The Underground Stage
“You will see few sets constructed of as much sheer, primal joy as Dani Marchio’s. From start to finish it’s ankle-breakingly danceable pop, it’s grins wide enough to crack your face open, and it’s the whole weekend stretching out ahead of you. It’s a fully live pop band too – there are no backing tracks […]
“Jean Elliot land hard, emotional weight standing firm on top of guitars veering between twangy and flailingly wild. Ghosts of The Cranberries and echoes of Snow Patrol ping off the walls, all theatre and tune, a witchy mood with hefty emotional pop to back it all up.” 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 or below, 100% made up of the best brand-new music from the best new artists in Australia – never pay-to-play, and always […]
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 […]
“There are only three people in Failsafe but it sounds like a building collapsing on your head. The bass rumbles like an earthquake, the guitars slice with a jagged savagery, and the drums are played with what comes off like a serious grudge against the kit, which gets a wonderful but fearsome beating all set […]
“Retail Therapy are all paranoid theatre, roaring but gentle, solid but twisted, and always right up there in your face. As loud as a bomb going off – with as much glitter as shrapnel – it’s a set that merely cements them that bit further as one of very best bands to barrel into the […]
“Should Be Sweet smash it hard into the pavement, heavy and explosive. While the heftier, slower parts encourage banging of heads and spraining of necks, it’s the faster moments that cause the most damage, kinetic effects through melodic velocity.” Gallery Listen
“Amends’ songs fit with the clear blue sky they play under this afternoon but, although it’s all expansive and glorious, there’s always – always – trouble brewing on the horizon somewhere. The tension and the tunes are on full-volume display today, a(nother) set to emphasise just how impressively this band delivers mood, story, and song.” […]
“The Lonesomes are fearsomely loud, an explosive smash and grab inside your head that leaves you floundering in the rubble. Tightly concussive but landing in unpredictable waves, it’s shock and awe delivered with surgical violence.” Gallery Listen