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Listening to the DZ Deathrays album as I peck out this review makes me press the keys with extra ferocity. The whole delivery is a sonic boom at 1,000 feet and their live set exceeded this. The Australian band took the stage at Johnny Brenda’s in Philadelphia dispatching a dense fog of drum beats, guitar chords, and effortless vocals. A clear Death From Above 1979 influence permeate some tracks – the comparison is meant to commend the sound DZDR’s delivers as DFA1979 is one of our all time faves. Their efforts are finally garnering Pitchfork attention at a time when the sirens have already lured in so many.
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Immaculate execution on numerous tracks off 2012’s Bloodstreams, DZDR’s left us wanting an encore. Bones rendered in electric garage punk rock, Shane Parsons and Simon Ridley delivered a thrashed first performance in Philly and one that everyone in the room should remember for a time to come. Dig some videos we took below:
