The Underground Stage
“Library Siesta are bookish and literate, jangly and precise in their base state but use that as a platform to jump off into nuttier directions as the mood takes them. There are fearsome guitars and tempers waiting to explode out from behind the safety curtain, and when they do, the surprise just adds to the […]
As ever, all the tracks that make it onto the playlist are aces in my book but if I had to pick no more than five to check out this week, it’d be these. Floodlights – JOY (from the album ‘Underneath’) 🎶 Floodlights continue to excite as they continue to grow, and this comes from […]
“The exuberance and joy from Hachiku’s set bursts from the stage and floods the room, drenching us all underneath wave after wave of smart, wonky, soaring, wide-eyed song. Packed full of mischief and charm, the whole thing just tingles. Brilliant.” Gallery Listen
“Okin Osan’s gloriously grubby take on 50s rock ‘n’ roll sends shivers to all your dancing parts, distortion crackling up among the doo-wops and ooh-wahs. It’s riddled with daftly good bass runs, it’s chock full of grinnable moments, and it’s basically Belle & Sebastian doing the Detroit Cobras. It’s absolutely bloody lovely.” Gallery Listen
“Vanishing Sound are quiet on the outside but boiling loud in the middle, shoegaze squalls wrapped in nervous steps on cracked ice. Before you realise it, you’re stolen from the ground and are soaring through the stars along with them.” 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 new […]
👺There are some devilishly good gigs happening this week in Sydney: 🎶 Southern Nights kicks off, so there’s like a bazillion gigs happening this week 🎶 The Buoys return from a Euro tour for a free show at the Vic (Fri, pictured) 🎶 The 4th Swell Time all-dayer is at The Bridge Hotel with Body […]
“Good Pash’s whip-sharp city-kid sound is dead-on for this concrete palace of a basement, shiny and smooth but hard enough to break heads. While more than capable of thumps and cracks, it’s the wit and the smarts that hang you up and put you on the ground.” Gallery Listen
Chloe Parché has had a busy – and buzzy – six months or so, with the journey up to the “Split Ends” EP release in March seeing her quickly winning support across the board. # releases: 4 While I’m looking at the last twelve months, the action here really only started in August last year, […]