The Underground Stage
“Martha Chess Phelps veers between chugging indie and soaring soul without warning, but it all fits together like it’s got glue on its edges. Sharp and witty in parts, softly shining in others, it’s a soundtrack for the voice in your mind that can’t quite work out what mood it’s in. It knows it wants […]
“Lindsey’s set, complete with a seven-piece band, pushes the walls out musically as much as it fills the stage physically, bulging with enormous song. The tracks roll in like big waves, lulling you into the quiet bits before dropping tons of liquid weight onto the top of your head. Rich and lovely and weighty and […]
“Eva Diana’s solo set is as much a vehicle for rich songwriting and a clean knockout blow of a voice as it is designed to tug at the emotions. The skills might catch your attention, but it’s the feels in the air that’ll rip the heart right out of your chest.” Gallery Learn More Instagram […]
“Floodlights bring a dark theatre to the chat, bubbling groove and rich baritone performing a script of wild-eyed imaginings. It’s evocative enough in its quieter moments, but when it lets go it’s like black fireworks going off in your head.” Gallery Learn More Instagram | TikTok
“A Sweetie set is always less about the music they make and more about the mood they maintain – somehow the pace rarely picks up, but the pulse still races. Defiant, solid as a rooted oak, sinister and joyous all at the time, it’s rich and dense and poetic. It’s the art, stupid.” Gallery Learn […]
Most Playlisted This Week Jess Locke and total tommy shared top honours for the most spots on the best new music playlists in Australia this week, a brilliant achievement for both artists, showing off their broad support among critics and playlisters. For total tommy to top the list with just her second upload is also […]
“Buzzy, brisk, and sharp as a tack, Neighbourhood Void’s purple patch of delivering crisply formed pieces of fun continues at pace. That pace though is tempered by a plaintive sadness that bubbles underneath, just enough salt in the caramel 📌”
“Laid-back and loping, confident but unhurried, this song carries heft without needing to show off. At its core though is a protest song, dripping in both sarcasm and fury at the powers that rule our lives, and at their wide-ranging bastardry. This rage may not be loud, but it makes itself crystal clear 🤬”
“GRXCE’s latest contains as much energy as they can summon – which is a lot – but adds a layer of dark indignation to a treatise on how poorly-matched relationships can lead to a figurative (and literal) car crash. It runs fast and smooth but directly towards lurking danger, both medium and message bolted straight to the hood 💥”