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Magic Dirt + Airbourne, Pharaohs Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, Fri 30 Sept Tonight was to be a night of rock; a night I was looking forward to. Unfortunately, the first hour of it was spent driving down side streets trying to find a legal car park - the Black Eyed Peas at the Entertainment Centre wasn't helping matters. Hence I finally got in to the Gov to find that I had missed Pharaohs. Really, very sorry guys. Next time, I promise. I'd heard varied opinions about Airbourne - or should I say, "Air-bore". If there's to be a resurgence of AC/DC-style rock, I really hope these guys aren't leading the pack. Airbourne played around four or five self-indulgent 7-minute songs, three of which included the words "rock", "roll" and "ride" within the title. By the end of their second song, Get On Your Bike, I was hoping they were going to take their own advice. Despite their gimmicky stance, you can't really fault Airbourne's instrumental skills. The guitars were loud, the drums were hard, and most of the crowd were lapping up the lead singer's Brian Johnson-style vocals. However, by the end of the set, I was laughing. It was almost like watching Spinal Tap do AC/DC covers. The crowd loved it - but maybe they know something I don't, because I really hope Airbourne are joking. After falling in love with 'Snow White" over the last couple of weeks, I was really looking forward to Magic Dirt's set tonight. Opening up with the short, sharp and shiny Locket, Adalita and the boys ploughed through the night with enough rock to fill a quarry. Adalita wailed into the mic and it's obvious how much she has grown vocally throughout their past three releases, with Snow White waking up the crowd from their Airbourne-induced daze. Raul and Adalita bounced the word "baby" off the walls repeatedly for the intro of Sleep, and those familiar chords of All My Crushes set off an alarm for the punters. Magic Dirt were definitely running on four cylinders tonight, but then they hit a new level when they started Grab Your Hair: my favourite song off the new album, and sounding brilliant live. Warners, this has got to be a single. Adalita was really on fire - her vocals were fantastic tonight, particularly showing on Pace It and Vulcanella. Plastic Loveless Letter was the great crowd participation song for the evening with the whole room joining in for the chorus. Adalita continued to thank Adelaide for the hospitality and introduced Mother's Latest Fear, another spectacle with growling guitars, which left everyone screaming for more.  |
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