The Eighties Matchbox B-line Disaster @ Stereo, 25 May

There's something distinctly ostentatious about Eighties Matchbox. Whether it’s the jauntily angled hats, decorative shirts or flamboyant hair, it's a look and persona that this band – but few others – carries off with aplomb. Guy McKnight in particular is an engaging, enigmatic front-man. His facial ticks and thousand yard stare are as esoteric and delightfully weird as the music they accompany.

Tonight, though the band clearly struggle with intermittent technical difficulties, they produce a visceral set dominated by material from new album Blood and Fire, a particular high point being their rendition of Homemade. Notable older numbers include I Rejection, Psychosis Safari and a show-stopping Celebrate Your Mother during which McKnight clambers along the venue walls, perching on a ledge to glare menacingly at no one in particular.

After well over an hour of baking heat and thrashing limbs, the show ends in fittingly shambolic fashion with the band disappearing amidst a stage invasion. Having spent much of his evening dodging stage-divers, McKnight signs off safely away from the melee atop a speaker stack, bemusedly staring stage-wards as the room fills with smoke until only silhouettes and feedback remain. [Chris Cusack]