If you're familiar with the Dux, and with the essential Reuben-Thorne-icity of all things Christchurch, you'll know that the mandatory stance at this venue is old-school leather-jacket posing -- statue-like, preferably against the bar, holding grimly to that protective pairing for the critically uncertain: a beer and a look of studied seriousness.

So it was a real revelation to see, firstly, the undergraduate contingent dancing through the entire set; and then, even more astonishing, the hard-core punters at least twitching a shoulder or two. This band is so undeniably cool, and they are so clearly having such a good time, that it's impossible for even the most hardened dickhead to sneer.

As a regular gig goer / gig player at the Dux, I'd just like to qualify this statement. I regularly attend gigs at the Dux where most of the crowd are dancing, and generally dancing wildly. Christchurch might have a reputation for unenthusiastic crowds, but if you were to go to a show with Frase+Bri, Tiger Tones, Not So Experimental, Get Set Play, Bang! Bang! Eche! or Ed Muzik (myself) you will see an entirely different audience. I know that I've worked hard to create a show that really involves the audience, and I'm really grateful for the way that it is recieved most of the time.

The Christchurch indie / electro scene is a really vibrant, exciting place to be at the moment, but it couldn't succeed if we didn't have the enthusiastic, supportive crowds that we do have. To describe Christchurch crowds in such broad strokes is unfortunate.