The Underground Stage
“Alter Boy’s deep, startling electronics back up theatricality and songwriting chops to produce a fearsome, heady brew for an early afternoon in the SXSW Sydney sunshine at Rolling Stone’s courtyard. They play two new ones, both of which are fabulous, but the first one blows the leaves off the trees. Stunning.” Gallery
“Austin local Rett Smith brings a Texas-sized twang as well as stampeding, longhorned distortion to his set of dirty blues and murder ballads.” Gallery
“Flyana Boss’s first blast in Oz bounces so hard with class-act boom bap hip hop it shakes the head from your shoulders. For that matter, it damn near bounces this boat out the water.” Gallery
“EKKSTACY damn near blow a hole in the hull of our floating venue The Starship tonight. This is outrageously good, fearsome takes on The Cure and Bloc Party, moody and monstrous with the scale of mountains. We’re going to need a bigger boat.” Gallery
“Ladies and germs, welcome to SXSW Sydney. Go-Jo kicked off the first live music played in anger at the first ever SXSW event outside Austin. Landed it.” Gallery
“This is just one of the endlessly glittering tracks on offer as Teenage Joans finish a run of bright, sparkly singles with a sugar-coated full-length album packed to the edges with fizzy delights. Jumpy, frenetic fun, enough for the sweetest of teeth 🍭”
“Raging Hormones blow the whistle to start their run up to another EP with this barrelling trainload of unsecured objects, travelling at unsafe speeds. Enough to shake the head off your shoulders 🚂”
“A gloriously oddball slice of shiny daftness, its immaculate pop sheen is still peppered with off-kilter dings in the surface. Glittering enough to be dazzled by, inventive enough to keep you off balance 🪩”
“The final release ahead December’s EP, this is another cracked leather boot from Adam Newling, weather-worn but reliably tough. Ragged and rousing, gruff and graceful 🥾”