The Underground Stage
“Like every Cry Club release this is yet another glorious spectacle that explodes from the inside to leave little left but happy sweat and confetti on the floor. Always a treasure, never a bore 💥”
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: Lana Del Ray Appearing on all nine of the biggest New Music Friday lists globally, Lana Del Ray’s “The Grants” topped the pile this […]
KIAN’s latest fizzy banger “All Of Me” was the runaway most-added track on the most credible Australian new music playlists this week, his collab with the outstanding Becca Hatch making it onto nearly 40% of them. Most Playlisted This Week 🥇KIAN (ft Becca Hatch) 🥈Ripple Effect Band, Tash Sultana 🥉1tbsp, Genesis Owusu, Mason Dane, Sweetie, […]
“This is a dream of a track from False London, a swirling palette of hyper-colour, woozy and pounding. Melancholy and high-shine chrome meld and dissipate, as giddily disorienting as it is danceable 💭”
“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 […]