Author: OutInCanberra

British India @ ANU Bar

British India played at the ANU as part of their ‘March into the Ocean’ tour. Supported by The City Riots and Boy in a Box, the venue was half filled with a mainly male crowd by the time I got there, just as The City Riots finished.

Boy in a Box performed a spirited set but the crowd wasn’t exactly engaged, with more standing than dancing. That didn’t stop the boys giving it their all though, no-one could say they lacked energy when playing power-pop single, ‘Moon Comes Up,’ and, ‘We are the Warriors’.

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Papa Vs Pretty + Last Dinosaurs @ Transit Bar

Transit Bar hosted three young all-male bands with bucket-loads of talent last Thursday night.

First cab off the rank was local four-piece Hancock Basement who did an excellent job at warming the crowd up with their songs, ‘One in a Million,’ and, ‘Things Will Get Better’. They have been playing solidly in the Canberra scene for the last few years, building a fan base who were there to hear their tunes. I especially liked the songs they introduced as ‘new’ which showed more depth and musical diversity than their previous EP.

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Chatting with Ajax

Since trading in his job as a university lecturer to become a DJ, Ajax has taken his electro mashups from local clubs in Oz to the world, gathering a large fanbase in his wake. More recently, he has launched record label Sweat It Out. We chat to Ajax from Melbourne ahead of his upcoming slot at Warehouse.

What are you up to at the moment?

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When Not In Rome…

There are many ways to make a pizza, and with more and more gourmet pizza venues opening up, it’s never that difficult to come by one. While I do enjoy some of the local offerings, they’ve never quite compared to the delicious simplicity and crispness of European pizzas. That is, until I went to Bicicletta.

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Holly Throsby @ ANU Bar

This April, catch Holly Throsby & The Hello Tigers at ANU Bar for their Team tour.

Following 2008’s internationally acclaimed A Loud Call, Team was recorded in a 19th century church in the NSW Southern Highlands with long-time collaborator, Tony Dupe.

Set amidst teams of wooden instruments – cello, violin, upright bass, piano, pump organ and nylon string guitar – the album presents its own little universe of cascading songs: explorations of companionship, separation, and the natural world.

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