The Underground Stage
“Beddy Rays have cracked it. This crowd – who are miming and absolutely not singing along – know every damn word. This band’s superpower is that they can make us feel like one of them, like we’re part of a gang, connected and fully in tune. Every song – even the new ones – are […]
“Radolescent have all the songs, big and lairy and explosive, but with an edge sharp enough to nick yourself on. It’s more than enough to send you off into the night, tripping over your own heels, but somewhere there’ll be blood.” Gallery Learn More Facebook | Instagram
“Sophisticated Dingo open tonight with a bunch of singalong – NO SINGING! – and danceable – NO DANCING! – bangers, and yeah, the restrictions hurt. The whole set thrums with the best kind of giddy, dizzying joy and is the balm to soothe the rub of restrictions. Worth every second of telling our own feet […]
“Watching Private Wives is like having your face pressed to the hot side of the pan, just to make sure the right amount of searing is applied. Aggressive without malice, fearsome without evil, it’s as celebratory as it is a field-length kick to the parts.” Gallery Learn More Facebook | Instagram
“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