Review – The DC3: The Ringtone Cycle

Unlike most of the other ‘music’ category shows at the MICF, the DC3’s ‘Ringtone Cycle‘ is not a comedy group using music, but a rock concert with comedy interspersed between songs and woven in to the lyrics of the songs themselves. I’m not really sure what else I was expecting going in, or why, since front man Damian Cowell was one of the founding members of TISM.

I should point out that, if you’re not old enough to know TISM, then a lot of the ‘story’ element of this show will go straight over your head. You really need to remember the old Chiko Roll posters (among other things) to connect with it. That’s not to say it’s inaccessible, and the trio certainly know how to write damn catchy songs, but the monologues on ‘shitness’ and its decline as a loss to our society will probably go over your head a bit. Damn kids.

It’s fun, it’s funny, it’s catchy, and it’s performed incredibly well. You can tell that the three of them are not only very good at what they do, but take pride in it. Just be ready for a walk, since fortyfivedownstairs is a fair way off the main drag of the festival.

The DC3 are playing every night expect Monday until the 7th.