The Underground Stage
“Boysclub are playing their second ever gig – as headliners! in the Factory main room! – and it’s like they were born on stages this size. That Hole / L7 sound, mashed up with modern themes and deep thinking around identity and gender make for a *titanic* experience, a monster of sound that pummels you […]
“The defining characteristic of Lucid Hoops is pure bloody joy. The genres flail and veer wildly, but the mood of absolute ecstatic happiness is a constant. As the set builds, so do the songs, and by the end every last one of us is soaring.” Facebook | Instagram Subscribe to The Underground Stage Playlist Thirty […]
“Anyone who has seen We Are Not Robots will be aware of the scope and scale of their impressive sound, but the addition of the imperious Jess (The Mis-Made, Jessamine, Raising Ravens) damn sure hasn’t made them any quieter. This additional weapon in the arsenal makes them a dangerous foe indeed.” Facebook | Instagram | Twitter
“Bruise Pristine are never an easy listen, and their pounding, piledriving sound is ratcheted up several notches in the Factory’s main room. A relentlessly defiant set that finds its spirit animal in their insanely intense cover of Bjork’s ‘Army Of Me’, transformed here into an artillery barrage of sound.” Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Subscribe […]
“Every time I see Mac The Knife it strikes like a hammer just how much they fill up the room – it thickens the air, it stresses the seals, it makes the joints audibly creak. This outfit are solid pros by now, but every time I see them I think of new reasons why I’m […]
“Stranded Nationals are playing their second show ever, but there is wisdom here – a control of sound and pace and tone that is both freshly new and comfortingly familiar. There’s a frequent (early) 90s groove that keeps rearing its floppy-haired head, but it’s paired with some really large-scale songs that bring it bang up […]
Even if you ignored the fact that Molly & The Krells’ latest punctures the egos of no-talent show-ponies, laughs at anyone who does a Xmas album, and has a chorus that is patently about a night out (or playing) at Frankie’s in Sydney, you’d STILL end up with a massive banger that should be taught […]
A track to spur the bloodstream into action, Tanaya Harper here channels the ghosts of those near-perfect Juliana Hatfield records of 90s yore, but adds modern lyrical takes and a far more muscular sound to fill those posh headphones you all insist on wearing. There’s no grey area here – this is a glorious song […]
So, anyway, ‘Time To Be Alone’ or ‘One More Time’ (both on the excellent EP named for the latter) are the sort of immediate songs you just get right into from first listen. While ‘I Get Lonely’ is just too close to the bloody bone for my personal comfort and my ego, I literally cannot […]