The Underground Stage
Every week, my robots scour the biggest nine New Music Friday playlists in the world to see whose getting backed hard by the big green machine. This week: 🏆 The Champ: Linkin Park Ahead of the 20 year anniversary re-release of Meteora, Linkin Park’s previously-unreleased track from 2002 “Lost” jumped straight onto all nine of […]
“Buddhadatta are in town from Japan and prove that, as always, the future of all things comes from those glorious islands. Language is no barrier here – this is perfect future-tense punk, perfectly mad, perfectly delivered. We have zero idea what we are singing along to, and we simply don’t care. Amazing.” Gallery Learn More […]
“The Tin Knees beam in from the multiverse, an alternate reality where musical theatre is the governing dogma, but where there’s also good acid in the water supply. There is no other band like this at work right now. This means you should adore them.” Gallery Learn More Instagram
“Moody Beach’s songs menace and threaten, but somehow welcome us all in. There’s danger writ large, alarm bells blaring and flight responses kicking in – but at no point do we want to do anything but dive in, head-first and committed.” Gallery Learn More Facebook | Instagram
“Jet City Sports Club have a whole grab bag of songs that drive straight and true like arrows to the core, and – even plagued by technical gremlins – they hit their mark today. Their skills just keep levelling up too, and if you’re not watching this band with a hawk eye, you’re really just […]
“Tiali’s set contains enough jazzy tech to keep your feet moving and your head nodding, while tracks like “Icicles” tear strips off through sheer force . It’s by turns witchy and haunting, then bouncing and full of beans – an unusual set performed by the unusually talented.” Gallery Learn More Instagram | TikTok
“Bridge Dog’s charming set glitters in the sun, with the bright doo-wop undercurrents shoring up the beefy, jangly indie, bits of Pixies’ serrated edges catching on your shirt. When it shines, you can feel the heat searing your skin.” Gallery Learn More Instagram
Three acts pulled down the most spots on the best new music playlists in Oz this week, with Budjerah, Jack River (with Genesis Owusu), and Spacey Jane all grabbing spots on just shy of a third of them. Most Playlisted This Week 🥇Budjerah, Jack River, Spacey Jane 🥈Pacific Avenue, MID CITY 🥉Breakfast Road, Carla Wehbe, […]
“The Great Awake launch their album tonight from a standing start, and punt it straight through the roof and into the upper atmosphere. Tonight is a set made of experience, about being there, doing it, and adding it to the setlist, for those who knew, who know, and those who just learned how. They should […]