Turn Up Your Radio Tour
Pre_Shrunk & Nitocris & Motor Ace & Weta
Evelyn Hotel, Melbourne, 7th September 1999
by Heath

Triple J's Turn Up Your Radio Tour has featured many great bands in the past, and this year is no exception. Kiwis Weta kicked off the show with a short but lively set which was highlighted by their Natural Compression EP. Similar style to Shihad, Let it Go is a top song. Nitocris were next and these girls were fantastic. While they battled their way through problems with echo and broken strings, their set was great from start to finish, highlighted by the single Dark Side. Jess's lead guitar work was great. She is very talented, and an incredibly attractive girl. But the best band of the tour was Motor Ace. They came out dressed very convincingly as woman. Patrick explained it was for a video shoot this afternoon and did'nt have time to change, but they seemed to be enjoying it. Their set was full of energy, closing with Chairman of The Board. Pre Shrunk were very different to the other three band. Its amazing how two basses and a drummer can have such a full sound, but whilst I thought their set dragged on a bit (75 minutes in all), it certainly was funky, and they were the crowd pleaser of the tour. Overall, it was an exceptional night, and the bands complemented each other nicely. All of these bands are well worth seeing and all have great new EP's out now.