The Underground Stage
“Misso’s witchy mayhem spooks and haunts like a wraith for much of the set, lurking round your ankles and biting big chunks out of them. When it lets loose into stompier territory though, it gives up all pretence of subtlety and just takes your knees out.” Gallery Listen
“Jasper and the Jokers’ darkly-tinged country is the sound of Satan riding his horse into town, and of you following him all the way in. You’ll come for the twang, but you’ll stay for the temptation – huge and naughty fun.“ Gallery Listen
“Maia Toakley’s rich songwriting lights up an already bright afternoon, considered and steady but with something of the wild animal lurking throughout. It’s a comforting and welcoming sound, but there’s something feral and fanged behind it all, tugging at its restraints. That’s not a criticism, that’s a strength – the ability to keep a temper […]
“El Coyote stomp dirty, blues and filth hammering away from start to end, hard times and hard knocks. It’s never not fun – and boy howdy can they play – but its mix of melancholy and enthusiasm is a beautiful mood.” Gallery Listen
“Eagle Ray’s yachty smoothness glides like sunshine off chrome, all glints and flashes and lens flares. Clutch in tight, dance like your dad, and have as much fun as they are.” Gallery Listen
“Secret World are – and honestly, you could just stop reading after the next two words – fucking magnificent. This is a *spectacular* set, a hardcore throat fronting soaring music, a band that sounds happy but pounds on raw nerves like a gang of hammers. There’s genuinely *something* happening tonight, you can just feel it […]
“Antenna are wildly mischievous, dangerously playful, a barrel of giddy mayhem tipped over and spilled all over your shoes. Even without being fronted by Shogun, it’d still be twelve bonkers rounds of awesome – but with that impeccable vocal skittering and scattering all over it, climbing up and down the walls like gravity had been […]
“Feel The Pain are just what you need on *those* days. Hardcore to the bone but still having a blast, it’s the joy that snaps your neck, the aggression and the roaring coming (a very close) second. Precise, destructive, and an unrestrained good time. Quite the mix.” Gallery Listen
Every week I scour the latest releases from emerging, DIY, and independent artists in Australia. The best of them end up on the playlist. Follow The Playlist Listen to this week’s edition here, 100% made up of the best brand-new music from the best new artists in Australia – never pay-to-play, and always only new […]