Live Review: The Creases, Kitchen People, Verge Collection

Jack Rabbit Slim's always delivers, whether it's cheap drinks, couches galore or local bands killing it in the scene right now, and Saturday night delivered all three.

Enveloped by an entourage of six, the dwindling crowd slowly built up over the duration of Verge Collection's outpouring of indie rock. The new violin addition pioneered by Indi Ranson was a well enthused element to their sound, whilst the feel good nature of their track Feel Bad Songs had punters jumping for joy.

Kitchen People kept the energy up as they ripped into their set with no buts about it. The locals came on strong with some heavy bass guitar, thumping drums and techno licks all accompanied by well-timed pelvic thrusts. It was clear that they've picked up their game since closet days in their mum's garage, but retained the conversational tone so many post-punk bands seem to hone nowadays. Whilst whipping out a bunch of songs from their self-titled album Kitchen People, frontman Jake Suriano's guitar appeared a little worse for wear and in need of some serious recuperation. Two reverb drenched sentences later Verge Collection came to the rescue when they let Suriano borrow one of their instruments for the last few songs of the night.

Lacking in stage presence from the beginning came The Creases. Donning their obscure haircuts and reclusive vibes, it was almost like listening to their records in your bedroom. With the kaleidoscope of colours on the Slim's screen behind them, the band's latest track Point had more of an effect than the majority of their set, but maybe not as life changing as you'd hope. Ringing out with nostalgia, the Brisbane outfit's guitar riffs in Static Lines had everyone jiving on the floor and singing 'he's always by your side' right back at Joe Aguis. It wasn't a revolutionary moment, but the smooth elements of the indie pop gem made for something enjoyable.