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Show Notes “The Wattles – a true lockdown band – mark the early stages of my emergence into the world for a second year. Again, it’s a set of dense and luxurious song, restrained and complicated, bursts of flame against a pitch sky.” Gallery Learn More Facebook | Instagram
Show Notes “After the anxiety build-up across the last couple of years, it’s the songs like the ones Iain T. McKelvey drops tonight that arrive to calm the waters. A guitar so rich that it might be made entirely of cake rolls under a vocal singing sad songs with just a hint of a bird-like […]
Show Notes “Wicked Things were one of the last bands I saw before lockdown and now one of the first on the way out – few party quite so hearty, either as a soundtrack for going into the shit or coming out of it. Scream if you want to go faster baby, this lot can […]
“The first notes of original live music in Sydney played in anger post-lockdown come courtesy of Big Red Fire Truck and, one suspects, via Bill & Ted’s time-travelling phone booth. The sheer level of their joy for massive-haired rock is more infectious than anything we might be carrying proof of vaccination against. You wanted live […]
“A screamer of a set from Frankie’s World Famous House Band to kickstart live music in Sydney again. It felt like coming home.” Facebook | Instagram Subscribe to The Underground Stage Playlist Thirty freshly-released goodies from the very best new Australian artists. Updated all the time.
“Just about every artist anywhere would kill for a set this tight, but there are precious few who would announce onstage that they’ve already made it because they’ve won the approval of their community’s elders. Every one of JK-47’s bars brims with passion, every lesson taught here is born from pain, every beat and bounce […]
“Hammy & Hazy step it up a level, cement-solid beats laying the foundation for hard-charging tunes. Rattling bangers from start to end.” Hammy & Hazy Subscribe to The Underground Stage Playlist Thirty freshly-released goodies from the very best new Australian artists. Updated all the time.
“Holy cow, this is mental. Made up of MC P.Smurf, Platterpush & Codecks, and more, this is insanely fast bars, massive dancehall beats, and absolutely humungous vibes throughout. Enough rumbling bass to make you remember breakfast, and more syllables per second than you can count. Joyous, bouncing, and sharp as a razor.” Subscribe to The […]
“Joey Legit opens up tonight and tees up hard lines wrapped up in glassy smooth beats and backing. Fizzy energy on the mic supported by throbbing and loping tracks, an easy walk through a difficult world.” Facebook | Instagram Subscribe to The Underground Stage Playlist Thirty freshly-released goodies from the very best new Australian artists. […]