The Underground Stage
“Dream Dog have a *delightful* lightness of touch with song, fully fuelled by synth and as dreamy as pop ever needs to get. If you tend to come out in hives when a whole set passes by without a guitar, calm yourself – this is a soothing balm and it buzzes like a live ‘un.”
“Display Homes are basically made of sharp angles. B-52s, Dead Kennedys, PiL – there’s literally not one moment when you’re not getting stabbed in the kidneys. You know when you sharpen a pencil so much you can no longer touch it without blood flowing? That.” Facebook | Instagram
“Every time I see Sports Bra I feel like the dumbest one in the room. There’s just so much intensity and force of will here; just so much literacy. And that’s *before* you get to the songs. Damn near brought a tear to my eye, hackles up and neurons firing to keep up.” Facebook | […]
“Optic Nerve hit you in the face like – there is no other comparison – a fucking big brick. It’s been donkeys since I got this sort of primal rush, chaotic and feral, all to the sound of your house collapsing.” This band have only done a couple of shows and aren’t online anywhere (yet). […]
“Second time seeing Solo Career and hey, yeah, what a great set. There’s so little here to get a hold of, it’s like smoke in a windy room. Tell you what though – this is lovely and wonderful in about nine or ten ways.” Facebook | Instagram
“G2G are like a chainsaw to the face, if the chainsaw was well-dressed, immaculately angry, and made of nails and sharks. This is excellent, excellent stuff – rough as the inside of my boot but brimful of riot and joy all at the same time. Fucking HELL yeah.” Instagram No Kid No Angel by G2G
“Poison Abbey are a two-piece with a mean line in jagged-edged disco electro. It’s one of those bands when your shoulders twitch, involuntarily. Richer than you expect, and all the boogie is in their possession. Facebook
“Eternal Dust are playing their debut show tonight, and they’ve not only brought a shot-ton of crowd support but a small wheelbarrow of deeply moody songs. This is B-52s meeting Siouxie territory, evocative and nerve-jangling. It’s vaguely disturbing, and very good.” Instagram
“Does anyone else remember when Bjork and PJ Harvey did the Stones’ “Satisfaction” at the Brits? It was the best thing ever. Full Flower Moon Band has a whole set that sounds like that, chugging and bonkers. Except it’s just one woman. Fucking fantastic stuff.” Facebook | Instagram