The Underground Stage
flowerkid returned with a new EP, ‘LET IT BE ENOUGH’, tracks from which got scattered all over the best new music playlists in Australia, putting him at the top of the pile this week. Most Playlisted This Week 🥇flowerkid 🥈Hockey Dad 🥉ENOLA Hockey Dad’s latest, ‘Still Have Room’ was barely a smidge behind though with […]
“Julia Why? lurk in the shadows, but as a haven, not a trap. Swirls of shoegaze and squalls of noise define the set, but while it often sounds like imminent peril, the songs are a place of safety – like home, a warm place in the dark.” Gallery Learn More Facebook | Instagram
“Hotel evoke and stimulate, mood as much as music. Sinister themes flicker around the venue like sparks off a fire, a 35mm film made of dreamy images that come back to haunt you in the dark.” Gallery Learn More Instagram
“Second Idol give no quarter, fixed in place and refusing to give an inch. Relentless and uncompromising even in its calmer moments, when it really lets go it’d take heavy chains to keep you on the ground.” Gallery Learn More Instagram | TikTok
“Muscle Mary dare you to flinch, a barrage of heavy blows, one after the other. As cathartic as it is aggressive, it takes you higher while always threatening put you flat on your arse.” Gallery Learn More Instagram | TikTok
“Princess Unit open today’s launch of the Manifesto zine with wide-eyed mania, their set scorching and unflinching but never losing its glittering sense of humour. Smiling all the while, it’ll cheerfully take your face off.” Gallery Learn More Instagram | TikTok
“With one of the all-time great opening lines, ‘Best Guess’ is both beautifully crafted and craftily beautiful. It might sound as bright as a spring morning sunrise but its wit is savage, a fearsome set of teeth hidden behind a shy smile 😸”
“It’s at the point now where I’m just *assuming* any new Oscar The Wild track will delight me beyond reason. Another glittering gem on the road to their EP later in November, it’s yet another track from them that makes you suspect this band just might be infallible 🦸”
“The last track released from their ‘Public Fun – Part 2’ EP contributes a sense of determination and grit to a collection that’s just jam-packed with high-wattage fun 💡”