The Underground Stage
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 […]
“Nick Ward writes songs with incredible delicacy and precision, but are built with such magnificent heft and weight that the walls start collapsing before you even realise there’s been an explosion. Spectacular musicality, a rare ear for an unusual melody, and enough charm to melt concrete, it’s a hell of a set. Quietly wild and […]
I managed to catch about a fifth of the artists playing SXSW Sydney 2024, and it was a thrill ride from start to end – the sheer scope of what’s on offer for a new music nerd like me makes it the best week of my year. While I loved seeing every artist, these are […]
Most Playlisted This Week Floodlights‘ first release of 2024 was greeted like an old friend by the best new music playlists in Australia this week, propelling just out front of a crowded pack. 🥇Floodlights 🥈Nick Ward, Ra Ra Viper, Salarymen, Skegss, TOWNS 🍟 Takeouts: —- 📸 Photo credit: none found —-
“Nick Ward’s output has been super-high quality, and we now get a collection of tracks in the shape of his ‘House With The Blue Door’ LP, brimming with invention and intelligent sounds”
Most Playlisted This Week Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers led the pack this week, their collaboration with The Linda Lindas gaining more adds to more of the best new music playlists in Australia than any other artist. 🥇Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers 🥈Bean Magazine, Miss Kaninna, Rum Jungle 🥉 Greta Stanley, Lithe, Nick […]
“Oddball tangents and wonky imagination fuels this eye-meltingly pretty song, another example of just how inventive, empathetic, and clever this blooming talent truly is”
“Take three classic Ramones chords and make them blindingly pop, a layer of madcap, danceable shine added to driving, ecstatic fun”
The real point of SXSW is to discover what’s next, not what’s already big, so it’s always worth looking beyond the artists you’ve already heard of and hunt out who’s coming up. Here are my favourites from the Indie Rock crop this year. I’ve taken a look at the Australian artists announced so far who […]