Dappled Cities Fly @ Hopetoun Hotel, Sydney
My bi-monthly Dappled Cities Fly show took place at the Hopetoun last night as the Dappled boys played their closing night of a two night stand in Surry Hills. Tonight was Granddance night and the band played the entirety of the new record in order with the exception of the two best songs off A Smile which were played midset as a sort of intermission. They closed the night with a two song encore including the unreleased Cramps (which was apparently scrapped during the Granddance sessions…presumably because it sounds more like the first record) and crowd favourite Peach. I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen the Hoey so full…or so bloody hot. As always the Dappled boys were affable on stage and despite the fact that I’ve now seen them about eight times, I still had a great time.
Dappled Cities setlist:
Holy Chord
Work it Out
Fire Fire Fire
Colour Coding
Beach Song
Vision Bell
Cream
States
The Eve the Girl
Granddance
Within Hours
Watercourse
Battlewon
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Cramps
Peach
What made the night even better were the stellar support acts. I’d been wanting to see Belles Will Ring for a while now and finally got the chance last night. The five-piece from the Blue Mountains filled the packed room with music perfect for hot sunny days. What struck me most were the harmonies struck by lead singer Liam Judson and guitarist Aidan Roberts – Beatlesesque? Their psychedelic folk songs were coloured with the distinctive sounds of a 12 string Rickenbacker which instantly evoke the late 60s. Great great stuff. And how awesome was the duel guitar solo during an epic Mad Love? Download their Mad Love EP for free from here.
Local kids The Small Hours were up first and while they may be quite young they show a ton of promise. Their set was pretty solid all the way through and they even chucked in a timely Lou Reed cover (Andy’s Chest). FBi is currently playing the hell out of Arks which you can download below. The band will be at the Hoey again on Wednesday the 24th so head on out and support ‘em.
Download
The Small Hours – Arks
All in all a great night. Some photos from the gig can be seen here.
January 21st, 2007 17:23
Couldn’t make it to DCF, got invited to a good friend’s birthday party. Tried to see them friday night, but was sold out. Ah well, good to see they put on a great show as usual.
January 21st, 2007 19:49
too bad man! it was blogger central (even if a couple got shut out as it was sold out).
i ‘met’ peter from open your eyes…again. i didn’t realize he was Wasted Kid at the SClub Xmas Party. Sorry again Peter! Great to remeet you.
Hopefully Tom and Andrew made it home alive…
January 21st, 2007 22:10
Great set, and I can’t remember the Hoey being that hot either.
I’ll have to look out for you at more Sydney shows.