The Underground Stage
In a truly glorious lineup of supernova guitars, poppy shoegaze pioneers Ride are returning to Sydney – and bringing cosmic innovators Mercury Rev with them – for a killer night at the Enmore Theatre on 9th Aug. Both bands trail impressive histories behind them. Ride, of course, burst into view during the shoegaze explosion of […]
Fetch your cardigans and brush up on French film-making, because indie-pop darlings, Belle and Sebastian, have announced a night at Sydney’s Enmore Theatre on 22nd Aug. That show will also feature Badly Drawn Boy, who returns to Australia for the first time in over two decades. From Belle and Sebastian’s humble beginnings in Glasgow in […]
Frontman of the scene-defining Hüsker Dü, and writer of more gloriously buzzing and roaring guitar masterpieces than it’s easy to count, Bob Mould is one of the all-time undisputed heavyweight champs. On Nov 29th, he’s bringing his solo show to the Metro Theatre. Appearing in Australia for the first time since 2012, this show is […]
A razor-sharp edge amidst the blunt-force trauma of mid 1990s grunge, Therapy? celebrate the 30th anniversary release of their seminal Troublegum album with a series of Australian dates including a night at Sydney’s Metro Social on 21st Sep. While much of the world was sewing itself into plaid shirts and screaming into the void, Therapy? […]
Straight from the top drawer of legendary Australian artists, Dirty Three return to the Enmore Theatre in June for two dates, their first since 2019 – and this time they’re bringing a new album with them. Warren Ellis, Mick Turner, and Jim White carry with them experience and a track record of the sort that […]
Canadian hardcore punk all-timers Cancer Bats are bringing both the “standard” mayhem of their usual show plus their Bat Sabbath alter-egos to Sydney for the first time in five years, playing two nights in June at – where else? – Crowbar. Seven epically aggressive studio albums in, they’ve lost none of their signature fury, which […]
It’s been twenty years since Parkway Drive released their first (solo) EP, and to mark the milestone they’re taking their legendary racket on the road across Australia, with a tour stop in Sydney on 21st Sep at the Qudos Bank Arena. After seven studio albums (the last three of which went to #1 in Australia), […]
Across two decades, Newton Faulkner’s delight of a voice and that picky, plucky style of guitar playing has lit up dark rooms around the world. To go along with his Australian and New Zealand dates in March & April he’s gifting us a new exclusive track too. With seven studio albums behind him, he brings […]
The annual festival of lights also includes some insanely good music – and for anyone looking to catch some real-life legends, it’s shaping up to be a classic. Explosions In The Sky @ Sydney Opera House (Joan Sutherland Room), 24th & 25th May Headlining a two-night farewell to the equally legendary Spunk! Records, who are […]