The Underground Stage
Most Playlisted This Week Each week, my robots scour the best Australian new music playlists and look for who is getting the love from the most critics and tastemakers. This week’s podium finishers: 🥇The Terrys (appeared on 29% of updated playlists) 🥈Mikayla Pasterfield, Armlock (25%) 🥉Esha Tewari, The Vanns, Press Club, Carla Wehbe, Jem Cassar-Daley, […]
“Mikayla Pasterfield sings many songs about heartbreak, and okay, yeah, so far, so singer-songwriter, right? BUT. The depth of emotion here is enough to give you vertigo, the stories are near-blinding in their clarity, and the voice isn’t so much a tear-jerker as something that reaches into your face and squeezes your eyeballs dry of […]
“Mikayla Pasterfield barely moves an inch while performing, but the sheer force coming off of that vocal and these songs could light up a small town. Towering strength matched with a quiet lightness of touch is a rare combination, enough to hypnotise a weary soul and body.” Gallery Learn More Instagram | TikTok