“ASHWARYA pounds the floors tonight at the TikTok show at SXSW Sydney, muscular rhythms behind clever, flowing songs. Bright and sharp and lit up like fireworks.” Gallery
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“Phoebe Go is damn near hypnotic. Without a band these songs stand up to demand attention, some like dreams, some like a hard lesson learned. A beautiful sound with power in its quiet moments, and deep emotion in its lightest of touches. Amazing.” Gallery
“Dean Brady and his razor-sharp band shine down on SXSW Sydney with dazzling rays of soulful sunshine, smooth as a barber’s shave.” Gallery
“Shady Nasty are a confrontation, a challenge to listen deeply and feel the impact at your core. Unrelenting and uncompromising, it gives no quarter – but it still doesn’t push you away. This is the sort of aggression that welcomes you in, that invites your participation.” Gallery
“Tulliah is in her own on with just her acoustic, but is backed by electronic versions of rich orchestral strings and finnicky little beats. It’s as lush and as full of life as a rainforest, a blanket of deep comfort.” Gallery
“Alter Boy’s deep, startling electronics back up theatricality and songwriting chops to produce a fearsome, heady brew for an early afternoon in the SXSW Sydney sunshine at Rolling Stone’s courtyard. They play two new ones, both of which are fabulous, but the first one blows the leaves off the trees. Stunning.” Gallery
“Austin local Rett Smith brings a Texas-sized twang as well as stampeding, longhorned distortion to his set of dirty blues and murder ballads.” Gallery
“Flyana Boss’s first blast in Oz bounces so hard with class-act boom bap hip hop it shakes the head from your shoulders. For that matter, it damn near bounces this boat out the water.” Gallery
“EKKSTACY damn near blow a hole in the hull of our floating venue The Starship tonight. This is outrageously good, fearsome takes on The Cure and Bloc Party, moody and monstrous with the scale of mountains. We’re going to need a bigger boat.” Gallery