The Underground Stage
SXSW Sydney is coming in October, returning for its third year, and the artist announcements will start to pile up as it gets closer and closer. The SXSW Sydney team will (based on previous years here and in the US) release their scheduling app much nearer to the kickoff, which will ultimately become your primary […]
Tracks are nice and everything, but albums are where it’s at. These are all the long-players I’ve caught across the month by Australian emerging, independent, and DIY artists.
“Cutthroat Kelly give no quarter, relentless guitar and rhythm at volume propelling wild and untethered melodies. There’s bags of big song but it’s the fight in the dog that leaves you worrying about a lot more than just your throat.” Gallery Listen
“DZ Deathrays playing acoustic is so wrong as a concept it should be barred from pubs, but their first-ever go at turning face-melters into head-nodders is honkingly odd yet wildly good fun. It’s odd for the obvious reasons – these songs scream out for ear-splitting distortion and bassy mayhem – but the mad charm of […]
“26 Street mostly channel ‘Kerplunk’-era Green Day, fast of foot and raw of edge. Not even out of high school, they summon all the snot and sneer of youth, rough as a boot but with a loud, swaggering magic that only the young can conjure. A full bag of noisy promise.” Gallery
The very best thing about SXSW Sydney is getting to see artists you’ve not seen before. A lot of times, this is because the acts are brand new. If you’re me though, a lot of the times is only because you were an idiot and just missed them up until now. If you’ve already seen […]
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 […]
I’ve seen about a quarter of the 100+ homegrown artists playing at SXSW Sydney before, and if you’re going through the schedule looking for emerging, independent, or DIY artists to check out, you won’t go wrong with any of these excellent acts. Beryl WHAT I’VE SAID: “Beryl beam in tonight from outer space, intergalactic distances […]
As ever, all the tracks that make it onto the playlist are aces in my book but if I absolutely, positively had to pick no more than five to check out this week, it’d be these.