Music is cool

So after going to two great gigs last week, finally getting my act together to write about them and with some awesome music events on my horizons, shall continue to do so. Practice makes perfect right? So if you stumble across this blog, like good music check back now and then. Be some rocking reviews coming up. Was going to post some of the older reviews I wrote but they weren't the greatest performances and who likes negatives?
so thats all
ciao bella xx

Old New York

Old New York – Final Show: 14th July 2010 the Zoo Brisbane
w/ The Orange City Sings and Silent Motive

As the band moves to split; the boys put on one last show for their loyal fans. A Wednesday night is a hard ask for any local band yet Old New York once again gathered an impressive number for their weekday show with many arriving solely to hear them play, missing the decent efforts put on by Silent Motive and then The Orange City Sings. I missed Silent Motive but was told they weren’t unimpressive. The Orange City Sings put on a fair show with only one main downfall. A large group of attendees were at the back near bar for the performance and reported they were ‘too loud.’ However, when at the front of the stage, the sound quality was fine. This was quite possibly due to the venue size compared to how many people were there and the reflection of frequency being blurred as reflections increased as the sound travelled to the back of the rather empty hall.

Once Old New York took the stage the crowd moved to the front of the hall to hear the band live for the last time and sound problems were no longer an issue. Opening with ‘Fry’ a few of the audience members sang along as the rest stood along side. Halfway through ‘Gold Town’, a new single up on their myspace (www.myspace.com/oldnewyorkoz) and by crowd reaction a new favourite in the making, there was dancing and singing by many. With a large percentage of the crowd hailing from their home town of Gympie the crowd and the band interacted naturally.

The interesting thing about this four piece is the interchange of instruments including lead vocals between them. This change provided the perfect opportunity for conversation with the audience. The more intimate setting of the Zoo allows for a closer experience with the band being able to see who they are looking at and playing to. The band slipped in ‘SMS Battle’, a song from members Ben Lancaster and Paul Barnes previous band ‘April Sleeps’ which was well received by those who didn’t know any of the members previous works. The final Old New York song was ‘Spark’, a song easy to sing along with to bring the crowd together for not just the end of the set but for the end of the band live. A commending effort to the boys for the last two or so years of work to make Old New York a great local act for all to enjoy. Thought by some as their best performance ever the night was defiantly worth the venture. You’ll surely be missed.

Fire - To be loud. NP

The Amity Affliction

The Amity Affliction – Youngbloods Tour: 10th July 2010 Brisbane 18+
w/ Misery Signals (US), Confession and Flood of Red (UK)

The Amity Affliction’s ‘Youngbloods’ show can be called nothing but a success. As numbers built throughout performances by Confession and Flood of Red, drinks were drunk, merch purchased and the atmosphere was set. By the time Misery Signals hit the stage The Hi-Fi was packed with keen concert goings waiting in anticipation. 12 months prior, they were the heading the tour with Amity in their spot, this time round the roles were reversed. Misery captured the audience drawing all attention to the stage with the perfect blend of well picked songs executed perfectly and a stage presence that got the audience responding. The performance would be hard to match judging by the audience response as Misery strummed their last chord and crashed their last cymbal. But as expected, Amity did not fail to impress. The crowds response as the boys walked onto the stage is a huge testament to their rising patronage over the last year. The mosh filled with even more people and there wasn’t a spot to be had on the surrounding steps. The boys started the set with one of the singles of the new album Youngbloods, ‘I Heart Hartley’. The crowd loved it and continued to embrace every moment of it. The mosh was hectic as people attempted to crowd surf and scrambled on top of each other to try reach the mike as Joel Birch held it out to the crowd to join in. ‘Stitches get Snitches’ and ‘Youngbloods’ were highlights of the set with the intensity hitting highs. The encore was dedicated to two of the three security guards at the front who let the crowd enjoy the event unlike, in the words of Joel ‘this fuckhead here who is smacking kids for having fun’. Ending with ‘Stairway to Hell’, Amity had the crowd’s full attention for the length of the set with the atmosphere not dropping for a second. Fans didn’t go away disappointed with not a negative comment heard from where I was at the edge of the mosh pit to the streets outside the Hi-Fi. A great show for a great new album.

Youndbloods - Youngbloods P