Concrete Playground

The Drones are about to pack up their live show and head back into the studio to record their follow up to the critically and publicly salivated-over Havilah. The band have had an amazing run since the verbosely titled winning 2005 breakthrough Wait Long By the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By, which went on to win the first Australian Music Prize. The album propelled them into the public eye thanks in large to Shark Fin Blues; the cathartic and almost shamanistic epic track was even voted number one Aussie song in a Triple J poll of some of our countries best songwriters.

In 2007, after their third album Gala Mill was released, the band outgrew Australia, based themselves in Europe for four months and toured through America for the first time. In this period they gave James Brown a run for his helm of Hardest Working Man in Show Business, when they worked so hard that guitarist Dan Luscombe contracted pneumonia. Before heading into the studio to record their sixth album, they are doing a few gigs to say adieu — including two shows at our illustrious watering hole, the Annandale. The Friday night show is sold out, so hit the link to get tix for the Thursday show ASAP; I guarantee they will be one of the best bands you ever see live.