The Underground Stage
“Chinese Takeaway are so polished they make your best, shiniest shoes look like they’ve been smashed with hammers and bricks. There are some truly lovely notes in here, soaring high set-pieces and swooping moments to soothe the soul. Grand, poised, fun.” Facebook | Instagram
“Naughty Boys just get better every time. From flat-out snotbags, their set now flails even more madly than the singer – from Pist Idiots-level bogey-punk to something approaching a Bad Dreems / Preatures crossover. Oh, and the bits that go fucking mental, obviously. Never less than right on the red line.” Facebook | Instagram
“Charlotte & The Harlots don’t so much play a set as lay down a truckload of bricks and then smash you in the face with them, one by one, to the soundtrack of the widdliest guitar solo ever. It is absolutely as excellent as that sounds.” Facebook | Instagram
“Charlotte & The Harlots don’t so much play a set as lay down a truckload of bricks and then smash you in the face with them, one by one, to the soundtrack of the widdliest guitar solo ever. It is absolutely as excellent as that sounds.” Facebook | Instagram
“I saw Hockey Dad thrashing about a thousand years ago at the Q Bar. I just saw Mimi The Desert Pearl and it’s exactly the same flavour of crazy. You know when there’s a hurricane warning? This lot are coming to fuck up your house.” Facebook | Instagram
“So, I was two songs in and going to make a very clever comparison between Sal & The Mandas and Joan Jett, and then they went and blew it by doing a Joan Jett song. Shit. Still, the rest of it also sounds like Julia Why?, so this band clearly fucking rule. Not enough people […]
“FiKa feel like the first beer after a long day, full of cheer and brimming with possibility, but with a lingering sense of being hacked off at many, many things. Some days, this is exactly what you need, right?” Facebook | Instagram
“Hygge bring some proper grown-up shit tonight. These are adult songs, written by functioning humans with deep songwriting skills. It’s rarer than you might think. It’s also got oodles of talent, and is more sophisticated than a bunch of opera-singing cats lost in the countryside.” Facebook/ | Instagram
“King Tiger Zero – and stay with me on this – have all the wailing and musicality of Muse BUT! have a sense of humour to go with it that makes it all worthwhile. This is one of those shows you don’t forget, and remember with a massive bloody grin.” Facebook | Instagram