Perennial punk-rockers of the old school, THE DATSUNS are in town to show the new kids how to kick it. Toting a new album HEADSTUNTS (a cunning anagram of THE DATSUNS) and a new drummer to boot, their evolved sound is psychedelic rock meets postmodernist power pop meets rock’n'roll – all with a big-noise-sonic-boom-glazed cherry on top. Make no mistake, these riff-battering kiwis are on a mission to wreak havoc on your ear drums. – REJ
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