Andy Clockwise at the Sunset Junction Festival Saturday

To see an Andy Clockwise show is something else. The hard-driving Australian stalks around the stage with boundless energy.and sings with his bellowey, deep voice. He's a mix of Nick Cave and Joe Cocker with crazy energy - and he looks a little like Elvis Costello.

He has been playing in town for a long time - The Hotel Cafe, The Piano Bar, The Troubadour among other recent places - and now he'll be playing at 4:05 at Sunset Junction on the Locals Only Stage (aka The Folds Stage) Saturday night between Sweaters (3pm) and Pollyn (5:05). It's one of those shows that you'll need to stop by and see - and he might involve you in it while you're there.

His music is hard to define, but he's described it as something like this.

"I describe my music as schizo pop, because it's all over the place and always changing," said Clockwise - whose name comes from the Australian way of saying counterclockwise as 'anticlockwise'. . "I don't listen to one type of music. I don't write in one particular genre or idiom. I like lots of different things and my music reflects that. I'm a big pop culture, pop music, pop art, pop everything person. I'm a fan of going right for the jugular and making things that are very normal incredibly unreal"

He has an EP called "Are You Well?" and a full record "Classic FM" both available on iTunes and his own website and his newest record called "The Socialite" (with the title track being a duet with singer Lissie) will be out shortly in the US.

Here are some video examples of his show and music.

Here he is at SXSW in Austin a few months ago.