legend may sound bloody funny, but their hard rock lark is no joke, taking its source material deadly seriously. From its screamer-filled opening to every swipe of an *epic* snare, it bangs its head and raises its horned hands to the sky. And so, friends, will you 🤘”
It’s likely you’re already well aware of Teenage Dads, but the level of support they’ve enjoyed this year is truly exceptional, and their audience has grown fast alongside it. Let’s look at how well they’ve been supported first, because it stands out like a great big throbbing sore thumb. My usual refrain is that Spotify […]
Teenage Dads absolutely romped all over the best new music playlists in Australia this week, with ‘Tale Of A Man‘ bagging more spots than any other artist, and appearing on over half of the playlists that updated this week. It wasn’t a slow week for updates either – and to grab spots on 11 of […]
Tight as a coiled spring, Lipstereo’s high-tension guitars propel their latest track along on a fizzing wave of crackle and hum, paranoid but happy. Dizzying and unrelentingly energetic, this is another attention-grabbing track from a band picking up more and more momentum 🏎️”