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[email protected] @NightshiftMag NightshiftMag nightshiftmag.co.uk Free every month NIGHTSHIFT Issue 268 November Oxford’s Music Magazine 2017 “Music that comes from the darker parts of our lives has more depth, and resonates more” Little Red Into the deep, dark woods with Oxford’s southern gothic folksters Also in this issue: THE CELLAR - safe, for now... Introducing 31HOURS Ritual Union reviewed plus: all your Oxford music news, reviews and EIGHT PAGES OF LOCAL GIGS NIGHTSHIFT: PO Box 312, Kidlington, OX5 1ZU. Phone: 01865 372255 NEWS Nightshift: PO Box 312, Kidlington, OX5 1ZU Phone: 01865 372255 email: [email protected] Online: nightshiftmag.co.uk this date are still available, priced £12 at www.wegottickets.com/ michaelbarryfund. Youthmovies recently put their entire back catalogue, including CORNBURY FESTIVAL returns next year. This summer’s Cornbury, 2008 album `Good Nature’, up on th Bandcamp on a pay-what-you-like the 14 annual festival, was advertised as the last one after years of basis. Get your fix at financial struggle. But the event, headlined by Bryan Adams, Kaiser ymss.bandcamp.com. Chiefs and Jools Holland’s Rhythm’n’Blues Orchestra, sold out – only the second time the festival has recorded a profit, and after pressure from MAIIANS make a return to live OXFORD CITY FESTIVAL fans and musicians, organiser Hugh Phillimore changed his mind and next action in December. The local th th returns for its fifth outing this year’s Cornbury Festival will take place over the weekend of the 13 -15 instrumental electro band, who July at Great Tew Country Park. headlined the Uncommon stage at month. The multi-venue mini- th Announcing the return, Hugh said, “So many people have sent messages Common People in 2016, went on festival runs from Monday 20 through to Saturday 25th November, since July: our audience love the event and want it to keep going. Literally hiatus at the end of the year with hundreds of our supporters, together with bands, agents, managers, various members heading abroad taking in The Bullingdon, The Wheatsheaf, The Jericho Tavern and sponsors and media partners told me I shouldn’t let such a jewel in for work. But the former Nightshift the festival calendar end. The festival market has become a tough playing cover stars, who released their The Cellar. Run by local promoters It’s All About the Music, the week field over the last few years and very saturated, which lead partly to eponymous debut album shortly my decision to leave whilst we were on a high, however the response has before the break, will return for includes a Church Of The Heavy rock and metal show, Let the Lady been so overwhelming, with support for Cornbury to remain, that it a one-off show at The Cellar on has caused a rethink on my part and I can confirm that we have decided Friday 22nd December as part of sing female vocalist showcase and to listen to public opinion and return next year as strong as ever in Divine Schism’s Christmas party. an all-day show at the Jericho on the 2018, If people still want us here, in a way it would be foolish to stop Support comes from Porridge Radio, Saturday to close the festival. Check now and 15 years does give us another great reason to celebrate! Garden Centre and Kid Kin. An out this month’s gig guide and “We all know that a party is only as good as its guests and thanks to EP of new and unreleased Maiians the Oxford City Festival page on everyone we had a truly fantastic and memorable weekend. I’ve been tracks is also due to be released to Facebook for full line-up details. humbled by the depth of feeling for this event and I now feel that I coincide with the show. should keep Cornbury going as a worthwhile community event because it contributes to the local economy and seems to spread quite a lot of joy.” YOUTHMOVIES play two Over the last decade and a half Cornbury has played host to star names nights at The Bullingdon next such as Robert Plant, Amy Winehouse, Blondie, The Pretenders, Paul year. As hinted at in last month’s Simon and Simple Minds. It has raised thousands of pounds for local Nightshift, the band, who split schools and charities, including last year Banbury’s Dogs For Good. in 2010, are reforming to play a Line-up news and ticket details are expected in early December. In the brace of shows at The Bullingdon meantime follow Cornbury Festival on Facebook and Twitter. in aid of the Michael Barry Fund, which has so far raised over £78,000 for the Brain Tumour month. The Banbury folk-rockers, on Saturday 16th December. Charity. The first date to be who have performed at Cropredy Tickets are on sale now, priced announced, on Friday 9th March, Festival as well as making a name £16 from the Academy box office sold out in a matter of minutes, for themselves on the Oxfordshire and website. Support comes from 3 so a second show, on Thursday LEATHERAT play their farewell folk scene, bow out with their Three Daft Monkeys, Kapelle and 8th, was added. A few tickets for show at the O2 Academy next biggest ever Oxford headline show Steve. THE CELLAR is safe – for now. The venue’s owners, the St Michael’s and All Saints charities, withdrew their planning application at the start of October after Oxford City Council planning officers rejected it on the grounds of protecting local music venues. However, the owners have vowed they will “consider their options” when current leaseholder Lush move to the new Westgate shopping centre in 2018 and have refused to rule out continuing their attempt to turn the building into yet more retail space. Over 13,000 people signed a petition to save the iconic local club and venue, which has been a cornerstone of the Oxford music scene since the early 1980s when it was known as The Dolly. Rupert Sheppard, clerk to the trustees of the charities, said: “Strong representations have been made regarding The Cellar. The trustees regularly receive persuasive requests for support from other causes. The trustees will take account of the interests of the wider community of which music fans are part. All gigs and club nights at The Cellar are set to carry on for the foreseeable future, but the fight to retain the venue is ongoing, and as ever, the most important thing to remember is that if you don’t use a venue, you will lose it. LITTLE BROTHER ELI were nominated for Best Unsigned Band at the Best Of British Unsigned Awards last month. The band have been FIRST-CLASS LIVE MUSIC AND NEWS in the studio recording the follow-up to last year’s debut album. ENTERTAINMENT ON YOUR DOORSTEP OXJAM’S OXFORD TAKEOVER takes place at The Tap Social in Botley on Sunday 5th November. The show, organised by 14-year-old music fan Max Blansjaar, features sets from NOVEMBER JANUARY APRIL Lucy Leave, Moogieman, Semi Urban Fox and Brixtons. The all-ages event runs from 1-6pm. OXFORD CONTEMPORARY MUSIC is ROYAL PHILHARMONIC SAT 4 ICONS OF THE 80s THU 18 BETH HART WED 18 ORCHESTRA Tickets are £5, with al proceeds going to partnering Dutch experimental band Tin Men THE CHICAGO FRI 26 THU 19 Oxfam. & The Telephone next year and wants local SUN 5 BARRY STEELE & FRIENDS - JOOLS HOLLAND AND HIS BLUES BROTHERS THE 30 SPECIAL THE ROY musicians to become part of the band in exploring RHYTHM & BLUES ORCHESTRA ORBISON STORY ECLECTIC CABARET are looking for the interaction and boundaries between artists and MON 6 DAISY RODGERS MUSIC host a new monthly performers for their gig and cabaret nights next audiences. COLLABRO MOTOWN’S GREATEST HITS: WED 25 FEBRUARY HOW SWEET IT IS gig night at the newly refurbished Jericho Tavern year. The free bi-monthly shows take place at The band will be in residency with OCM in ALISON MOYET TUE 7 from this month. The indie promoters are teaming Wootton Community Centre, near Abingdon, January 2018 and are looking for local artists to THE JOHNNY CASH ROADSHOW THU 1 up with Heavy Pop who have taken over bookings featuring bands, solo artists, poets, comedians, join them at the end of the month as part of the JOHN MAYALL IN CONCERT WED 8 for the Tavern and have a long history of promoting trio’s three year project to explore ways of building SOMEONE LIKE YOU – SAT 10 speakers, circus performers, dancers and more. THU 9 gigs in Reading. The collaboration will see Oxford WHITNEY - THE ADELE SONGBOOK Organisers say acts can be of any style or genre on the technology and hybrid performance they’ve QUEEN OF THE NIGHT bands get a chance to play in Reading. Post-punk but they prefer anything “funny and strange”. Get created. Polly Nuttgens from OCM said, “the band CILLA TUE 13 band KONE (pictured) headline the first show on in touch via eclecticcabaret.net. would like to invite you to join them to try out their DR HOOK FEATURING FRI 10 – SAT 17 Thursday 30th November, a launch gig for their material, to learn about what they’ve been up to DENNIS LOCORRIERE new single, `For John Heartfield’. They will be AS EVER, don’t forget to tune into BBC Oxford and to hear from you about what you like and what MAMMA MIA! TUE 14 MARCH joined by The Autumn Saints and Freemantle.