Issue 407 Issue Overview

Issue 407 Issue Overview | dB Magazine

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Stephen K Amos Stephen K Amos has been to the Adelaide Fringe before, so pretty much knows what to expect. Even if I didn't know this for sure it's obvious the way he conducts himself, asks as many questions as he's asked, and displays his knowledge. "I'm going really well nice, and I'm and relaxed being here," he admits, and offer his take on the idea of our Fringe becoming an annual event. "I'm not sure to be honest, it came about rather quickly. But there's an awful lot happening. If Melbourne can do it, Adelaide can do it. What with all the things you've got going on around Adelaide I think people can make up their own minds whether to come out.		Witch Hats Wound Of A Little Horse In-Fidelity/Inertia From the same town that brought you The Drones comes Witch Hats, a foursome from the Melbourne underground who make some damn dirty rock music. This is the first EP for the band, a re-recording of their original demo, in the lead up to the release of a full-length later this year. Renowned for being a very intense live act (with one review I read stating that the band often bleed onstage), the songs here capture the sound of a very determined band, a band determined to make as much noise as possible. It's the sort of music that tests the listener, demanding their attention, it's not the kind of music that can be put on in the background and ignored easily. Pepperman gets proceedings underway, with the lumbering bass lurch underpinning the jagged guitars. Singer and guitarist Kris Buscombe sniggers and howls his way through the Pixies-tinged Ma Birthday before it segues into a fantastic mangled riff towards its end. Buscombe's unhinged reverberated ramblings have a distinctly out-of-control feel and are one of the band's defining characteristics.
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