Just as the Great Snow of 2006 here in New York City started to settle in Alicia and I saw a band from Melbourne at Southpaw down on 5th Ave, Brooklyn called the Drones. My expectations were a little low, having listened to their album I was wondering what was so original about these fellows. We took the punt all the same. Their style was a mix of all things swamp rock, but mostly Kim Salmon, solo, Beast or a Surrealist. A slight hint of Died Pretty and Rob Youngers The New Christs!!!! all good. They did rock out to the small crowd in the big venue.... i bought a t-shirt off them.
Anyway, this for Lee....... The Drones album title from last year goes like this:
Wait Long By The River And The Bodies Of Your Enemies Will Float By
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Yeah, i'm a bit non-plussed. Maybe outside of Oz people don't get how much they fit in to a 'tradition' of a certain Oz rock tendency. I didn't see all their set when they supported Deerhoof here, so i don't want to judge too much, but i was a bit 'so what?' Still, nice titles...
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