Devil's Kitchen
19/1/13
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| Slow Riots |
The Beetle Bar
feat. The
Stone Fox, Sons Of The Soil, F1-Elevens, Dead End Kings, Ironside, Death Valley
Nights, BMX-Ray, Slow Riots, The Smokestack Orchestra, The Blackwater Fever,
Giants of Science, Shellfin, Fort
The
Brisbane leg of the Devil’s Kitchen mini-festival packed a hell of punch; where
heavy hitters and crunch gods brushed sweat with the local varieties. For such
an event, the confines of the Beetle Bar seemed reasonable- until they plugged
in and drowned that small venue into a cave of unescapable sound.
The
night was filled with chunky riffs, deafening roars and noise bouncing off
every surface imaginable, being absorbed by the fluid crowd. The menu for the
night left no room for glamour- pool tables converted to merch stands and lax
door staff confirmed the primary agenda was solely the tunes, and the bands
playing them.
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| Giants of Science |
Anyone
who listened for the whole 12 hours must be bordering on deafness. After
stumbling in around 8pm, the band at the time Slow Riots, were impressing the
fluid crowd with their dancing dynamics and Walter White t-shirts.
Following up were Smokestack
Orchestra who were so cool they didn’t even need a bassist- 2 guitars were more
than enough power grunt. The drop d rumbles reminisced a Stone Roses tune on
steroids, and with the vocals saturated in epic reverb, there was nowhere to
hide.
Ben Salter’s harsh vocals were
forever battling to overcome the overall powerhouse these guys were drive.
Without a doubt louder than the earlier bands; I am pinning the next 3 days of
ear-ringing on these guys.
