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Hoodoo Gurus, Princess Wharf, Hobart, 31/12/2024 – Backseat Mafia
The Hoodoo Gurus set off their own blistering fireworks show at their end of year gig in Hobart, as part of the Tasmania’s Taste of Summer Festival. Of course, the Gurus have carved out a very special niche in Australian indie scene – they were part of an innovative underground movement in Perth, along with bands like The Scientists, which blossomed in isolation, and preceded grunge by more than a decade, melding gritty fuzzy guitars with a sense of inherent style and indelible pop melodies. Later, they jangled more than rumbled with pure pop classics like ‘Bittersweet’. For me, the band’s debut ‘Stoneage Romeos’ is still one of the best…