The Underground Stage
“The Engine are an unstoppable tide of a noise, relentlessly moving in on you until you’re fully submerged. One minute it soars, in another it clangs, in yet another it’s pure dopamine song, and in even another it puts sandpaper to the inside of your head. Quite the trip.” Gallery Listen
“DEDPAN’s manic, wide-eyed explosion of a set is like plugging yourself into the mains, all involuntary jerking and spasms. One of the shoutiest bands you’re likely to be deafened by, for sure, but one that never forgets that, underneath the racket, it’s the banger melodies that truly rule.” Gallery Listen
“Vertebrae take potshots at you from multiple directions, spiky blasts of punk and stomping classic rock and oddball adventures into wonkiness all raining down like hail. You don’t see it coming, but the blows land square and true.” Gallery Listen
“Gut Health jolt and shudder, off-kilter and off-piste, wiry explorations of art and post-punk. Everything’s a sharp angle but everything’s a blast, a wild time made of tiny cuts and huge bruises.” Gallery Listen
“Itchy and the Nits distil it right down to the important bits, in particular the bits you shake when you’re having undiluted fun. It rumbles and it thumps and it saws while having so much of a good time it might grin its face clear off. “ Gallery Listen
“Boiling Hot Politician’s relentless electronic throb and twitchy yelp is a hypnotic, something you stare at while immobile as the waters rise around you. You’re definitely going under, but you kind of just don’t care.” Gallery Listen
“Hard-Ons’ thunderous noise blows the bricks off the walls of Metro Social tonight, a howlingly loud set made of melodic chaos and muscular punk. The room is packed for this masterclass in songs at unsafe speed and volume, and despite the hurricane from the speakers – as well as basic common sense – trying to […]
“You walk away – assuming you can – from a Chimers set with your skull ringing like a struck bell. Rhythms pound like a migraine, the single guitar doing the work of at least three, and the songs pealing around in your mind like loosed, hungry, carnivorous birds. Blistering and brilliant.” Gallery Listen
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 […]