The Underground Stage
“So, here I am tonight thinking just how much Lariska remind me of the smart charm and blazing talent that runs through The Buoys and feeling pretty clever about the comparison when they just go right ahead and drop a flawless version of The Buoys’ “Bad Habit” making me feel obvious and stupid. Not my […]
“Itchy & The Nits are terrible. Like Ramones terrible, like Japanther terrible, like every riot grrrl band you ever loved terrible. Four fast beats to a bar, thump, smash, scream, laugh. You’re going to fucking adore them.” Gallery Learn More Facebook | Instagram
“Takes The Bait have a simple rule – turn the volume up on the guitars until the knob breaks off and let everything else catch up. With echoes back to Hundred Reasons’ early aughts post-hardcore, it’s got the rumbling threat of an oncoming train but with the big choruses that drags it off the ground […]
“With the fearsome urgency of an air-siren, Stain split the air – and the odd eardrum – with their set tonight. Every song sounds like a fuse, lit and sparking and set to detonate. Brutal in parts, danceable in others, it beckons you to a giddy doom.” Gallery Learn More Facebook | Instagram
“Avalanche bring a big bag of rock with them and then mercilessly beat us all to death with it, song by song. Screams, solos, thudding rhythm, all the hair in the entire world… all here, for us. Bliss.” Gallery Learn More Facebook | Instagram
“Indigo Point veer between shiny metal and grubby punk, but it’s when they careen through the barriers and truly have fun with the serrated guitars and the big-ass harmonies that it really soars.” Gallery Learn More Facebook | Instagram | Twitter
“Jackrabbit have both a sharp edge and a blunt weapon, songs with heft that can still cut through soft tissue. There’s precision and control here, but it’s matched with a fizzing sense of danger and rage, and it draws you to it like a moth to a bare lightbulb.” Gallery Learn More Facebook | Instagram
“Large Mirage pay their homage to a bunch of decades ago, and for the length of their set they make it live. Enormous songs, few in number, lengthy in execution, chock full of widdling guitars and big drum and thundering bass – it’s enough to make you miss a past long gone, but bask in […]
“Big Skeez twists around the stage, all arms and legs, to stuttering, juddering beats and sharp lines. It fizzes around the room like a tricksy little goblin, richocheting off the walls and burying itself in your hair. Gold Fang joins for a massive finale of “Where Yuh From” – that no dancing is allowed right […]