Bachelor of Arts
» Society of Beggars, Fathom and Fall, Moroccan Kings, Dive Into Ruin - venue, Sat, January 10
» Stray Love - venue, Wed, January 14
» Institut Polaire, Hot Little Hands, Summer Cats, The Good China - venue, Thu, January 15
» Yohosie - venue, Fri, January 16
» Institut Polaire - venue, Thu, January 22
» Mojo Juju & The Snake Oil Merchants - venue, Fri, January 30
» Sons Of Abraham - venue, Sat, January 31
» N'Fa, Illzilla & the Red Eyes - venue, Sat, February 7
» Fire Fire! - venue, Fri, February 20
» Peter Combe and the Juicy Juicy Green Band - June 14, 2008
» Armen Firman - May 10, 2008
Firstly, when a venue tells me that a band is due to go on at 10pm, and said band doesn't get on stage until much closer to 11pm, I get cranky.
Secondly, when I'm there with my 9-5er friend who gets grumpier and grumpier because we should have been leaving for home by 11pm, I get cranky.
Thirdly, When the band we are subjected to prior to the band we came to see are fairly average in all respects, yep you guessed it – I get cranky.
So keep those three points in mind when I say that Bachelor of Arts were good. Damn good, in fact. I didn't know the names of the songs or the band from a bar of soap when they began, but dammit if it didn't get me tapping my feet and make me forget about all the crankiness. I reluctantly left about half way through their set (it was bloody late for a school night at this point) but that half-set left such an impression on me that I already have all their upcoming dates penciled into my diary and their three-track single on it's way in the mail.
This is a young band who show a heck of a lot of promise. I guarantee you'll be hearing a lot more from these guys.
