The Underground Stage
“Cammy Cautious & The Wrestlers balance aggression and joy on the edge of a knife – and then ram it right through the back of your head. Ragged then precise, serrated then scalpel-sharp, a festival of blood-letting and song.” Gallery Learn More Instagram
“Tombeau & The Idiots’ delirious lo-fi garage punk soars around the building like a deranged loose animal tonight, teeth and claws and fur. Bands like this often try to stay down in the dirt – this one takes it with them and scatters it from the sky. Bloody glorious.” Gallery Learn More Instagram
With some astonishing playlist support, JACOTÉNE made her first foray into the wider culture recently, bagging heavyweight editorial backing and finding new followers in short order. It’s the speed that makes the impression here. With only two tracks on Spotify, this Triple J Unearthed High winner – still in her teens – has gotten off […]
Teenage Joans came out on top as playlisters’ choice, gaining the most adds on the best Australian new music lists this week with their latest ‘Candy Apple’. Most Playlisted This Week 🥇Teenage Joans 🥈Mickey Kojak, Saint Lane, The Belair Lip Bombs, JACOTÉNE 🥉filous, Anna Lunoe, Motez, The Rions, South Summit, Elizabeth, Annie Hamilton It was […]
Someday Soon has joined up with SXSW Sydney to put on a giant show (lineup below) at the University of Sydney on Sat Oct 21 (the last day of the Music schedule). According to SXSW’s socials, if you’ve got a SXSW badge, you’ll be able to get access, but these tickets are also on general […]
“The Polymics are all energy, all the time, everything cranked up to roaring from start to end. It’s the sort of set that leaves you shaking your head clear, giant slabs of rock that tumble down from the ceiling and don’t stop, not for a single breath.” Gallery Learn More Instagram
“Maybe In May’s set focusses less on shock and more on awe, fronting musicality and soaring range instead of repeated body slams to the back of the head. An eyebrow-elevating vocal is front and centre, sure, but the whole package is insistently powerful in its command and control of the songs.” Gallery Learn More Instagram […]
“Sonnet & The Breadboys come off like they’ve been told to go all fists-and-horns rock but can’t help wonking it all out of shape on the way. This is a good thing – the set ends up as manic as a cat in a bag, and as enjoyably bonkers as watching it escape to tear […]
“There are few bands both as belligerent and delicate as Johnny Hunter. The set pounds, hammers, and thumps like an avalanche, but it’s theatre and it’s art, it’s fractured and it’s anxious. You get stomped bloody, but you come out smarter. Magnificent.” Gallery Learn More Instagram