The Underground Stage
“Straight Arrows are scene pros, and you never expect anything less than badass, swaggering brilliance. And so it comes to pass tonight. There are few more beloved outfits in Sydney, a bands’ band, and – once again – they prove why. Just so much bloody fun. Mandatory listening.” Facebook | Instagram | Twitter [flickr_set id=”72157694767862375″]
“Rosa Maria their trade through the medium of vaguely unhinged garage and surf, while psyche and blues seep their way into the timbers. They swap vocal duties, drop some slicked-back riffs, yelp a fair bit, play the maracas like their lives depended on it, and generally have / cause a whale of a time. It’s […]
“Particles are only made of singer Dan and drummer Skarlett, but they’ve always made a sound that’s so much bigger. Songs like “Tennis” are big and muscly enough on record, but live it’s like being slapped with a tornado, the air just rushes around your insides as fast as it possibly can. Both are in […]
“Hachiku are playing their first Sydney headliner tonight, and it couldn’t be any less like the vomit-stained St.Patrick’s Day antics happening everywhere else tonight. Delicate, mischevious, elfin songs abound, with a glint in its eye – it’s rich and gorgeous, but it’s as hard to catch hold of as moonlight. Lovely, lovely stuff.” Facebook | […]
“In the year and a bit since I last saw Imperial Broads, they’ve grown a swagger and an imperious sense of urgency that demands attention. The songs are like an edged weapon, glinty and threatening, but are wielded with skill and a throughly demented grin. It slices through you in all the good ways.” Facebook […]
“Every damn time I see Okin Osan they knock my damn socks off. In two-piece mode tonight, they dish out ladle after ladle of happiness in the form of song, more infectious than the flu, more full of spring than a newborn lamb. If you can’t enjoy this, the core of you is dark and […]
“Jessie L Warren may make one of the lovliest noises it’s possible to make. That voice just soars around like a bird with a recently-mended wing, joyful and timid and delighted and excited and nervous all at the same time. A super-literate mastery of metaphor and image underpins these simple, beautiful songs, the effect of […]
“There are few things funnier than Dave Eastgate & Boner Contention, the heavy metal Bill Bailey. It’s not funny because it’s stupid, it’s funny because it’s barkingly clever, a satirical love note to all things rock. Talent abounds, and the songs are solid, but it makes you realise just how daft playing music live can […]
“With a name as fucking awesome as Nunchukka Superfly it almost doesn’t matter if they’re any good. Happily, they are. This is cheerily brutal, aggressive but happy, a crack round the head with a grin on its face. Like a train off its rails, it barrels through the brain and trashes everything in its path. […]