No Nonsense
plus Strange Tenants at
the
Manzil
We say yes. yes.
So Let's go dance crazy. What you do is this. You grab a couple of bands like No Nonsense and Strange Tenants plus a few ardent Melbourne fans - throw them on a bus and make a bee-line for Sydney. All in all it makes for some strange nonsense that never takes the smile from your face.
Last week at the Manzil room the dance music was coming on full and strong.
Fresher newer and more alive than a lot of bands I've seen in quite a while.
But you don't have much time to recover. The Tenants arrived. They play
their own different brand of a similar music, not quite as raw but with
a bigger and fuller sound - rampant with the same kind of fun.
Both bands do lots of originals plus a few covers and both are handled with
professionalism and bulk., bulk enthusiasm.
The night was pure unadulterated pleasure.Up tempo, up vibe, danceable and fun. It doesn't matter what you label
the music as long as it makes your ears happy. Last Thursday at the Manzil
I grinned a lot.
Both bands are relatively new to the scene in Melbourne but have built
up a solid following there.
They
don't always play the same bill. Strange Tenants have already released
a 4 track 12" EP financed by themselves and released on their own
Bluebeat label. But the boys thought that it was about time they headed
up north. So they did it together.
I only hope that they will come back soon and infect us all with some
more good humour and music.
A
good dose of nonsense isn't so strange after all.
by Lynn Walton
