The Underground Stage
“Cutters slice and graze, a cheese-grater sound to rub skin raw. Like falling down a jagged rock face among tumble-dryers and concrete blocks, it’s a racket to leave you dented and bloody.” Gallery Listen
Tracks are nice and everything, but albums are where it’s at. These are all the albums released in January that I caught from Australian emerging, independent, and DIY artists. A-Z By Artist Choof – A Very Special Blend of Psychology and Extreme Violence Delivery – Force Majeure Ghoulies – Shafted By The Algorithm L.A.R.M – […]
Most Playlisted This Week Shady Nasty scored big this week with their latest upload, beating out some stiff competition for the top spot. 🥇Shady Nasty (appeared on 32% of updated playlists) 🥈The Jungle Giants, Gordi, Tyne-James Organ (29%) 🥉Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Foley (25%) 🏆 Getting the most adds from the best Australian new music playlists […]
Dancing, smiling, or screaming, there’s something for every mood in the best of the new releases this week from emerging, independent, and DIY artists.
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 new […]
“Dark and plaintive, Lolita Mae’s set skitters across the ceiling just out of your direct eyeline. Clever and full with emotion, it’s nightshade pop, danceable and bouncy, but enough to leave you with some nasty marks in the morning.” Gallery Listen
“Appletinis might be fresh off the tree but by God there’s crunch here. Full disclosure time, I know their singer from Day Job stuff – but holy sweet creeping wowsers, I had no idea her voice had *this* much sheer eye-melting voltage. This is a set aiming at fully GRAND pop, an 80s tradition that […]
“Anna Dine’s first show – under this name, anyway, there are no novices on stage – eases into itself, mostly jazz and r&b-tinged pop but with a healthy dose of bedroom indie sneaking in for spice. Furry to the touch, but with an occasional and unpredictable bite for the unwary.” Gallery
A lot of people have some strong feelings (including me!) about @triple_j’s Hottest 100 & 200 this year when it comes to homegrown artists. If you look at the data though, it’s a much better story than you might think. Take away the emotional reactions to the Hottest 100 or Hottest 200 (I’m still annoyed […]