The Underground Stage
August was filled to bursting with outstanding gigs in Sydney. From Johnny Hunter (this month’s cover photo) to Dulcie to Annie Hamilton to These New South Whales, everywhere you looked there was a high-impact show. There were incredible quieter moments too, with KHAOS EMRLD, FVNERAL, and Selfish Sons all stripping it right back to deliver […]
With their plans in 2020 rudely interrupted by the pandemic, The Belair Lip Bombs have roared back in 2023 with a series of killer indie-pop tracks and their debut album Lush Life. With playlist backing and strong, fast early-follower growth, they’re looking like one of the hotter new artists out there right now. The rush […]
New tracks from Babe Rainbow and Lola Scott topped the list of playlisters’ favs this week – while you’d expect the former to be up near the top in any given week, the latter has done brilliantly well to appear so consistently. Most Playlisted This Week 🥇Babe Rainbow, Lola Scott 🥈Angie McMahon, ASHWARYA, MID CITY […]
“A sad, sad song that nonetheless bulges with hope, this is a quiet masterpiece from FVNERAL, a bright light in pitch blackness. It might be a song about the darkest places, but it’s delivered with the lightest touch 🕯️”
“The Belair Lip Bombs have treated us to a series of razor-edged indie-pop tracks this year, and now we get their sparkly debut LP ‘Lush Life’. This is just one of the set of glinting gems that make up the album – scuzzy when it needs to be, but always light and spacious too 💎”
“MID CITY release their debut album ‘Happy Ever After’ this week after a run of cracking single releases, a collection of modernist indie-rock where feet pound and shoulders shudder with restless energy. Giant, shining, slabs of tune the size of buildings 🏢”
“Georgia Mulligan’s latest track may start with a brief stretch to warm up its muscles but it soon explodes into noisy motion. It is occasionally persuaded to take a breath but it inevitably ends up scampering around madly before barrelling off into the distance 🏃”
“A driving, off-kilter piece of wonky indie-rock that grabs you by the collar, shaking your body and rattling your head until your eyeballs fall out. Any track that is manic, addictive, *and* danceable is not something to be trifled with 👀”
“FVNERAL’s set of “sad fucking songs” may be quieter than normal tonight but they still land with deafening impact. It’s tough-going, with frequent moments of brutal emotion, but the literate beauty that wraps it all up distracts you from the deep wounds it inflicts. This is a set of gorgeous nightmares, and they soar so […]