The Underground Stage
“Debuts usually delight me, but Ego Trip’s first songs fired in anger are a particular kind of pleasing. That this project has been well thought through is a fact almost as loud as the songs – most new bands show up half-baked, half-formed, and half-cut, but the precision here is notable in its excess. It […]
“Dulcie’s soaring pop sparkles like the glint of sunshine on chrome – more than enough to dazzle and delight ✨”
“It’s been a while for Crane Games, but their glorious wonkiness and giddy, disoriented joy are as firmly in place as if they’d never been away ♻️”
“With their latest madcap slice of pure fun, Cheap-Skate continue to sound like a band barrelling downhill with their eyes closed, waving madly and accidentally setting fire to stuff 🔥”
“The ballad-y one off your normal guitar album is often mawkish and duff, but Loser manage to squarely land this one, coming off grand and expansive despite the slower-than-their-usual pace 🕯️”
“Standing on its hind legs with middle fingers raised on each hand, Blow-ins’ latest is a happy cacophony of good times, blown speakers, and injuries of unknown origin 💥”
“Abbey Frances are only a handful of gigs in but patently know their way around a song. This set is a series of twists and turns – not the one-note joke of many new bands, not one song rewritten a handful of times over, but a breadth and depth of thought and emotion at work […]
“Massive, yearning, and big-hearted, Young Lions’ new album is just stuffed full of tracks like this, ready to explode with noise and flame 💣’ “
“In a world that spends a lot of its time working out ways to hack its life to create a more ordered self, Dole Manchild instead just hacks it all apart with a chisel and a brick. Demented, unruly, and utterly utterly glorious 😝”