Last Dinosaurs, Messrs @ Adelaide University Uni Bar, Adelaide (06/03/2013)
Surely there’s no better way to kick off a year of studying, lectures, drinking, assignments, and more drinking than with some live music shenanigans courtesy of O Week. This year’s O-Live concert for Adelaide Uni sees their biggest musical drawcard to date, Last Dinosaurs, team up on stage with local lads Messrs for one final hoorah before students bury themselves in mounds of tear-stained textbooks.
Always ready to have a good time, Messrs got right into it with their usual stage shenanigans, most of which came courtesy of front man/Big Brother alumnus Josh Moore, whose stage antics post-BB have only been turned up more. With it being an all ages gig, the band’s set definitely piqued the interest of a lot of the female tween crowd which I guess can only be a good thing seeing as these guys can produce some pretty fine Bloc Party-eqsue tunes in the form of ‘Desert’, ‘Moroccan Boy’ and ‘Everyone Knows’.
The last time the boys from Last Dinosaurs were in town they sold out an epic show at The Gov, so naturally I was expecting things to head down the same path this time around. However, as they took to the stage late in the evening, it was clear tonight wasn’t a sell out affair but it didn’t matter too much with the crowd more than willing to make up for the lack of attendees through moshing, dancing and crowd-surfing as though the venue was packed.
Kicking off the set with ‘Sunday Night’ and ‘Time & Place’, it took the boys (and the crowd) a couple of songs to get into the groove, but with a change in pace courtesy of the slow-builder ‘Weekend’ and the heavier, more mosh-friendly ‘I Can’t Help You’, it wasn’t long before the frenzied dancing that has become synonymous with Last Dinosaurs’ shows got into full swing.
The middle of the set saw their mash-up cover of Modjo’s ‘Lady (Hear Me Tonight)’ and Spiller’s ‘Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love)’, which seems to have a permanent place in their live show, and rightly so; it is a cover which I have heard at least half a dozen times now but still find refreshing every time.
Playing a shorter set than usual, and with some notable favourites missing, the night wound up with latest radio success ‘Andy’ and the effervescent ‘Zoom’, the latter of which had everyone in the room moving thanks to that undeniably catchy riff. It is thanks to that song that Last Dinosaurs’ shows are always guaranteed to end on a high note, the energy that ‘Zoom’ brings to the room is palpable and a real testament to the Brisbane band’s ability to produce more than just generic indie-pop gems.
For a band that tours the country as frequently as these guys do, they always manage to pull an excitable crowd, regardless of time in-between tours (this time around it was only four months since their last visit). They’re making big waves overseas too, particularly in Europe, and after catching them live, you can see why.
Keisha Hanbury
Always ready to have a good time, Messrs got right into it with their usual stage shenanigans, most of which came courtesy of front man/Big Brother alumnus Josh Moore, whose stage antics post-BB have only been turned up more. With it being an all ages gig, the band’s set definitely piqued the interest of a lot of the female tween crowd which I guess can only be a good thing seeing as these guys can produce some pretty fine Bloc Party-eqsue tunes in the form of ‘Desert’, ‘Moroccan Boy’ and ‘Everyone Knows’.
The last time the boys from Last Dinosaurs were in town they sold out an epic show at The Gov, so naturally I was expecting things to head down the same path this time around. However, as they took to the stage late in the evening, it was clear tonight wasn’t a sell out affair but it didn’t matter too much with the crowd more than willing to make up for the lack of attendees through moshing, dancing and crowd-surfing as though the venue was packed.
Kicking off the set with ‘Sunday Night’ and ‘Time & Place’, it took the boys (and the crowd) a couple of songs to get into the groove, but with a change in pace courtesy of the slow-builder ‘Weekend’ and the heavier, more mosh-friendly ‘I Can’t Help You’, it wasn’t long before the frenzied dancing that has become synonymous with Last Dinosaurs’ shows got into full swing.
The middle of the set saw their mash-up cover of Modjo’s ‘Lady (Hear Me Tonight)’ and Spiller’s ‘Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love)’, which seems to have a permanent place in their live show, and rightly so; it is a cover which I have heard at least half a dozen times now but still find refreshing every time.
Playing a shorter set than usual, and with some notable favourites missing, the night wound up with latest radio success ‘Andy’ and the effervescent ‘Zoom’, the latter of which had everyone in the room moving thanks to that undeniably catchy riff. It is thanks to that song that Last Dinosaurs’ shows are always guaranteed to end on a high note, the energy that ‘Zoom’ brings to the room is palpable and a real testament to the Brisbane band’s ability to produce more than just generic indie-pop gems.
For a band that tours the country as frequently as these guys do, they always manage to pull an excitable crowd, regardless of time in-between tours (this time around it was only four months since their last visit). They’re making big waves overseas too, particularly in Europe, and after catching them live, you can see why.
Keisha Hanbury