The Underground Stage
This week’s data-driven roundup of artists killing it around the world and in Australia this week Get this in your inbox every Sunday by signing up to the Substack Start next week right by getting across the biggest and the hottest new music around – as usual, I’ve taken a look at which artists are […]
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.
“On Hottest 100 day, it’s mandatory that everyone in the country says, at some point, “should have been higher”. That The Buoys didn’t get parked in spots one through ten is nothing short of criminal.” Gallery Listen
I managed to catch about a fifth of the artists playing SXSW Sydney 2024, and it was a thrill ride from start to end – the sheer scope of what’s on offer for a new music nerd like me makes it the best week of my year. While I loved seeing every artist, these are […]
This gig was part of SXSW Sydney 2024 – head here for all the shows & STUFF “Confidence and skill and joy and fun and crying and laughing and dancing and absolutely *shredding* and hell yeah c’mon The Buoys and all the rest of it. Mandatory.” Listen Spotify Gallery
This gig was part of SXSW Sydney 2024 – head here for all the shows & STUFF “Try to pick nine of the best songs by The Buoys and you’d need to pick at least twenty, but this powerhouse of a set comes pretty damn close. Even when singing about distance or heartbreak, this is […]
Most Playlisted This Week For the second time in two months, Milan Ring took out the most spots on the Australian new music playlists, with tracks from her full-length ‘Mangos‘ arriving with a burst of support from across the spectrum. 🥇Milan Ring 🥈The Buoys 🥉KUČKA, Elizabeth M. Drummond Only a smidge behind though, The Buoys […]
“Arriving alongside the excellent news that we’ll be getting The Buoys’ debut album in July, ‘Check Mate’ swaggers with impressive confidence, verses of impeccable restraint matched with a chorus to light up the sky. Their trademark mix of fireworks and feels is on full blast here, and it just adds to the heaping table of goodies this band keeps on serving up 🎆”