The Underground Stage
In the lead up to SXSW Sydney, it can be hard to keep track of who’s playing, and who should be on your shortlist of artists to check out. Based on some dorky data, this might help narrow it down a bit. As you may have noticed, I spend a fair bit of time keeping […]
If all you did was read the album reviews from recent years, you’d think Ride might be deliberately forgetting where they came from, obstinately moving away from the sound that propelled them to the front of the 1990s shoegaze explosion. Seeing them live tonight though, it’s clear they’ve not forgotten that past but haven’t stayed […]
Mercury Rev have always been a band about drama and narrative, and their dark, joyous theatricality is on full display tonight, a dense set of soaring art. The selection is drawn primarily from ‘Deserter’s Songs‘ and ‘All Is Dream‘, each song painted with thick strokes and physical exuberance, arm-waving and intensity. Deeper cuts like set-opener […]
Every week I scour the latest releases from emerging, DIY, and independent artists in Australia. The best of them end up on the playlist. Follow The Playlist Listen to this week’s edition here, 100% made up of the best brand-new music from the best new artists in Australia – never pay-to-play, and always only new […]
💎 Some proper shiny gems in the gig listings this week: —- thu 8th fri 9th sat 10th sun 11th —- 🤔Wait, wtf is this? Looking at the various gig guides out there, these are the shows by emerging, independent, or DIY artists that get my pulse going – this isn’t a complete list, it’s […]
Most Playlisted This Week It was one of those oddball weeks on the playlists that happen every now and again, where there was very little consensus, with less artists being obvious and widespread favourites. While this kind of sucks for dorks like me who build charts, it usually means good news for listeners since that […]
“Organs carry bags and bags full of joyous, raucous song with them and every time they play they gleefully empty it out over our heads, leaving us drenched in giddy and wild-eyebrowed joy. It’s not so much that they wrote these songs as they just deliberately let them off the leash, knowing full well that […]
“Euterpe play with serrated edges, spiked and jagged like rocky teeth. There’s poetry in the motion, but the simmering rage lurking behind it all is what causes the damage and leaves the lasting impression.” Gallery Learn More Instagram | TikTok
“Ariel. play with notes of post-punk urgency but never seem in a hurry, confidence without the arrogance. The set grunges and thumps in moments, cuts and slices in others, but the overall impression is dreamy and smooth as glass. Lovely, and not a little hypnotic.” Gallery Learn More Instagram