Tonight was a good night; I went to Pony, to see a number of bands play.
First up was
Midstate Orange
(a project of Tim from Lacto-Ovo), who were good (perhaps a bit
Cure-inspired in places, almost shoegazer in others,
and they did one song which was best described as Northern Soul with Casios).
Then
Lacto-Ovo came on, and did a great set, playing various album and
non-album tracks; people started dancing at this stage. Finally, an act named
Winterville played; they consisted of 2 guitars, drums and a double bass,
featured Michelle formerly of
Ninetynine in their lineup, and sounded a bit
Dirty Three-inspired.
I met a number of people I knew there; Peter from FourPlay was down from Sydney, and Nick and Naomi from
Dandelion Wine also came along.
A bit later, I ran into Cameron from Ninetynine, and talked with him a bit. Apparently, Ninetynine have signed a distribution deal with News Corp. "indie" subsidiary Trifekta (though retaining their own copyrights and creative control, so they won't end up being turned into the next George), and at the end of the month depart for some 3 months' touring overseas.