World Bar on a Friday night is a buzzing place, the four story bar turns into a live music venue. The Mum stage is located at the rear end of the first level and in recent times more live music on the top level dubbed the Milf. As what normally goes on between the consumption of alcohol and socialising with friends new and old you never get to see all the bands you half wanted to see. Before you know it the live music has ended and the dance floor becomes plagued with revellers dancing to the music the Dj is spinning.

The first act I saw on the Milf stage was Convaire. Lead by John Towey on lead vocals and guitar the band seems to harks back to the 1980’s. Synth-pop would be an appropriate term or to the more modern term of electro. Towey flanked either side by synthesiser playing sisters Jane and Liz Slattery providing astute infectious melodies. To the far right Dan Talbot with guitar riffs keeping the songs bumbling along. A key part of the band is the catchy beats that are produced and played off a sampler. Having no drummer seemed to have been a wise choice as the floor space on the fourth and highest level was prime real estate. Quite a crowd had gathered to see Convaire play were thoroughly enjoying it, judging by the dancing that was going on at the front of the room.

The headline band for the night was a band I’d heard plenty about but have never had the pleasure of seeing. Brisbane’s DZ looked like they had the party in full swing. Strobes were flashing and with it came chaos on the floor of the Mum stage. DZ are a two-piece consisting of Shane Parsons with guitar and vocal duties and Simon Ridley on drums. After a couple of songs and an introduction Parsons invited all to come on stage and dance if they so wished, on the provision “Just don’t step  on any of my pedals here. DZ’s sound is hard to place if party band was a suitable term then it wouldn’t be so difficult. The bass tone of Parsons’ is very fuzzy creating very dirty guitar licks keeping the floor buzzing in conjunction with the drums. To top it off his singing/screams also creating lots of energy, which the crowd was more than obliging to return in bucket loads.