The Prince Public Bar has undertaken a change, DJ Andee Frost has been handed the creative reigns of the bar situated on Fitzroy Street – you know the one with the gay bar side and the grungey as fuck side? Well Mr. Frost has altered the floor plan to make it more conducive to intimate rock shows and on Friday nights he has enlisted the help of Beat journalist, DJ and sometime promoter Dan Watt to book the bands and oversee the night. Tonight’s gig was the debut of a Watt’s On Presents lineup at the Prince with psychedelic rock band The Good Morrows and alt-disco artist Albert Salt.
Albert Salt’s set-up is just him with a drummer. The slim twenty something’s stage presence is illuminating, his track Wish Me Away was truly special reminiscent of Patrick Wolf with the disco vibe of Hercules and Love Affair when Antony Hegarty sings for them.
In between sets DJ Denver Maxx dropped mostly psych hits such as the Zombies’ She’s Not There and went slightly rockier with Band Of Skulls I Know What I Am.
The Good Morrows started right at 12am and to be honest blew me away. This is a well drilled rock band that play quality psychedelic rock. It can be frustrating when you see psychedelic bands and they try to disguise their lack of rehearsals with bullshit improvisations – this was not the case tonight. As The Good Morrows during their last track there was not a single person left seated.
BY JENNIFER NANCY
LOVED: Dan Watt.
HATED: Dan Watt.
DRANK: Beer.
