The Regular Boys
Kitchen People
Gunns
Thursday, August 11, 2016
The Rosemount Hotel
Thursday nights dark and stormy weather made the ugg boots and the couch seem tempting but for many punters Peter Bibby’s Dog Act was far too enticing to be scared off by a little rain. Those brave enough to venture out into the tempest were richly rewarded with a night chock full of great music.
The first band to hit the stage were The Regular Boys, they share a few members with some of the other talented up and coming bands around the Perth scene at the moment and didn’t disappoint. The early arrivals were toe-tapping from start to finish with their Aussie pub rock’n sound telling a few stories and kicking the night off.
After making sure they were freshly stocked on stage with a libation at the ready,
Kitchen People followed up hard and fast as the second act of the evening. Their surf/skate punk rock sound was well received with many songs barely breaking the 2 minute mark, it was a get involved or get out kinda set.
Gunns followed with their ever enjoyable sound of fuzzy, dreamy, surf-pop. With a sea of people swaying along, Gunns helped the crowd forget about the weather outside, transporting them to a distant memory of a warm summers night beach- gazing, with a six- pack of something cold and wet. They delivered.
The headliner was the local story telling Peter Bibby who exemplifies the return of the balladeer in Australian music. Singing songs with lyrics that reflect the lives around us in all their gritty glory. Whether your walking to the nearest train station draped in dirty clothes and hazy memories, with only borrowed pocket change to take you on your next ride to nowhere or just making new friends in the park and sharing a bag of goon, he can wax poetic about it all. Peter Bibby’s Dog Act played a roaring mixture of new and old songs, even slipping in a well received INXS cover to a whirring, frenzied mess of joyous revellers. Singing along to this much loved and unmistakably Aussie sound.
The night ended too soon with people wanting more of everything. Sweaty, spent and probably well lubricated, another rocking night ended at The Rosie and a satisfied crowd wandered off into the night.
WILLIAM BLACK
