About a year ago I first saw a Little Red gig advertised and I really wanted to go, but never got round to buying the tickets. They also played the Big Day Out and I couldn't make it :(
But last night I finally managed to see them live. They were fantastic! Unfortunately that's their last Aussie show before heading off to London to record a new album, but when they return you HAVE to go and see them.
There were four bands all up. We caught the last half of the Canvas Kites' set and they were pretty good, although they were playing to a dead room, poor buggers. I realised that I actually have one of their songs on my iPod thanks to triple j free downloads :D
We missed the next band, but came back in time for most of the Vasco Era's set. They were great. Okay, so the lead singer was quite possibly on drugs and sometimes was a little shriek-y, but it was a really high energy performance all round and I enjoyed it. They totally rocked out (haha, I feel so old saying that!!). I thought I might have a Vasco Era song on my iPod too, but unfortunately not :( I'll have to look out for them on the triple j site. Hehehe!
Finally at 11pm, Little Red were up. Oh my goodness that's really late for us on a weeknight, but they were totally worth staying up past bed time for! It would appear that the fan base of Little Red are abnormally tall, but I actually managed to get a pretty good view of the stage for the majority of the show. Yay! These guys were also pretty high energy and their songs were tight. When a brass section was required, two dudes from Hunters and Collectors came on the stage and Wilbur Wilde was on sax for Jackie Cooper. Fricking awesome!!
Well, I had a great time. You may well ask how much one must pay for such an event with no less than four bands at the corner hotel. It was pretty pricey and I'll have to tighten my purse strings this weekend to account for the whole $25 each that we had to splash out for the gig. What a freaking bargain!!
Have I mentioned how much I love Melbourne??
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LMAO at the notion that Little Red's audience is abnormally tall. The ratio was pretty high (excuse the pun), but that being said Little Red were awesome! And the Corner Hotel is a brilliant venue ... but I am feeling tired now, not used to 1am bed times with 6am starts.
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