The Underground Stage
“Blake Cateris has a razor-sharp voice and a surgically precise talent for songwriting, which – finally! – gets let loose in the wild tonight after far too long. Each song lands somewhere between Motley Crue and the Violent Femmes, and he’s got us all squarely on one of his many hooks tonight, line and sinker.”
After a swift costume change into a new name, the artist formerly known as Boydos returns as Human Noise, and brings this jagged little thrill along for good measure. A hair over two minutes long, it’s wired to the rafters the whole way through, with its tense muscles and clenched jaws hinting at a particularly […]
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For those of you who have delved into the most sorely under-rated bands of the 1990s, The Bush’s latest track will conjure fond memories of Madder Rose, with its tricksy little guitar lines, vocal motifs conveying both strength and fragility, and an inescapable rhythm to lose yourself in. For those of you that haven’t gone […]
A thoughtful outing from the fizzy bunnies of Royal Chant, though it is no less welcome for it. Taken from their three-track ‘Superstar’ EP, we find them channelling Cohen and Reed in both the vocal and the melody, with as much world-weary metaphor as they can muster. This is Royal Chant in contemplative mood, with […]
Obscura Hail’s new ‘Siren’ EP is out, from which this track is taken, and once again we’re treated to the off-kilter delights of a slightly sprained musical mind. Where previous release ‘Doomer’ was a full-bore space-cadet opera, this track is more kitchen-sink drama with its tales of taking selfies with Gameboys and pirating Living End […]
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Georgia June’s swaggering musical confidence is always an instant pleasure, but when coupled with the vulnerability of lyrics like this, they’re just transcendent. Tub-thumping rhythms lay the groundwork for that immense vocal to soar and fill the room, but its theme is of confidence dented and emotions fractured. This latest from them might stomp around […]