Primal Scream played Screamadelica in it's entirety and it was a rare treat. Transcending the unpleasant venue Selena's, they joyfully played the ecstasy fueled music they pioneered.

There's something wonderful about this format, popularized by ATP, where an album is played in it's entirety. It's especially relevant since the digital shuffle made listening to albums less common. It also guarantees you'll hear the track you love rather than a 'comeback' album. Primal played a unique combination of soul, rock & dance, with many frills of the 80s that would normally leave me cringing: sax, wailing backup singer, wailing guitar solos, front man Bobby strutting like a Vegas entertainer. All together it was magic, something that would remarkably be at home at any festival, regardless of if the audience had come to mosh or to dance. In addition to the album, they played some other favorites during the encore, the reverberating "Get Your Rocks Off" was a great moment. Perfect pop.

If you get a chance to see them I recommend doing it anywhere except for Selina's at the Coogee Bay Hotel. I had high hopes for this venue. Going to the coast is a nice change, I like Coogee, and Selina's has a fine history as a venue - I believe Nirvana played there!

From the moment I queued at the door it was a bad experience. You get finger printed, your ID scanned, and your face photographed. I'm not cool with any of that. All this and the excess of burly security had the opposite effect of making me feel safe - if it's dangerous enough at Selina's, if its patrons are violent enough to warrant such Orwellian security, then I have no business being there. The biometrics at the door is a polite warning to stay away, heed it.

Ludicrously, they wouldn't admit three polite and neatly dressed ticket holders because their shorts wouldn't meet the dress code. When I got inside it was so sweltering that I wished I was wearing shorts -it seemed the aircon wasn't working- when three quarters of the way through the set the crowd was finally hit with a wave of cool air there was a loud cheer.

I'd blame the woman intentionally stomping on my foot repeatedly when I ignored her, instead of responding amorously when she was rubbing her jeaned minge on me, and the gent who tried to brake the ice by grabbing my friend's boobs on alcohol - but it took me 30mins to get one drink. Either this joint brings out the worst in people or it attracts worst behaved people, neither makes for a good time.

Numerous popular Sydney venues have less overt security, and you can still get a drink in a chilled environment with other people who are acting chill. If you're hanging to see a band near the beach I'd recommend the Beach Road in Bondi, there is no need to ever go to Selina's at the Coogee Bay. Those guys failed your dress code, well guess what: you failed my decent venue code.

Sax ain't always a bad thing, see Primal Scream any chance you get. Go to Selina's at the Coogee Bay Hotel if you want to feel like you're eating shit, even if you didn't order the ice-cream.