The Underground Stage
“Hot Apple Band are a swaggering strut through the pastures, bucolic and zingy but with an arched eyebrow and a smirk the size of a Kansas wheatfield. It’s all big skies and softly rolling hills, but it’s got enough edge to prod you in the kidneys every now and again too.” Gallery Listen
Winter McQuinn’s charm of a set is all twang and tone, vintage high-gain matched with ever-so-slightly oddball melodies. It’s soft fabrics paired with cracked leather and it wears it ever so well. 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 […]
Every week, I take a look at the best playlists in Australia and the biggest playlists in the world and analyse the artists appearing on them. All of these playlists focus on newly-released tracks – what this means is that these lists can be seen as the bets that critics and tastemakers are making on […]
“Physical Copy are unforgiving, pounding on your forehead relentlessly with heavy riffs and fury. Every now and again they’ll shout at you – just to lighten the mood – but yeah, you’re here for the black hole of chaotic guitar mayhem, and that’s where you’ll stay, forever.” Gallery Listen
“Problem Green’s savagery also soars, great big stamping boots with little wings attached to them. There’s lashings of lashing, sure, but there’s so much fun in the snarl it’s impossible not to grin along with it, a massive smile made of bared fangs.” Gallery Listen
“Cismic blow big waves of hairy rock, large tone and heavy thump, a classic cut that doesn’t fade.” Gallery Listen
“Casual Affair bring clean twangs or dirty stomp, bucolic country notes or grimy blues. Rich, rewarding, and somehow extremely comforting.” Gallery
“sleepazoid’s set is a pack of wild horses thundering over your body and through your mind, deafeningly loud, crushing all in its path, and utterly, utterly beautiful to watch. It’s a spectacular set of noise and song, impressive and confident, a grin a mile wide while it levels the building around you.” Gallery Listen