The Underground Stage
As 2023 curled up and died in the corner, December still served up some musical treats to warm the cockles, and they all got stuffed into this month’s digital fanzine. Two brilliant day-long events – Fangzstock and Transgenre – took up a lot of the stage time, and were both inspirational examples of how artist-run, […]
“Released along with the rest of the excellent ‘Dorothy Painted Portraits’ album, ‘Us & Them’ heals with its calm, a soothing draft to mend broken sprits. Like the rest of the tracks here, it’s born in the dust but it ends up soaring like a newly-freed bird 🕊️”
October was a HUGE month for the city more generally this year, with the inaugural version of SXSW Sydney blowing up on a million stages. It was a wild time too and so this month, I’ve included photos from every one of the fifty shows I caught across the week. To celebrate it being the […]
“Adam Newling’s full-throated stories fill the ears, heat for the blood and the soul. Capable of both tip-toeing past quietly or stomping the bloody floor out, it’s just one riot of joy after another.” Gallery
“The final release ahead December’s EP, this is another cracked leather boot from Adam Newling, weather-worn but reliably tough. Ragged and rousing, gruff and graceful 🥾”
Both Hatchie & DICE bagged top honours for the most spots on the best Australian new music playlists this week. DICE have grown like weeds over the last year, and that’s reflected in the popularity of their track “Stockholm” this week. Meanwhile, new tracks appearing on the deluxe edition of her “Giving The World Away” […]
In the last weekly update for this year, Boo Seeka took out the top spot, with “Stories” getting the most spots on the best Australian new music playlists this week. Most Playlisted This Week 🥇Boo Seeka 🥈Bec Stevens, Babitha, Tia Gostelow, Glod Fang, Yb., Mason Dane, Gena Rose Bruce, Adam Newling, Nicole Millar There are […]
Babitha and DMA’s shared honours this week, with their tracks making it onto the most new Australian music playlists this week. That’s what you’d kind of expect for DMA’s, but that’s a hell of a win for Babitha and richly earned. Most Playlisted This Week 🥇Babitha, DMA’s 🥈Adam Newling, Caroline Polachek, HANDSOME, The Moving Stills, […]
“Adam Newling caps off a fine musical year with this thumping foot-stomper, his gruffly sweet vocal driving a song made for staring into the heart of a night-time fire 🔥”