The fledgling 'electro indie rock' setup in the upstairs bar of the Transcontinental on Roma Street is far from fully developed. It's now only 2 gigs old (Young & Restless 2 weeks ago being the debut I believe), so I for one didn't expect it to be stellar. If I were to offer some suggestions they would be to serve more kinds of beer (no Coopers Green?! You fail), take down the horribly cliche, framed Joy Division poster, and veto the damn smoke machine. But they're booking good bands, so who am I to complain?
Yves Klein Blue do lovely work. They own the small stage, radiating a respectable amount of energy, and a large amount of noise. The crowd seem into it, even despite the length of the set (long), as the band do their thing. This is the first time I've been truly impressed with them, am now feeling slightly more friendly towards their 'it' status.
As it happens, they upstaged the headline (in my eyes anyway). The Dardanelles appeared on stage after a rather short break, and played what appeared to be a rather short set, but thats possibly only compared to YKB. The Joy Division parallels rang through loud and clear. Too clear. But the music was admirably played, and there was no mistaking their enthusiasm, most notably the lead singers attempts to crowd surf off a level stage.
While they were headliners, they weren't as well received as YKB.
That shall serve as my closing statement, having been suddenly struck down by a lack of enthusiasm.
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