Date: July 4, 2009
Venue: The Troubadour, Brisbane
Acts: Washington, Last Dinosaurs, Buick 6
Other, hardier souls would undoubtedly disagree, but it feels bitterly cold outside tonight. Buick 6 are doing their level best to warm things up inside The Troubadour with aggressive blues-based rock of a mould that fits oddly — if at all — with what I can remember of headliner Megan Washington’s lyrical folk-pop. Moments when the bass drops in and then out in a kind of see-sawing action diametrically opposed to the guitar catch my ear attractively in between trying to get a decent photo.
I can’t quite get over just how young and fresh-faced Last Dinosaurs are. The fact they restrict themselves to water through their performance adds weight to the suspicion they might actually be — gasp — underage. That or they’re the most oddball straight-edge band on the face of the planet. Regardless, they wield their instruments with impressive aplomb, generating a chirpy, upbeat guitar sound that’s retro without quite totally chrome in the way that Little Red is. Read more