Live Review: BIGSOUND Live: DMA's

Lately, one word has seemed to follow Sydney-bred upstarts DMA's everywhere they've gone - Delete.

And though there is good reason for the hype that has encircled that track in recent times, tonight the world-beating Newtown natives are using their BIGSOUND opportunity to demonstrate exactly how much they're capable of beyond merely copying and pasting (sorry) Delete. The nearly motionless - by necessity, not desire - heaving mass is nonetheless completely abuzz with energy and excitement and, somewhat rarely amid a sea of industry seriousness, a sense of genuine fun as the band treat us to compositions both new and familiar with the ease and confidence of hardened vets.