The Underground Stage
“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 […]
“BIG NOTER are like all the good things about being hit in the face with, say, a fridge. Heavy as hell, generationally angry, and relentless in rhythm and rhyme and riot, it’s a blast you’ll struggle to get up from but one you’ll never regret taking squarely on the chin. Quality, quality mayhem.” Gallery Listen
“DOWNGIRL’s explosive noise fills The Chippo’s basement until the floor above it bulges and cracks, the sound of the building collapsing on top of quite the most marvellous party. End of the night, end of the world – it’s hard to tell the difference and I honestly don’t care a single bit.” Gallery Listen
“The Rubens celebrate ten years of their ‘Hoops’ album tonight and while the band and (most of) the fans in the crowd have aged alongside it, they’ve aged like good wine, a patina of experience and familiarity. It’s a long way from pure nostalgia too – we get brand new material tonight, which fits seamlessly […]
“Last Quokka’s edge is both as jagged as ocean rocks but as sharp as a freshly-whetted blade, furious rage landing with murderous precision. If you’re on their side, as angry and infuriated as they are by the injustices of the world, then you’re in the clear, and it’s a party fit to take the breath […]
“smallways.‘ shriek and yelp is not for the faint-hearted, angular jabs and high kicks coming from sharp left. If you’ve got the spine though, it’s always worth getting bent out of shape right along with them.” Gallery Listen
“Civic Video roll like they’re on well-oiled bearings, smooth and untroubled by rough ground. It’s an easy, enjoyable ride, sky-high melodies delivered with well-earned confidence.” Gallery Listen
“SWAPMEET cut with a scalpel and cauterise with heat, a gentle movement the feint before crushing pain. At its loudest it’s dark and raging, but it’s still oddly optimistic – you’re in very real peril, but it’s strangely and hypnotically beautiful to watch.” Gallery Listen