THE DRONES plus support from Snowman and Barge Pole
The Drones are an Australian rock group who rose to prominence during the early 2000s. They were influenced by an eclectic bunch of bands and soloists including Neil Young, The Velvet Underground, Bad Brains, Suicide, Green on Red, The Birthday Party, Van Morrison, Bob Dylan and Nina Simone.
Support from Snowman (Australia)
Some press on The Drones:
“The Drones are an awesome proposition. Dirty and primal, tight and threatening…you need this band in your life.” – Stool Pigeon 4.5/5
“The saviours of Australian rock…melancholy, incendiary…brutal, brilliant.” – Everett True, The Guardian UK
“Gareth Lilliard is a songwriter of extraordinary power.” – Time Out 5/6
“The quartet [have] elemental power.” – Mojo 4/5
“What Havilah does is jumps up and down on the rotting carcasses of The Vines and Jet, stabbing them again and again with a flag that says ‘Miles. Better. Than. You. Ever. Were.’” – NME
“Romantically sweeping.” – Plan B
“As angular and spiked as a Picasso portrait…certainly innovative, this will provide a welcome challenge for lovers of musical sudoku.” – Rock Sound 7/10
“Dark and grimy…good old fashioned miserablism…Neil Young fans will warm to [their] swaggering darkness.” – Artrocker
Plus a debut performance from Barge Pole – acoustic ramblings, the yang to guitarists ying from beestung lips
