23/07/06 Splendour In The Grass, Belongil Fields
27/05/06 The Spanish Club, Melbourne
06/05/06 The Zoo, Brisbane
25/04/06 The Essential Festival, Gaelic Club, Sydney
16/04/06 The Great Escape, Newington Armory
06/04/06 Manning Bar, Sydney Uni
25/03/06 Pianos, New York
22/03/06 The Mercury Lounge, New York
18/03/06 Red 7, Austin
17/03/06 Brush Square Park, Austin
13/03/06 The Troubadour, Los Angeles
12/03/06 Tangier Lounge, Los Angeles
05/03/06 St. Jeromes Laneway Festival
01/03/06 Hopetoun Hotel

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18/03/06
Red 7

Decoder Ring

These Australians certainly took the prize for most elaborate A/V setup hauled halfway across the world. Decoder Ring were circled on my calendar as a must-see since their gorgeous "Fractions" leapt out of the SxSW bit torrent and took my ears hostage. The main questions were a) could the live performance measure up to such a perfectly constructed studio track, and b) would the rest of their material be as good? The answer to both was an emphatic "yes". Difficult to classify as either a rock, electronic, dance or whatever band, they split their time between dense, driving and cinematic instrumentals and soaring, anthemic vocal numbers. They got a room full of worn-out hipsters dancing at 8PM - think about that. Irresistable.

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Click here to watch Decoder Ring SXSW tour video on BLENDER online magazine