The Underground Stage
“Bruise Pristine have this groove nailed. Squalling moments of utter fury, a vocal like a bloody chainsaw, jarring Sonic Youth scales and – unsurprisingly – moments of Placebo’s ringing guitar. It’s a beast, and not one that you or anyone else if likely to tame anytime soon.” Facebook | Instagram | Twitter [flickr_set id=”72157671932997278″]
“Harley Mavis very quietly sneak up on us tonight, unassuming and instantly loveable people who play swaggering and confident and massive pop. There’s usually one or two musical moments that stick with me at gigs, but they keep coming here thick and fast, one after another, grinning delight after joyous triumph. So polished you can […]
“Cassel just pour over you like a sauce, like chocolate and gravy. It’s so thick you can’t move – rich as cake, more than you can eat in one sitting, and utterly bloody delicious. So worth it.” Facebook [flickr_set id=”72157697866031991″]
“Nothing Really pretend that these massive, fluffy songs ain’t no thing. It really doesn’t take a genius though to realise that there are boiling, bubbling songs in here, like looking at a dormant volcano – from the outside all is quiet, but you’re about to totally get smacked in the face with something hot. Rich, […]
“Eaglemont plays solo tonight, just a voice made of bourbon and butter, plus a guitar so smooth you could bowl on it. This is wonderful stuff, the sort of thing to lull the angriest of souls to sleep, or to rouse the quietest of minds to action. Really – wonderful.” Facebook | Instagram | Twitter
“Scabz are never ones to pull a punchline, or to miss a vicious kick to the nuts. Their usual savage fun is on the full bloody prowl tonight at @cobraclubxo, searing the paint off with old faves and new soon-to-be-classics. It’s impossible not to utterly swoon over a band who call a track ‘Man Deserves […]
“Hedy Lamarr are only a handful of gigs in, but have more strut and swagger than you’ll ever need. Enjoying themselves immensely, they carve their way through a muscular and fluorescent set of serrated fun, equal parts making the blood flow, and equal parts cutting your throat.” Facebook | Instagram [flickr_set id=”72157699410918885″]
“I last saw Aerials nearly three years ago in this same venue, and if anything they’ve got even bigger-sounding. It’s a beast of a noise, like a 747 flying through your face. There’s a mix of old and new tracks on the set tonight, and none sound less than thunderous.” Facebook | Instagram [flickr_set id=”72157671416045578″]
“Snvff come off as a bit goth, but they really seem too full of beans for that. And what beans they are – great, big, shiny ones made of bleep, chrome, and Pendulum. Delirious breaks, thunderous bloody rhythms and gallons of crazed wailing. Alright, they’re a *bit* goth – but they’re really just mad as […]