The Underground Stage
“Bandwidth root themselves in groove and funk, but that doesn’t keep them from veering out-of-bounds into shoutier country. A gimlet eye lurks behind the smoother parts, a welcome mix of mood and mischief.” Gallery Listen
“Selene And The Strange play with textures and moods, slow and synthy, country stomping, and dreamy pop weaving their way in and out the set. All the way through though it’s rich and it’s smoky, wrapping you in tendrils.” Gallery
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 releases […]
🌶️ Sydney’s got some spicy-looking gigs on offer this week: 🎶 Father’s Favourite are at The Vanguard supporting The Slims for what will be an excellent Debaser-run night (cover slide, Thu) 🎶 Haters rip up Low 302 with some killer supports in the shape of Brown Snake, DEDPAN, and Gusher (Fri) 🎶 High-quality fare with […]
Most Playlisted This Week Each week, my robots scour the best Australian new music playlists and look for who is getting the love from the most critics and tastemakers. This week’s podium finishers: 🥇JACOTÉNE (appeared on 30% of updated playlists) 🥈Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers, Cousin Tony’s Brand New Firebird, Bakers Eddy, Vv Pete […]
“A Clay J Gladstone set runs electrical thrills through the body, a positive charge for negative times.” Gallery Listen
“Kick-on Kings’ rattle and thrum is in its natural home on the concrete of Chuck Trailer’s miniramp stage, skatepark-friendly punk and sweaty flying bodies.” Gallery Listen
As ever, all the tracks that make it onto the playlist are aces in my book but if I absolutely, positively had to pick no more than five to check out this week, it’d be these.
“PA777IENCE is utterly unhurried, and the absolute insistence of travelling at a pace not determined by outside forces emphasises just how much we all march to someone else’s beat. This absolutely killer vocal – anyone who nails ‘Killing Me Softly’ is not to be trifled with – wraps in languid coils around slow-strutting soul, funk, […]