The Underground Stage
“Paint Hotels is playing songs that he claims were designed to be “bigger”, by which (I’m guessing) he means that they would normally involve more than just him and a guitar. This is worrying – if these haunting, hypnotic, wonderful songs were to get any better with more people involved, they’d be monsters. An almost […]
“Galactically woozy, RINSE (with the help of Hatchie) takes a spin around the cosmos while pondering the more earthly concerns of a relationship coming apart at the seams. It’s all explosions in a dark night’s sky, fireworks in slow motion, and its after-image lingers on the retina long after its gone 🚀”
“This track opens Human Noise’s excellent ‘Glitching Colour’ album, and is just one piece of an intricate puzzle made of intelligent, twitching songs in unusual time signatures, a one-band experiment to do away with four-four songwriting. If you’ve ever complained that all music sounds the same these days, it’s time to put your money where your mouth is and buy this record 🧑‍🔬”
“Eaglemont’s throaty delivery adds a touch of sandpaper to this otherwise shiny-smooth guitar-pop, the jagged edges pairing perfectly with the twangs and the jangling. While the songwriting is mighty and deep-rooted, the vocal comes with fractures and cracks, making it a thoroughly intriguing cocktail 🍸”
“The second of two excellent releases from Nick Ward so far this year, ‘Shooting Star’ goes full-strength Saturday night, bouncing on its feet and dancing like the night will never end. Brimming with optimism and unadulterated fun, it’s a huge dose of pleasure, and not even a little bit of a guilty one 🤩”
“Up At Night’s limitless enthusiasm sings loud on this, their second release, and the whole thing bounds around uncontrollably and adorably. If they’re having this much fun, it comes off as plain rude not to join in 🤪”
“Jordan Kenny’s wide-eyed and skyward-looking set tears strips off the ceiling and blows bricks out of the walls tonight, smashing together classic rock, art, poetry, and theatre in a glorious cocktail of mad joy. Music should always soar and swoop but still tear at the chest, and we leave tonight with the precise amount of […]
“Milly McPherson and her band play with such joy it’s enough to short circuit a synapse. Bubbling guitars and rhythms underpin a vocal that flies between laconic and stratospheric, songs that go from melancholic to ecstatic. All the way through there is enough bounce to keep you pinging off the walls long after it ends.” […]
“Lili Alaska’s set has a few covers in it but it in no way hides behind the talent of others – this is musical skill that slaps you in the head with a voice that knocks you to the ground. There’s rich and soulful, there’s madly danceable, there’s clever, and there’s fun. Impressive, basically.” Gallery […]