The Underground Stage
“EKKSTACY damn near blow a hole in the hull of our floating venue The Starship tonight. This is outrageously good, fearsome takes on The Cure and Bloc Party, moody and monstrous with the scale of mountains. We’re going to need a bigger boat.” Gallery
“Ladies and germs, welcome to SXSW Sydney. Go-Jo kicked off the first live music played in anger at the first ever SXSW event outside Austin. Landed it.” Gallery
“This is just one of the endlessly glittering tracks on offer as Teenage Joans finish a run of bright, sparkly singles with a sugar-coated full-length album packed to the edges with fizzy delights. Jumpy, frenetic fun, enough for the sweetest of teeth 🍭”
“Raging Hormones blow the whistle to start their run up to another EP with this barrelling trainload of unsecured objects, travelling at unsafe speeds. Enough to shake the head off your shoulders 🚂”
“A gloriously oddball slice of shiny daftness, its immaculate pop sheen is still peppered with off-kilter dings in the surface. Glittering enough to be dazzled by, inventive enough to keep you off balance 🪩”
“The final release ahead December’s EP, this is another cracked leather boot from Adam Newling, weather-worn but reliably tough. Ragged and rousing, gruff and graceful 🥾”
“A romp under blue skies, SPACE&AGES’ latest careens around the place like it hasn’t seen sunlight in a while. Drunk on fresh air, it’s all hair down and dancing shoes on 🕺”
“KiNG MALA has flown in from Los Angeles to play her first ever international date in Sydney tonight, but based on the reaction from the crowd you’d think this was a damn homecoming. Sharp, witty, blindingly bright pop fills the room until everyone is fit to bursting like balloons – it’s near on ridiculous how […]
“Azure’s pop is all minor key with major vibes, an open book of hard times turned into Saturday night soundtracks. When you add the powerhouse of a voice on top of all this, it’s just a festival of cherries on cakes.” Gallery Learn More Instagram | TikTok