The Underground Stage
“Butterknife blare like sirens, witchy and goth one second, giddy and chaotic the next, a massive round of hard liquors mixed to lethal effect. Over the top of this madcap mix of keytar and gee-tar (sorry) sprawls a voice fit your rip your retinas out. Brilliant.” Gallery Learn More Instagram | TikTok
“Camino Gold are both smooth and sharp at the same time, frictionless melodies that nonetheless draw blood. As easy as the Sunday early evening they’re playing today, but as jagged as the hangover to come on Monday morning.” Gallery Learn More Instagram | TikTok
“Raising Ravens firmly plant their boot on our necks and insist, politely, that you pay attention. There’s no overt aggression, just wild and hard-earned talent that coverts like magic into tough-edged but glorious songs. Punk witchery to ensorcel the most obstinate of minds.” Gallery Learn More Facebook | Instagram
“Nunchukka Superfly are having a whale of a time, pounding and soaring through their chaotically varied set of sounds. From extended psyche jams to revved-up power-pop, from metal tinges to punk frenzy, from one glorious wail from *that* SG to another, it’s a sound large enough to take down buildings. Most times though, it’s a […]
“Laura Panic stomp and stare and roar their musical guts out in a fearsome wave of noise and hammering sound. These are less songs than they are expressions where the soundtrack IS the action, and the mood created is precisely the point.” Gallery Learn More Instagram
“It might open with a guitar line lifted straight from Albert Hammond Jr.’s cupboard but the wired-yet-plaintive vocal adds a sense of dandy madness that’s all its own. It riffs on all your favourite bits from all your favourite art-rock bands, a danceable smash-up of brains and beauty 🎨”
“Beddy Rays’ latest drives another cattle-prod right into the pleasure centres, launching them back onto the trail with a sunny jolt of joy. Beer-stained and bubbling over, there’s no sign of the fun stopping anytime soon 🤩”
“With impeccable swagger, The Buoys’ latest has as many moments of easy confidence as it does gleeful wigout. In either mode of wild-haired frenzy or controlled and glossy pop, The Buoys once again prove they have few equals 💅”
“Strutting back into view after way too long, much-loved cult movie heroes Velociraptor return with a sharply noir gem, a reminder of their songwriting chops and a teaser for (fingers crossed) an album next year. Few returns are as welcome 🦖”