The Underground Stage
“The Toothpicks’ biggest show to date sounds suitably huge, giant bricks of off-axis art-rock falling off the ceiling and crashing all around us. Mind-alteringly talented to start with, tonight’s set rips the fixtures off the building, a wild party of unhinged skill roaring through the air around us.” Gallery Learn More Instagram | TikTok
“Battles of bands are usually weird but the University Of Sydney Union’s one opens with eye-blistering fireworks via The Toothpicks’ absurdly talented wonk and widdlyness.” Gallery Learn More Instagram | TikTok
“The Toothpicks heady, swirling musicality rings around in your head like the Broadway show you’d always wished you’d written. Assuming of course, you’ve been hankering for a slightly mushroom-tinged musical where the jokes are impeccable but the happy fluffy creatures still get eaten. In which case, you’re bang in luck.” Gallery Learn More Facebook | […]
“A set by The Toothpicks is a cocked hat, a jaunty swagger, an exaggerated wink paired with finger guns. The musical skill can really only be measured in terms of a Richter scale, but it’s the way the songs swagger and charm and sparkle their way through a million territories per verse that sticks to […]
“Wonky art-pop splashes up the sides and spills over the edges of this bouncy delight, with zappy moves and swirly-eyed abandon 😵💫”
“The Toothpicks land – wildly, madly – somewhere between late-stage Arctics (it’s the jazz) and full-bore Franz Fredinand (it’s the stomping), but it’s really the *theatricality* of the thing that matters. It moves like it’s been written in scenes and acts, and it drags us along to an inevitable conclusion of dancing and mayhem.” Gallery […]
With a busy and buzzy set, The Toothpicks open up tonight and promptly make a bunch of friends. The set nods to both Arctic Monkeys-ish dry wit and Muse-y high camp, riddled with theatrical flourishes and Franz Ferdinand-esque danceability. It’s like meeting someone for the first time and them telling you the best joke you’ve […]