The Underground Stage
“So I Says To Mabel drop a bone-twitcher of a punk set tonight, thrown out without regard for your joints. Enough to shudder an ankle off, it’s hard to keep control of the important junctions of your body, which merrily shudder and judder along to these high-speed, harmony-fuelled, buzzsaw tracks. We fall for it all […]
“Gully Days give it the beans this afternoon, a selection of tracks designed with enough chug to saw through hard wood. It’s all energy – raw voltage and twitching and big choruses exploding all over the place. It’s an absolute ton of fun, and enough to escape into – what on earth else do you […]
“Butterknife’s dark and danceable set takes the heat out of a hot Sydney afternoon, a rich and strange mood to lower the temperature and dial down the glare. There’s so much going on here though – it’s madly clever songwriting – that it’s easy to forget whether it’s day or night. Witchy and wonderful.” Gallery […]
“Thoughtful and frequently epic, Sam Allen‘s set bears much of the hallmarks of Pablo Honey-era Radiohead, giant swells of sound and intricacy, and a voice that stuns as often as it soothes. Mighty in many ways – and the hair surely swings and flies all set – but it all still seems as close and […]
“Tash Wolf absolutely wails through a short but deeply well-constructed debut set, blisteringly hot and bluesy guitar licks wrapped around slightly melancholy but very literate pop. If this is the start of it, it’s hard not to wonder where it might end. Impressive stuff.” Gallery Learn More Instagram | TikTok
“Second Idol are consistently and boilingly cross, fizzing with bubbling rage at -archies and -isms and -ists. Most bands seem happy to remain silent and content, something Second Idol seem utterly incapable of doing. I’m grateful for that. I’m also bloody grateful it’s not aimed at me 🤬”
“Beaming in from somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert, this is a magnificent song, crazed and grandiose, swollen huge in both ambition and execution. A perfect way into their ‘Goodnight My Children’ album, it’s epically mad, chaotically overblown, and utterly, utterly brilliant 😮
“After a few years break and only a few weeks of teaser singles we get the full new album from Drunk Mums, and it’s a wild ride. Sharper tracks like this crash along next to other, more raucous little ratbags, the whole effect being of a band put at the helm of an out of control train. Glorious, crashing mayhem 🚂”
“Off its leash and looking unlikely to ever be back on it, West Theb’s latest tears around the joint, digging its claws into the furniture and smashing the fine china. Rippling with daft energy, it packs more high-voltage fun into its sub-two-minute length than many bands could squeeze out of an entire album ⚡️”