The Underground Stage
“With both squalls of noise and the lightest of touches, Big Heck shake you down to the knees. This is intelligent, noisy, literate, and joyous, all the good bits of musical brains at work with none of the chin-stroking or navel-gazing. Your heart-rate follows the mood from mouse-quiet to primal roar, and it’s a rich, […]
“Grumpy yelp and stamp with the best of them but even in this short set there’s plenty of range, a spiked boot with a softer strut, a stillness behind the whomping. Softened by wit, but still covered in spikes.” Gallery
Every week I pick out a bunch of interesting shows featuring emerging, DIY, and independent Australian artists. The full list of shows this week are below – those are the ones to get out to in the next few days. Don’t forget, there’s also a futuristic-y dashboard here that lets you look ahead if you […]
This week’s data-driven roundup of artists killing it around the world and in Australia this week Get this in your inbox every Sunday by signing up to the Substack Start next week right by getting across the biggest and the hottest new music around – as usual, I’ve taken a look at which artists are […]
“CHEAP-SKATE skitters about precisely as madly as you’d expect from an artist daft enough to commit to releasing a song every week for the whole of 2026. Hold up, let’s check in. Daft? By gum, yes. But! Capable of endless batty slices of fun and giddiness? Also yes, and fuck yes.” Gallery Listen
Every week, I scour the latest releases from emerging, DIY, and independent artists in Australia. The best of them end up on the playlist. Follow The Playlist Listen to this week’s edition here or below, 100% made up of the best brand-new music from the best new artists in Australia – never pay-to-play, and always […]
