The Underground Stage
“Bruise Pristine mean it more than you do. When other, wimpier, bands might think they’ve done enough to get their message across, Bruise Pristine are just getting warmed up. Think you’ve got enough distortion and squall and protest and anger? You’re Bob Dylan *before* he went electric compared to this lot. For Bruise Pristine, going […]
“Le Pie sings and drums and so what we get here is a set defined by voice and rhythm, not genre. The songs don’t easily fit alongside each other – one second it’s classic and full of soul, the next it sounds like Japandroids. It really shouldn’t work, but it obviously does, the wildly varying […]
“Hedy Lamarr might be angry but but they channel it through so much tune it’s easy to find yourself halfway through a dance before you realise you’re being told off. Wrapping the razor wit and deep-cut vitriol in B-52s harmonies and Breeders songs is a masterstroke. You might be dancing now, but you’ll be thinking […]
“If there’s anything wrong with Boysnlove in theory or practice, no-one’s found it yet. An immaculate set of subtlety and strength, of power used wisely, and just some of the loveliest damn songs going.” Facebook | Instagram Subscribe to The Underground Stage Playlist Thirty freshly-released goodies from the very best new Australian artists. Updated all […]
An occasional roundup of tracks I can’t get enough of, by bands I’ve somehow not got round to seeing live yet. Press Club – Insecurities As reliable as the sun coming up, new Press Club tracks are always worth the time. There’s a very specific ‘Press Club’ set of melodies and moves, and every single […]
“Mimi The Desert Pearl’s latest is made of madly infectious joy, enthusiastically loping around the place urging you to join in. A song to cause involunvtary dancing – with an ending so sudden as to snap your neck clean in half.” Learn More: Facebook – Instagram Latest Posts
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“Salarymen’s new track is as richly cinematic as their first, but where their debut was Merseybeat, this is more Dusty Springfield or Nancy Sinatra (and not just because vocal duties have switched from Thom to Renee). Those influences naturally make it turn out all sorts of Belle & Sebastian – it sounds as bright as […]
“Jeremy Neale’s rich pop isn’t pared back when it’s just him and a guitar, it’s amplified and sharpened. There’s nowhere to hide if you don’t got it – but when you do, like he does, it’s impossible to ignore. It might be quiet here but the quality is deafening.” Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Subscribe […]