Rosie’s (Cubby Hole) - Thu Mar 11

Fractions launch the night with the most appropriate band name I’ve heard in quite a while, as their tunes are fairly unconvincing genre mashups of new wave, post-punk and synth-pop with a slight touch of emo/post-hardcore/whatever the kids are calling it these days. The young lads may need to give less attention to showing off their influences (via their songs, t-shirts and haircuts) and more time to blending it all together right.

Megastick Fanfare start out similarly stage-shy (I suspect their cramped stage set-up isn’t helping), but being able to hide behind walls of manipulated noises help the Sydney quintet to a level of comfort where they can show off some delicious afrobeat-via-New York tracks. They actually manage to make knob-twiddling and sampling visually engaging, while constantly switching instruments to illustrate the band’s litheness.

The Shiny Brights almost outnumber the crowd as they begin their set, but no one seems to mind (except probably the promoter). Infectious pop with more jangle than distortion darts around Rosie’s confines, and the few punters who have stayed are treated to a solid set from these five Adelaidians.

MITCH ALEXANDER

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