The Underground Stage
Every week, I take a look at the best playlists in Australia and the biggest playlists in the world and analyse the artists appearing on them. All of these playlists focus on newly-released tracks – what this means is that these lists can be seen as the bets that critics and tastemakers are making on […]
Each week, my robots scour the best Australian new music playlists to see which artists are getting the most support from critics and tastemakers. this week # Unique Tracks Added 501 – 18% # Unique Artists Added 462 – 15% vs last week # Playlists Updated 23 – 2 appeared on 30% of updated playlists […]
Most Playlisted This Week There was a large drop in releases this week but no let up in quality, and those that rose to the top of the pile for Australia’s best new music playlisters included strong representation from newer and more emerging artists. 🥇Forest Claudette, Full Flower Moon Band 🥈Blusher 🥉ONEFOUR, GUM, Eliza & […]
Most Playlisted This Week For an act as widely loved as Lime Cordiale to gain the most adds on the best Australian new music playlists is no surprise, but for more emerging acts like RINSE and Fool Nelson to keep pace with them and join them at the top of the list is heartening to […]
Most Playlisted This Week Two excellent guitar-driven acts shared the podium this week, with The Buoys and Girl and Girl both receiving the most adds on the country’s most credible new music playlists. Both acts have seen incredibly consistent support across a broad spread of critics and tastemakers – if either band is new to […]
Blusher have had a rocket-fuelled twelve months. Their first track upload was in February of 2022 but, over just the last year, a sequence of tracks has given them a sizeable boost in Spotify followers and seen them supported by just about every Australian new music playlist that matters. Let’s look at that playlist support […]
Milan Ring and Blusher were the joint most-added artists on the playlists I track this week – for both artists to bag more spots than some of the heavier hitters with new tracks out this week was no mean feat. Most Playlisted This Week 🥇Blusher, Milan Ring 🥈San Cisco, Joan & The Giants 🥉Donny Benét, […]
“Magical pop from Melbourne’s Blusher tonight. The sound of the best nights out with the best of friends.” Gallery