An Horse
Kate Cooper, aka An Horse, and band member of Iron On, kicked things off for the night with a nice relaxed set. An Horse joked with the crowd and performed somewhat nervously. At one point she even admitted to only writing a song a couple days prior and apologised in advance in case she stuffed it up. The performance all in all was interesting and I probably wouldn’t have seen her otherwise, but it’s always nice to experience new things. There were a few technical problems such as feedback.
Performance 6.5
Technical 5
The Gin Club
The Gin Club were fantastic as always live. The Gin Club share the love, all the 5 guys up the front swapped guitars and each had a chance to woo the crowd with their vocal greatness. Even though The Gin Club was a support act they played a full set, to the crowd’s delight. The set was plagued with technical problems, mainly a very uncomfortable feedback problem. The Gin Club persevered and their overall performance prevailed.
Performance 9
Technical 4
One thing I should have mentioned earlier is how long this concert was. Doors opened a 8:30pm, with the first act starting at about 9:00pm and Bluebottle Kiss concluding their encore act at 1:30am.
Bluebottle Kiss
Bluebottle Kiss have been on the Australian music scene for some time now (since the mid 90’s). Bluebottle Kiss in its full greatness has 13 band members including, 2 drummers, 4 backing vocalist, 1 trumpeter, 1 trombonist, 1 saxophonist, 1 bass guitarist, 1 lead guitarist, and 1 second guitarist. It was an extremely tight fit on the small stage at The Rev. This combination adds extra depth to the music that Bluebottle Kiss produce. Unfortunately, just as The Gin Club battled with technical problems, so did Bluebottle Kiss, main problem being feedback again. Songs which I enjoyed the most was when all 13 band members where on stage, these songs just carried a lot of depth and the mastery required to compose such pieces is outstanding.
So, why haven’t Bluebottle Kiss made it big? This was a question that we tried to answer as we walked back to our cars after the gig. A friend of mine suggested that it might be because Bluebottle Kiss are just too much rock for the average person to handle. I tend to agree, and I am not saying that they should tone it done to get a big fancy record deal. Bluebottle Kiss has a lot to contribute to the indie music scene just the way they are. A stellar performance and the long awaited encore personified the band well.
Performance 8
Technical 4
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