The Underground Stage
“It’s hard to adequately describe the daft brilliance of a Pyjama Sundayz show. Madly infectious 80s pop vibes run through it, but the theatre, the musical skill, the physical movement, the sheer bonkersness of it all takes it to new levels of ridiculous genius. The most extroverted thing you’ll ever witness, it’s loopy joy from […]
“Cherry Rype’s dark, witchy pop explodes into the air, far, far bigger than the bedroom she says it was created in. Danceable, rich, and complicated, there’s a ton going on with every soaring note and bouncing hook.” Gallery Listen
“I know *nothing* about hardcore, but I do know a fair bit about Land Speed Record-era Husker Du, and I know a *lot* about what it feels like to get a solid beating around the head. Sacred deliver both, aggressive and message-driven mayhem without ever losing sight of the tune at the core.” Gallery
“MEMORY MOTEL create equal amounts of mood and melody, atmospheric and floating. This is the second time I’ve seen them in the space of about twenty hours, and it clicks in both darkness and daylight, which are the two main ingredients of a set that lulls you towards peaceful rest as much as it jangles […]
“Monstahouse are a soft exterior masking a ferocious temper, a set of songs that sneak up quietly then bite your feet clean off at the ankle. Example? A song introduced as being based on Stevie Smith’s poem “Not Waving But Drowning” – it’s based on a poem ffs – starts off like the quiet end […]
“MEMORY MOTEL’s dream pop carries nightmares within, a darkness inside a gauzy, bubbling shell, left like a trap. Sounds gentle, has teeth.” Gallery Listen
“Lindsey’s soulful flow arrives like a gentle breeze but seems to be incapable of not going a bit nuts as it goes on. Soul and jazz notes are easy to keep at one speed but Lindsey reliably ignore that trap, with any track that starts off easy-going likely to explode like dynamite at any given […]
“The Bancrofts rattle and shudder, good time rock n’ roll shrouded in layers of sharp art, timeless and up-to-date. Rapid, precise, and a relentlessly good time.” Gallery Listen
There were a lot of quieter, more introspective tracks out this week, but there was still enough energy in there too to help us make it through the summer storms.