Queenstown band The Station Agents are the talk of the south after turning heads with their blistering opening set for aging international rockers Creedence Clearwater Revisited and Dr Hook on Saturday.

Long-standing Invercargill musician and music writer Chris Chilton yesterday said his experience watching the band at the Gibbston Valley Station, among a crowd of 15,000, showed they were ready for bigger things.

"They more than held their own, considering the average age of the audience was probably 50 and theirs is probably 17," he said...