The Underground Stage
“Anyone who hears Julia Jacklin sing and isn’t moved has something terminally wrong with them at a molecular level. Playing mostly new songs tonight, there’s no sense of unfamiliarity – this is as good as it gets. Hell, in a venue like this, it’s better. Stunning.” Facebook | Instagram [flickr_set id=”72157663652912797″]
“Elizabeth Fader might be coming in hot from guitar duties in Phantastic Ferniture, but this ain’t no side-project, this is fully-formed and ready for prime time. Most of what you’ll read will focus on her guitar skills, but the real eyeball-burner here is the *prodigious* songwriting. This is a set made up of barnstormers and […]
“Crocodylus have got more high-voltage energy than a puppy crossed with a car battery, and have a grab-bag of rattlingly mad garage tunes that can shatter bones from distance. Every show is full throttle, grinningly loopy, and a blast from start to end.” CONNECT Facebook | Instagram NEXT SHOW Feb 16th @ Selina’s, Sydney LISTEN
“Hatchie – having been in about a thousand more amazing bands than you – can pretty much do no wrong. Which is exactly what she does tonight. This is such good pop, with such power and charm all at the same time, it’s like getting hurt. Imagine the nicest, calmest person you’ve ever met smashing […]
“You know when you have a dream that is so hardcore and so real you’d swear it all actually happened? There you go. That’s Dianas in action.” Facebook | Instagram [flickr_set id=”72157692429490604″]
“Leroy Francis has some bee-yoo-tiful moves. Soulful vocals over twitchy guitars, smooth garage, raw and full of heart.” Facebook | Instagram | Twitter [flickr_set id=”72157663498790437″]
“The Tommyhawks have come to Sydney all the way from Perth to basically show us how it’s done. It’s rare enough that bands have both songwriting skill, a spine of steel, and a sense of humour – but this is badass, witty, and danceable all at the same time. How many bands can you say […]
“High Tropics sound – undeniably – like The Strokes. While that’s an easy opening to call them derivative, it’s actually a bastard hard thing to pull off so convincingly. This is chock full of big song, and a is a bloody good time, piling through Saturday night like a runaway truck, scarcely even noticing how […]
“Keyring Jeans do the perfect three-piece thing, where everyone does one thing brilliantly. They’ve got an edge that’d carve your turkey, and they’re hugely strong on tune. Super-tight, super-tuneful, Superchunk. Not a damn thing wrong with that, either.” Facebook | Instagram [flickr_set id=”72157692988210505″]