The Underground Stage
Every week I pick out a bunch of interesting shows featuring emerging, DIY, and independent Australian artists. The full list of shows this week are below – those are the ones to get out to in the next few days. Don’t forget, there’s also a futuristic-y dashboard here that lets you look ahead if you […]
Every week, I take a look at the best playlists in Australia and the biggest playlists in the world and analyse the artists appearing on them. All of these playlists focus on newly-released tracks – what this means is that the artists added to these lists can be seen as the bets that critics and […]
“Willie J’s 6V6s’ hard rock formula might lean hard on the classics, but they’re the classics for a reason – and it’s *incredibly* hard to land it as clean as this. A full-throated, exhibition-quality blast of genuinely stunning guitar talent, and an absolute riot of hairy, sweaty fun.” Gallery Listen
“L.A.R.M have bags of yelp but the snarl’s balanced by the notable breadth in the set, a fully-laden table of hot goodies to mash into your face, depending on how the mood takes you. It’s a yard and a half smarter than you might expect, and it’s all the more filling for it.” Gallery Listen
“Loons layer a rough, raucous surface over their surfy foundations, trouble over the twang. Bags of swell, with plenty of force left over to knock your house right down.” Gallery Listen
“Kitty Of The Valley blare like a city-wide alarm, loud and insistent and urgent and with the possibility that something might explode in short order. Heed the warning, duck and cover.” Gallery Listen
“FONIC’s riffs and licks riffle and lick up and down your spine, a classic recipe that – when done as well as this – can’t fail to raise a hackle or a heartbeat.” Gallery Listen
“Trinity & The $luts’ addition of – yes, really – a ukelele into their set of heavier-set indie rock adds a level of trebly menace that surprises as much as it delights. The set is muscular and soaring enough on its own, but that nutty little trill bubbling around it all adds a sense of […]
“Demolition Man’s punk is muscular and roughnecked, all braces and steel toes, but with a galloping sense of mischief running through the mayhem. As comfortable down in the snotty gutter as it is swooping about in clearer skies, it’s happiest when out of its cage, utterly unrestrained and grinning like a bloody maniac.” Gallery Listen