The Underground Stage
This month’s fanzine edition features Chloe Dadd on the cover, just one of a bunch of killer live shows captured in February, along with Jet City Sports Club, Platonic Sex, The Tin Knees, The Great Awake, and tons more. There are also reviews of the very best new music from DIY, independent, and emerging Australian […]
No surprises to see The Teskey Brothers at the top of this week’s list of most-added artists across Australia’s best new music playlists, but both Mia Wray and Floodlights both did spectacularly well to join them there and share top honours. Most Playlisted This Week 🥇Floodlights, Mia Wray, The Teskey Brothers 🥈Mitch Santiago, Nerve, The […]
The fanzine edition rounds up the month’s gig action from Sydney’s stages and the best tracks released by Australian DIY, independent, and emerging artists. This month’s cover features the mighty Pist Idiots, and there are shows from Gee Tee, Abbey Frances, and Johnny Hunter among others, as well as releases from Young Lions, Dulcie, Straight […]
“Catholic Guilt grace our parish with their presence, bringing a set of glory (and furious renters) with them. There’s rage in here, but it’s kept in check with rich guitars and some really smart songwriting. It’s frequently roughneck but at times it’s near choral – it’s damn sure worth your praise.” Gallery Learn More Instagram […]
“I don’t know what Amends have been lifting but tonight’s set is a notch more muscular than ever. Full (not secret) disclosure: I come to any Amends show already thinking they’re one of the best bands in the country, but jeepers… this set’s off the chart, even from that base.” Gallery Learn More Facebook | […]
“Glitch Kingdom burst off the stage from the start, with neither guitar cables nor gravity holding them down. They set a blistering, exhausting pace, songs exploding out of them, out of control. As they roam the stage and the floor, it’s hard not to feel that way too.” Gallery Learn More Instagram | TikTok
“The Terrys take the pace down on their latest, a mission statement of sorts for dreamers everywhere. It’s as much a reflection on where they’ve come from as much as it is a defiant commitment to the future – more power to them, and to everyone who dreams loud and large 💭”
“A fearsome mass moving at a terrifying speed, this track – and the rest of the debut album that follows it – makes you feel tiny in comparison. Like watching a freight train with no brakes careening down a hill, it’s terrifying in its rage and power, and impossible to not feel the noise, right down in your core 🚂”
“C.O.F.F.I.N’s primal roar always raises both hackles and pulse rates, and their latest is as powerful and aggressive as ever, stripping out the superficial, leaving only the vital and the necessary. Just. Let. Go. ✂️”