Foals

Overview

If you're willing to leave a gig awash with the stench of beer and humanity as evidence that you've just witness one of the most tumultuous live acts touring right now, the only place you'll want to be on 22 January is Oxford Art Factory.

After selling out their first show in the small space of 10 minutes grunty UK swamp rockers Foals have snuck a second Sydney show into their busy schedule. If you're skipping Big Day Out it's the last chance you'll have to see, hear and smell the marshy tracks from their 2008 debut and 2010's follow-up Total Life Forever in the glistening flesh. And with their Flood and Alan Moulder-produced new album Holy Fire on its way, future tickets will only be hotter property still.

Conversely, if you have somewhere to go afterwards other than your own shower, then save your cash for more conventional mementos and take up position near the back of the room. Things are gonna get wild.

Update: In support of Foals on both nights will be Brisbane disco outfit Mitzi. Their single "Who Will Love You Now" is as awesome as all their haircuts combined.