The Underground Stage
“Downgirl take us to church tonight, leaving us penitent and flagellating. The theatre may be holy and hilarious, but the music raises pure merry hell, buzzsaw guitars and pounding rhythms enough to strip the retinas off of eyeballs. Get on your knees sinners, and worship.” Gallery Learn More Facebook | Instagram
“Papa Pilko & The Binrats are always a spectacle to behold, even if your eyeballs burn and your ears ring at the end of it. Filthy as hell, mad as hatters, and all the better for it.” Gallery Learn More Facebook | Instagram
“Beautiful Stink bench press 300lb of Pearl Jam with ease, as dense and muscular as a side of beef. Hair flies high, as do we.” Gallery Learn More Instagram
“LSF kick off tonight’s 666 Nights Of Live Music celebration at The Duke by serving up slab after slab of riff and rhythm, big and grumpy chunks of it.” Gallery Learn More Instagram
“Loser come to market with a barrow absolutely brimming with quality product. Every song is constructed like the business end of a great big truck, even the lighter bits feeling like a wall has landed on your head. The heavier bits… well, hell. Three people shouldn’t sound this huge, and songs like this need a […]
“The Sunday Estate’s set tonight is like climbing a set of stairs, each one raising the volume and the pace. At the bottom, your first step is 90s jangling guitar with big choruses, and at the top the Bloc Party vibes are ripping your face off. It’s a long way up, and the view from […]
“Highways may feature a couple of ingredients from sleepmakeswaves but post-rock is left in the pantry tonight. Instead – on only their third live outing – we get giant slices of alt-rock cake, sweet and rich and sugary enough to put you in a coma. Fills the stomach, fills the room, nom nom.” Gallery Learn […]
“It’s hard to over-emphasise how rare and unusual The Tin Knees are. Just getting *this* many musicians with *that* level of talent together in one place is odd enough. That they have all agreed to pool their considerable talents together to create what may be the wonkiest band at work today is even odder. Chaos […]
“Mumfighter’s skills at yo-yo and rollerblading are only matched by those on show in a set full of electronically-driven but mind-alteringly bonkers tracks. The beats tear holes in the intestines, the vocal alternates between finely-honed bars and stream-of-consciousness harangues, and the whole thing is as incomprehensible yet instantly addictive as crack in a disposable vape. […]