The Underground Stage
“Organs may be suffering from the after effects of a back injury but, even when wounded, Organs never lack spine. As furious and as rich as ever, nimbly switching between pulse-raisers and heartbreakers as easily as you or I might change a sock, I’ve always loved the wide-eyed madness that sits alongside the more thoughtful […]
“Airheart’s singer Jacko snaps enough strings to require three different guitars to complete the set tonight, but to be honest it’s not the world’s biggest surprise. Pounding and muscular, the set is all heft and crackle, doorstep-cut slices of raucous punky fun, ragged enough to sand concrete but with enough melody to keep it all […]
“Over recent years, Maddy Jane didn’t release much – until just last week – but it’s made rapidly clear tonight that during that gap something she also didn’t do was get worse at performing. A voice with as much power as trill, songs with as much fun as feelings (plus a sense of humour to […]
“Carla Wehbe’s Christmas-themed set tonight is a finely wrapped and carefully chosen gift, her interpretations of seasonal songs peppered with her own tracks to create a crackling fireside of a set, something to stretch out in front of. I spent a bunch of Decembers working in retail as a teenager, suffering through *that* shopping mall […]
“Thom Bastick’s rich solo set is a clear night sky, an enveloping darkness filled with myriad pinpricks of brightness. A velvety blackness might set the mood, but it’s the multitude of tiny shining points that ends up lighting up the room.” Gallery Listen
🌶️ Sydney’s got some spicy gigs on offer this week, including: Carla Wehbe closing out her excellent three-week (free!) residency at Metro Social, Private Function taking it to the high seas, Sophisticated Dingo (pictured) making a visit to Bootleggers, plus plenty of energetic doings at the Lazy Thinking all-dayer, featuring a co-curated lineup with Barbara […]
“Pricey and his band carry history from his previous life in The Chats, but it doesn’t weigh them down, not even a little bit. Two things jump out like monkeys from a box: first, these songs are just sheer wicked-ripping fun, but second, my word how Pricey can PLAY. The noise coming from that guitar […]
“Airheart’s instantly addictive punk rings all the right bells, finely honed and harmonised, sparking like a severed mains cable. Bags of energy, bags of tune, and hideously good fun, it’s got that *just* right balance of being wild but welcoming, confused seas to dive headfirst into without a second thought.” Gallery Listen
“The Bancrofts mix theatre into their fizzing and varied set to keep your attention squarely front-facing, with buzzing indie rock, Stones-y riffs, and inventive hard-left squalls keeping the pulse beating and the feet moving. It’s all made of pleasure, rhythm and rush, jerking and jumping.” Gallery Listen