Reviews

Even if and/or when that hype dies down, we’ll still realise their songs are great and that they’re the kind of band we need far more of in the realm of commercial pop.

It’s a powerful reminder of what music can do and, no matter what happens elsewhere in the country, there are few places in the world we’d rather be.

The Gangsters’ Ball is currently in its sixth year of touring, and the organisers still manage to pull off an amazingly entertaining night for a bunch of jaded Sydneysiders who have no doubt seen it all. Bravo.

The encore eased them down with Kelly’s I’m Not Afraid Of The Dark Anymore with the musicians vocally harmonising then moving into a somewhat off-kilter-sounding instrumental passage, rounding off the song cycle that “meditates on time, mortality, friendship and love”.

The poor man's MCR.