The Underground Stage
“Monkey Knife Fight bring a bag full of electric, squirrelly pop-punk with them tonight and dump it all over the floor for us to lap up. And lap it up we do – brimful of song, bursting at the seams with enthusiasm and joy. Big, loud, and all the fun.” Facebook | Instagram Subscribe to […]
“Teddy Rizzo is one of those acts that makes you reconsider your positions. I usually assume instrumental bands are just lazy or pretentious; too arty for lyrics, or just can’t sing. To be fair, this may be true of Teddy Rizzo, but it really doesn’t matter – these songs are so expressive and just so […]
“Cat & Calmell play their first ever show tonight – despite being a million-plus streams in already – and each track pretty much lands why they’re being backed to the hilt. This is pop in its fundamentals, the sound of young and talented women having all the fun – the sort of thing to terrify […]
“Ula stands proudly alone onstage, but comes off like there’s a full gang behind her. A glorious voice, but a set with admirable restraint – most people would play this sort of rich pop for size and scale. Instead, this set pulls on the reins, and lets the songs fully shine.” Facebook | Instagram Subscribe […]
I’ve no idea what sort of temper Royal Chant were in when they wrote ‘Big Mood’, but it’s working like a charm. While squirrelly little bits of guitar float about the place, swirls of feedback lurk in the background like a threat, with the vocal switching gears on a dime between a drawl, a snarl, […]
“Seeing Elizabeth Fader back on stage is as good as being able to stand up at gigs again. We are treated to a mix of old and new tonight, the full-band version of where this artist has been and is going. Every note is a treat – luxurious and beautifully-formed and sharp-edged but always *just* […]
“Angeles veer between the urgent and the arty, between intelligent explorations and insistent bangers. There’s pure art at the heart here, some properly smarty-pants songwriting and performances – it drills into the brain and elevates the heartrate.” Facebook | Instagram Subscribe to The Underground Stage Playlist Thirty freshly-released goodies from the very best new Australian […]
“Sweetie continue to intrigue, a project in its youth yet with the quiet power and the understated intensity to grab hold and not let go. While we wait patiently for recorded material to eventually emerge there are still these shows – as occasionally dark and strange as life itself, but performed with joy and pleasure.”
“SoSo *finally* get to play their sold out headline show tonight. It’s like the umpteenth time they’ve had a sold out headliner but this is the first time it’s happened, and it’s totally worth waiting for. Blistering songs from the off, with many – M A N Y – excursions out into the crowd, and […]