Reddog - 4ZZZ Market Day @ Davies Park- 07/10/2000

DAVIES PARK, OCTOBER 07 2000

4zzz Market Day has become an annual event which holds just as much importance as the Livid festival. 4zzz, now in it's 25th year of broadcasting, provides a local and community based network of support and sustenance for bands on the local scene. While it may not be on quite the same scale as it's bigger brother, Market Day holds it's own as a showcase for much local talent.

Polyvinyl
It was mullets to mohawks and everything in between, as far as the eye could see. Market Day, like many other festivals, provides such a smorgasboard of eye candy along with a myriad of musical styles and artists for punters to taste test.
Polyvinyl kick off the day with some emotive pop-rock, expressing their joy that people had not only made the effort to get there this early, but also to make their way past the beer tent and to the second stage. Their style is nothing revolutionary, but it's pleasant and easy going with good solid song structure.

Overcoming some initial sound problems and an extremely rude stage hand setting up drums next door, Gorgeous take us through some relaxed and delightful acoustic tunes to warm up the early afternoon. You can't help but feel sorry for all the people who have missed out on Gorgeous and are still @ home, still coming through the gates or elsewhere seeing who knows what.

Ohneatasweata
Ohneatasweata show us a fuller, more complete sound, filling the stage as a five piece. Proof that you don't need loud guitars, feedback and rock posing to put on a good show, Ohneatasweata perform with comfort and ease like old friends having a drink @ the pub. They're name may be strange, but the sounds are smooth and welcome like the warm sun after a storm.

Alex Oliver entertained us with a different style of comedic blues, singing songs about superheroes of a different kind with "Underpants Girl" and crappy share household tasks like washing up. In an attempt to involve the small crowd scattered in front of him, Alex threw water bombs @ punters to cool them down and hopefully get a laugh or two. No frills and no gimmicks, Alex Oliver is all about finding the hilarity in everyday events.

Polyvinyl
Not being a big fan of dance music, it's hard to get into it, let alone excited about it. Checking out the spooky doof doof tent wasn't really my idea or my choice. Various friends convinced me that my Market Day experience would not be complete without spending at least some time dancing my ass off to big blips and bleeps. I left the dancing part to the professionals and was quite content to take a seat on the hill to simply observe the energy and soak up the chilled vibes.

The past few years have seen the genre monster spawn the evil love child of ska-punk, blending the big band brass sound, with the fast and sometimes freaky sounds of contemporary punk music. To me, most of it sounds the same, but Wiseacre do it differently. While their sound is of the Reel Big Fish and Mighty Mighty Bosstones style, their attitude is what separates them from their colleagues. Wiseacre give the ska-punk sound an Australian flavour and attitude to provide a bunch of kids jumping around down the front with some amusement and positive energy. Their songs are fun, up beat and quirky, with that truly Aussie attitude of anything goes. And it's really good to see a chick jumping around on stage like a loony in an arena that is ordinarily dominated by blokes.

The Flying Chimnees
Moving on from their early indie-pop beginnings from a few years back, and into glam rock mode, The Flying Chimnees have grown into their musical shoes and wear them well. This bunch of youngun's may be relatively new to many people, but they hold an ever expanding, devoted and youthful audience in the palm of their hands. You can't get much more glam than a pink guitar.

Returning home from some serious touring on a national level, george take jazz funk fusion into their own hands and play a largely old and familiar set. Not forgetting where they got their start, george are big on reminding us why we are here and on pushing 4zzz as the mother of most Brisbane based music.
George

The Del Emma's
The Del Emma's look and sound like they could quite happily fit right into a Happy Days set. Slick name, slick sound, slick look. These chicks embrace kitsch and go all out to impress with their vamped up 50's/60's style pop.

Cunningham display acute pop sensibilities with their twee pop, and shamelessly plug their new CD to the dwindling crowd. The days of Cunningham's parent band may be over, but these children of the Melniks know what they are doing and show us a laid back more dinky style of music.

The Visitors
The appeal of dance music has always eluded me. The repetitive and constant "doof doof doof" has always been a great source of bewilderment. I just don't get it and I have never been able to articulate exactly why I don't like dance music. Then a friend pointed out to me her theories on my lack of enthusiasm for the beats: "you don't like dancey doof doof music because you need to SEE people playing the instruments and singing the vocals live rather than pushing buttons and miming." And she was absolutely right.
It is for this reason that I can now say that I do like dance music. I like the Visitors. With their laid back approach to tunes and mish mash of musical influences, this truly is an alien breed of music that can only be described as other worldly and mesmerising.

By no means short on energy or the guts to rock hard, Shihad prove that ego is not a dirty word and strut their stuff in front of a tightly packed mosh pit. Shihad tackle every song with fierce enthusiasm and a fearless attitude.
Shihad

And the winner is 4zzz!!! It doesn't quite have the same ring to it as "Sydney", does it?? 4zzz Market Day is the way a festival should be. Laid back, chilled out, and eclectic. It would be a challenge to find a punter who didn't see one single thing he/she liked @ Market Day.

All day festivals are so incredibly tiring, even on a small scale. The heat, all the people, having a bit of a boogie, and getting your ass around to see all the acts that you want to can prove challenging. It's all worthwhile in the end though. Once you come home from Market Day and collapse on the bed, with the onset of pain from mosh pit injuries only just beginning to surface, and the sunburn on the back of your neck, you vow to never do another festival again. But we all know that we'll be back again next year. It just wouldn't seem right to miss an event.

~Lou Lou~

Click here for Kris Swales' Market Day Review

Lou Lou's Band Photos

	It was mullets to mohawks and everything in between, as far as the eye could see. Market Day, like many other festivals, provides such a smorgasboard of eye candy along with a myriad of musical styles and artists for punters to taste test. Polyvinyl kick off the day with some emotive pop-rock, expressing their joy that people had not only made the effort to get there this early, but also to make their way past the beer tent and to the second stage. Their style is nothing revolutionary, but it's pleasant and easy going with good solid song structure.
Overcoming some initial sound problems and an extremely rude stage hand setting up drums next door, Gorgeous take us through some relaxed and delightful acoustic tunes to warm up the early afternoon. You can't help but feel sorry for all the people who have missed out on Gorgeous and are still @ home, still coming through the gates or elsewhere seeing who knows what.
	Ohneatasweata show us a fuller, more complete sound, filling the stage as a five piece. Proof that you don't need loud guitars, feedback and rock posing to put on a good show, Ohneatasweata perform with comfort and ease like old friends having a drink @ the pub. They're name may be strange, but the sounds are smooth and welcome like the warm sun after a storm.
Alex Oliver entertained us with a different style of comedic blues, singing songs about superheroes of a different kind with "Underpants Girl" and crappy share household tasks like washing up. In an attempt to involve the small crowd scattered in front of him, Alex threw water bombs @ punters to cool them down and hopefully get a laugh or two. No frills and no gimmicks, Alex Oliver is all about finding the hilarity in everyday events.
	Not being a big fan of dance music, it's hard to get into it, let alone excited about it. Checking out the spooky doof doof tent wasn't really my idea or my choice. Various friends convinced me that my Market Day experience would not be complete without spending at least some time dancing my ass off to big blips and bleeps. I left the dancing part to the professionals and was quite content to take a seat on the hill to simply observe the energy and soak up the chilled vibes.

	Moving on from their early indie-pop beginnings from a few years back, and into glam rock mode, The Flying Chimnees have grown into their musical shoes and wear them well. This bunch of youngun's may be relatively new to many people, but they hold an ever expanding, devoted and youthful audience in the palm of their hands. You can't get much more glam than a pink guitar.
Returning home from some serious touring on a national level, george take jazz funk fusion into their own hands and play a largely old and familiar set. Not forgetting where they got their start, george are big on reminding us why we are here and on pushing 4zzz as the mother of most Brisbane based music.
	The Del Emma's look and sound like they could quite happily fit right into a Happy Days set. Slick name, slick sound, slick look. These chicks embrace kitsch and go all out to impress with their vamped up 50's/60's style pop.
Cunningham display acute pop sensibilities with their twee pop, and shamelessly plug their new CD to the dwindling crowd. The days of Cunningham's parent band may be over, but these children of the Melniks know what they are doing and show us a laid back more dinky style of music.
	The appeal of dance music has always eluded me. The repetitive and constant "doof doof doof" has always been a great source of bewilderment. I just don't get it and I have never been able to articulate exactly why I don't like dance music. Then a friend pointed out to me her theories on my lack of enthusiasm for the beats: "you don't like dancey doof doof music because you need to SEE people playing the instruments and singing the vocals live rather than pushing buttons and miming." And she was absolutely right. It is for this reason that I can now say that I do like dance music. I like the Visitors. With their laid back approach to tunes and mish mash of musical influences, this truly is an alien breed of music that can only be described as other worldly and mesmerising.
By no means short on energy or the guts to rock hard, Shihad prove that ego is not a dirty word and strut their stuff in front of a tightly packed mosh pit. Shihad tackle every song with fierce enthusiasm and a fearless attitude.