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“Clay J Gladstone pull off this magic trick of sounding really cross all the time but making you smile while they go about it. This set is *furious*, but it’s uplifting and vigourous fun all at the same time, which really ain’t easy. Big hairy balls of joy mashed into a pile of irritation and […]
“Molly & The Krells are carrying a royal flush tonight and just lay down their unbeatable cards, one by one, song by song. Everything here is superbly crafted, every tone, every note, every beat, every soaring bloody chorus. I could honestly listen to these songs until my legs collapsed into dust, the sound of joy […]
“Birthday Raven are another band fresh back on the post-pandemic stage but if this is them weakened through absence then God help us all. Their fearsome hardcore speeds, their politically-charged anger, and their occasional sidestep into enjoyably head-nodding metal is more than enough to both wake you up and then knock you straight back out […]
“A fearsome set from Tshitaki tonight. At the off, the pounding rhythms and growl of their latest grind your face into the wall – but it’s the generous smattering of new ones from next year’s LP that snap your head right back in the other direction. ‘The Coy’ in particular both stands out and stands […]
“The Lenores whip out a particularly fast and sharp set tonight, and despite claiming one of them is “a slow one”, it barely slows down long enough to take a breath. A jagged, happy show from a band with some sharp fangs in their smile.” Facebook | Instagram Subscribe to The Underground Stage Playlist Thirty […]
Totty get endearingly homesick on their latest, a hometown homage and another beaut of a song. Totty have a knack of writing songs that sneak up on you, and this latest is as cunning as ever. While it opens with some easy strums and introspective nostalgia, before you know it you’re washed along by rich […]
So Fleetwood Mac it could be on a skateboard, Babitha’s debut release is smooth and creamy and twinkly and delightful. The light flares off its surfaces, it twangs and thrums in all the right places, and the aching need in the chorus to leave the city and go somewhere – anywhere – sparks images of […]
Lo’s latest captivates and ensorcells, a heart-achingly pretty object filled with sorrow. With only a few ingredients – voice, guitar, lashings of reverb – it illuminates the sky, and sets sheets of light flashing across the inside of your eyeballs. A crushingly beautiful song.
These New South Whales crash back into view with a curled lip and a point to make. ‘Broken System’ marches with its placard high, taking on the myriad issues of the world today with a series of kidney punches and high tackles. Everything about this record is hacked off, disgust seeping from every pore – […]