Author: OutInCanberra

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’.

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.

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.

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