The Underground Stage
“Gavin Bowles & The Distractions make a noise as bristling and as impeccably sharp as their facial hair, impressive and wild as hell. As keen as a blade to the throat, it’s madly danceable too, a pair of dancing shoes with razor blades in the toecap.” Gallery Learn More Instagram | TikTok
“Chloe Kay & The Crusade’s heavy-set blues is muscular enough without a vocal, but add that voice on top and it’s something that’ll draw your ships to shore and dash them on the rocks. Wildly primal to its core, it trips wires right in the centre of the brain.” Gallery Learn More Instagram | TikTok
“Bad Jeep Country’s filthy stomp rings in the ears after it’s done, echoes of Pist Idiots, Talking Heads, and outlaw cowboys all smashing into each other. Chaos and lawlessness are in charge, but it’s focussed and it’s aimed and it’s pointed directly at your head.” Gallery Learn More Instagram
“Pan-Pacific Grand Prix nod in recognition to a country twang but it’s ramshackle enough to sound like the roof’s caving in. Roughly cut but delivered clean – and with some serious heft in the songwriting – it’s as many parts barnstormer as it is barn dance.” Gallery Learn More Facebook | Instagram
“If someone gave AI the right prompt to find the sweet spot between Ian Dury, Billy Bragg, and falling asleep in front of the cricket on a Sunday after mowing the lawn in country Australia, it’d surely come up with Buddy Dingo. Everyday tales via Everyman poetry – not everything in life needs to be […]
“Bower’s harmonies are a thing of beauty on their own, but overlaid on top of a mix of covers and their own work, it gets awfully close to magic. The covers are all melted down from their original states into something thoroughly new and rich, but while they may not have written all the set’s […]
Dulcie bagged the most spots on the best Australian new music playlists this week, grabbing the top spot and keeping it all for themselves with their excellent new track “Sleep It Off”. Most Playlisted This Week 🥇Dulcie 🥈Girl and Girl, flowerkid 🥉GUM, RVG, Thundercat, grentperez Just behind them though, flowerkid continues to receive big support, […]
“Peni Parker’s star continues to blaze brightly with this latest release, pounding and unforgiving but without letting go of a soaring sense of flight ✈️”
“Dulcie’s pop comes with a slice of heft and bounce, enough to lighten any mood, but enough to make its presence well and truly felt. It might be light on its feet, but it’s going to leave a mark on that floor 👠”