Live Review: Inertia ARIA Week Showcase: Glass Towers, The Delta Riggs, APES, All The Colours

Inertia's Nothing Major ARIA Week party went off without a hitch, a free rum'n'coke on the way in was a lovely touch too. It felt like a staff Christmas party and kind of was for many of the musicians in the room.

All The Colours, a mash-up of four polished musicians made up from bands like Miami Horror and Young Dead Actors, entertained. Dressed like the Jersey Boys and sounding just as smooth the foursome bashed out gorgeous harmonies and indie pop hooks.

APES thrashed out their expanding setlist and got the office dancing. Wasting no time they dived straight in. Leather Jacket sounds like a Bleeding Knees song going through a punk phase. Counting down with Seven and moving into Helluva Time everyone was jumping and enjoying 40 minutes of scrappy punk rock.

The Delta Riggs' crowd interaction felt the most like a drunken Christmas party speech, Elliot Hammond exclaiming the Inertia people are the only fucking people The Delta Riggs care about… Oh and the fans too he threw in, but it was all in good fun. Hammond is a genuine rock star; with the voice of Robert Plant and moves like Mick Jagger (no Adam Levine reference intended) he held the set together and allowed the rest of the band to shine. After radio hits America and Rah Rah Radio, the boys jumped back in the crowd and danced the hardest to Glass Towers.

Glass Towers walked into a massive reception and held the crowd pretty well over the set. It's easy to like Glass Towers with their big bouncy pop melodies, scorching hooks and stellar vocals. They can at times fall into the sea of whiny indie rock bands that kinda sound like Two Door Cinema Club, but the subtleties in the guitar and superior melodies keep them a head above the competition and make them stand out. Twenty-twelve breakout tracks Jumanji and Tonight certainly had the Delta Riggs and APES dancing, and closing with the nostalgic Halcyon Days left a sweet taste in the collective Oxford Art Factory's mouth.