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 […]
“merci, mercy’s set is as sharp as a blade but you don’t even feel it swishing it past your throat. It’s strong and it’s tight but it’s full of delight, pop beauty that never backs down.” Gallery Listen
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 499 – 33% # Unique Artists Added 468 – 29% vs last week # Playlists Updated 26 +1 appeared on 27% of updated playlists Ayesha […]
Most Playlisted This Week DOBBY and dust topped the league for the most adds across the best Australian new music playlists this week. Both younger artists – of very different genres – it’s great to see each of them continue to get strong support across the board. 🥇dust, DOBBY 🥈merci, mercy, Hayley Mary, Girl and […]
Yb.’s latest “BULLETPROOF” got more spots on the best Australian new music playlists this week than any other artist, quite the achievement in a strong and crowded week of releases. Most Playlisted This Week 🥇Yb. 🥈merci, mercy, 1300 🥉Dulcie, Tasman Keith, Somber Hills Not far behind though were merci, mercy and 1300 who also bagged […]
The week belonged to CLEWS’ “Everything Is Heavy” and Triple One’s “PETER RABBIT”, both of which appeared on about a third of the best new music playlists in Australia. 🥇CLEWS, Triple One 🥈Abby Bella May, ioakim, merci, mercy 🥉Folk Bitch Trio, Forest Claudette, Ivoris, Jesswar, PRICIE, Suzi, Thundamentals, grentperez Abby Bella May’s fabulous new track […]