SLUG GUTS (PHOTO BY ME)
Dirty Shirlows.
Friday 5th June, 2009.
Sydney's finest.
Brisbane's finest.
Some blokes I've never heard of.
And the sleeziest fucker I've ever seen.
Bed Wettin' Badboys
I didn't really know what to think of this band after seeing them play. They kind of sounded like a faster, simplified Eddy Current Suppression Ring. Which was good, (I guess) but there was nothing that really interesting or memorable. I even forgot their name when I started writing this and had to peruse the myspace to find it. I don't really have a opinion (the bass player was a nice guy though), here's the link so you can do your own thinking.
Bain Wolfkind
"If there was a RSL, in a swamp, then he'd be the house band..."
Bain Wolfkind is, in no uncertain terms, THE COOLEST FUCKER ALIVE.
He acts like a total sleeze, yet he seems to rack it like no one else I know.
He manages to somehow pull off all the ridiculous crouch fondling and rubbing-the-microphone-cable-between-his-legs shenanigans without looking like a tool.
Bain Wolfkind is all that SLEEZE aspires to be.
Wolfkind didn't really have much going for him, using only a backing track and a useless guitarist who seemed to be more interested messing with his amp's settings and trying to be inaudible then playing music. A lesser man would have quit, or put on a crappy show, not Bain Wolfkind though. He sang, and it was as if I was in some smoke-filled dive bar in the backwater region of Americana. Yes, it was that good.
SLUG GUTS
SLUG GUTS are a real bloody scary band. They sound as if the great bluesmen from the days of old have risen from the grave and now have an almost violent need to get down with all the whores, wine, and wimmen they can afford. Then, when they're soaking in puddles of their own piss and spilled bourbon in the pokies room of a strip club with no money left, they grab their guitars and fuzz pedals play shows.
Incredible.
Circle Pit
Circle Pit were amazing, my limited skills with the english language (plus the progressive slip in the quality of my writing as I reach the tail end of this post. Also, I'm feeling lazy) could never do this band justice. So just go see them play.
Photos (taken by yours truly) here.
Thanks for the review, I agree with your critique 100%!
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