The Underground Stage
“Captives barrel onto Frankie’s stage and immediately drop a set entirely worthy of their pedigree and the tracks from this year’s Return To Mars album. Swerving all over the road between straight up rock, serious-face punk, and absolute all-time stunners like “Miles Away” and “Villain” this is a *beast* of a set, equal parts rolling […]
“We step out of the afternoon sun into Peni Parker’s darker world, but it’s no less illuminating for all that. With not a dull edge in sight, each song slicing open a new wound, this is as strong a set as you’ll hear anywhere right now. Hands down.” Gallery Learn More Facebook | Instagram | […]
“These New South Whales might have be playing early at Frankie’s but it still lands like a late night epiphany. The new tracks from their just-out LP tear holes in the sides of the room, letting the older ones blow through like a hurricane. Twitching, jagged-edged, bug-eyed, and brilliant.” Gallery Learn More Facebook | Instagram
“The references are eclectic – Lady Godiva, siren mythology, Charlie’s Angels and the Paris Hilton Carl’s Jr commercial.”
“I wanted the inner world to be freaky and spoofy to represent the underworld of the psyche and have that release of the outside shots culminating in the final lines of the song, ‘We know the way out’.”
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: Alan Walker Top of the pile this week is Alan Walker, whose new track “Shut Up” appeared on all nine of the biggest New […]
“Another rolling, twitching, slice of wide-eyed brilliance from one of the most broadly creative of all Australia’s bands 😵💫”
“Aww! One of the most delightful and charming records I’ve heard in ages 🥹”
“The ‘Nouj are back! It’s been too long – the years without their big-hearted, big-brained delights have been tough