For a midweek only-just-creeping-out-of-COVID-restrictions show in Belfast, the Limelight is heaving. It’s a testament to the city’s indomitable spirit that there is such an upbeat and soon-to-be-raucous crowd for this feast of mostly antipodean shed rock. I can’t tell you what a relief it is that Dennis Cometti is not a wistful, lightly-bearded sensitive young man with songs about not being worthy or good enough. That said, it’s hardly likely such an artiste would find themselves fronting up for The Chats. The eponymous Dennis is a three-piece punk band who declare themselves to be from Australia. That they’re Australian is instantly without question: they’re wearing Australian Rules football vest tops and very short shorts. And mullets. Not flowing 80s mullets but straggly, and in one ca...
