Live Review: Hunx & His Punx, Shannon & The Clams, Kucka, Doctopus

A glorious Hunx backdrop welcomed early punters as they gathered around to watch local legends Doctopus take charge with their drawling garage rock. The three-piece are phenomenal live performers and fit the Rosemount environment perfectly. Kucka graced the stage as a solo performer this time around, yet the absence of her other band members impacted little on her performance – she seemed to be as hypnotic as ever with the growing crowd becoming increasingly immersed in her set. She was joined by two male dancers who proceeded to oil themselves up and shower glitter over their semi-nude bodies, all the while producing some fantastic dance moves to Kucka's infectious electro-pop. All up, it was a highly entertaining performance.

Shannon & The Clams were next and did a fantastic job riling up the joint with their impressive noisy, lo-fi grime garage rock mixed with '60s rhythm and blues. The set was high-energy and fast-paced, yet the vocal harmonies between Hunx member Shannon Shaw and Cody Blanchard were perfect. Rip Van Winkle, the band's most popular song yet, had the crowd going nutty as they deliriously danced their way through the performance. The bill may as well have been a double headliner.

Hunx & His Punx took to the stage dressed in their famous logo-stuffed merch and kicked things off with fan favourite, You Don't Like Rock And Roll. The males in the front row were given lustful strokes of the hair by Hunx himself, and a few copped close-ups of the frontman's junk as he thrust his way through many suggestive songs. Everyone's A Pussy (Fuck You Dude) and Don't Call Me Fabulous were two 20-second interlude tracks in the set that had the entire audience going insane as they screamed along to lyrics that were essentially just repeats of the song titles, while songs like Private Room slowed down the pace a little and allowed the crowd to cruise along to the catchy hooks. The group finished things off with their arguably biggest track, Lover's Lane, which produced a rousing sing-along in the front row, and all of a sudden it was over. Although they only played for just over half an hour, everyone felt they'd been given a huge treat and it will no doubt be a show they'll be talking about for some time to come.