The Underground Stage
“The important syllable in The Vandastruts is “S T R U T”. The whole set just plain swaggers around the room, a pair of leather trousers come to life, its riffs disembowelling all-comers and its solos carving holes in the back of your head. When “they” tell you that rock ‘n’ roll will corrupt your […]
Magic Machine beam in from another dimension to psyche up the place from the off. Bags of spring reverb, oodles of shoulder-shaking rhythm, and the sort of endless jams that seem specifically designed to result in someone needing a defibrillator. Any band with this much groove in their hearts is to be respected – but […]
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: Sam Smith The big dog this week was Sam Smith (20m+ followers), whose collab with Kim Petras, “Unholy”, landed them on top of the pile, […]
In a four-way tie, Big Scary, Boy & Bear, Yb. And Ocean Alley shared joint top honours this week for the most adds to the best new music playlists in Australia. Boy & Bear’s return with “Just To Be Kind”, and tracks from Big Scary’s Me and You album were both fresh out this week, […]