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Alternative Aussie artist Courtney Barnett drawls in a crowd

Lauren Prebble reviews Sunday’s gig at Sherwood Queenstown.

The diehard fans from the basin kissed their lucky ticket and rehearsed their Aussie drawl as they gathered at the door for a sold out gig for Courtney Barnett, singer/songwriter and wicked guitarist. Among the crowd was a few familiar faces, Laura Williamsonand Simon Brebner were some of the few who travelled over the Crown Range for the gig.

Courtney is known for her deadpan singing style and witty, rambling lyrics and Sunday night was the sixth stop on a 14 date New Zealand solo tour that broke the spell of a 12 month hiatus from live performing.

Opener was Emily Edrosa, our country’s own equivalent of Barnett in terms of being a lesbibanproud guitarist. Her shredding was immense, the vocals were full of angst.

“Thanks for smiling politely,” she said to the crowd in a twisted tone.

Courtney took the stage with a humble grin and an electric guitar in hand. She opened with crowd favourite ‘Avante Gardener’ from 2013’s Sea Split Peas.

“This was a favourite” said Simon, who was positioned hard in front of the stage “I was like ‘Oooh my gosh here we go’.

An audience was determined to show Barnett that they could sing most of the words of her songs. This was heard when she launched into her fresh release of ‘Rae Street’.

“Timmme is mooooneey, and money is no man's friend’

The stage setup put the audience on the same level as Barnett, an aspect much loved by 1964 publisher Laura Williamson’you’re super close to these amazing songwriters and musicians and to see the audience's response’.

Casual conversation between Courtney and the crowd could be had. One interaction had the room enticing Courtney to try ‘snowboarding’.

“Hmmm, sounds dangerous” she said cautiously, tuning the next guitar that came off the rack.

‘Let it go’ was a co-written - co-performed song with alternative American bluesman, Kurt Vile. The intricate picking patterns, mundane singing tone and drenched in reverb pedal effects. A shared trait among the two.

Early on in the set, Barnett broke the solo rule by inviting Stella Mozgawa onto the stage. The Warpaint drummer is held high in Barnett’s books, having just co-produced the new album

PHOTO: Simon Brebner Courtney Barnett performing at Sherwood. Things take time, take time which is to be released in November.

For this performance, Stella was the multiinstrumentalist. Switching from bass to synth to drum machine

“I’m playing the guitar,” joked Barnett “just the guitar”.

It was a melody of masses as the room joined in on ‘Depreston’. A song about house hunting on the outskirts of the city.

‘If you’ve a spare half a million You could knock it down and start rebuilding’

Courtney was about ready to end the set with the high energy song ‘History Eraser’.

But the crowd wasn’t having it. ‘One more!’ ‘Don’t go!’ ‘You’re a diamond’. Courtney didn’t know quite how to react to such praise.

‘She just seems to have a really nice spirit,’ said Simon in a gaze.

She showed gratitude to her southern fanbase by finishing with ‘Sunday Roast’.

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