The Underground Stage
“Sick Visor songs push the levels of joy in the world upwards, more smiley, more happy. It’s smartly happy though, with intelligent themes in their sharp and bouncing punk, packed full with bags of pop. Daftly serious while seriously daft, what a pleasure.” Gallery Listen
“Great Job! disguise the sad things they sing about in wildly fun songs, a black dog in a puppy’s clothing. You happily play and roll around and laugh, and it’s only later you get the message, emotional timebombs wrapped in laughs and sweat.” Gallery Listen
Every week, I scour the latest releases from emerging, DIY, and independent artists in Australia. The best of them end up on the playlist. Follow The Playlist Listen to this week’s edition here, 100% made up of the best brand-new music from the best new artists in Australia – never pay-to-play, and always only releases […]
👁️ Got my eye on some corking gigs in Sydney this week, including: 🎶 Charlie Collins’ long-awaited return to the stage at Paddington Uniting Church (Fri) 🎶 Young Henry’s Rock ‘N’ Roll Circus kicking off at The Vic with a who’s who of indie legends (Fri) 🎶 Sad songs for happy people from Great Job! […]
Each week, my robots scour the best Australian new music playlists to see which artists are getting the most support from critics and tastemakers. this week # Unique Tracks Added 501 – 18% # Unique Artists Added 462 – 15% vs last week # Playlists Updated 23 – 2 appeared on 30% of updated playlists […]
Most Playlisted This Week Each week, my robots scour the best Australian new music playlists and look for who is getting the love from the most critics and tastemakers. This week’s podium finishers: 🥇The Terrys (appeared on 29% of updated playlists) 🥈Mikayla Pasterfield, Armlock (25%) 🥉Esha Tewari, The Vanns, Press Club, Carla Wehbe, Jem Cassar-Daley, […]
I asked my Instagram mates – all of them active fans of new music – why they didn’t buy tickets in advance for gigs in smaller venues. The question was simple, just “Why do you not buy tickets to gigs in smaller venues in advance?” The point was to get qualitative results from a relatively […]
“Starcrazy glint and shine like the streetlamps off a limousine’s bonnet, swagger baked in but with the promise of filthy secrets within. Expertly done with extrovert fun, it’s a thumping set of giant rock ‘n’ roll dreams under bright, neon city lights.” Gallery Listen
“Skulls’ set tonight might be their live debut but it’s not the first time for these players, and they don’t treat us gently. It’s fast and it’s fun and it’s furious but it’s precision-tooled, a hell of an introduction packed with impact.” Gallery