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Oxley may have been a schizophrenic, and that may not be relatable to everyone, but in the crowd at the Festival Gardens the permanence with which 'Alone With You' has stayed in the lives of his fans came into full view. The excitement was so great that the Sunnyboys come out again and close the whole thing with 'The Seeker', a set of old boys reliving their glory days and revelling in their legacy. We caught 'Sunnyboys' - one of the closing acts of this years amazing Perth Festival.
Out on the open Festival Gardens stage, Sharon van Etten and her flawless band moved between intimate sounds and immense, synth-driven crescendos. Early in the evening the band broke into the fun and airy ‘Taking Chances’, followed by the acknowledgement of van Etten’s birthday, prompting a reflection on her disorganised Pisces nature.
It's always 1996 somewhere. By this stage, Stephen Malkmus - both solo and with the Jicks, as he is presently - is very much a known quantity. Every couple of years now he pushes out a new record of proggy, insouciant guitar songs that in trade insight and inanities ("what the senator wants! is a blowjob!") with equally shaggy fervour.
What do you do with a song with a two minute guitar solo when you have no backing band? Tinashe's answer to her 'Bet' problem: Give one of your dancers a tap-dance showcase. You read that right: 'tappa, tappa, tappa'.
In true southern tradition, Bear walks on with southern-styled hat on head and guitar over shoulder. The boys open with two huge tracks, one from an older album, and "State I'm In" from the recent album (Rivers in the Wasteland) and they had the audience hooked in under 10 minutes.
I'll be the first to admit that I attend far less live music than I should. It's fun, it's social and most of all, it's a memory, an experience far superior to sitting on my couch soaking up some tunes. When I was given the chance to see 'The Budos Band' live it didn't take me long to rearrange the plans I already had that night to slot them in.
After my personal hiatus with the Bakery, I returned, only to discover a long line on Thursday night, an assortment of breeds almost as if it were a gathering of different tribes. Ready to witness American sweetheart Ty Segall.
POND, as a live animal, give a lot to the audience. When frontman Nick Allbrook isn’t wide-armed screaming to the crowd he is throwing himself around, writhing on the floor in the sweat dripping from his oh-so-Fremantle flanno.
The Byron Bay lads dug deep through their crates and played tracks from Don’t Close Your Eyes, Killing With A Smile, Horizons, Deep Blue and Atlas. This show was mental, and for the encore, Carrion was played as the stage filled up with concert goers hanging out with the band.
It's great having comedians as friends because occasionally they send you jokes! One of my good friends considers himself a comedian sometimes, depending on what day of the week it is...
It's always hard to get on with shit after a long weekend; but here's some massive tracks that will hopefully help you get through, including a track that dropped yesterday from Bliss N Eso. March 6th
