The Underground Stage
“Untamed are unapologetic in their love of magnificently large rock, giant boulders of the stuff, all falling down right from the top of their mountain and landing square on your head. Huge vocals, booming rhythms, wild shred – you know what’s what.” Gallery Listen
“With neither filter nor brakes, My Name Is John rattle and shoulder-charge their way through a set of blistering skate punk, daft in all the best ways and utterly oblivious to any potential injury. It’s a wild, erratic, and epically impolite good time all round. Also, their cover of ‘Walk Like An Egyptian’ should be […]
“BEDTIME are in their early stages but carry a big bag of green shoots, great hairy slabs of 90s grunge but with a detached edge to fit these modern times like a glove. When they explode into the more pace-y stuff, it lifts the concrete off the floor.” Gallery
“The Visor Guy’s improv-y instrumentals buzz and burble along like recently-freed gremlins, scattering over the floor and setting things on fire. Their glee in their mischief is wide-eyed and palpable – if you’re having even half the fun they are you’ll be writing the night into a personal top ten.” Gallery
“GIMMY are almost certainly one of those bands you’re sleeping on. Their recent tracks have been nothing short of top drawer, but seeing them live is enough to raise the dead from their slumber. Urgent, energetic, and brimming with melody and threat, it’s a fabulous set made of serrated blades and fireworks. Wakey wakey.” Gallery […]
“Royal Ratbags’ theatrical post-punk rattles the bones with a giant grin, dour and deliberate but giddily untethered. There’s all the art-school edge you’d ever need but with an injection of weekend-level fun that takes it screwballing off into the dark skies above.” Gallery Listen
“Ugly Mug combine the swirly eyes of psych with widened amphetamine pupils, a collision of hair, razor-sharp edges and tinnitus. Loud, lysergic, and lots and lots of fun.” 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 or below, 100% made up of the best brand-new music from the best new artists in Australia – never pay-to-play, and always […]
