The Triffids | Pop review

Barbican, LondonUnlike his near-contemporary Nick Cave, Triffids frontman David McComb never gained more than a cult following. Perhaps he died too young, at 36, from drug-related complications following a car accident. That was in 1999, as the world was rediscovering Australia's other great post-punk band, the Go-Betweens: McComb only just missed out on a second chance at fame. With this in mind, you might assume that a 34-song celebration of McComb's back catalogue, lasting over three hours an...

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