The Underground Stage
“Adrian Eagle has so much game vocally it’s a tournament all on its own. Singing tonight for a bunch of corporate sellouts (including me), he completely levels the room with both medium and message. It’s a hell of a thing to see, hear, and feel, right in the guts. Explosions, stars.” Facebook | Instagram | […]
“Bugs are the sound of triumph, precisely the sound many of us need tonight. Triumph over adversity, over getting dumped, over stupidity, over whatever ails you. On days like these, I love the sound of this band. It sounds like… victory.” Facebook | Instagram | Twitter [flickr_set id=”72157677344629887″]
“Scabz are not a band, they’re an opinion – strongly held, righteously delivered, and how about you go and get fucked while you’re at it? In other words, they’re perfect.” Facebook | Instagram [flickr_set id=”72157707737732504″]
“Spit Chewy have been popping up on bills left, right & centre, and they are undeniably growing the right muscles in the right places, and have confidence, charisma and song in all the ways. Watch with a hawk-like gaze, they’ve got chops.” Facebook | Instagram [flickr_set id=”72157706133350861″]
“Fait Accompli are a load-bearing wall. Take them away and – surely – the entire structure collapses. A tiny few bands get to the point where they sound this effortlessly, searingly, good. Music as magic.” Facebook | Instagram | Twitter [flickr_set id=”72157679484202698″]
“We Are Not Robots are maddeningly precise. It’s like getting beaten up by a surgeon. Every note & thump & rumble is spot-on, and it’s all the size of that one fucking massive kangaroo with the huge biceps. It’s made out of the business end of a quarry, and pummels into you like being run […]
“Black Knuckles bring back the glory days of northern England – not just the throaty roar of Motorhead, but the careening lunacy of Wildhearts and all their many works. There is a vocal scrubbed with sand, throbbing rhythm and clanging guitar lines. Deceptively simple, effective as hell. Great stuff.” Facebook | Instagram https://youtu.be/K0a2HrbgA-g [flickr_set id=”72157679484151308″]
“Shinu Gnu bring some deep knowledge of guitars with them in their bags tonight, thrashy chugging, soaring pop-punk, the barrelling sounds of every good Friday night ever. Harmonies and big song accompany, all is well.” Facebook | Instagram [flickr_set id=”72157704180284582″]
“As should be self-evident, I try to see as many different bands as possible (493 and counting!), but Cry Club are one of those bands I’d go and see every week. New single “DFTM” blows the fucking roof off – *both* times they play it. The of the most vital, inventive, sheer bloody joyous acts […]