The Underground Stage
“Teddy Rizzo don’t waste single bit of energy, each of them doing precisely one thing at precisely one step bigger and noisier than is strictly comfortable. It’s a huge sound, taking sugary pop-punk and addling a thick layer of giant, tempestuous noise. Very loud, very large, and very good fun.” Gallery Listen
“Bloodyarvo fizz and crackle like exposed wires, smooth songs whipped into raucous shapes. There’s a core of sunshine-y indie rock, but when it breaks free it’s all galactic explosions in your head and fireworks in your eyeballs.“ Gallery Listen
“Brown Snake are all bared fangs but the undeniable aggression is channelled into mad joy and mayhem, alternating between ferocious thrashing of limbs and heavy flailing of heads. It’s deceptively complicated too – I mean, yeah, it’s a blisteringly loud and cathartic blast of utterly feral racket, but the deeper you look, the more you […]
“PARASOCIAL drop big hairy thuds of guitar, deliciously seared distortion wrapping this set of grunge-tinged roaring in a fiery blanket. While the giant and wailing bits are plenty accomplished, when it properly lets go it burns its very brightest.” Gallery Listen