The Dead South

The Dead South – Powerstation: April 5, 2024

A sold-out, disproportionately bearded crowd had to hoedown on the spot – there was certainly no room to square dance – during Canadian bluegrass innovators The Dead South's debut Adelaide show (21 March) in support of their latest release, 2024's 'Chains & Stakes'.

Their 2022 Easy Listening for Jerks LPs saw the Canadian quartet bless System of a Down, The Misfits and Cold War Kids material with folk and bluegrass infusions. Furthermore, based on the reaction to the first song, "Tiny Wooden Box", dropped from their forthcoming LP Chains & Stakes, the best is yet to come.

The Dead South rolled into Auckland for a two-night stand at The Tuning Fork.

The crowd, somewhat surprisingly, sang along at full voice to virtually every song, with the band exuberantly belting their way through a highly polished set including tracks from across gamut of their back-catalogue, such as the opener, Diamond Ring, Black Lung and Snakeman Parts 1&2 from their Sugar & Joy LP

The Dead South Gave Us The Chills On A Hot Summer Night

Entering into the HMV Empire, you could tell there was a buzz for the show, the queue for the merchandise stand was almost as long as that for the bar! The venue was packed already with fans dressed like the band, and even a lobster…