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I’ve been to a few gigs since the Brisbane Hotel re-opened as a music venue, and this was a good chance to check out the Night Terrors, as I had missed them the night before at Coven.

First up were Botox, who have had a hiatus for a while. Botox have always seemed, to me, to be two bands in one, but this gig was the most coherent I have heard them play. There are two creative influences there, and they sometimes conflict. Possibly the better acoustics at the Brisbane have helped.

The Bad Luck Charms seemed an odd inclusion into this gig. I really like this band, but would not have chosen them as support in this case. It was a good set, but I think they were better the last time two times I saw them. Perhaps I was in the mood for a darker style that I knew Botox and Night Terrors could deliver.

I have seen Night Terrors once before and was impressed, and again they delivered. The band tends to focus around Miles Brown’s awesome bass guitar and Theremin playing, but you cannot take it away from the other members of the band; entrancing sounds that had the crowd held captive. I was talking to a few people who had never seen a Theremin played before, and they weren’t sure whether it was a piss-take or not. And, to be quite honest, Miles plays it that well that I really can understand where they are coming from. You struggle to believe someone is making that sound by simply waving his hands around in the air.

KEVIN GLEESON