Live Review: British India, High Violet, Cosmo Thundercat

First cab off the rank is Cosmo Thundercat, who open the night with a mixture of indie-pop that has The Gov's notoriously standoffish early crowd slowly warming up and shuffling their feet. With a resemblance in sound to The Sundance Kids crossed with the once-potent Powderfinger, they play a tight, 30-minute set that includes sublime latest single Warning Bell.

After a quick roadie-prompted reshuffle, we're ready for four-piece High Violet take to the stage. With their '80s indie-pop sound plus shared lead vocals and guitars, High Violet have the crowd filling that no man's land void in front of the stage. With new single All I Want, High Violet have the crowd pumping in no time. An unexpected cover of Divinyls' Boys In Town is welcomed with audience applause and the foursome finish off the set by thanking the crowd.

Before too long the lights again dim and with a now-capacity crowd surging forward, British India take the stage. From the get-go, Declan Melia has the crowd in a frenzy, decked out in a blue-and-white top and flanked by what must be the most Angus Young-esque lead guitarist (Nic Wilson) in this country. British India unleash what can only be described as the holy trinity of feedback, fury and riffs.

Raiding their five-album back catalogue (including newer material from 2015 's Nothing Touches Me), the boys power through the songs including Vanilla, Run The Red Light and the sublime hit Plastic Souvenirs. The energy is palpable with the crowd seething, fist pumping and stage diving, bouncers working overtime to contain the crowd. I Can Make You Love Me is an obvious favourite. "This has got to be number one in The Hottest 100!" Melia yells from the stage. Played unlike the official album version — a polished studio mix — British India unleash a harder edged and powerful garage rock.

Finishing the set and briefly leaving the stage, the crowd start politely chanting, "One more song! One more song!" And are, finally, treated to their wish when British India return with This Aint No Fucking Disco. For a rock band that's taken some lessons from the school of hard knocks along the way, it's good to see British India as passionate and focused as ever. This is a band that has something to say and somewhere to go.