The Underground Stage
⚡️ Brace yourselves for an electric week of gigs this week in Sydney Silly season is well underway with a daft amount of gigs this week. As well as the sheer breadth of options on offer starting Tuesday this week, you also get a chance to show your scene support on Sunday with Adam Newling […]
Most Playlisted This Week It was another BIG week of releases, and with enough quality in it to make it tough for the best new music playlisters in Australia to come to a consensus. Fully eight artists peeked up above the pack though, with several emerging artists doing particularly well in a crowded week. 🥇ONEFOUR, […]
“Great big thunderheads of feedback come from Airline’s set, plaintive vocals sat delicately in a giant storm of noise. Epic in scope but still very personal, it sounds like monstrous waves crashing on a shore, but somehow they’re still all landing right on top of you in particular.” Gallery Listen
“Futureheaven make a smoky and ethereal racket, classic shoegaze for a time that really could do with a solid dose of dreamy noise. It hooks you up, straps you in, and takes you to the skies, a whirl of sound and colour that’s all around you but that you can never quite get a firm […]
“Pitt have a streak of melancholy that runs right through their hair-raising gazecore, where giant roaring guitars and thumps are cut with a hefty doze of what is very nearly a wistful sadness. Somehow though, they manage to steer it clear of bleak, and it stays just on the right sides of both heavy and […]
“Stirr open a gig billed as all-shoegaze but while there are many excellent squalls of guitar, Stirr add more than that to the mix, with more gentle and cleaner tones, and even a saxophone complimenting the expected moments of more tempestuous sound. There’s a quiet confidence, even in the really, really loud bits.” Gallery Listen
Bands are playing and drinks are flowing but this is less of a gig and more a summit of like minds as creative collective Debaser celebrates both its second birthday and the launch of its excellent 2024 photo-and-interview book. The book talks to and about a huge range of people they’ve found interesting, from bands […]
“Lady Lazarus have burned bright in their short, sharp two years so far, which makes it a harder blow to know they’re moving to Berlin after one last gig (Nov 30, The Vic). This penultimate edition highlights exactly what we’ll miss and the Berliners stand to gain – fearsome energy and performance, savage guitars and […]
“Raising Ravens strut and stomp their way through their glorious sweet spot between Metallica and Husker Du, hilariously big songs fit to rip a face right off its skull. Giant riffs, hair-waving mayhem, tight harmonies for daaaays… it’s never anything short of a fabulous racket, sharp and savage and chock full of love for both […]