Data Panik @ QMU

Control the radical! screams Steven Panik at the captivated crowd rammed into the QMU, after the highly charged atmosphere of the opener is heightened as the band rip straight into next song Rulers and the States. Data Panik live are a formidable proposition and their onstage exuberance spills over into the excited audience. Amanda provides a great visual counterpoint to John and Steven's Guitar antics, even encouraging a pair of worse-for-wear revellers to try and imitate her punk pogoing. One of the most engaging elements of Data Panik live is the speed with which songs ingrain themselves in the memory, the sing along chorus of "we make love on the minimum wage" being the catchiest moment of all. Finishing on their first single Cubis, the band maintain their sweaty high octane performance right up until the end of their successful post punk smash and grab raid. [James Bryan]