The Underground Stage
Another brilliant array of releases from Australian independent and emerging artists appeared on the racks this week, with enough moody introspection and/or or unhinged fun to fit whatever mood you happen to find yourself in. As ever, all the tracks that make it onto the playlist are aces in my book but if I had […]
Most Playlisted This Week Two bands bagged the top spot this week ahead of some much more established artists, a brilliant result for both Bakers Eddy and Velvet Trip. 🥇Bakers Eddy, Velvet Trip (appeared on 27% of updated playlists) 🥈Lithe, Ball Park Music, The Grogans, Old Mervs, Skeleten, Lotte Gallagher (23%) 🏆 Bakers Eddy‘s latest […]
“It’s been just over eight years since I last saw Phantastic Ferniture, and nearly a decade since I first saw them crammed into the daft upstairs room of the long-lost Record Crate in Glebe. Time has passed, and singer Julia Jacklin’s solo career has bloomed, but this is no vanity project, no self-indulgent nostalgia trip. […]
“Bridge Dog’s charming shoegaze is both crisp and gauzy, sweetly soaring vocals over laid back but undeniably noisy squalls of guitar and rhythm. It’s all sunny day smiles, heat and contentment.” Gallery Listen
“Georgia Mulligan plays a – recently, anyway – fairly rare full-band show tonight, which gives the songs the added dimensions and heft from the records. Not that they need much, that voice continues to defy and delight – but when sitting atop a full-spectrum sound it’s yet another level of glorious. Hypnotic and wonderful, and […]
🤿 Dive into some gigs from killer new artists in Sydney this week including: 🕍 L.A.R.M and friends play another night put on by Heretics at the Oxford Art Factory (Thu) – the last night they did was hectic 🌲 Phantastic Ferniture (Fri & Sat, vintage pic from 2016 above) play two sold-out dates at […]
“A C.O.F.F.I.N show is never to be trifled with and tonight, even on a Sunday, the bodies are flying as their ragged explosions of joy-fuelled chaos explode among us. Few finer.” Gallery Listen
“Frenzee’s set is undeniably Amyl-y from the off but there’s a ton of RATM savagery in there too, fearsome, primal muscle and steel-beam strength. It’s all the speed you need with all the rage you crave, enough to flatten city blocks.” Gallery Listen
“Cutters slice and graze, a cheese-grater sound to rub skin raw. Like falling down a jagged rock face among tumble-dryers and concrete blocks, it’s a racket to leave you dented and bloody.” Gallery Listen