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Days Left
29 November 2024
Common Ground 
20.00
£5.00 door (cash only), £4.00 advance
Acts:
22.00 Santa Carla
21.10 The Borough
20.20 Mediochre
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Santa Carla
Santa Carla are a band named after the town in brat-pack teen vampire classic The Lost Boys. Santa Carla are a band featuring the peerless goth-pop vocals of Laima Bite, with some of the musical nouse of local legend Martin Newton. Put these facts together and what you'll find is that they're essentially long-standing dark-groove Oxford favourites Mary's Garden with a slight smirk and a wink in the eye. Expect huge songs, vast 80s synths, and those rich smoky Laima vocals we love so much.
The Borough
The Borough will be bringing their uptight post-punk funk sounds from Reading for this gig, and garnishing it with just a little surf-rock pizzazz. They deal in chilly grooves, sat somewhere in the space between Gang Of 4, New Order, and 23 Skidoo, and they also run the excellently named Berkshire promotion, Please Ban Music.
Mediochre
Mediochre – or Antonia as she is known most of the time – has been lighting up Oxford's open mics for a while. Her voice has a sweetness and clarity that draws you in, but the songs are anything but simple, with gnarly twists and turns and a woozy dream-like quality that sucks all your pain away and leaves you grinning like a fool.
DON'T BE AN ARSE
Our gigs are often highly eclectic, so there might be a wide variety of punters in our little venue. We want everyone to have a good time, so relax, express yourself and have a good gig, but be thoughtful of other people and don't ruin their night with your fun. Basically, just be considerate and nice, and everyone will be happy.
Naturally, anyone who is actively aggressive, or who abuses anyone else on the grounds of gender, sexuality, ethnicity, Monster Munch flavour preference, or whatever the hell else might make a bigot irrationally angry, is out the door.
WE'LL DO OUR BEST TOO
In return, we'll make every effort to create a warm and pleasant environment, and we'll try our hardest to keep to the timetable (music starts at approximately 20.00, and will go on till about 22.15). Also, we've kept the door price as low as we can, but rest assured that GTI is a non-profit event, and all the money after expenses goes to the performers.