The Bird, Friday February 13th, 2026
You can’t beat live music at The Bird on a Friday night. Thank you team Bird for keeping this venue in the heart of the city going strong.
Launching their single Sink In, Lake Mammoth hosted a wonderful night of psych / post / bluesy rock (to name a few genres floating around), perfect for the Friday the 13th setting.
Kicking things off to a busy and enthusiastic room, Brides of Science brought the post punk sound with plenty of synth for everyone. For a debut gig the band were tight and confident, with Niki quite the presence up front. The dual synth setup works great and is complimented nicely by some serious guitaring. I say complimented but really, it’s making an already pumping sound distort and pump harder. If this is their first show, one can assume this is only going to get better.
Next up came some serious dirty, bluesy psych rock from Sascha Ion and the Elements. The power trio hit hard mixing jangly riff-laden tunes like Enigma, with heavier, groove driven stompers like set closer The Groove (don’t mock me for describing a song called The Groove with the word groove, and now I have said groove way too many times, great journalism). Excellent guitar work, a solid rhythm section, and Ion’s vocals slink and curl around the music perfectly. When is the next show? I’ll be there.
With the crowd happy and having a blast, it was time for Lake Mammoth, and the band delivered some great soul influenced psych. They jammed through a stellar set consisting of plenty of reverby surf guitar, pulsating synth, and a solid rhythm section including Andrew S on the congas – nice to see an instrument you don’t see every day, being played well and genuinely enhancing the songs. The launched-single, Sink In, was a highlight, demonstrating the tightness and cool groove the band have clearly been developing for a while. Listen to the recording, highly recommended.
Overall a great night in probably the best venue in Perth for seeing original music.
Note to self: do not accept any offers of tequila shots when attempting to review a gig.