The Underground Stage
“It’s hard not to love a band who are launching their current album but still play a bunch of stuff from the next unreleased one. Forest Hall don’t really need more reasons for you to love them, but you can add that to the pile. The new new stuff is added to the new stuff […]
“Julia Why?’s set tonight comes with a noticeable amount of bite. The shoegazey core is still fluffy and comforting, but it’s got an extra row of teeth – the guitars are a notch more savage, the drums a smidge more primal, the bass prowling a little too close for comfort. The danger lights are flashing […]
“Rik Saunders from The Melodrones opens up solo tonight, a set made of Lou Reed-y drawling and one of the most beautiful sounding guitars going. It’s as lo in terms of fi as you’ll get, but a reminder that with songs this pretty you don’t need much more to make something sound a little bit […]
“The gentle twangs of the opening chords quickly collapse into a full-throated roar, yelping and bounding and howling at the skies. All teeth and claws, it grabs at the neck and doesn’t let go 🐺”
“Pounding day-glo mayhem runs gleefully out of control on RedHook’s latest, taking all the bits we already love them for and turning them all up to eleven. Deafeningly loud in both volume and colour, it’s proof that more is, in fact, more 🔊”
“Taken from his ‘Memory::Loss’ album, William Drummond channels something akin to Black Grape on this tubthumping slice of baggy fun. Crackling with voltage, twitching and tumbling, dancing as wildly as we are ⚡️”
“Princess Unit’s second upload brims with just as much promise as their first – complex but fun, whip-smart but engagingly daft. It pulls you in on its tractor beam and leaves you wanting, very much, to believe 🛸”
“As sweet and lovely as it is short, this one-minute gem packs more lyrical pleasures and earwormery than a song five times its length. Everything you ever need in a track, in a package you can carry around with you all day long 💎”
Frontman of the scene-defining Hüsker Dü, and writer of more gloriously buzzing and roaring guitar masterpieces than it’s easy to count, Bob Mould is one of the all-time undisputed heavyweight champs. On Nov 29th, he’s bringing his solo show to the Metro Theatre. Appearing in Australia for the first time since 2012, this show is […]