Concrete Playground

Catching the Northern Line, getting drunk on 99p White Lightening cider, looking for a girlfriend only to discover “all the girls I loved at school are already pushing prams”.

If anyone can paint a fine picture of growing up in London, it’s sharp-tongued 23 year-old Jamie T. Despite being criticized for being part of the same ‘I’m a rich kid pretending to be poor’ gang as private school kids Lily Allen and Luke from The Kooks, Jamie T might not be completely from the wrong side of the tracks, but his cheeky indie-rap sums up the darker truths of young life in London to an, um, “T”, with a nice swish of political references to boot.

Today’s young Billy Bragg brings his London lingo and lively indie ska to Sydney’s shores with his band The Pacemakers this week. Come dance a mosh-jig to the ironic pirate shanty Dance of the Young Professionals and indie dance floor hits Chaka Demus and Sticks and Stones all from his new UK number one album Kings and Queens.