Purple Disturbance – Sara Lee
“The Magician come off chaotic but it lands in precise waves, a calibrated mayhem. It’s wild and feral but it’s whetted sharp, a hammer blow with a scalpel’s edge.” Gallery Listen
“You can’t keep up with Alex Fears. Punk rock is delivered in hyperspeed slices, while the joke that you just got is now seven punchlines back and the technical disasters are segue-ing into sketch comedy. No-one packs in this much honkingly daft fun into their set, no-one keeps you as dizzily off-balance while thwacking you […]
“Appletinis pack the joint tonight, with a crowd primed to sing along and dance like loons. Great big songs – hilariously, theatrically large – boom like pop gongs, a ringing metronome measuring the pace of your good times.” Gallery Listen
“POLYBIUS’ shine blinds, enough glint to take out one or both retinas. The songs are all chrome and fresh wax while the vocal thunders with a heavy foot, a V8 blasting through out of a concrete tunnel into blazing sunlight.” Gallery Listen
“Anna Dine infectious alt-pop-indie-jazz flitters and skitters, dancing with a huge, involuntary grin. Bubbling like a shook bottle, plenty of fizz and bang.” Gallery Listen
Every week I pick out a bunch of interesting shows featuring emerging, DIY, and independent Australian artists. The full list of shows this week are below – those are the ones to get out to in the next few days. Don’t forget, there’s also a futuristic-y dashboard here that lets you look ahead if you […]