The Underground Stage
“Loser come to market with a barrow absolutely brimming with quality product. Every song is constructed like the business end of a great big truck, even the lighter bits feeling like a wall has landed on your head. The heavier bits… well, hell. Three people shouldn’t sound this huge, and songs like this need a […]
“The Sunday Estate’s set tonight is like climbing a set of stairs, each one raising the volume and the pace. At the bottom, your first step is 90s jangling guitar with big choruses, and at the top the Bloc Party vibes are ripping your face off. It’s a long way up, and the view from […]
“Highways may feature a couple of ingredients from sleepmakeswaves but post-rock is left in the pantry tonight. Instead – on only their third live outing – we get giant slices of alt-rock cake, sweet and rich and sugary enough to put you in a coma. Fills the stomach, fills the room, nom nom.” Gallery Learn […]
“It’s hard to over-emphasise how rare and unusual The Tin Knees are. Just getting *this* many musicians with *that* level of talent together in one place is odd enough. That they have all agreed to pool their considerable talents together to create what may be the wonkiest band at work today is even odder. Chaos […]
“Mumfighter’s skills at yo-yo and rollerblading are only matched by those on show in a set full of electronically-driven but mind-alteringly bonkers tracks. The beats tear holes in the intestines, the vocal alternates between finely-honed bars and stream-of-consciousness harangues, and the whole thing is as incomprehensible yet instantly addictive as crack in a disposable vape. […]
The cover this month is graced by the outstanding Clews, who blew the walls out at their show earlier this month. It wasn’t the only brilliant performance on Sydney’s stages though, and this issue features shows from Sweetie, WILSN, Good Ramen, the outstanding Turpentine Babycino, and tons more. Away from the stage, there’s also the […]
“Gavin Bowles & The Distractions make a noise as bristling and as impeccably sharp as their facial hair, impressive and wild as hell. As keen as a blade to the throat, it’s madly danceable too, a pair of dancing shoes with razor blades in the toecap.” Gallery Learn More Instagram | TikTok
“Chloe Kay & The Crusade’s heavy-set blues is muscular enough without a vocal, but add that voice on top and it’s something that’ll draw your ships to shore and dash them on the rocks. Wildly primal to its core, it trips wires right in the centre of the brain.” Gallery Learn More Instagram | TikTok
“Bad Jeep Country’s filthy stomp rings in the ears after it’s done, echoes of Pist Idiots, Talking Heads, and outlaw cowboys all smashing into each other. Chaos and lawlessness are in charge, but it’s focussed and it’s aimed and it’s pointed directly at your head.” Gallery Learn More Instagram