The Underground Stage
“If you haven’t heard – been astonished by, luxuriated in – Alice Terry’s acrobatic and soul-drenched vocal, then you have made poor life choices and there’s no getting away from it. Matched up with these beautiful, salty songs and the glorious swirl of sound plucked from that guitar, it’s a fabulous, fabulous time. Theatre, soul, […]
In another artist dump, we’ve had now had 28 more artists added to the lineup for SXSW Sydney 2024. We’ve now got some Punk artists added (hurray!), as well as the first artists from China, Japan, and Ghana, taking the total to 135 announced artists. My sortable, clickable summary tool of all the arists playing […]
Folk Bitch Trio were notably recommended by both Phoebe Bridgers and M Ward, and despite only releasing three tracks in the last year that sort of backing can only have helped fuel the impressively fast audience growth they’ve seen recently. Last week’s track ‘God’s A Different Sword’ though captured the attention of some heavyweight playlists […]
🤿 Dive into some gigs from killer new artists in Sydney this week: —- thu 22nd fri 23rd sat 24th sun 25th —- 🤤 Want more gigs? Hey, there’s also a futuristic-y dashboard here that lets you look further ahead if you want to see similar shows a bit further out. —- 🤔 Wait, wtf […]
“It’s a bit of a left-facing turn towards poppier territory for the normally gossamer-delicate FVNERAL, but this collaboration with jnr highlights both their strengths to create something very lovely indeed”
“The opening high-speed mayhem changes tempo in a screeching gear-change down to something nearing hair metal and classic rock, a bonkers mix of furious fun”
“As the Australian government backs shamefully away from reconciliation and truth-telling, Chasing Ghosts speaks with clarity and defiance, heart-breaking and necessary stories delivered with musical heft”
“A jittery slice of folk-punk musing on what and where means home and safety, wrapped in a bundle of high tune and singalong”
“Rousing and pounding, FANGZ tear off into the distance on their latest, screaming like banshees and waving their melodic flag high enough for all of us to follow along”