The Underground Stage
“Drunk Mums‘ dirty sludge is just right to round off tonight. As raucous – and if we’re all being honest, as drunk af – as the crowd, plumbing new depths of dirty rock ‘n’ roll, they’re made for venues like these. Shout your face off, sprain a muscle in your neck, and bump into stuff […]
“Green Thief hover somewhere, threateningly, between rich and soupy psychedelia and biker madness. It reminds me of old footage from Woodstock or the Isle Of Wight, only filtered through a lens made of goblins and noise. When they let go though, by crikey it bloody goes. Hard work, but the fun kind.” Facebook | Instagram
“Lunatics On Pogosticks bring their usual arsenal of screaming, swooping, punky, and poppy cacophony tonight and pretty much decide that from here on in, everyone’s getting wasted. It’s as loud and loveably loose as ever, with Calum’s vocal veering between the mischevious and the funny to the throat-ruiningly harsh. Finale “MDMAtes” is a ripper of […]
“It’s my second time seeing Rackett inside of a fortnight, and I think I’d be happy to go every week. The room fills up as the curtains come back on Frankie’s stage, and there’s clearly a buzz going on, not only of the beery kind. Seems like everyone here has been hearing about them from […]
“The Ivory Elephant have driven up from Melbourne, the plucky buggers, just to basically show off two things. First, that their singer-guitarist has the BEST SCRATCHPLATE OF ALL TIME and secondly that they know how to play some kickass blues with shades of psyche. Final track is called “Hoo Ha” which is both an excellent […]
“Pro Vita are a band I’ve been waiting to see for a LONG time. It’s a Sunday night here at Frankie’s and they’re suffering from hangovers but damn if they don’t live up to every expectation their records promise. This is joy bottled and amplified, even if most of the songs are about getting dumped. […]
“I’ve been shooting Bloods since their first ever headline show, so it’s like coming home when you see them, especially in their natural Newtown habitat. They are launching the Up At The Marly night tonight, and we get a wicked-ripping mix of old thumpers, newer favourites, and brand-new stuff too. We also get the largest […]
“Matrick Jones – and I swear, I can’t think of a better description of them than this – are like the Flaming Lips being drowned in a bucket of jazz. Make no mistake, the music is virtuoso, intricate, twiddly and crazed – but it’s also smooth as silk, tuneful as hell, and cuddly as all […]
“The Escapes are having a lot of fun. Amid some amusing face-pulling, and some daft onstage banter, it’s a fun set of cheerily spiky guitar pop delivered by a bunch of blokes old enough to know better, but who clearly couldn’t care less. It’s entertaining as hell, and funny to boot. Just what the doctor […]