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Neighbourhood Void – Catatonic Youth
“The ghost of teen spirit haunts this left hook of a track, with Neighbourhood Void’s fiery sneer turned on a world gone to hell in a handcart. Will this decade’s music be defined by more of this type of weary, scared, and furious blame of selfish, destructive older generations? It damn sure smells like it.” […]
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Tiarnie – I’m Fine
“Stripping the scales from your eyes can leave scars, and Tiarnie has clearly picked up her share after moving from her small town to Sydney. While the story is of hard-earned wisdom, the music still has a sweetness that sings through the cynicism.” Learn More: Facebook – Instagram Latest Posts
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Charlotte & The Harlots – My Pal
“Charlotte & The Harlots’ rough-throated grunge always stays on the right side of sandpapery and avoids veering too close to the polished wastelands of the merely loud-adjacent. That nagging opening riff threatens to go pop at any point, but maintains its sinister pose, like a siren. A vicious little number, in all the best ways.” […]
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Wawawow @ The Town Hall, 22nd Feb
“Wawawow do it like no-one else. The new LP is mad enough, but the live show is – perhaps unbelievably – even more insane. One long, unbroken stream of consciousness made into crazed future-psych, it’s like an adrenalin shot to the eyeball, or electrodes to the temples. Crazed, brilliant, unique.” Facebook | Instagram | Twitter
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Pyjama Sundayz @ The Town Hall, 22nd Feb
“Ouch, my eyes. Pyjama Sundayz change into their actual pyjamas while setting up their gear onstage, which is madly endearing. The actual set is full-on padded room, the product of deranged minds weaned on boy bands, hi-NRG beats, karaoke, and lazing around in bed. It’s that good – but boy, I need a lie down […]
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Cakewalk @ The Town Hall, 22nd Feb
“Cakewalk don’t do anything as prosaic as mere songs. These are experimental blasts of heat and noise, straight from the furnace, mashing Ian Dury’s yelping freeform to bruising rhythms and screeching wails of guitar. Enough to put your eyeballs clear out the back of your head.” Facebook | Instagram Subscribe to The Underground Stage Playlist […]
“I’m usually allergic to Kooks-y guitar pop, but The Tinderboxers’ set has got all the tune and none of the cloying residue that sort of thing usually leaves on my skin. This is driving, thumping, clever, sharply-tailored, and instantly danceable stuff.” Facebook | Instagram Subscribe to The Underground Stage Playlist Thirty freshly-released goodies from the […]
“Goodnight Japan are *all* business – this set has got so many rich and complex moving parts it’s hard to pin it down. Still, while idiots like us are busy trying to pin it all down, this set’s cheerfully running us all over with a tank full of exquisitely crafted, intelligently written songs. And it […]