The Underground Stage
“OK Hotel are back playing in Sydney so all is well. Their driving, pounding set made of sad/happy escape remains vital and alive, wrapping you in a blanket made of bounce and growl. OK? Fuck no, way better.” Gallery Listen
As ever, all the tracks that make it onto the playlist are aces in my book but if I had to pick no more than five to check out this week, it’d be these.
Budjerah and The Velvet Club topped the list this week, gaining the most adds to the most credible Australian new music playlists. Both artists did well to stand out in a fuzzy week of few clear winners, with the former making it onto three of Spotify’s premium playlists including New Music Friday & NZ, and […]
“High volume and higher spirits combine into the latest heady cocktail from OK Hotel. Bulging with swagger and strut, it’s got serious weight but without ever losing any of that bright and airy vim, guaranteed to put a bounce into the weariest of steps 🍸”
“OK Hotel can always be relied on to deliver smart, rich guitars, and this is another thoughtful track from OK Hotel that keeps the synapses firing – and the head nodding – without ever getting ponderous 🧠”
“OK Hotel drop into the early set like it’s the early hours, a set dressed up to the nines with bangers. ‘Swim’ and ‘Life Is Crazy (Like That)’ jump off the page but there’s little to fault here across the board. Full-cream, muscular, perfectly cooked – pick your metaphor, it’s all alright round here right […]
Proving that their first track was no fluke, this follow-up from OK Hotel is just more proof of this outfit’s ready-to-eat status. This is a more pensive, even plaintive, record than their debut but it’s still got a song at its heart the size of a damn jumbo jet, and is another precision strike that […]
An occasional roundup of tracks I can’t get enough of, by bands I’ve somehow not got round to seeing live yet. Seathru – Bedsheets This debut is so absurdly strong it’s enough to make me down tools and call it quits. It starts brilliantly enough with the innocent, crunchy swing of a ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, […]