The Underground Stage
“Sesame Girl’s set feels like it’s torn between having a quiet chat and blowing a gasket. The songwriting is gentle and full of loveliness, while the execution gives the distinct impression it might rip your throat out with its fingernails. The whole thing pounds and drives at the same time as it soars and soothes […]
“It’s like you can’t move without running into a GRXCE show right now, which is – precisely – zero percent of a bad thing. Having emerged out of the traps at top speed, they’re putting in all the work and we’re getting all the benefits. There’s enough spring in the step of these songs to […]
Both Hatchie & DICE bagged top honours for the most spots on the best Australian new music playlists this week. DICE have grown like weeds over the last year, and that’s reflected in the popularity of their track “Stockholm” this week. Meanwhile, new tracks appearing on the deluxe edition of her “Giving The World Away” […]
“Sleek and jet-powered, the latest track from Sophisticated Dingo slices through the air, all shiny fins and pointy bits. Noisy, precise, and a thrill-ride from beginning to end 🚀”
“Channelling – of all things! – 90s UK grebo, DZ Deathrays drop one of their very best in ‘Tuff Luck’. With as much bounce as beast, and as much groove as guitar, it’s a wide-eyed trip both backwards and forwards 😵💫”
“Taken from the spicy new long-player ‘The Cup Of Pestilence’, this track stands out for both title and tune. As shudderingly daft as ever, Frenzal also always add shine to what could otherwise be drab and two-dimensional. As bright and glinty as they ever were 😎”
“Great Job!’s latest features some of the – literally – filthiest lyrical imagery ever committed to song, but can’t help themselves still writing wide and expansive music to go along with it. You’ll need a shower after listening to it, but you won’t mind getting a little dirty along the way 🧼”
“Sandy Dish have put together a diary piece about emotional ennui and casual sex, a gem of a track that’s both pithy and punk in equal measure. A razor-sharp jolt of bedroom riot grrl, twee and lo-fi but with sharp, bloody fangs 🦷”
“The Sleepyheads’ songs are all iron fists in velvet gloves, nerdy kids with black belts. It comes off adorable on its face, but it spends a lot of time absolutely losing its bloody temper – it all starts off shy and hesitant but by the end you’ve got a black eye and lost a shoe. […]