The Underground Stage
With their plans in 2020 rudely interrupted by the pandemic, The Belair Lip Bombs have roared back in 2023 with a series of killer indie-pop tracks and their debut album Lush Life. With playlist backing and strong, fast early-follower growth, they’re looking like one of the hotter new artists out there right now. The rush […]
New tracks from Babe Rainbow and Lola Scott topped the list of playlisters’ favs this week – while you’d expect the former to be up near the top in any given week, the latter has done brilliantly well to appear so consistently. Most Playlisted This Week 🥇Babe Rainbow, Lola Scott 🥈Angie McMahon, ASHWARYA, MID CITY […]
“A sad, sad song that nonetheless bulges with hope, this is a quiet masterpiece from FVNERAL, a bright light in pitch blackness. It might be a song about the darkest places, but it’s delivered with the lightest touch 🕯️”
“The Belair Lip Bombs have treated us to a series of razor-edged indie-pop tracks this year, and now we get their sparkly debut LP ‘Lush Life’. This is just one of the set of glinting gems that make up the album – scuzzy when it needs to be, but always light and spacious too 💎”
“MID CITY release their debut album ‘Happy Ever After’ this week after a run of cracking single releases, a collection of modernist indie-rock where feet pound and shoulders shudder with restless energy. Giant, shining, slabs of tune the size of buildings 🏢”
“Georgia Mulligan’s latest track may start with a brief stretch to warm up its muscles but it soon explodes into noisy motion. It is occasionally persuaded to take a breath but it inevitably ends up scampering around madly before barrelling off into the distance 🏃”
“A driving, off-kilter piece of wonky indie-rock that grabs you by the collar, shaking your body and rattling your head until your eyeballs fall out. Any track that is manic, addictive, *and* danceable is not something to be trifled with 👀”
“FVNERAL’s set of “sad fucking songs” may be quieter than normal tonight but they still land with deafening impact. It’s tough-going, with frequent moments of brutal emotion, but the literate beauty that wraps it all up distracts you from the deep wounds it inflicts. This is a set of gorgeous nightmares, and they soar so […]
“KHAOS EMRLD strips the hyperpop right back to full acoustic mode tonight, and for someone who writes a lot of songs about figuring stuff out this electronics-free setup shows just how dialled in and confident the songwriting is. It’s easy to think bedroom laptop wizards live in a digital-only world, but shows like this reveal […]