The Underground Stage
Every week, I scour the latest releases from emerging, DIY, and independent artists in Australia. The best of them end up on the playlist. Follow The Playlist Listen to this week’s edition here or below, 100% made up of the best brand-new music from the best new artists in Australia – never pay-to-play, and always […]
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 […]
Every week, I scour the latest releases from emerging, DIY, and independent artists in Australia. The best of them end up on the playlist. Follow The Playlist Listen to this week’s edition here or below, 100% made up of the best brand-new music from the best new artists in Australia – never pay-to-play, and always […]
“At one point tonight, Bugs’ singer Connor reminds us that although they’ve been playing together for years, the shows just keep getting better. He’s not wrong. The old ones fire everyone up, and the new one – “DCP” – is as instant and airborne as ever, but with the added heft and muscle of experience. […]
“Bugs drop sugar hit after sugar hit this afternoon, be it in the rush of the songs, or in the collective fun of watching bassist Jordan relegated to dispensing sweet treats to the crowd, replaced for a song by a preternaturally talented crowd member. Even though the songs are sometimes tinged with stories of sad […]
Recorded music played a bigger role this year in the absence of live shows. This is some of the music that made my days just that much better. NOTHING RHYMES WITH DAVID – DOG FLAG The more I listen to this song, the deeper I get pulled in. I lived in Edinburgh before I moved […]
Bugs’ superpower is the ability to casually drop grinalong singalongs, and this is another of their finest. Brimful of their usual energy, it’s a guaranteed pit pleaser and sounds almost exactly like the best night out you ever had. Lyrically though, there’s another level at work – the whole song may sound like joy in […]
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