The Underground Stage
“The Belair Lip Bombs make incredibly busy music with seemingly very little effort – it comes off like they’re barely trying yet we still get complexity and nuance and deep songwriting skill. Like Pavement, bits are as slack as a yokel’s jaw but are somehow still as beefy as a jock’s bicep. It whizzes and […]
September was exhausting, a non-stop riot of relentless, glorious stage action and song. From The Belair Lip Bombs(this month’s cover photo) to The Vanns to Luca Brasi to Private Wives, it was just one killer set after another. As if the shows weren’t enough, there was one killer new releases after the other too, with […]
“The Belair Lip Bombs’s glorious set rings like a struck bell tonight, bags and bags of inventive song and wicked times. Shy and retiring in posture but massive and life-affirming in effect, every song is pure delight. Plaintive vocals, pounding rhythms, spidery guitar lines, giddy bass runs… seriously, what the hell else do you need?” […]
August was filled to bursting with outstanding gigs in Sydney. From Johnny Hunter (this month’s cover photo) to Dulcie to Annie Hamilton to These New South Whales, everywhere you looked there was a high-impact show. There were incredible quieter moments too, with KHAOS EMRLD, FVNERAL, and Selfish Sons all stripping it right back to deliver […]
With their plans in 2020 rudely interrupted by the pandemic, The Belair Lip Bombs have roared back in 2023 with a series of killer indie-pop tracks and their debut album Lush Life. With playlist backing and strong, fast early-follower growth, they’re looking like one of the hotter new artists out there right now. The rush […]
New tracks from Babe Rainbow and Lola Scott topped the list of playlisters’ favs this week – while you’d expect the former to be up near the top in any given week, the latter has done brilliantly well to appear so consistently. Most Playlisted This Week 🥇Babe Rainbow, Lola Scott 🥈Angie McMahon, ASHWARYA, MID CITY […]
“The Belair Lip Bombs have treated us to a series of razor-edged indie-pop tracks this year, and now we get their sparkly debut LP ‘Lush Life’. This is just one of the set of glinting gems that make up the album – scuzzy when it needs to be, but always light and spacious too 💎”
Teenage Joans came out on top as playlisters’ choice, gaining the most adds on the best Australian new music lists this week with their latest ‘Candy Apple’. Most Playlisted This Week 🥇Teenage Joans 🥈Mickey Kojak, Saint Lane, The Belair Lip Bombs, JACOTÉNE 🥉filous, Anna Lunoe, Motez, The Rions, South Summit, Elizabeth, Annie Hamilton It was […]
“A dizzy mix of post-punk, folk, and indie, The Belair Lip Bombs’ latest is a whirligig of both boot-stomping heft and gleamy-eyed whimsy. Glorious 🤩”