In what's fast become a pre-Xmas tradition, Deloris and friends will host a free barbecue and show at the Old Bar in Melbourne on December 20. Last year's show saw dubious covers and even more dubious costumes – and Saturday promises to be no exception. Playing their third show for the year, Delori...
The stage at Ric’s is impossibly small at the best of times, but with one Aleks and five Ramps it’s all but disappeared beneath their excitable jumping and stamping feet. For this Melbourne band the clear space just in front of the stage (uninhabited by both fans of the group and those who had stumb...
Are Aleks And The Ramps Melbourne’s most talented novelty band or its most misread pioneers? “The transparency of my assumed identity was just like your dress/There wasn’t much left to guess.” Sung in ridiculous falsetto, the opening line of Aleks And The Ramps’ debut album rests on a knife-edge. Is it unsustainable novelty or strange beauty? This is the decision the band’s listeners are faced with. Many have dismi...
Found written inside the women’s toilet at the Rob Roy: “Aleks and the Ramp’s music is just so physical and tactile, you can nearly feel the moisture in the vagina.” Hard to argue with that really, considering the excitement governing a Ramps’ show. If I wasn’t a boy I’d probably feel it there too....
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