First it was the fickle London music press which flocked to the band’s gigs, jostling with each other to hail The Datsuns as the greatest thing they’d seen. Ever since this hyper-kinetic quartet first landed among us, circa 2002, direct from semi-rural New Zealand, they have been one of rock’s great live attractions, mentored by The White Stripes at that. The Datsuns’ appeal, like AC/DC, Ramones and Mudhoney before them, transcends tribe/genre boundaries. They’re just fuckin’ ace, and pretty much everyone who’s witnessed them live on stage knows it…