O, BROTHER, THEIR ART - WOW!
By DAN AQUILANTE

OASIS singer Liam Gallagher and his guitarist brother Noel oozed pure cool throughout a tight two-hour gig at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday.

For all their bratty brotherly brawls and notorious backstage band unrest, under the lights at the Garden, Oasis projected a presence that was hip, snarky and occasionally lively. While this tour hasn't killed everywhere it's been, here in New York, the house was packed.

And when Liam posed the question, "Anyone here from England?" the cheers were so loud you'd have thought he was giving away free servings of bangers 'n' mash.

At this performance, Brits and Yanks alike were warm to the material from the band's Beatles-esque new disc, "Dig Out Your Soul." The audience was especially boisterous during the performance of "The Shock of the Lightning" played early in the set.

Yet it was the old, time-tested songs - such as a near perfect "Don't Look Back in Anger" and a perfect "Wonderwall" - that were clearly the songs for which the fans lusted.

Add the anthemic sing-along "Champagne Supernova" to those, and you had the Oasis trifecta.

Like Neil Young - who earlier this week closed his Garden show with a cover of "A Day in the Life" - Oasis obeyed the new MSG rule that all events end with a Beatles song. They played a blistering, manic version of "I Am the Walrus."

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