Top of the Ox
January 28th, 2008
A month or two ago, I found myself on stage at Oxford’s Carling Academy, giving away an award in the Top of the Ox awards gig. It was a great evening, with 4 support acts, three main acts, and an awards ceremony thrown in. The artists were very diverse, encompassing slightly random, but likeable, electronica, all the way through piano pop, funk rock, and metal. It was also great to see a range of experience on show, with some bands clearly having a very well-worked set, and others (most remarkably, Sarah Warne, who won the competition) having hardly never performed live before! My personal favourites during the evening were Stornaway, Dan Hammersley, and Helium Soul. And everyone seemed to enjoy our idiomag balloons. Or was it just the helium they were enjoying…
Many thanks to the Top of the Ox team for getting us involved. Within idiomag, there are several reviews of bands who competed in the last battle of the bands competition - so in case you haven’t seen them, here are some links:
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