Bad Girls Of The Bible, 1QA + Mr Wednesday at Jade Monkey

Date: Saturday, April 23rd 2005
Venue: Jade Monkey
Time: 8pm door opens, 9.30pm gig start
Price: $7
Bands: Bad Girls Of The Bible + 1QA + Mr Wednesday

Last Saturday night at Jade Monkey was a bit of a congregation of local buzz bands. You have Bad Girls Of The Bible, still fresh from their successful 7" launch (previously reviewed here) and a recent Dan Brodie support. You have 1QA who hail from neigbouring New Zealand but are now based in Melbourne. And then, you have underrated Adelaide five-piece outfit, Mr Wednesday, who in my opinion, are one of the best Adelaide bands around (and previously band plugged).


Mr Wednesday started things off and I arrived just in time for their set. They're such an underrated band and have only released one demo/EP (previously mentioned on their band plug). Their music can only be described as beautiful and you can tell some of their influences are of the likes of Massive Attack, Radiohead, Sigur Ros, Mew and Godspeed You! Black Emperor (one of my favourites). Their set was just beautiful and really suited the laid-back Jade Monkey atmosphere. I'll post a band plug update on these guys in a second but I really loved their set, anyway.


1QA were on next. The four-piece band from New Zealand, who moved to Melbourne recently and this gig was one of their first times in Adelaide. They were very different from Mr Wednesday, dance loud rock with the infectious NZ accents and sort of reminded me of The Used and a hint of one of my absolute favourites, The Blood Brothers. It was a tight set, and one of them screamed at the end. It was enough to get me to buy their album at the end ($10 for an 8-track CD at merch). Plus, one of them has a last name, Toogood (no relation to fellow ex-pat, Shihad?), the one who screamed at the end. Interesting...


Bad Girls of the Bible finally came on and their set was similar to their 7" launch. They played their track releases, 88 Keys and Simple Mistakes plus their instrumental tracks, which I really love. Highlight: Lead singer / guitarist, Dan Pash, took his shirt off and jumped into the crowd. True. There was also a song dedication to a Pash family member (who recently died). Their whole set was great as expected, maybe a slight strain to Dan's vocals but impressive as always.

Overall, it was a really great gig: nice to see some local acts performing great sets and a break from the recent overload of "major" shows.

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Sorry for the delay on the gig reviews (and the current crap quality behind it due to my faded memory of both nights), I haven't been feeling the best lately. And apologies for the crappy photos, BUT my new SLR cameras are arriving next week so hopefully, better shots next time.

I'm cutting down on a few gigs lately due to money issues BUT I will be at the Blueline Medic and Ted Leo + Pharmacists gig at Enigma Bar tommorrow night so come along if you can, and come say hi!