The Underground Stage
“If anyone, anywhere, is having as good a time playing music as Abbey Lane, they’re going to need medical attention. The whole set is chock full of fun, glinting chrome and sunsets and coastal drives and beach fires – a gleaming, shining pleasure.” Gallery Listen
“POLYBIUS are grand in design but with just enough grime to keep it grounded. The madly large vocal soars above the delicate tops of the yacht vibes just as easily as it reaches beyond the hair rock’s devil horns, a massive and pretty structure surrounded by flighty little fanged bastards.” 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 […]
“Good Sniff bring complexity as well as racket to the bass-and-drum two-piece setup, and are never less than palpitatingly urgent, fundamentally roaring, and frequently bloody soaring. Minor in key but major in tone, it’s a lot of a thrill with a hefty potential for menace.” Gallery Listen
“Crankees’ set is jagged and muscular, brimming with sneer and speed and snot, but the daft between-song banter and the self-aware sense of the absurd that runs underneath and around it makes the racket even more fun. No-nonsense punk, except with plenty of nonsense.” Gallery Listen
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 or below, 100% made up of the best brand-new music from the best new artists in Australia – never pay-to-play, and always […]
This week’s data-driven roundup of artists killing it around the world and in Australia this week Get this in your inbox every Sunday by signing up to the Substack Start next week right by getting across the biggest and the hottest new music around – as usual, I’ve taken a look at which artists are […]
