The Underground Stage
“Sounding like it’s got its finger jammed in a live toaster, The Riot’s latest crash, bangs, and wallops its way through the walls of your house and crash-lands into your favourite spot on the couch. Don’t get too near the sparks ⚡️”
“Taken from Bec Stevens’ “Big Worry” album, this is just one of the hatful of fabulous tracks on that record to light up the sky this week. While much of Stevens’ writing addresses her journey with mental health, the music is absolutely rock solid, depth and darkness, confidence and catharsis 🎇”
“OK Hotel can always be relied on to deliver smart, rich guitars, and this is another thoughtful track from OK Hotel that keeps the synapses firing – and the head nodding – without ever getting ponderous 🧠”
“Starting like it’s already halfway into it, you’re just trying to keep up with all the way through. The themes of self-doubt darken the bouncy pace, giving emotional crunch to a brilliant, energetic, zappy gem of a song 💎”
“Jazzy Dale’s set slinks and drifts through the room like lazy smoke from a red leather bar booth, bluesy and head-nodding, soaring and soothing and seemingly effortless. It’s box of treats wrapped in a film noir package, the stage show of your gumshoe dreams – the only thing to do is just lie back and […]
“Jesse Curnow’s set starts, continues, and ends the same way – full-bore and committed, with not a damn thing left in the dressing room. The country twangs, the high pop melodies, the relentless spine-shaking rhythms… it’s all just at a constant throughout. You pair that energy with songs that soar around the room like newly-freed […]
“Garage Noise lean towards grunge and pop punk, but they never end up over their skis, sticking instead to dark guitars playing sunny pop songs. There’s a ton of light and shade in this set, a sense they know just how much to apply accelererator or brake. That’s a hard trick to pull off, but […]
“Meaco may have a backstory in EDM but there’s little more pleasurable in life than seeing someone take a hard left and doing whatever the hell they want instead. In this case, it’s a full band made of absurd musical chops across the stage, jazzy in tone but rich and danceably pop at its core. […]
“If you live in Sydney, waiting to see a Raging Hormones show is a bit like waiting for Santa – you’re not totally certain that something this good is possible, but by crikey it just makes your day when it lands. This is a set to light up the sky and make you believe in […]