FBI Social

I love live music and any venue dedicated to keeping Sydney’s live music scene from fizzling into extinction.
If I’m honest, I secretly want Sydney to be filled with divey-​style bars like this level of the Kings Cross Hotel… I’m a sucker for dim lighting, cheap drinks and good tunes… throw in a few tall men in shirts and tight jeans and my little heart is content.
The music can be hit and miss (as it should be) and occasionally the painfully-hipster:regular-person ratio is too heavy on the hipster… but if you’re happy to chill out, go with the flow and get your indie on, you’ll have a fun night here.

This is a joint where $ 10 gets you 3 live bands.
That’s, like, three bucks a band. Is that even legal? How are these kids making money? Financial concerns aside, what an ass-​kicking deal. Combine that with a super intimate venue and cheap drinks and why would you not come here, eh?
The bartender was having an off night when I went — lost his bottle opener, had to run downstairs to find a new one, and couldn’t find a light beer (I was driving, awright) on the register and asked «How does $ 5.20 sound?» Good question. Caught me out. Should have gone for some happy bartering but didn’t think quickly enough. But hells, this is run by community radio station FBI and I saw 2 hrs of cracking tunes, what’s a couple bucks between friends. Plus he was super nice about it in a Fawlty Towers kinda way.
And you’ll notice this still gets 5 stars. They could spit on me when i come in and it would still get 5 stars, that’s how much I rate the local live music scene and these dudes that make it happen.