Josh Pyke with 78 Saab, and Whitley @ Concert Hall, QPAC, South Bank (01/11/07)

Whitley

Whitley warmed the crowd up with his subtle country folk sounds, a good opener for Josh Pyke. However I was too excited about seeing Josh Pyke in the QPAC Concert Hall to take too much of Whitley’s set in. I would definitely like to see Whitley perform at The Troubadour sometime. I Remember is an absolutely lovely song and getting some well deserved air time on triple j.

Performance 7
Technical 10


78 Saab

78 Saab seemed a bit of a strange choice for this bill to me. Their performance was good but didn’t really fit in with the feel of the evening. 78 Saab have been around the Australian indie rock scene for quite sometime now (over 10 years I believe). I am sure I would have been a lot more interested in 78 Saab’s set if it wasn’t put between Whitley and Josh Pyke. I can’t see me going out of my way to see 78 Saab again soon. It’s not that they aren’t any good (far from it), I am just not that into their music. Overall their performance was good, with only a very minor technical problem.

Performance 6.5
Technical 9.5


Josh Pyke

I have seen Josh Pyke a couple of times now and he acts just keep getting classer and classer. Firstly by stepping out of The Zoo to The Tivoli and now performing in the Concert Hall at QPAC. There were back drops, UV lights, stage props and backgrounds. Josh Pyke did mention that Monkey with a Drum Tour would be special and he didn’t disappoint. Josh seems much more comfortable on stage, and I don’t think he believed that he could sell out the Concert Hall. Josh interacted with crowd with some story telling of his home life. One of which was about when he purchased a piece of furniture from Ikea for his wife. He got the right style/model but the only problem was that he got the wrong colour. Josh didn’t even like this piece of furniture and his wife hated the colour, so now they are stuff with this thing that neither of them like. Anyway the set was good, Josh previewed some new tracks that he had been working on and they had a slightly more country/folk sound which was great. Sound was great naturally. It’s great to see a live act in a room with the acoustics specially designed for that that purpose.

Performance 9.5
Technical 10