The Underground Stage
“Pan-Pacific Grand Prix have both an excellent name and a truly hot line in lazy / skilled tunes, with the whole set just crying out for a sunset on a beach. It’s so laid back it’s damn near unconscious, but there’s so much going on it’s impossible to do anything but stay awake for every […]
“Aw hey yeah! Step-Panther are back! Just when you thought they couldn’t get any more fun, they drop new ‘uns like “Sophomore Shrug” and “Nice Family”. They couldn’t be any more fuzzy round the edges but rough to the roots, like labradors made of steel wool. Also, free of cataracts. SUCH a bloody great big […]
“Nick Nuisance & The Delinquents are well-named. A ratbag noise made by a bunch of scamps who are both making good jokes and thinking of ways to rob you. The sort of thing to make your neighbours claw their own brains out of their ears, it’s a garage racket fit to raise the dead. And […]
“There are few finer things in life than being yelled at by someone who’s having all the fun, and Neighbours have this down solid. Like a bat with a nail through the end, attached to a car battery, that’s inserted into your face. Which is grinning like an idiot.” Facebook | Instagram triple j Unearthed […]
“It’s so bloody great to see Sleepy again. It’s just like a massive wave of frothy guitars, wrapped in warm blankets of grinning song. It’s been – literally – years since I last saw them, but I swear I could listen to them until the sun explodes. Wonderful stuff.” Facebook | Instagram | Twitter [flickr_set […]
“Bruise Pristine are not designed for easy consumption. There are no three-minute pop songs. There are no easily hummable hooks. There is a dark, pure, relentless rage that simmers like the pit of a volcano and occasionally spits out blazing hot rocks that will kill you stone dead. This isn’t fun, and it isn’t built […]
“Library Monitor deliver a smoothly tailored line in Pavement-y fun, and there is gold a-plenty in these that hills. It take skill to make things sound this slack – but it’s a real pleasure to watch a band that are full of vim and fizz, but make you feel like you’re high as a paper […]
“WAAAAAAGH! Holy shit kids, you badly need to hear this voice and see this band. Cry Club are doing their first Sydney gig right now and these songs are good enough to set the whole fucking world to rights. This is soul and massive pop and Dinosaur Jr on guitar and everything else you ever […]
“Bleeding Knees Club have literally never let me down. Not once, not with one note. It’s daft as a brush but it’s well-read and made of art. It gives you bruises – like the ones I got down the front getting this shot – but it’s joyous and triumphant. It comes off disposable, but the […]