The Underground Stage
“The Vanns drop into Manning Bar tonight and fill the air with a monstrously polished noise, confident and bright. At times it’s delicate enough to barely register on your skin, at others it’s enough to flay it clean off. “ Gallery Learn More Instagram | TikTok
“Bourke’s take your Triple J standards and add some spine and bone, teeth and claws. It’ll soothe and stroke you, but turn your back and it’ll go for an artery.” Gallery Learn More Instagram
“Chiara Kovac burns so bright it sears the retinas, sad songs played with joy and vim. It’s quiet and it tries to hide behind its hair but it’s so huge from side to side and top to bottom it’s all you can look at. Fabulous stuff.” Gallery Learn More Instagram
“Before The King welcome us in with arms wide and amps cranked open, a festival of busy song designed to make your night and ruin your dancing shoes.“ Gallery Learn More Instagram | TikTok
“Boys At The Back bring the rawk to the @usu.usyd event tonight, squealing and harmonising guitars and a roaring vocal to blow the tiles off the roof.” Gallery Learn More Instagram | TikTok
“Battles of bands are usually weird but the University Of Sydney Union’s one opens with eye-blistering fireworks via The Toothpicks’ absurdly talented wonk and widdlyness.” Gallery Learn More Instagram | TikTok
Jem Cassar-Daley‘s latest track ‘Slow Down‘ topped this week’s Most Playlisted chart, and did so – unusually – in its second week of release, not in launch week. Looking at the data, it’s one of several clear signs of an artist earning fast-growing support. The playlist support isn’t happening in isolation either, but is growing […]
“Victoria celebrate their recent track ‘Justify’ with today’s set, a perfect demonstration of why time on the tools matters. No-one here is a beginner, and a lifetime of learning shines through in these songs. They’re sharp and jangly and intelligent songs to start with, but the years round the block hasn’t made them wearier, it’s […]
“Restless Leg – in three-piece mode – open up The Warren View’s front bar this afternoon, spilling rich and layered song out into Enmore’s streets. It’d just be weird if such experienced talents put even a foot wrong and so they don’t – this is a pleasure of a set, a perfect glimpse into their […]