Friday night started out at the Jubilee Hotel, where Block Past Maple played six brilliant original songs. My favourite was the 1950s style love song with a lovely doo-wop chord progression. The band, and in particular the lead singer Stu, has improved phenomenally in style and confidence since their last gig. Kudos to the guys, and a shout out to the drummer Jeremy who is one top bloke :)Faker were first up at the Tivoli, and like at Big Day Out, were jumping and climbing all over the stage. 'Hurricane' had the whole crowd dancing, while the songs that weren't off Addicted Romantic, and hence that I hadn't heard before, were interesting and somewhat promising.
The Grates, like always, were as fun as I had expected. I was jumping around and singing along most of the time, and I'm still in awe of Patience's energy on stage. I love their raw sound - just drums, guitar, vocals, and occasionally keyboards played by a panda, come across so well live. The white winter stage decor and faux snow were also rather cool.
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