The Zoo - Thu Mar 4

With spiffy attire and loud guitars, local rockers Mary Trembles let a series of satisfying buzzes and rumbles emanate from their amplifiers. The three piece’s loyal local following have come early tonight to hear the band shake The Zoo’s foundations with the refreshing take on Oz rock showcased on their debut full length Borrowed Ears, Borrowed Eyes. Los Angeles three-piece Mini Mansions make the trip to fill the main support slot tonight. Instead of building a rapport with the small crowd milling up the front, the idiosyncratic indie pop act spends most of their set hunched together onstage, swapping and tuning instruments. Despite their introverted stage presence, the quirkiness and the powerful vocal harmonies of Mini Mansions cannot be ignored.

The crowd packs the area in front of The Zoo’s stairs to gaze upon and idolise frontwoman Brody Dalle of Spinnerette. Touring with a five-piece band, the material from Spinnerette’s growing catalogue is realised in waves of rich, angsty guitar tones, a pounding backbeat courtesy of touring drummer Dave Hidalgo and a seemingly unending supply of vamp and moxy from Dalle. With guitarists Tony Bevilacqua and Bryan Tulao injecting tracks with interesting fills and licks, songs like Valium Knights and All Babes Are Wolves become so much more than their recorded counterparts. Then there’s Dalle herself, the person everyone came to see. Dressed from head to toe in black, dark mascara caked on, Dalle commands attention with a gravelly voice and unmistakable charm. Under a wash of The Zoo’s lights, the multiple facets of Spinnerette are reflected. Swaggering yet sincere, Spinnerette’s sound evokes mental images of guitar-driven post-grunge in a death grapple with unforgiving riot grrrl punk rock. In fact, tonight Dalle and her band prove they’re many things, all of which the crowd adore.

TOM HERSEY

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