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“Dead Witch are up to something. This is the sound of trouble lurking just out of sight, of a blade being drawn in your blind spot while you’re having an otherwise perfectly fun time. Distracted by the carefully crafted guitars and rhythms, you’ll miss the knife slipping in between your ribs.” Facebook | Instagram Subscribe […]
“My whole thing is shooting artists early in their careers. Keli Holiday may be 50% of Peking Duk but this is still his first live show, so… it still counts, right? You know what though, I almost don’t care that he’s already a star, or that it was always going to sound *this* titanically good. […]
“pinkiscool may bring the ignition key to the party, the lit tinder to kick off a crowd with some easy-going but huge tunes, but the engine here is the piano skill. Friends, this one can *play*, and the work done shines through in every song, from the early-on instrospection through to the late-set bangers.” Facebook […]
“Sparrows set starts off with the sort of head-nodding, easy-going rhythms you need to ease you into the evening. By the end though, the shoulders are going, and the ankles are twitching – these precise-but-loveable beats are the order of the night, along with a solid side of joyous, singalong hand-raising.” Facebook | Instagram | Twitter
“Raising Ravens’ fearsome swagger is enough to demolish houses. Carrying the confidence of having been everywhere and done everything, these songs may be arranged in a smile but the only teeth on display here are sharpened fangs. Take the blows, laugh like a maniac.” Facebook | Instagram Subscribe to The Underground Stage Playlist Thirty freshly-released […]
“I *think* Large Mirage have the occasional song buried in there among the wildly widdly soloing, but these are less songs than vehicles for moods. This isn’t a set where you get what you want, it’s a set where you – and they – get carried away.” Facebook | Instagram Subscribe to The Underground Stage […]
“The Dead Set chisel out their set tonight, using freshly-hewn chunks of flinty rock, notes of QOTSA, Metallica, and Ginger Wildheart. Big bits of it come flying off the Metro’s expansive stage, enough to cause headwounds but worth taking the risk for.” Facebook | Instagram Subscribe to The Underground Stage Playlist Thirty freshly-released goodies from […]
“Amends claim tonight, out loud, that they only do this for fun. It’s a nice sentiment, but there are precious few bands who actually mean it and who have this level of talent. Their recent LP was a work of wonder, being able to bring it to life on stage with this level of energy, […]
“Snape have put some thought into this. Flirting with late 80s Cure, welcoming the less noodly bits of shoegaze, and generally constructing great big slabs of shadowy song, this is literate and muscular all at the same time. This is how the air in a room gets thicker through sound.” Facebook | Instagram Subscribe to […]