THE PHOENIX // 12 MAY
Briscoe, Waterford + Lavers
In
contrast, Canberra was loud, small and sweaty. The place was heaving because it was nothing degrees outside and
Groovin the Moo was on the following day so people arrived a day early to gee
up and take all of the accommodation. This meant the gig would be a rager but we'd
be homeless afterwards. Lucky we found a friend living in Palmerston with 27
couches in her otherwise modest house.
Lavers
played first, in 2-piece double acoustic mode. Dom the singer is mega likeable
on stage and their songs are solid but they were fighting against a rising tide
of punters trying to find somewhere to settle and continue their conversations
from outside. This is where a drumkit comes in handy. Dee and I were loving on
Waterford's album 'Say OK' on the way down and their set cemented these songs
in our minds, this one especially.
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They are literate, classy songwriters,
breezy performers and such nice guys. I have a ton of time for them.
For
us, squeezing on to the Phoenix stage means there's basically 6 layers of denim
keeping the gig from becoming a group sex show, but it is one of my favourite
places to play just because you feel like anything goes. Get up, get loose, get
loud in a very confined space, sweat, swear, bump into shit... it's a gig with
absolutely no pretence and a venue that actually supports original music and
treats you better than you probably deserve.
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| Lots of people thought that my Jacob t-shirt was actually Elliott Smith... |
Bev (Ranger Spacey's drummer, right) who was down with his much better half Kat, got painted up and started a mosh during Seven of You. I appreciated it, even if the people he was jumping on didn't. Never change Bevis!READ PART 3 HERE
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