Live Review: Northeast Party House, Mosquito Coast, Tashka

Electro-pop act Tashka incorporated pre-recorded backing tracks over building percussions, smooth guitar lines and a powerful vocal lead to present a larger-than-life sound. The highlight of their performance came when they stepped away from monitoring their laptop settings and focused on interacting with each other to play out their final track.

Barefoot, carefree and with a sparkling, sticker-clad guitar, Mosquito Coast lead Naomi Robinson was completely in her element. "This next one's good to dance to", let slip co-songwriter Conor Barton before ripping into Let's Be Friends. Having stuck to playing their distinguished blend of melodic psych pop for most of their set, it came as a complete twist when the Perth band delved into blissfully hypnotic territory to round out their set. There were no vocals, only an entrancing guitar riff repeated over hypnotic synth swirls with a pumping beat and bass line to match.

The smoke machine was spread thick and heavy across the stage for electro banger producers Northeast Party House to make their rock star-like entrance. This felt pretty appropriate considering what would follow from the crowd would be closer to the type of hectic moshing and euphoric mania usually reserved for punk rock shows. Lead Zac Hamilton-Reeves had no problem lapping this energy up, always encouraging punters to jump around just that little more. The young crowd had no problem whipping themselves into a frenzy — this writer counted at least three shoeys being sunk by attendees while atop their mates' shoulders.

The band gave it their all from start to finish — the end result sounded incredibly well-rounded and infectiously magnetic. Don't be fooled by their chilled out demeanour, these guys bring out the beast when they play live.