Saw TLE at the Palace 2 weeks ago. Can't remember the last time I saw them do a show that was so enjoyable in the 30 odd times I've seen em....
This year I have seen...
* Big Day Out, Melbourne- Highlights were The Grates, The Greenhornes, The Subways, Sleater-Kinney, Magic Dirt, The Living End, The Stooges- the day as a whole was a good solid 9/10.
* The Go Set and Shark Soup- The Espy- St Patty's Day- 8/10
* Bodyjar, Blueline Medic, Away From Now & Tirany @ The Arthouse- 8/10
* Flogging Molly @ Festival Hall as support to Story Of The Year- I left early cos I only wanted to see Flogging Molly- I give them 8.5/10 cos the set was too short bt they played the 4 songs I wanted to hear more than any others and I danced like a mad f**k that night!
* Nashville Pussy, Electric Eels Shock and Cockfight Shoot Out @ The HiFi Bar- f**kin awesome rock n roll show! Cockfight Shoot Out are always heaps of fun and EES are Japanese dues who learnt English from reading Black Sabbath and iron Maiden lyrics! Say no more! Nashville Pussy are just a f**king fun, down and dirty rock n roll band with lots of sexual innuendo.... ACDC making out with Motorhead while Lynrd Skynrd watches
* The Living End @ Festival Hall- good show but it was killed by 1000s of screaming 16 year old girls all claiming to be from Wheelers Hill! 7/10
* The Go Set & The Mahones @ The Corner Hotel- Again, the Go Set are just a fun loving folk/punk band....its traditional Irish and Scottish music played with rock n roll and Australian accents. The Mahones was really just the lead singer Finny doing an acoustic show with a violinist and a squeezebox player and then the Go Set boys get up and play old Mahones tracks- 8/10
* Zombie Ghost Train, Black Lodge Sounds and Vessel Of Sin @ Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne- how i love psychobilly goodness. I love catching ZGT whenever they come to town. I've been watching BLS for a while and they are really good. It isnt straight up psychobilly.... its basically hardcore with a double bass! VOS were good as well...kinda similar to BLS- 8.5/10
* The Living End/End Of Fashion/Red Riders- 9/10. Didnt see EOF or RR bt from all reports RR were rubbish. Dont mind EOF- they were the pre match entertainment @ Origin 3! TLE played a f**king enjoyable set...hitting their marks...and then some!
* Brigitte handley & The Dark Shadows/ Casino Rumblers/ Perfect Sin @ Ding Dong- Check out the Dark Shadows. they are from Sydney and you should get down and see em if you get the chance! They strike me as being kind of like the Cramps and their bass player manages to rock out in 4 inch stilettos... RESPECT! Casino Rumblers....they just do the whole rockabilly/psychobilly/ska thing really well! Perfect Sin I see quite a bit and its also a good show- 8.5/10
* Lee Rocker- the closest I'll ever get to seeing the Stray Cats! He did covers of "Stray Cat Strut" "Rock This Town" and "Fishnet Stockings" and then did old school tunes "Blue Moon Of Kentucky" and "Thats Alright Mama" for an encore!- 10/10
