The Underground Stage
“‘Twas the night before Mardi Gras and all through the house, not a creature was stirring… until the first notes of Downgirl, when every living thing within earshot woke the fuck up and wondered, reasonably, whether the world was ending. A fearsome set, where everything is inside out, an impossible puzzle of things that don’t […]
“Peni Parker carries much pop punk in the trunk, but it’s been beaten and mangled and spindled so many times, it emerges as something wildly different. It’s got all the size in the song, but it’s absolutely drenched in sneer and blood and snot and wounds. You can’t not dance, you can’t hold back that […]
“King Stingray (if you haven’t heard) have quite the musical pedigree but if you’ve not heard them play, it’s hard to explain just what a force of nature it is. It is raw, it is rumbling, and it is joyous – it is the sound of a band absolutely *delighted* with the noise they make […]
“Adam Newling’s throat is full of gravel but the songs go down like ice-cream on glass. As bucolic and earthy as it is, it’s clearly what this city crowd needs, and it holds us in its grasp from the opening note to the last dying echo.” Gallery Learn More Facebook | Instagram
“Colbey brings first-person tales of flooding in Lismore, which on its own would be enough to boot us all awake. This hardscrabble and dusty set does it too though, careful steps on rough ground, losing it when it wants to, but with care in everything it does. The sound of sweat on a brow, and […]
“Papa Pilko & The Binrats are the sound of the Devil having fun. Everything thrusts and tempts and beckons us away from a path of righteousness towards a place of filthy, sinful pleasure. Tonight, as restrictions are lifted, we’re absolutely OK with that.” Gallery Learn More Facebook | Instagram
“Dead Witch ease us into newly-allowed dancing and singing by dancing and singing in ways that are guaranteed to please our feet and ears. As solid as many rocks but still as light and soaring as smoke on a breeze, it makes re-learning how to move as one crowd as easy as if it never […]
“The Hard-Ons appear for a set at Frankie’s tonight from behind the thinnest veil of secrecy ever, and despite being like punched in the face, it’s just one big hug too. Right at the very top of the class.” Gallery Learn More Facebook
“Starcrazy skitter and bounce and boing about on a trampoline made of bits of Jane’s Addiction and Chili Peppers and occasional Crue. It roars in all the right places but never loses sight of the sheer fun of just being on the damn field.” Gallery Learn More Facebook | Instagram