Babaganouj @ Oxford Art Factory, 19th Aug

“Babaganouj are one of those bands I always try and see when they’re passing through Sydney. It’s partially because they’re a charming and cheery bunch, which makes going to their gigs just idiotically good fun, but there’s something that’s unhealthily addictive about the music. “Bluff” is still as melancholy/uplifting as it always was, “Do Rite With Me Tonight” is bouncy and boinging and giddy, and “Hit Song” is a pop rampage through melody. They all switch vocals, Charles deploys his deeply-upset-looking shred face during the widdly guitar bits… it’s roughly the same pattern every time, yet whenever the gigs get announced, like I’ve been given a sharp tap to the knee, I go along to watch it all over again. Know what? It never gets old either.”