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[email protected] website: nightshift.oxfordmusic.net Free every month. NIGHTSHIFT Issue 154 May Oxford’s Music Magazine 2008 PUNT 2008 King Furnace fire up for the year’s best showcase of Oxford music talent. Four-page pull-out guide inside Katharine Bird by King Furnace photo Plus All the latest Festival news NIGHTSHIFT: PO Box 312, Kidlington, OX5 1ZU. Phone: 01865 372255 NEWNEWSS Nightshift: PO Box 312, Kidlington, OX5 1ZU Phone: 01865 372255 email:
[email protected] THIS MONTH’S OXFORD PUNT will give local music fans a fantastic opportunity to see some of the best new and unsigned bands in the area. The Punt, now in its eleventh year, takes place on Wednesday 14th May and features 18 bands across five venues in Oxford City Centre. The mini-festival kicks off at Borders at 6.15pm with acoustic folk-pop singer Faceometer and runs through the evening at Thirst Lodge, the Purple Turtle and the Wheatsheaf, finishing at midnight at the Cellar with one-man digital hardcore riot Clanky Robo Gobjobs. In between you’ll hear funk, ska, metal, electro-pop, experimental noise, blues, rock, indie and more. THE LEMONHEADS have been confirmed as the main headline act for The full line-up for the Punt, which includes this month’s Nightshift this year’s Truck Festival. Evan Dando’s legendary grunge-pop band cover stars King Furnace, can be found in a special handy pull-out guide will perform the whole of their classic ‘It’s A Shame About Ray’ album in in the middle of this issue, including a brief introduction to every venue its entirety as they perform on the main stage on Saturday 19th July at Hill and act involved.