Oscar The Third: She drinks like a chimney and smokes like a fish

This is the show I had been waiting for since early August, the Drab Doo-Riffs release party for their new EP 'A Fistful Of Doo-Riffs'. I got this EP at the Liam Finn show on August 3rd but it wasn't out until Sept 9th officially, so I had to bide my time until the release show to truly celebrate its magnificence. DDR were playing at the Winchester in Auckland City, which is a perfect venue for them and they had some quality opening bands including Allan Pitt playing the saw (seriously, it was amazing) and the instrumentalists Hollow Grinders. The Drab Doo-Riffs took to the stage which was decorated with guitar pinatas and a banner with a severed dolls leg painted on it. They started off the show with their theme from A Fistful Of Doo-Riffs played by the toughest trumpet player I have ever seen and from then on out, it was just a tornado of Doo-Riff. Opening with some older material really helped get the crowd into it and then they unleashed some of their new songs like Lunatic Fringe and I'm Depressed. The set list was filled with new and old songs, which is a wonderful thing to experience. The Drab Doo-Riffs now have enough material to entertain all night and that can only be a good thing. DDR writes new music so quickly that they were playing new songs, like Do The Cat and Fantastic Voyage, that weren't even on the new EP (that is how new they were). The Drab Doo-Riffs live shows are the best in the country with Karl Steven and Caiohme McFehin bringing perpetual energy and twitchy dancing to ever show. It was a great night of madness and the best NZ show I have seen all year. I even came away with lots of goodies, including a t-shirt, 10" vinyl, 3D poster, stickers and a lungful of glitter.

The Drab Doo-Riffs. 09/09/2011. The Winchester, Auckland, New Zealand.