The Underground Stage
“The PeeWee50s hare noisily about the place, spraying gravel and doing skids, gleefully making enough noise to scare away the birds. They switch gears easily between scruffy garage and richly harmonic power pop though, and there’s a steel core of wildly melodic song throughout the whole thing. It’s damn near irresistible, basically. What a great […]
“MEOW MEOW AND THE SMACKOUTS’ spiky yelp never runs out of fun, bouncing off the walls and taking chunks out of your leg. It’d be easy to make a cartoon out of this band but that would be to sorely underestimate the sharp songs that underpin it.” Gallery Listen
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 […]
“Stumps’ precision crazy has always been what hits hardest, well-aimed blows of nuttiness and honking wrapped in gloves perfectly tailored for the fists that land them. It’s all jerks and body blows again tonight but it’s never short on massively singalong song, a wild ride that always threatens to blow you clear out of the […]
“This bright and rich set from Hannah Brewer is just what you need to put some light into your dark corners, bags of feeling and heaps of pop poured over sharp, smart guitar songwriting. Illuminating and lovely.” Gallery Listen
“Lily B lays down groove right on the line between indie rock and jazz, soulful notes spinning above six-string heft. Salty and sweet, perfectly balanced.” Gallery Listen
“Casual Fan aren’t the fastest band in the world but it’s a set designed to get the heart pumping all the same, shiny and dreamy and imaginative, striding at a deliberate pace and looking defiantly skywards. You might not break a sweat, but you’ll crack a grin a mile wide. Really, really lovely stuff.” Gallery […]
“The much-beloved Velociraptor play what is billed as their last Sydney show, as part of their last tour before going on indefinite hiatus. With nine of them on stage – six playing guitar at most points – it is as gloriously preposterous as it has always been, chaotic, danceable, happy as hell, and very, very, […]
“Straight Arrows’s rock-solid set stands firm once again tonight, staunch and rippling with melodic muscle, a perfect mix of scuzz and polish.” Gallery Listen